Life Sciences Average annual salary
Life Sciences plays a major role in the delivery of healthcare, including diagnosing diseases and developing new ways of treating them. Often, roles are based in hospital laboratories.
Workplace trends
What do I need to start my career?
• Graduates dominated industry.
High achieving science graduates are in demand.
• Workforce needs to become more diverse. The sector is keen to attract more talent from disadvantaged backgrounds.
£35,894
• GM has particular specialisms in creating new drugs and medicines, looking at data, and predicting somebody’s future health.
Percentage of GM workforce working in this sector
1%
(6,000 employed)
Approximate number of GM employers
• Life Scientists in GM played a huge role in developing and delivering the vaccinations for Covid-19.
Who might you work for? • NHS • Lighthouse Labs Network
• B iomedical Scientists
Higher level and degree apprenticeships available.
• Lab Technicians • Natural and Social Science Professionals • Nursing Associate
• Research and Development Manager • Chemical Scientists
Degree in Life Sciences subjects. There may be opportunities to move to or from other industries if you have the right skills. For example, those with good digital and even gaming skills are often desired in software development and gaming roles.
• Admin Support roles
Shortage and in demand roles
What does the future hold for this sector?
• Lab Technicians
• More roles around research and development. Also many more clinical and management positions.
• Clinical Pharmacology • Informatics and Statisticians
• Communication
• Creativity
• Digital
• Resilience
• Entrepreneurialism
• Marketing
• Regulatory / Compliance roles • Marketing and Sales roles
Want to know more? - C heck out the NHS jobs board or explore Health Innovation Manchester and Manchester Science Partnerships
2022
More companies are starting to hire non-graduate talent in early career.
Types of qualifications
• B iological Scientists (Genomics)
• Qiagen
Roles are available in rapidly growing small to medium enterprises (SMEs), research and in the NHS.
Roles that GM employers are currently recruiting for • Sales Account / Business Development Managers
300+
Soft skills
What is Life Sciences?
• Sales roles combining good communication skills and marketing, with academic knowledge. • Engineers who understand both digital and pharmaceuticals. • Scientists and those good in maths that can understand data and statistics. They can use that knowledge to help develop medicines that will help people live longer. • Chemists/pharmacists who understand AI and can adapt to new technologies.