Biotechnology Contracts in England

Biotechnology (Biotech)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Biotechnology skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Biotechnology over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 507 620 736
Rank change year-on-year +113 +116 -148
Contract jobs citing Biotechnology 29 40 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.078% 0.079% 0.073%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.090% 0.087% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 20 26
10th Percentile £363 £171 £399
25th Percentile £400 £250 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +1.01%
75th Percentile £590 £580 £547
90th Percentile £649 £625 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 9
10th Percentile £37.15 - £47.75
25th Percentile £38.50 £61.25 £48.50
Median hourly rate £39.50 £62.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.80% +27.55% +8.89%
75th Percentile £52.31 £63.75 £49.50
90th Percentile £74.93 - -
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £62.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year -36.80% +27.55% +8.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Biotechnology is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,208 45,878 64,835
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.52% 90.28% 90.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,179 32,145 45,991
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,233 1,631 1,786
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.95 £16.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £38.35 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.74% +59.79% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.23
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.19
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

Biotechnology
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Biotechnology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Biotechnology in England

Biotechnology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Biotechnology in England.

Daily rate trend for Biotechnology in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Biotechnology in England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Biotechnology in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Biotechnology in England.

Hourly rate trend for Biotechnology in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Biotechnology in England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Biotechnology in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Biotechnology within the England region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England +27 15 £500 +55.04% 18
London +94 9 £500 -8.26% 38
South East -1 3 - - 31
North West - 2 £560 - 7
North of England - 2 £560 - 15
Biotechnology
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.45%) CMS
1 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) SAP BPC
1 3 (10.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Power Platform
2 2 (6.90%) AWS
2 2 (6.90%) Azure
3 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.45%) Azure Stack
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.45%) Power Automate
3 1 (3.45%) PowerApps
3 1 (3.45%) ShareGate
3 1 (3.45%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) Power BI
2 3 (10.34%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (10.34%) SAP HANA
3 1 (3.45%) EDMS
3 1 (3.45%) Metadata
3 1 (3.45%) SAP BW
3 1 (3.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) JIRA
General
1 20 (68.97%) Pharmaceutical
2 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
3 8 (27.59%) Manufacturing
4 6 (20.69%) Finance
5 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Retail
7 1 (3.45%) Aviation
7 1 (3.45%) Legal
7 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (17.24%) Analyst
1 5 (17.24%) Project Manager
2 4 (13.79%) Author
2 4 (13.79%) Technical Author
3 3 (10.34%) Consultant
3 3 (10.34%) Lead
3 3 (10.34%) Senior
4 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) Data Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) IT Manager
4 2 (6.90%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Data Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (3.45%) IT Audit Consultant
5 1 (3.45%) IT Security Consultant
5 1 (3.45%) Mechanical Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Security Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Security Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Technical Business Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Technical Writer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (34.48%) Life Science
2 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.45%) Biopharmaceutical
3 1 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.45%) Cyberattack
3 1 (3.45%) Genomics
3 1 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.45%) Pharmacovigilance
3 1 (3.45%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (3.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Linux
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (20.69%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (17.24%) Analytics
2 5 (17.24%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (17.24%) Project Management
3 4 (13.79%) Agile
3 4 (13.79%) Chemistry
3 4 (13.79%) SIEM
4 3 (10.34%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (10.34%) Business Analysis
4 3 (10.34%) Computer Science
4 3 (10.34%) Data Management
4 3 (10.34%) Data Privacy
4 3 (10.34%) ERP
4 3 (10.34%) Order to Cash
4 3 (10.34%) Process Improvement
4 3 (10.34%) Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (10.34%) Record to Report
4 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (10.34%) Use Case
4 3 (10.34%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) Python
1 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) CISSP
2 3 (10.34%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (6.90%) CEH
3 2 (6.90%) CISA
4 1 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.45%) PhD
4 1 (3.45%) PMP
4 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) GMP
1 6 (20.69%) GxP
2 3 (10.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (6.90%) GAMP
3 2 (6.90%) GDPR
3 2 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.45%) HIPAA
4 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (3.45%) NCSC
4 1 (3.45%) NIST
4 1 (3.45%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.45%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) SAP
2 3 (10.34%) Hyperion
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.45%) Ariba
3 1 (3.45%) Cisco
3 1 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (3.45%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.45%) Nintex
3 1 (3.45%) Salesforce