Biotechnology Contracts in the UK excluding London

Biotechnology (Biotech)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 365 417 484
Rank change year-on-year +52 +67 -58
Contract jobs citing Biotechnology 19 21 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.090% 0.092% 0.091%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.10% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 22
10th Percentile - £171 £434
25th Percentile £363 £205 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £250 £510
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -50.98% +0.69%
75th Percentile £580 £323 £575
90th Percentile £675 £543 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £350 £520
% change year-on-year +42.86% -32.69% +6.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.25 - £48.50
Median hourly rate £39.50 - £49.00
75th Percentile £64.88 - £49.50
90th Percentile £79.95 - -
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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,522 20,276 27,434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.98% 89.11% 89.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,323 13,889 19,180
10th Percentile £250 £260 £244
25th Percentile £375 £400 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £582
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,171 1,255 1,348
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.68 £12.43
25th Percentile £15.43 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.25 £61.83
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +10.45%

Biotechnology
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Biotechnology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Biotechnology in the UK excluding London

Biotechnology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Biotechnology in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Biotechnology in the UK excluding London

Biotechnology
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Biotechnology in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Biotechnology in the UK excluding London

Biotechnology
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Biotechnology in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Biotechnology in the UK excluding London

Biotechnology
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Biotechnology in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Biotechnology in the UK excluding London

Biotechnology
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Biotechnology within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 June 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 +22 14 £500 +55.04% 27
South East -5 3 - - 38
Scotland - 1 - - 3
North of England - 1 - - 19
North West - 1 - - 7
Biotechnology
UK

Biotechnology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) SAP BPC
1 1 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) AWS
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
1 1 (5.26%) Azure Stack
1 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
1 1 (5.26%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.26%) EDMS
2 1 (5.26%) Metadata
2 1 (5.26%) Power BI
2 1 (5.26%) SAP HANA
General
1 14 (73.68%) Pharmaceutical
2 9 (47.37%) Manufacturing
3 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Finance
5 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Legal
5 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Project Manager
2 4 (21.05%) Author
2 4 (21.05%) Technical Author
3 2 (10.53%) Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Data Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Lead
4 1 (5.26%) Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Data Architect
4 1 (5.26%) IT Audit Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) IT Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.26%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) IT Security Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) IT Security Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Lead Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Project Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Security Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Writer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Life Science
2 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
3 2 (10.53%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (5.26%) Biopharmaceutical
4 1 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (5.26%) Cyberattack
4 1 (5.26%) FMCG
4 1 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (5.26%) Pharmacovigilance
4 1 (5.26%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Linux
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (21.05%) Chemistry
2 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (15.79%) Project Management
2 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (10.53%) Biology
3 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (10.53%) Data Privacy
3 2 (10.53%) ERP
3 2 (10.53%) Human Resource Management
3 2 (10.53%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (10.53%) Process Improvement
3 2 (10.53%) Project Delivery
3 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
3 2 (10.53%) Roadmaps
3 2 (10.53%) SIEM
3 2 (10.53%) Supply Chain Management
4 1 (5.26%) Business Case
4 1 (5.26%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (5.26%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) CISSP
2 1 (5.26%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.26%) PhD
2 1 (5.26%) PMP
2 1 (5.26%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (31.58%) GMP
2 3 (15.79%) GxP
3 2 (10.53%) GAMP
3 2 (10.53%) GDPR
3 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (5.26%) HIPAA
4 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (5.26%) NCSC
4 1 (5.26%) NIST
4 1 (5.26%) PCI DSS
4 1 (5.26%) PMO
4 1 (5.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Cisco
1 1 (5.26%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (5.26%) Fortinet
1 1 (5.26%) Hyperion
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.26%) SAP