Biotechnology (Biotech)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Biotechnology skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Biotechnology over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 680 761 630
Rank change year-on-year +81 -131 -42
Permanent jobs citing Biotechnology 226 212 716
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.20% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.21% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 84 68 64
10th Percentile £31,625 £40,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,688 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,438 £80,000
90th Percentile £83,375 £85,500 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £68,750
% change year-on-year - -20.00% +14.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,360 99,485 147,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.62% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 59,619 58,411 83,272
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Biotechnology
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Biotechnology in the UK

Biotechnology
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Biotechnology.

Salary trend for Biotechnology in the UK

Biotechnology
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Biotechnology over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Biotechnology in the UK

Biotechnology
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Biotechnology within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +129 212 £57,500 +4.55% 139
UK excluding London -20 162 £55,000 - 100
Work from Home +131 95 £75,000 +30.43% 46
South East +49 82 £57,500 +4.55% 37
London +169 63 £72,500 +38.10% 45
East of England +13 34 £55,000 +4.76% 20
South West 0 24 £38,750 -32.61% 5
Scotland -65 9 £45,000 -28.00% 7
North of England -15 8 £55,000 - 18
Yorkshire +41 7 £55,000 - 7
Wales +12 4 - - 6
Midlands -7 1 £72,500 -6.45% 5
North West - 1 - - 9
West Midlands - 1 £72,500 - 1

Biotechnology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 17 (7.52%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.42%) Documentum
3 8 (3.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.33%) SAS
5 1 (0.44%) Confluence
5 1 (0.44%) WordPress
Applications
1 41 (18.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (6.19%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (5.75%) MS Visio
4 11 (4.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (4.42%) TrackWise
2 4 (1.77%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 21 (9.29%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (8.85%) AWS
3 17 (7.52%) Azure
3 17 (7.52%) Power Platform
4 11 (4.87%) OneDrive
4 11 (4.87%) Power Automate
4 11 (4.87%) PowerApps
4 11 (4.87%) ShareGate
5 6 (2.65%) Serverless
6 4 (1.77%) Azure Pipelines
7 3 (1.33%) SaaS
7 3 (1.33%) WhatsApp
8 2 (0.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (0.88%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (0.88%) Amazon S3
8 2 (0.88%) Amazon SQS
8 2 (0.88%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.44%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.98%) Firewall
2 4 (1.77%) Ethernet
2 4 (1.77%) Profibus
3 2 (0.88%) LAN
3 2 (0.88%) WAN
3 2 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.44%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.44%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.44%) DHCP
4 1 (0.44%) DNS
4 1 (0.44%) MPLS
4 1 (0.44%) Network Security
4 1 (0.44%) PBX
4 1 (0.44%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.44%) VPLS
4 1 (0.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.52%) Power BI
2 6 (2.65%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.21%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (1.77%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.77%) Metadata
4 4 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (1.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.33%) MySQL
6 2 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.88%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.88%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.88%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.88%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.88%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 5 (2.21%) Git
2 1 (0.44%) CircleCI
2 1 (0.44%) GitLab
2 1 (0.44%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.44%) JIRA
General
1 114 (50.44%) Pharmaceutical
2 65 (28.76%) Social Skills
3 37 (16.37%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (15.04%) Finance
5 30 (13.27%) Manufacturing
6 27 (11.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (7.08%) Aerospace
8 12 (5.31%) Law
9 11 (4.87%) Legal
10 9 (3.98%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (3.54%) Retail
12 6 (2.65%) Electronics
12 6 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (2.21%) French Language
14 4 (1.77%) Danish Language
14 4 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.77%) German Language
14 4 (1.77%) Marketing
14 4 (1.77%) Russian Language
14 4 (1.77%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 44 (19.47%) Senior
2 24 (10.62%) QA Manager
3 23 (10.18%) Analyst
3 23 (10.18%) Developer
4 20 (8.85%) Lead
5 17 (7.52%) Team Leader
6 15 (6.64%) Business Development Manager
6 15 (6.64%) Business Manager
6 15 (6.64%) Development Manager
6 15 (6.64%) Software Engineer
7 13 (5.75%) Data Scientist
7 13 (5.75%) Senior Software Engineer
8 12 (5.31%) Senior Data Scientist
9 11 (4.87%) Associate Director
9 11 (4.87%) Financial Analyst
10 10 (4.42%) Data Integrity Manager
10 10 (4.42%) IT Manager
10 10 (4.42%) Python Engineer
10 10 (4.42%) Systems Manager
11 9 (3.98%) Lead Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.31%) .NET
2 5 (2.21%) Django
3 4 (1.77%) NumPy
4 3 (1.33%) PyQt
5 1 (0.44%) Next.js
5 1 (0.44%) Pandas
5 1 (0.44%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.44%) React
5 1 (0.44%) REST
5 1 (0.44%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (0.44%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.44%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 77 (34.07%) Life Science
2 16 (7.08%) Biopharmaceutical
3 13 (5.75%) LIMS
4 9 (3.98%) Algorithms
5 8 (3.54%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (3.10%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.65%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.77%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.77%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.77%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.33%) 3D Printing
9 3 (1.33%) Molecular Biology
10 2 (0.88%) Genomics
10 2 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.88%) Learning Management System
10 2 (0.88%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.88%) Reinsurance
11 1 (0.44%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.08%) Linux
2 11 (4.87%) Windows
3 10 (4.42%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.65%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.77%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (1.77%) VxWorks
6 2 (0.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (19.03%) Software Engineering
2 39 (17.26%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (17.26%) Validation
3 33 (14.60%) QMS
4 32 (14.16%) Process Improvement
5 30 (13.27%) Computer Science
6 28 (12.39%) Agile
7 26 (11.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (10.18%) Quality Management
9 22 (9.73%) CAPA
10 21 (9.29%) Change Control
11 20 (8.85%) Analytics
12 19 (8.41%) Roadmaps
13 18 (7.96%) Data Management
13 18 (7.96%) Data Science
13 18 (7.96%) DevOps
14 17 (7.52%) Contract Management
14 17 (7.52%) Mathematics
15 16 (7.08%) Bioinformatics
15 16 (7.08%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 24 (10.62%) Python
1 24 (10.62%) SQL
2 12 (5.31%) C
3 9 (3.98%) Java
4 4 (1.77%) T-SQL
5 3 (1.33%) C#
5 3 (1.33%) C++
5 3 (1.33%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.33%) R
6 2 (0.88%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.44%) Ruby
7 1 (0.44%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.44%) VB
Qualifications
1 120 (53.10%) Degree
2 42 (18.58%) Master's Degree
3 35 (15.49%) PhD
4 11 (4.87%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (4.42%) CFA
5 10 (4.42%) CIMA
5 10 (4.42%) MBA
5 10 (4.42%) Numerate Degree
6 5 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.77%) HND
8 1 (0.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (19.47%) QA
2 40 (17.70%) Good Clinical Practice
3 14 (6.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 14 (6.19%) GMP
4 11 (4.87%) CDISC
5 10 (4.42%) GxP
6 4 (1.77%) ISO 13485
7 2 (0.88%) GLP
8 1 (0.44%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.44%) GDPR
System Software
1 21 (9.29%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.54%) Hyper-V
2 8 (3.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.77%) Firmware
4 3 (1.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (3.54%) SCOM
2 7 (3.10%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.33%) Terraform
4 2 (0.88%) Ansible
4 2 (0.88%) SCCM
5 1 (0.44%) Argo
5 1 (0.44%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.44%) Puppet
Vendors
1 48 (21.24%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.87%) Nintex
3 8 (3.54%) VMware
4 6 (2.65%) Oracle
4 6 (2.65%) SAP
5 4 (1.77%) Epicor
5 4 (1.77%) Infor
5 4 (1.77%) QNX
5 4 (1.77%) Sage
6 2 (0.88%) Capita
6 2 (0.88%) IONA
6 2 (0.88%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (0.44%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.44%) Cisco
7 1 (0.44%) Citrix
7 1 (0.44%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.44%) HP
7 1 (0.44%) Meraki