Bioinformatics Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Bioinformatics
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Bioinformatics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 - 110
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Bioinformatics 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.28% - 0.059%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% - 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £356 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £388 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.20 - £27.75
Median hourly rate £28.41 - £28.50
75th Percentile £29.61 - £29.25
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £28.41 - £28.50

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Bioinformatics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,492 1,080 1,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 82.11% 91.22% 87.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 936 669 766
10th Percentile £350 £325 £325
25th Percentile £430 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £501 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -9.00% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £733 £650 £691
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 41 72
10th Percentile £16.62 £14.75 £19.51
25th Percentile £36.39 £17.30 £45.31
Median hourly rate £81.03 £32.31 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +150.77% -47.55% +5.40%
75th Percentile £91.31 £58.00 £70.39
90th Percentile £104.50 £87.25 £87.32
South East median hourly rate £52.43 £20.73 £57.35
% change year-on-year +152.89% -63.85% +9.24%

Bioinformatics
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Bioinformatics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Bioinformatics job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Bioinformatics
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Bioinformatics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Bioinformatics

Bioinformatics
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Bioinformatics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Bioinformatics

Bioinformatics
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bioinformatics within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 18 September 2026. 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
Slough - 5 £388 - 4
Bioinformatics
South East

Bioinformatics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Metadata
1 1 (20.00%) Text Mining
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Information Scientist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Biopharmaceutical
2 1 (20.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) AI
1 1 (20.00%) Analytics
1 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Science
1 1 (20.00%) Information Management
1 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (20.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 1 (20.00%) Ontologies
1 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree