The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Biology skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Biology over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 2 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
41
53
-
Rank change year-on-year
+12
-
-
Contract jobs citing Biology
4
2
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire
Biology 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 Cambridgeshire.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
244
413
521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire
88.41%
82.93%
88.46%
Number of daily rates quoted
130
148
281
10th Percentile
£296
£200
£200
25th Percentile
£402
£350
£281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£470
£450
Median % change year-on-year
+1.06%
+4.44%
-
75th Percentile
£550
£561
£538
90th Percentile
£650
£683
£600
East of England median daily rate
£500
£475
£475
% change year-on-year
+5.26%
-
+1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted
52
197
149
10th Percentile
£14.86
-
£13.41
25th Percentile
£14.99
£14.16
£14.25
Median hourly rate
£16.23
£15.00
£14.50
Median % change year-on-year
+8.20%
+3.45%
+6.15%
75th Percentile
£18.85
£21.46
£20.56
90th Percentile
£22.93
£50.75
£22.12
East of England median hourly rate
£41.25
£40.00
£24.62
% change year-on-year
+3.13%
+62.47%
+58.84%
Biology Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire
Job postings citing Biology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.
Biology Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Biology in Cambridgeshire.
Biology Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire
For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Biology also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cambridgeshire region with a requirement for Biology.
Biology Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:
