Biotechnology Contract Job Trends in Durham

Biotechnology (Biotech)
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Durham requiring Biotechnology skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Biotechnology 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Durham 2.08% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £270 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 - -
75th Percentile £310 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median daily rate £290 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Durham

Biotechnology 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 Durham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42 19 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Durham 87.50% 51.35% 51.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 14 16
10th Percentile £295 £288 £190
25th Percentile £325 £373 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £525 £413
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +27.27% +1.85%
75th Percentile £375 £549 £588
90th Percentile £430 £576 £616
North East median daily rate £450 £464 £500
% change year-on-year -2.96% -7.25% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 9
10th Percentile £35.00 - £10.61
25th Percentile £35.63 - £11.13
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £11.44
75th Percentile £72.50 - £20.77
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £66.25 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year +301.52% -5.71% -57.06%

Biotechnology
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Biotechnology job vacancy trend in Durham

Biotechnology
Contract Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Biotechnology within the Durham region over the 6 months to 22 May 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
Billingham - 1 £290 - 1
Biotechnology
North East

Biotechnology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Support
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory