Biology Contracts in England

Biology
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Biology skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Biology over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 537 642 777
Rank change year-on-year +105 +135 -174
Contract jobs citing Biology 6 16 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.031% 0.003%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.019% 0.035% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 2
10th Percentile - £370 £232
25th Percentile £219 £479 £277
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £538 £354
Median % change year-on-year -55.81% +51.94% -25.53%
75th Percentile £256 £550 £430
90th Percentile - £600 £474
UK median daily rate £238 £550 £300
% change year-on-year -56.82% +83.33% -36.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £30.16 - -
75th Percentile £39.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £30.16 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Biology 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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,221 46,232 65,229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.59% 90.24% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,198 32,361 46,326
10th Percentile £300 £325 £329
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +9.23%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £649
90th Percentile £750 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,221 1,634 1,784
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.90 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.89 £16.54 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £49.04
90th Percentile £72.33 £75.00 £63.09
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £36.31 £25.00
% change year-on-year -3.59% +45.22% -

Biology
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Biology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Biology in England

Biology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Biology in England.

Daily rate trend for Biology in England

Biology
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Biology in England.

Hourly rate trend for Biology in England

Biology
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Biology within the England region over the 6 months to 19 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +109 3 - - 26
East of England - 3 £238 - 24
Biology
UK

Biology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Data Lake
1 1 (16.67%) Metadata
General
1 3 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Biopharmaceutical
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Biotechnology
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Ontologies