Biometrics Contracts in England

Biometrics
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Biometrics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Biometrics over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 472 535 629
Rank change year-on-year +63 +94 +94
Contract jobs citing Biometrics 13 7 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.053% 0.019% 0.048%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.059% 0.022% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 19
10th Percentile £456 £429 £445
25th Percentile £500 £458 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £675
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -24.07% +22.73%
75th Percentile £715 £542 £750
90th Percentile £715 £551 -
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £675
% change year-on-year - -24.07% +22.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £62.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £62.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Biometrics 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Biometrics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Biometrics in England

Biometrics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Biometrics in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Biometrics in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Biometrics in England

Biometrics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Biometrics in England

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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 Biometrics within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +44 7 £513 +22.75% 20
Midlands +25 5 £710 +42.00% 23
East Midlands +13 5 £710 +42.00% 8
East of England - 1 £500 - 12
Biometrics
UK

Biometrics
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 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) AWS
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.69%) GCP
2 1 (7.69%) GitHub
2 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Firewall
2 1 (7.69%) DNS
2 1 (7.69%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 1 (7.69%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (7.69%) HSRP
2 1 (7.69%) IPsec
2 1 (7.69%) LAN
2 1 (7.69%) OSPF
2 1 (7.69%) PuTTY
2 1 (7.69%) VLAN
2 1 (7.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Cucumber
2 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.69%) JIRA
2 1 (7.69%) Postman
2 1 (7.69%) SoapUI
General
1 5 (38.46%) Law
2 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Military
3 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Architect
2 4 (30.77%) Network Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Tester
4 2 (15.38%) Automation Tester
4 2 (15.38%) Senior
5 1 (7.69%) Database Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Database Technical Architect
5 1 (7.69%) ForgeRock Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) IAM Specialist
5 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 1 (7.69%) Integration Tester
5 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Specialist
5 1 (7.69%) Migration Architect
5 1 (7.69%) QA Tester
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Integration Tester
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Microsoft Specialist
5 1 (7.69%) Senior QA Tester
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Tester
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) OAuth
1 2 (15.38%) OAuth2
1 2 (15.38%) OpenID
1 2 (15.38%) WebAuthn
2 1 (7.69%) FIDO
2 1 (7.69%) JWT
2 1 (7.69%) React
2 1 (7.69%) Spring
2 1 (7.69%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (7.69%) Algorithms
2 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) PKI
2 1 (7.69%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
2 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Agile
1 4 (30.77%) CI/CD
1 4 (30.77%) Use Case
2 3 (23.08%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (23.08%) Microservices
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (15.38%) API Integration
3 2 (15.38%) BDD
3 2 (15.38%) Component Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Database Migration
3 2 (15.38%) Identity Management
3 2 (15.38%) Migration
3 2 (15.38%) Performance Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (15.38%) System Integration Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
3 2 (15.38%) Test Planning
3 2 (15.38%) User Stories
4 1 (7.69%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Java
2 2 (15.38%) SQL
3 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) SC Cleared
1 9 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) CISM
2 1 (7.69%) CISSP
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (7.69%) GDPR
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.69%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (7.69%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) F5
1 4 (30.77%) SolarWinds
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco
2 1 (7.69%) ForgeRock
2 1 (7.69%) Genesys
2 1 (7.69%) Juniper
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Ping Identity
2 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
2 1 (7.69%) VMware