Biotechnology Contracts in England

Biotechnology (Biotech)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Biotechnology skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Biotechnology 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 473 512 637
Rank change year-on-year +39 +125 +97
Contract jobs citing Biotechnology 13 29 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.053% 0.078% 0.072%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.058% 0.090% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 18 18
10th Percentile - £363 £171
25th Percentile £500 £400 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £375
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +33.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £538 £590 £581
90th Percentile - £649 £625
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £400
% change year-on-year +2.50% +25.00% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - £37.15 -
25th Percentile - £38.50 £61.25
Median hourly rate - £39.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - -36.80% +27.55%
75th Percentile - £52.31 £63.75
90th Percentile - £74.93 -
UK median hourly rate - £39.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year - -36.80% +27.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,247 32,161 45,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.13% 86.56% 90.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,550 21,078 31,861
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £444
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 £768
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 916 2,252 1,585
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.93 £10.91
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Biotechnology
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Biotechnology in England

Biotechnology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Biotechnology in England

Biotechnology
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Biotechnology in England

Biotechnology
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 Biotechnology within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
East of England +20 6 £500 - 23
London +36 3 - - 86
South East +44 1 - - 34
Biotechnology
UK

Biotechnology
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:

Business Applications
1 4 (30.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (23.08%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) MongoDB
1 2 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (15.38%) Power BI
1 2 (15.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 9 (69.23%) Pharmaceutical
2 7 (53.85%) Finance
3 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Retail
5 1 (7.69%) Games
5 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (7.69%) Legal
5 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Analyst
1 3 (23.08%) Business Analyst
1 3 (23.08%) Insight Analyst
1 3 (23.08%) Lead
2 2 (15.38%) Business Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Business Systems Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Developer
2 2 (15.38%) IT Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Lead Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Lead Python Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Python Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Systems Manager
3 1 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (7.69%) Compliance Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Functional Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Operations Manager
3 1 (7.69%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Kafka
1 2 (15.38%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Life Science
2 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (30.77%) Agile
2 4 (30.77%) Analytics
2 4 (30.77%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (30.77%) Business Analysis
2 4 (30.77%) Decision-Making
2 4 (30.77%) Workshop Facilitation
3 3 (23.08%) ITIL
3 3 (23.08%) Remediation Plan
4 2 (15.38%) API Development
4 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (15.38%) Data Integration
4 2 (15.38%) Data Management
4 2 (15.38%) Line Management
4 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
4 2 (15.38%) Requirements Workshops
4 2 (15.38%) Software Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (15.38%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) CCA
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GLP
1 1 (7.69%) GMP
1 1 (7.69%) Good Clinical Practice
1 1 (7.69%) GRC
1 1 (7.69%) GxP
1 1 (7.69%) ISO 13485
1 1 (7.69%) ISO 9001
1 1 (7.69%) QA
1 1 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (7.69%) SOX 404
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) SAP
2 3 (23.08%) Anaplan
2 3 (23.08%) Hyperion
3 1 (7.69%) Ariba