Computational Biology Contracts in England

Computational Biology
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Computational Biology skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Computational Biology 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 483 - 652
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Computational Biology 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.008% - 0.002%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.009% - 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £650
UK median daily rate £560 - £650
% change year-on-year - - +36.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Computational 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 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%

Computational Biology
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Computational Biology in England

Computational Biology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Computational Biology in England

Computational 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 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Genomics
1 2 (100.00%) Omics
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Bayesian Methods
1 2 (100.00%) Bioinformatics
1 2 (100.00%) Biology
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Extraction
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Proteomics
1 2 (100.00%) Transcriptomics
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Atlassian