Biology Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Biology
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Biology skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Biology 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.22% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 418 536 661
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 91.67% 86.17% 87.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 160 358
10th Percentile £278 £240 £260
25th Percentile £425 £306 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £400 £548
Median % change year-on-year +32.00% -26.94% +9.50%
75th Percentile £575 £553 £675
90th Percentile £680 £638 £750
East of England median daily rate £500 £442 £500
% change year-on-year +13.12% -11.60% +0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 197 144
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.65 £17.76
25th Percentile £24.61 £38.12 £49.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -23.08% +16.07%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £74.38 £69.25 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £19.81
% change year-on-year -34.02% +92.43% -2.17%

Biology
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Biology in Hertfordshire

Biology
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Biology.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Biology

Biology
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Biology within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 10 September 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
Harpenden - 1 - - 1
Biology
East of England

Biology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Agriculture
1 1 (100.00%) Agrochemical
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Scientist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Ingestion
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Sensing
1 1 (100.00%) Time Series Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PhD