Biotechnology Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Biotechnology (Biotech)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Biotechnology skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 44 -
Rank change year-on-year -20 - -
Contract jobs citing Biotechnology 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.15% 0.26% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.30% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £275 -
Median % change year-on-year +81.82% - -
East of England median daily rate £563 £400 £555
% change year-on-year +40.63% -27.93% +70.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 588 334 577
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 87.89% 87.21% 87.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 134 305
10th Percentile £194 £263 £285
25th Percentile £408 £339 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £632 £600 £650
90th Percentile £715 £675 £758
East of England median daily rate £489 £478 £500
% change year-on-year +2.30% -4.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 82 147
10th Percentile £16.78 £16.22 £30.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £40.00 £45.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% - -
75th Percentile £67.00 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £87.25 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £20.88 £30.11 £22.00
% change year-on-year -30.66% +36.84% -

Biotechnology
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Biotechnology relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Biotechnology job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Biotechnology
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Biotechnology.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Biotechnology

Biotechnology
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Biotechnology

Biotechnology
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 Biotechnology within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
Stevenage -11 1 £500 +81.82%
Biotechnology
East of England

Biotechnology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) R
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Lustre
1 1 (100.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Packer