Biometrics Contract Job Trends in Leicester

Biometrics
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicester requiring Biometrics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 17 14
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 +10
Contract jobs citing Biometrics 6 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Leicester 7.69% 1.12% 3.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.09% 1.52% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £409 £513 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £525 £319
Median % change year-on-year -20.48% +64.84% -
75th Percentile £426 £538 £426
90th Percentile - - £486
Leicestershire median daily rate £418 £525 £319
% change year-on-year -20.48% +64.84% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 66 66 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicester 84.62% 74.16% 71.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 33 57
10th Percentile £302 £250 £283
25th Percentile £389 £368 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +2.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £548 £523 £563
90th Percentile £675 £621 £625
Leicestershire median daily rate £425 £400 £449
% change year-on-year +6.25% -10.91% +6.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £15.12 - £13.20
25th Percentile £17.50 - £15.38
Median hourly rate £18.00 - £20.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.20%
75th Percentile £27.25 - £25.38
90th Percentile £28.90 - £27.40
Leicestershire median hourly rate £26.70 £20.90 £22.75
% change year-on-year +27.75% -8.13% +11.19%

Biometrics
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Biometrics job vacancy trend in Leicester

Biometrics
Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Biometrics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Biometrics

Biometrics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
1 1 (16.67%) JMeter
1 1 (16.67%) SoapUI
1 1 (16.67%) Zephyr
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Performance Tester
1 6 (100.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) SOAP
1 1 (16.67%) Web Services
1 1 (16.67%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared