Computational Biology Contract Job Trends in London

Computational Biology
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Computational Biology skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 379 - 402
Rank change year-on-year - - +166
Contract jobs citing Computational Biology 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.014% - 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.015% - 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £888 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - -33.33%
75th Percentile - - £375
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £888 - £350
% change year-on-year - - -33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,051 13,742 17,096
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.50% 89.96% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,604 8,839 12,265
10th Percentile £341 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £764 £800 £792
England median daily rate £506 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 165 233
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.70 £18.51
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £29.50 £36.80 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.84% +8.24% -13.38%
75th Percentile £47.94 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.80 £80.75 £74.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +18.63%

Computational Biology
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Computational Biology relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Computational Biology job vacancy trend in London

Computational Biology
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Computational Biology.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Computational Biology

Computational Biology
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Computational Biology.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Computational Biology

Computational Biology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (50.00%) Cloud Run
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Biologist
1 1 (50.00%) Computational Biologist
1 1 (50.00%) Gen AI Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Gen AI Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (50.00%) Bioinformatics
2 1 (50.00%) Biology
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) LLM
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Natural Language Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Red Team
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google