Biotechnology Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Biotechnology (Biotech)
North West > Merseyside

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

6 months to
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 30 34
Rank change year-on-year - +4 +9
Contract jobs citing Biotechnology 0 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside - 0.47% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.65% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.00%
75th Percentile - - £588
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate - £715 £575
% change year-on-year - +24.35% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 154 155 198
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 84.62% 72.43% 85.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 78 126
10th Percentile £129 £181 £231
25th Percentile £259 £213 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £420 £486
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -13.54% +12.97%
75th Percentile £575 £514 £539
90th Percentile £683 £591 £600
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 9 12
10th Percentile - £16.24 £15.35
25th Percentile £12.21 £18.11 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.30 £22.88 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.37% +14.38% +14.29%
75th Percentile £17.44 £40.00 £34.25
90th Percentile - £54.00 £50.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £33.00
% change year-on-year -37.63% +22.20% +50.75%

Biotechnology
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Job postings citing Biotechnology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Job vacancy trend for Biotechnology in Merseyside

Biotechnology
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Biotechnology