Biotechnology Contract Job Trends in the North East

Biotechnology (Biotech)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Biotechnology skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Biotechnology 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.16% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £270 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 - -
75th Percentile £310 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - +25.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 503 249 251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 80.74% 80.06% 79.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 320 170 117
10th Percentile £325 £224 £263
25th Percentile £400 £357 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £464 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% -7.25% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £573 £600
90th Percentile £638 £625 £685
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 13 47
10th Percentile £17.00 - £11.44
25th Percentile £35.94 £11.60 £11.81
Median hourly rate £66.25 £16.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +301.52% -5.71% -57.06%
75th Percentile £70.00 £46.18 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £51.35 £50.00
England median hourly rate £46.11 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +58.98% -20.55% -0.73%

Biotechnology
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Biotechnology job vacancy trend in the North East

Biotechnology
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Biotechnology within the North East region over the 6 months to 22 May 2026. 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
Durham - 1 £290 - 1
Biotechnology
England

Biotechnology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Support
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory