Bioinformatics Contract Job Trends in Slough

Bioinformatics
Berkshire > Slough

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Slough requiring Bioinformatics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Bioinformatics 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Slough 6.25% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.42% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £356 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £388 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.20 - -
Median hourly rate £28.41 - -
75th Percentile £29.61 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £28.41 - £28.50

All Process & Methodology Skills
Slough

Bioinformatics 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 Slough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48 43 68
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough 60.00% 87.76% 80.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 30 35
10th Percentile £353 £150 £333
25th Percentile £361 £316 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £540 £543 £631
90th Percentile £639 £580 £683
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £501 £550
% change year-on-year +9.89% -9.00% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 3
10th Percentile £14.80 - £18.88
25th Percentile - - £19.06
Median hourly rate £15.00 £18.87 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.51% -5.65% -20.37%
75th Percentile £22.30 - £24.56
90th Percentile £35.26 - £26.93
Berkshire median hourly rate £81.03 £32.31 £61.60
% change year-on-year +150.77% -47.55% +5.40%

Bioinformatics
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

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

Bioinformatics job vacancy trend in Slough

Bioinformatics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Slough 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Metadata
1 1 (20.00%) Text Mining
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Information Scientist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Biopharmaceutical
2 1 (20.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) AI
1 1 (20.00%) Analytics
1 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Science
1 1 (20.00%) Information Management
1 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (20.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 1 (20.00%) Ontologies
1 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree