Biometrics Contract Job Trends in the South East

Biometrics
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Biometrics skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 178 210
Rank change year-on-year +17 +32 +44
Contract jobs citing Biometrics 3 7 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.087% 0.15% 0.053%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.098% 0.19% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £533 -
25th Percentile - £563 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £625 £525
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +19.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile - £651 £538
90th Percentile - £660 -
England median daily rate £399 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -25.77% +2.38% -2.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,076 3,766 5,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.08% 82.55% 89.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,912 2,255 3,362
10th Percentile £220 £255 £250
25th Percentile £380 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.15%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £623
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 240 256
10th Percentile £13.25 £16.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £31.04 £23.06
Median hourly rate £20.73 £57.35 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.85% +8.21% +75.90%
75th Percentile £50.00 £70.63 £66.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £77.17 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

Biometrics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Biometrics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Biometrics in the South East

Biometrics
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Biometrics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Biometrics

Biometrics
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Biometrics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Biometrics

Biometrics
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Biometrics within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 September 2025. 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
Thames Valley +11 1 £350 -
Hampshire +9 1 - -
Kent - 1 - - 1
Buckinghamshire - 1 £350 -
Biometrics
England

Biometrics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SoapUI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Systems Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Head of Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) SOAP
1 1 (33.33%) XML
1 1 (33.33%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Collection
2 1 (33.33%) Data Security
2 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Storytelling
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) ISEB
2 1 (33.33%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Compaq
1 1 (33.33%) HP
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Terracotta
1 1 (33.33%) webMethods