Biotechnology Contracts in the South East

Biotechnology (Biotech)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Biotechnology skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Biotechnology over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 188 201
Rank change year-on-year +34 +13 +54
Contract jobs citing Biotechnology 1 3 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.033% 0.054% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.036% 0.064% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 11
10th Percentile - - £171
25th Percentile - - £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £250
Median % change year-on-year - - -60.00%
75th Percentile - - £375
90th Percentile - - £625
England median daily rate £513 £500 £375
% change year-on-year +2.50% +33.33% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
England median hourly rate - £39.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year - -36.80% +27.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,747 4,698 5,149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.51% 84.74% 89.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,755 2,739 3,581
10th Percentile £254 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £510
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -1.86% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 437 224
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £16.05 £18.20 £22.34
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +127.43%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.50 £64.72
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.55
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.34
% change year-on-year -19.25% -3.59% +53.69%

Biotechnology
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Biotechnology in the South East

Biotechnology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Biotechnology in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Biotechnology in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Biotechnology in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Biotechnology in the South East

Biotechnology
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 Biotechnology within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 May 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 +33 1 - - 10
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 6
Biotechnology
England

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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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
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%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery