Biomedicine Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Biomedicine (Biomedical)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Biomedicine skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Biomedicine 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.034% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £284 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £298 - -
75th Percentile £311 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £298 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Biomedicine 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,416 1,409 2,444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 83.08% 92.88% 88.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,601 857 1,373
10th Percentile £300 £300 £213
25th Percentile £402 £409 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £655 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £513 £501 £500
% change year-on-year +2.40% +0.10% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 56 178
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £14.94
25th Percentile £20.79 £15.01 £19.25
Median hourly rate £76.80 £32.05 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +139.63% -24.59% -12.73%
75th Percentile £85.50 £62.24 £63.29
90th Percentile £95.00 £76.35 £85.37
South East median hourly rate £45.78 £28.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +63.50% -37.78% -5.26%

Biomedicine
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Biomedicine relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Biomedicine job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Biomedicine
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Biomedicine.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Biomedicine

Biomedicine
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Biomedicine within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 April 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
Berkshire - 1 £298 -
Biomedicine
South East

Biomedicine
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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%) Information Scientist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Biopharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making