Biology Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Biology
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Biology skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 465 379 -
Rank change year-on-year -86 - -
Contract jobs citing Biology 13 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.046% 0.025% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.057% 0.028% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £173 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 - -
75th Percentile £198 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £400
% change year-on-year +5.56% +12.50% -27.27%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Biology 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,831 14,140 14,581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.06% 89.14% 83.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,645 8,502 8,251
10th Percentile £300 £225 £243
25th Percentile £409 £368 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £669 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,890 1,548 1,043
10th Percentile £13.47 £14.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £17.06 £18.15
Median hourly rate £37.50 £22.27 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +68.43% -44.79% -7.99%
75th Percentile £65.81 £39.10 £66.61
90th Percentile £77.50 £65.48 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -9.60%

Biology
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Biology relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Biology job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Biology
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Biology.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Biology

Biology
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Biology.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Biology

Biology
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Biology within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 October 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
East of England -23 7 - - 52
South East - 5 - - 73
Midlands - 1 £185 - 5
West Midlands - 1 £185 - 5
Biology
UK

Biology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) MSI
General
1 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
1 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Data Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Research Scientist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Life Science
2 1 (7.69%) Algorithms
2 1 (7.69%) Molecular Biology
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Bioinformatics
2 3 (23.08%) Data Acquisition
2 3 (23.08%) Data Analysis
2 3 (23.08%) Data Annotation
2 3 (23.08%) Machine Learning
2 3 (23.08%) Microscopy
3 2 (15.38%) Biomedicine
3 2 (15.38%) Chemistry
3 2 (15.38%) Feature Engineering
4 1 (7.69%) Biochemistry
4 1 (7.69%) Biotechnology
4 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
4 1 (7.69%) Data Cleansing
4 1 (7.69%) Data Integration
4 1 (7.69%) Mathematics
4 1 (7.69%) Physics
4 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
2 4 (30.77%) PhD
3 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GMP