Biometrics Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Biometrics
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Biometrics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 381 331 401
Rank change year-on-year -50 +70 +69
Contract jobs citing Biometrics 13 16 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.071% 0.11% 0.015%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.083% 0.13% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 1
10th Percentile £351 £475 -
25th Percentile £360 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £399 £710 £525
Median % change year-on-year -43.80% +35.24% -
75th Percentile £517 £715 £538
90th Percentile £569 £720 -
UK median daily rate £393 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -25.14% - +5.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,633 12,740 17,116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.61% 87.32% 87.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,564 7,476 11,022
10th Percentile £220 £240 £250
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,732 732 1,229
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.58 £30.78 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.41% -31.60% +43.91%
75th Percentile £51.21 £64.20 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.08 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.71% +25.00%

Biometrics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Biometrics job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Biometrics
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Biometrics
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Biometrics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Biometrics in the UK excluding London

Biometrics
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Biometrics
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 Biometrics within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
North of England -37 10 £399 -44.20% 16
North West -14 7 £388 -45.80% 12
Yorkshire - 3 £563 - 4
South East -7 2 £350 - 6
South West - 1 £500 - 4
Biometrics
UK

Biometrics
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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (7.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) Azure
2 7 (53.85%) GitHub
3 6 (46.15%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (46.15%) Figma
4 3 (23.08%) AWS
4 3 (23.08%) GCP
5 1 (7.69%) Firebase
5 1 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (7.69%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.69%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 7 (53.85%) Xcode
2 6 (46.15%) Gradle
2 6 (46.15%) Storybook
3 1 (7.69%) Crashlytics
3 1 (7.69%) fastlane
3 1 (7.69%) Git
3 1 (7.69%) SoapUI
3 1 (7.69%) XCTest
3 1 (7.69%) XCUITest
General
1 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (7.69%) Banking
1 1 (7.69%) Finance
1 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Developer
2 6 (46.15%) React Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Business Systems Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Data Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (7.69%) iOS Developer
5 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Senior
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Test Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (46.15%) D3.js
1 6 (46.15%) OAuth
1 6 (46.15%) React Native
1 6 (46.15%) SVG
2 3 (23.08%) Middleware
3 1 (7.69%) Core Data
3 1 (7.69%) SOAP
3 1 (7.69%) SwiftUI
3 1 (7.69%) XML
3 1 (7.69%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Mobile App
2 3 (23.08%) IoT
3 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Apple iOS
2 6 (46.15%) Android
3 1 (7.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) B2C
1 6 (46.15%) Data Visualisation
1 6 (46.15%) DevOps
1 6 (46.15%) Mobile Application Development
1 6 (46.15%) Visualisation
2 4 (30.77%) Analytics
3 3 (23.08%) Architecture Roadmap
3 3 (23.08%) Business Strategy
3 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
3 3 (23.08%) Target Operating Model
3 3 (23.08%) Thought Leadership
3 3 (23.08%) Video Analytics
4 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
4 2 (15.38%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (15.38%) Unit Testing
5 1 (7.69%) Data Migration
5 1 (7.69%) Reverse Engineering
5 1 (7.69%) Test Automation
5 1 (7.69%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) TypeScript
2 1 (7.69%) C
2 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) Swift
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) ISEB
2 1 (7.69%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (7.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (46.15%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Google
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
1 3 (23.08%) MuleSoft
2 1 (7.69%) Compaq
2 1 (7.69%) HP
2 1 (7.69%) Terracotta
2 1 (7.69%) webMethods