CRISPR Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

CRISPR
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CRISPR in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CRISPR over the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 426 332 397
Rank change year-on-year -94 +65 -
Contract jobs citing CRISPR 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.014% 0.008% 0.005%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.045% 0.024% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 £406 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £413 £370
Median % change year-on-year - +11.49% -
75th Percentile £419 £419 £385
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £413 £413 £370
% change year-on-year - +11.49% -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

CRISPR falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,667 4,213 6,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.82% 33.16% 29.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,145 2,584 3,747
10th Percentile £206 £204 £205
25th Percentile £363 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £590
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 522 271 670
10th Percentile £14.59 £16.95 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.21 £21.05 £14.54
Median hourly rate £41.94 £31.08 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.94% +19.54% +16.83%
75th Percentile £68.75 £66.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £84.00 £66.36
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year +15.38% +16.07% +24.44%

CRISPR
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

CRISPR job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CRISPR
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

CRISPR
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 CRISPR within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 March 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 -26 3 £413 - 1
CRISPR
UK

CRISPR
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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Bioinformatics
1 3 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) R