Biotechnology Contracts

Biotechnology (Biotech)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Biotechnology skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Biotechnology over the 6 months to 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 546 670 807
Rank change year-on-year +124 +137 -137
Contract jobs citing Biotechnology 34 44 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.080% 0.078% 0.060%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.093% 0.086% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 24 29
10th Percentile £363 £177 £422
25th Percentile £391 £250 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £520
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -27.88% +6.12%
75th Percentile £600 £488 £575
90th Percentile £641 £625 £610
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £250 £510
% change year-on-year +100.00% -50.98% +0.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 5
10th Percentile £37.45 - -
25th Percentile £39.25 £61.25 £48.50
Median hourly rate £39.50 £62.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.80% +27.55% +8.89%
75th Percentile £53.75 £63.75 £49.50
90th Percentile £75.50 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.50 - £49.00
% change year-on-year - - +8.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Biotechnology is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,590 50,902 79,422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.76% 89.71% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,576 35,243 55,751
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.92%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £639
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £485
% change year-on-year - +3.09% +8.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,484 1,677 1,876
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.99 £15.75 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £37.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year -2.58% +44.08% +9.28%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -4.99%

Biotechnology
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Biotechnology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Biotechnology in the UK

Biotechnology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Biotechnology in the UK

Biotechnology
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Biotechnology over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Biotechnology in the UK

Biotechnology
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Biotechnology in the UK

Biotechnology
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Biotechnology over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Biotechnology in the UK

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Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Biotechnology within the UK over the 6 months to 26 May 2024. 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
England +102 31 £500 +48.70% 164
UK excluding London +54 19 £500 +100.00% 111
East of England +26 15 £500 +55.04% 33
London +92 11 £500 +5.26% 58
Work from Home +112 9 £500 +56.25% 50
South East -3 3 - - 45
North of England - 2 £560 - 19
North West - 2 £560 - 9

Biotechnology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.94%) CMS
1 1 (2.94%) SAS
1 1 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (8.82%) SAP BPC
1 3 (8.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (5.88%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.94%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.71%) AWS
2 4 (11.76%) Power Platform
3 3 (8.82%) Azure
4 1 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.94%) Azure Stack
4 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.94%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.94%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.94%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.94%) SaaS
4 1 (2.94%) ShareGate
4 1 (2.94%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (11.76%) Power BI
2 3 (8.82%) SAP HANA
2 3 (8.82%) Tableau
3 1 (2.94%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.94%) EDMS
3 1 (2.94%) Metadata
3 1 (2.94%) SAP BW
3 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) JIRA
2 1 (2.94%) Git
General
1 24 (70.59%) Pharmaceutical
2 11 (32.35%) Social Skills
3 8 (23.53%) Manufacturing
4 7 (20.59%) Finance
5 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.88%) Retail
7 1 (2.94%) Aviation
7 1 (2.94%) Legal
7 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (23.53%) Project Manager
2 5 (14.71%) Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Author
3 4 (11.76%) Consultant
3 4 (11.76%) IT Manager
3 4 (11.76%) IT Project Manager
3 4 (11.76%) Technical Author
4 3 (8.82%) Lead
4 3 (8.82%) Senior
5 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Data Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Data Architect
6 1 (2.94%) IT Consultant
6 1 (2.94%) Operations Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Programmer
6 1 (2.94%) Security Consultant
6 1 (2.94%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (2.94%) Senior Manager
6 1 (2.94%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 13 (38.24%) Life Science
2 4 (11.76%) Management Information System
3 3 (8.82%) Biopharmaceutical
4 1 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.94%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.94%) Genomics
4 1 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.94%) Pharmacovigilance
4 1 (2.94%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.94%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Linux
1 1 (2.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (17.65%) Agile
1 6 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.65%) ERP
1 6 (17.65%) Project Management
2 5 (14.71%) Analytics
2 5 (14.71%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (11.76%) Chemistry
3 4 (11.76%) Computer Science
3 4 (11.76%) SIEM
3 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (11.76%) Validation
4 3 (8.82%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (8.82%) Business Analysis
4 3 (8.82%) Data Management
4 3 (8.82%) Migration
4 3 (8.82%) Process Improvement
4 3 (8.82%) Risk Management
4 3 (8.82%) Scrum
4 3 (8.82%) Supply Chain Management
4 3 (8.82%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) Python
1 2 (5.88%) SQL
2 1 (2.94%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (23.53%) Degree
2 4 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (8.82%) CISSP
3 3 (8.82%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (5.88%) CEH
4 2 (5.88%) CISA
5 1 (2.94%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.94%) PhD
5 1 (2.94%) PMP
5 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.94%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (26.47%) GxP
2 6 (17.65%) GMP
3 3 (8.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (5.88%) GAMP
4 2 (5.88%) GDPR
4 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (2.94%) CDISC
5 1 (2.94%) HIPAA
5 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (2.94%) NCSC
5 1 (2.94%) NIST
5 1 (2.94%) PCI DSS
5 1 (2.94%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (11.76%) SAP
2 3 (8.82%) Hyperion
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) Salesforce
3 2 (5.88%) Oracle
3 2 (5.88%) Sitecore
4 1 (2.94%) Ariba
4 1 (2.94%) Cadence
4 1 (2.94%) Cisco
4 1 (2.94%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (2.94%) Databricks
4 1 (2.94%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.94%) Infor
4 1 (2.94%) Nintex