Omics Contracts

Omics
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Omics in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Omics over the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 550 567 -
Rank change year-on-year +17 - -
Contract jobs citing Omics 4 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.005% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.035% 0.017% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile - £381 -
25th Percentile £288 £391 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £438 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -
75th Percentile £431 £491 -
90th Percentile £443 £504 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Generic Skills
UK

Omics 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,510 11,852 17,186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.98% 30.37% 32.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,086 7,593 11,854
10th Percentile £305 £300 £306
25th Percentile £406 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £640 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £825 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 555 616 417
10th Percentile £15.04 £12.29 £16.20
25th Percentile £18.84 £18.14 £20.50
Median hourly rate £29.50 £45.00 £39.83
Median % change year-on-year -34.44% +12.98% +50.30%
75th Percentile £56.75 £66.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £75.00 £79.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.33 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -34.82% - +109.30%

Omics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Omics in the UK

Omics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Omics in the UK

Omics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Omics over the 6 months to 7 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Omics in the UK

Omics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Omics in the UK

Omics
Top 1 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Omics within the UK over the 6 months to 7 August 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
Work from Home +21 4 £375 -14.29% 4

Omics
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (25.00%) GitHub
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (75.00%) Ontologies
1 3 (75.00%) Use Case
2 1 (25.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (25.00%) Bioinformatics
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bash
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (25.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Data Quality