Biotechnology Contract Job Trends in West London

Biotechnology (Biotech)
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West London requiring Biotechnology skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 - 41
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs citing Biotechnology 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in West London 0.65% - 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% - 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £511
25th Percentile - - £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £563
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.42%
75th Percentile - - £603
90th Percentile - - £624
London median daily rate £513 - £425
% change year-on-year - - -16.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West London

Biotechnology 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 West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 282 189 314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 92.16% 86.70% 86.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 124 216
10th Percentile £293 £252 £200
25th Percentile £450 £341 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -20.00% -4.49%
75th Percentile £650 £475 £595
90th Percentile £740 £600 £661
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 16 24
10th Percentile £19.46 £18.67 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.29 £20.45 £16.63
Median hourly rate £23.71 £22.93 £31.33
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% -26.81% -51.43%
75th Percentile £28.00 £30.25 £39.26
90th Percentile £29.73 £46.70 £54.63
London median hourly rate £35.50 £36.20 £30.50
% change year-on-year -1.92% +18.67% -16.44%

Biotechnology
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Biotechnology relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West London.

Biotechnology job vacancy trend in West London

Biotechnology
Daily Rate Trend in West London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Biotechnology.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Biotechnology

Biotechnology
Hourly Rate Trend in West London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Biotechnology.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Biotechnology

Biotechnology
Contract Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Biotechnology within the West London region over the 6 months to 20 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
Hillingdon - 2 £550 - 2
Biotechnology
London

Biotechnology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Health Technology
1 2 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Biopharmaceutical
1 2 (100.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (100.00%) PMP
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GxP
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 2 (100.00%) Sitecore