Biotechnology Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Biotechnology (Biotech)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Biotechnology skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Biotechnology 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.043% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.050% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £513 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -2.38% +16.67% -17.43%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,005 1,425 1,522
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 86.42% 86.31% 84.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,265 888 1,022
10th Percentile £263 £221 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% +3.90% -
75th Percentile £584 £612 £600
90th Percentile £675 £713 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 47 52
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.70 £14.57
25th Percentile £16.13 £16.51 £17.67
Median hourly rate £18.87 £21.59 £24.80
Median % change year-on-year -12.60% -12.94% +46.44%
75th Percentile £27.21 £34.38 £58.13
90th Percentile £35.76 £52.50 £68.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +26.76%

Biotechnology
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Biotechnology job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Biotechnology
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Biotechnology

Biotechnology
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Birmingham - 1 - -
Biotechnology
England

Biotechnology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GMP
1 1 (100.00%) GxP
1 1 (100.00%) QA