Biology Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Biology
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Biology skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Biology over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 342 470
Rank change year-on-year +41 +128 +154
Contract jobs citing Biology 3 3 7
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.030% 0.020% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.033% 0.022% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £307 - £351
25th Percentile £384 - £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +41.94%
75th Percentile £547 - £625
90th Percentile £555 - £640
UK median daily rate £523 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +83.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £30.16 -
UK median hourly rate - £30.16 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Biology falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Biology
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Biology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Biology trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Biology
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Biology.

Biology daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Biology
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Biology over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Biology daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Biology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (33.33%) CMS
1 1 (33.33%) Drupal
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Data Scientist
1 1 (33.33%) Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Life Science
1 1 (33.33%) LIMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Bioinformatics
3 1 (33.33%) Biomedicine
3 1 (33.33%) Chemistry
3 1 (33.33%) Content Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Science
3 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Gradient Boosting
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Statistics
3 1 (33.33%) Survival Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 1 (33.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) GxP
1 1 (33.33%) HIPAA
1 1 (33.33%) QA
1 1 (33.33%) WCAG