Biotechnology Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Biotechnology (Biotech)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Biotechnology skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Biotechnology 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 302 337 461
Rank change year-on-year +35 +124 +138
Contract jobs citing Biotechnology 2 8 16
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.020% 0.052% 0.062%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.022% 0.059% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 6
10th Percentile - £343 £160
25th Percentile - £369 £171
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £425 £251
Median % change year-on-year - +69.49% -51.78%
75th Percentile - £469 £380
90th Percentile - £488 £438
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £375
% change year-on-year +2.50% +33.33% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £52.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £39.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year - -36.80% +27.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 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%

Biotechnology
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Biotechnology trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Biotechnology
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Biotechnology daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Biotechnology
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Biotechnology hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Biotechnology
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Business Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Business Systems Manager
1 2 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 2 (100.00%) Validation