Hybrid/Remote Biotechnology Contract Job Trends

Biotechnology (Biotech)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Biotechnology skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 309 301 360
Rank change year-on-year -8 +59 +152
Contract jobs citing Biotechnology 9 2 1
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.089% 0.018% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.099% 0.020% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £365 - -
25th Percentile £388 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.00%
75th Percentile £728 - £588
90th Percentile £801 - -
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £438
% change year-on-year -2.38% +20.00% -22.57%

All Process & 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 9,096 9,814 14,269
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.34% 89.48% 88.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,982 6,138 9,701
10th Percentile £331 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 189 363
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.45 £18.65
25th Percentile £20.33 £22.00 £26.00
Median hourly rate £45.46 £35.25 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.96% -30.88% -11.30%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +22.16%

Biotechnology
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Biotechnology and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Biotechnology job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Biotechnology.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Biotechnology

Biotechnology
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Biotechnology over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Biotechnology daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Biotechnology
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Biotechnology.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Biotechnology

Biotechnology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 4 (44.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (11.11%) SAP EWM
2 1 (11.11%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) GCP
2 1 (11.11%) SaaS
2 1 (11.11%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) SAP HANA
2 2 (22.22%) Power BI
General
1 7 (77.78%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 2 (22.22%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (11.11%) Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Author
2 1 (11.11%) Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Logistics Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Process Manager
2 1 (11.11%) QA Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Salesforce Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Salesforce Solution Architect
2 1 (11.11%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) SAP EWM Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Security Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) IDoc
1 1 (11.11%) SAP TM
1 1 (11.11%) XML
1 1 (11.11%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Life Science
2 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (11.11%) FMCG
2 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (33.33%) Data Management
1 3 (33.33%) ERP
1 3 (33.33%) User Experience
1 3 (33.33%) Validation
2 2 (22.22%) AI
2 2 (22.22%) Analytics
2 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (22.22%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (22.22%) Data Science
2 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Use Case
2 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
3 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security
3 1 (11.11%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
3 1 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) GxP
2 2 (22.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (11.11%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 1 (11.11%) GAMP
3 1 (11.11%) GDPR
3 1 (11.11%) GMP
3 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) SAP
2 2 (22.22%) Salesforce