Biotechnology Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Biotechnology (Biotech)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Biotechnology skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Biotechnology 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.035% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £515 £513
% change year-on-year +6.80% +0.49% +7.89%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,423 1,353 1,318
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 84.81% 92.04% 83.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,476 849 809
10th Percentile £325 £263 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £580
90th Percentile £675 £618 £650
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 62 50
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.58 -
25th Percentile £16.82 £18.39 £12.15
Median hourly rate £22.81 £22.14 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +64.00% -32.31%
75th Percentile £28.00 £25.15 £21.88
90th Percentile £43.96 £34.04 £35.25
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -39.40% -2.35%

Biotechnology
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Biotechnology job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Biotechnology
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Biotechnology.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Biotechnology

Biotechnology
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Biotechnology within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 31 July 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
North Yorkshire - 1 £425 - 1
Biotechnology
England

Biotechnology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Control
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GxP