Biotechnology Jobs in England

Biotechnology (Biotech)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Biotechnology skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Biotechnology over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 619 608 749
Rank change year-on-year -11 +141 -57
Permanent jobs citing Biotechnology 71 226 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.26% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.31% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 12 78 57
10th Percentile £48,125 £32,125 £38,150
25th Percentile £56,563 £40,188 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £93,750 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £113,550 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Biotechnology falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,536 73,513 84,727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.12% 85.20% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23,795 53,935 50,179
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,308
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,474 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Biotechnology
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Biotechnology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Biotechnology in England

Biotechnology
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Biotechnology in England.

Salary trend for Biotechnology in England

Biotechnology
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Biotechnology in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Biotechnology in England

Biotechnology
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Biotechnology within the England region over the 6 months to 17 May 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +71 33 £82,500 +17.86% 62
North of England +48 11 £60,000 +9.09% 18
South East +4 11 £47,500 -17.39% 17
Yorkshire +67 10 - - 11
Midlands +68 8 - - 10
East of England +22 6 £72,500 +31.82% 22
West Midlands +59 4 - - 4
East Midlands - 4 - - 6
South West +88 1 - - 6
North West 0 1 £60,000 - 6
Biotechnology
UK

Biotechnology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (2.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.41%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 14 (19.72%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.63%) AWS
1 4 (5.63%) Azure
1 4 (5.63%) Azure DevOps
1 4 (5.63%) GitHub
1 4 (5.63%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (1.41%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (1.41%) Amazon EKS
2 1 (1.41%) Amazon S3
2 1 (1.41%) Amazon SageMaker
2 1 (1.41%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (1.41%) Entra ID
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.41%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.41%) SaaS
2 1 (1.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.41%) DHCP
1 1 (1.41%) DNS
1 1 (1.41%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.04%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.63%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.41%) Big Data
3 1 (1.41%) MySQL
3 1 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (7.04%) Git
2 1 (1.41%) CircleCI
2 1 (1.41%) GitLab
2 1 (1.41%) Jenkins
General
1 44 (61.97%) Pharmaceutical
2 27 (38.03%) Social Skills
3 24 (33.80%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (15.49%) Manufacturing
5 7 (9.86%) Law
6 6 (8.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (5.63%) Finance
7 4 (5.63%) Legal
8 3 (4.23%) Banking
9 2 (2.82%) Marketing
9 2 (2.82%) Tech for Good
10 1 (1.41%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 15 (21.13%) Senior
2 14 (19.72%) Trainer
3 12 (16.90%) Biostatistician
4 8 (11.27%) Analyst
4 8 (11.27%) Data Scientist
4 8 (11.27%) Senior Data Scientist
5 7 (9.86%) Automation Engineer
6 6 (8.45%) Developer
7 5 (7.04%) Project Manager
8 4 (5.63%) Data Manager
8 4 (5.63%) Django Developer
8 4 (5.63%) Full-Stack Developer
8 4 (5.63%) Principal Engineer
8 4 (5.63%) Senior Manager
9 3 (4.23%) Associate Director
9 3 (4.23%) Head of Data Management
9 3 (4.23%) Lead
9 3 (4.23%) QA Specialist
9 3 (4.23%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 2 (2.82%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.63%) Django
1 4 (5.63%) React
2 3 (4.23%) HTML
3 2 (2.82%) CSS
4 1 (1.41%) .NET
4 1 (1.41%) FastAPI
4 1 (1.41%) JSON
4 1 (1.41%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.41%) scikit-learn
4 1 (1.41%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 32 (45.07%) Life Science
2 17 (23.94%) Algorithms
3 14 (19.72%) Molecular Biology
4 4 (5.63%) Biopharmaceutical
4 4 (5.63%) Operational Technology
4 4 (5.63%) SCADA
5 3 (4.23%) LIMS
6 2 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.41%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.41%) NHS
7 1 (1.41%) PMI
7 1 (1.41%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.41%) Android
1 1 (1.41%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.41%) Linux
1 1 (1.41%) Windows
1 1 (1.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (32.39%) Computer Science
2 22 (30.99%) Software Engineering
3 18 (25.35%) Artificial Intelligence
3 18 (25.35%) Data Science
3 18 (25.35%) Informatics
4 17 (23.94%) Analytics
4 17 (23.94%) Biochemistry
5 16 (22.54%) Analytical Thinking
5 16 (22.54%) Biology
5 16 (22.54%) Business Analytics
5 16 (22.54%) Data Modelling
5 16 (22.54%) Data Visualisation
5 16 (22.54%) Process Improvement
5 16 (22.54%) Statistics
5 16 (22.54%) Visualisation
6 14 (19.72%) Conversational UI
6 14 (19.72%) Data Interpretation
6 14 (19.72%) Experimental Design
6 14 (19.72%) Validation
7 12 (16.90%) Biostatistics
Programming Languages
1 14 (19.72%) Python
2 6 (8.45%) SQL
3 4 (5.63%) C#
4 2 (2.82%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.41%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 51 (71.83%) Degree
2 32 (45.07%) Master's Degree
3 30 (42.25%) PhD
4 2 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.82%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (1.41%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.49%) Good Clinical Practice
2 8 (11.27%) QA
3 7 (9.86%) Data Quality
4 6 (8.45%) GMP
5 4 (5.63%) GxP
6 2 (2.82%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 2 (2.82%) Accessibility
6 2 (2.82%) GLP
7 1 (1.41%) GAMP
7 1 (1.41%) GDPR
7 1 (1.41%) ISO 13485
7 1 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (9.86%) Docker
2 4 (5.63%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.41%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (4.23%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (19.72%) PayPal
2 5 (7.04%) Rockwell
2 5 (7.04%) Siemens
3 3 (4.23%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.82%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.82%) Oracle
5 1 (1.41%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.41%) VMware