Bioinformatics Job Trends in Essex

Bioinformatics
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Bioinformatics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Bioinformatics 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.15% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
East of England median annual salary £70,000 - £77,500
% change year-on-year - - -1.90%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

Bioinformatics 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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 549 361 394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 79.80% 79.52% 86.59%
Number of salaries quoted 312 134 304
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,712 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.88% -0.48% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £72,625
90th Percentile £77,340 £75,000 £87,500
East of England median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.91% - -

Bioinformatics
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Bioinformatics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Bioinformatics job vacancy trend in Essex

Bioinformatics
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Bioinformatics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Bioinformatics

Bioinformatics
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Bioinformatics within the Essex region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Saffron Walden - 1 £70,000 - 7
Bioinformatics
East of England

Bioinformatics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering