Biology Job Trends in the North of England

Biology
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Biology skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 - 339
Rank change year-on-year - - -5
Permanent jobs citing Biology 42 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.31% - 0.015%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% - 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £48,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £47,500 £30,000 £55,686
% change year-on-year +58.33% -46.13% +21.72%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Biology 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,368 6,823 11,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 76.57% 94.29% 85.93%
Number of salaries quoted 5,926 3,380 9,294
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%

Biology
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Biology relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Biology job vacancy trend in the North of England

Biology
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Biology.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Biology

Biology
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Biology within the North of England region over the 6 months to 4 March 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
Yorkshire - 29 £47,500 -
North West - 10 - -
North East - 3 - -
Biology
England

Biology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 41 (97.62%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.38%) AWS
1 1 (2.38%) Azure
1 1 (2.38%) GitHub
1 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) Big Data
1 1 (2.38%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.38%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 41 (97.62%) Trainer
2 15 (35.71%) Biologist
3 14 (33.33%) Research Scientist
4 11 (26.19%) Biostatistician
5 1 (2.38%) Senior
5 1 (2.38%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (2.38%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 41 (97.62%) Molecular Biology
2 1 (2.38%) Life Science
2 1 (2.38%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (97.62%) AI
1 41 (97.62%) Biochemistry
1 41 (97.62%) Biotechnology
1 41 (97.62%) Conversational UI
1 41 (97.62%) Data Interpretation
1 41 (97.62%) Experimental Design
2 11 (26.19%) Biostatistics
3 1 (2.38%) Agile
3 1 (2.38%) Bioinformatics
3 1 (2.38%) CI/CD
3 1 (2.38%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (2.38%) Containerisation
3 1 (2.38%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (2.38%) Software Engineering
3 1 (2.38%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.38%) JavaScript
1 1 (2.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 41 (97.62%) Degree
1 41 (97.62%) Master's Degree
1 41 (97.62%) PhD
System Software
1 1 (2.38%) Docker
Vendors
1 41 (97.62%) PayPal