Biology Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Biology
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Biology skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 183 180
Rank change year-on-year +7 -3 +73
Permanent jobs citing Biology 2 14 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.054% 0.33% 0.061%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.063% 0.38% 0.066%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £54,000 - -
25th Percentile £60,000 - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 - £33,750
90th Percentile £86,000 - -
South East median annual salary £70,000 - £32,500
% change year-on-year - - +7.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,155 3,721 3,050
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.11% 86.45% 93.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,683 1,813 2,145
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £31,925
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £49,000 £56,500 £54,763
% change year-on-year -13.27% +3.17% -0.43%

Biology
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Biology job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Biology
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Biology.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Biology

Biology
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Biology in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 27 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Biology in the Thames Valley

Biology
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Biology within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 27 November 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
Oxfordshire +18 2 £70,000 - 17
Biology
South East

Biology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (50.00%) Head of IT
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Chemistry
1 2 (100.00%) Physics
2 1 (50.00%) Data Acquisition
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering