Biotechnology Jobs in the UK excluding London

Biotechnology (Biotech)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Biotechnology skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Biotechnology over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 595 577 533
Rank change year-on-year -18 -44 -17
Permanent jobs citing Biotechnology 167 174 341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.29% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.30% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 71 42 18
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,625 £22,600
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +14.58%
75th Percentile £76,875 £66,250 £91,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £73,750 -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Biotechnology is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,266 57,626 66,862
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.13% 95.63% 94.05%
Number of salaries quoted 41,003 29,573 41,244
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Biotechnology
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Biotechnology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Biotechnology in the UK excluding London

Biotechnology
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Biotechnology in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Biotechnology in the UK excluding London

Biotechnology
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Biotechnology in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Biotechnology in the UK excluding London

Biotechnology
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Biotechnology within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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
South East +58 90 £57,500 +4.55% 30
East of England +15 33 £55,000 +4.76% 24
South West -12 24 £38,750 -32.61% 4
Scotland -68 9 £45,000 -30.77% 6
North of England -2 6 £55,000 - 20
Yorkshire +34 5 £55,000 - 7
Wales +10 4 - - 7
Midlands -4 1 £72,500 -6.45% 4
North West - 1 - - 11
West Midlands - 1 £72,500 - 2
Biotechnology
UK

Biotechnology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 16 (9.58%) SharePoint
2 13 (7.78%) Documentum
3 7 (4.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.60%) Confluence
4 1 (0.60%) SAS
4 1 (0.60%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (16.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (6.59%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (6.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (6.59%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.80%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (7.78%) TrackWise
2 4 (2.40%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 19 (11.38%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (8.98%) Power Platform
3 14 (8.38%) Azure
4 11 (6.59%) OneDrive
4 11 (6.59%) Power Automate
4 11 (6.59%) PowerApps
4 11 (6.59%) ShareGate
5 10 (5.99%) AWS
6 5 (2.99%) Serverless
7 4 (2.40%) Azure Pipelines
8 1 (0.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.60%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.60%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.60%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.60%) Amazon SQS
8 1 (0.60%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.60%) SaaS
8 1 (0.60%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.79%) Firewall
2 4 (2.40%) Ethernet
2 4 (2.40%) Profibus
3 2 (1.20%) LAN
3 2 (1.20%) WAN
3 2 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.60%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.60%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.60%) DHCP
4 1 (0.60%) DNS
4 1 (0.60%) MPLS
4 1 (0.60%) Network Security
4 1 (0.60%) PBX
4 1 (0.60%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.60%) VPLS
4 1 (0.60%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.98%) Power BI
2 4 (2.40%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (2.40%) Data Lake
2 4 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.40%) Metadata
2 4 (2.40%) Relational Database
2 4 (2.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (2.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.60%) MySQL
3 1 (0.60%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (2.99%) Git
2 1 (0.60%) CircleCI
2 1 (0.60%) GitLab
2 1 (0.60%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.60%) JIRA
General
1 65 (38.92%) Pharmaceutical
2 46 (27.54%) Social Skills
3 33 (19.76%) Manufacturing
4 29 (17.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (9.58%) Aerospace
5 16 (9.58%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (9.58%) Finance
6 14 (8.38%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (7.78%) Legal
8 8 (4.79%) Retail
9 6 (3.59%) Electronics
10 4 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.60%) Games
11 1 (0.60%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.60%) Marketing
11 1 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.60%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 31 (18.56%) Senior
2 20 (11.98%) Developer
3 18 (10.78%) Lead
4 17 (10.18%) Team Leader
5 15 (8.98%) QA Manager
6 13 (7.78%) Data Integrity Manager
6 13 (7.78%) IT Manager
6 13 (7.78%) Project Manager
6 13 (7.78%) Software Engineer
6 13 (7.78%) Systems Manager
7 12 (7.19%) Business Development Manager
7 12 (7.19%) Business Manager
7 12 (7.19%) Development Manager
7 12 (7.19%) Senior Software Engineer
8 11 (6.59%) Associate Director
9 10 (5.99%) Data Scientist
10 9 (5.39%) Lead Data Scientist
10 9 (5.39%) Principal Data Scientist
10 9 (5.39%) Senior Data Scientist
11 8 (4.79%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.19%) .NET
2 5 (2.99%) Django
3 4 (2.40%) NumPy
4 3 (1.80%) PyQt
5 1 (0.60%) Next.js
5 1 (0.60%) Pandas
5 1 (0.60%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.60%) React
5 1 (0.60%) REST
5 1 (0.60%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (0.60%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.60%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 49 (29.34%) Life Science
2 13 (7.78%) Biopharmaceutical
2 13 (7.78%) LIMS
3 5 (2.99%) Driving Licence
3 5 (2.99%) Public Cloud
4 4 (2.40%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (2.40%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.80%) 3D Printing
6 2 (1.20%) Genomics
6 2 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.60%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.60%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.60%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.60%) Molecular Biology
7 1 (0.60%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.60%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.98%) Linux
2 7 (4.19%) Windows
2 7 (4.19%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.99%) Mac OS
4 4 (2.40%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (2.40%) VxWorks
5 2 (1.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (25.15%) Validation
2 39 (23.35%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (18.56%) Software Engineering
4 25 (14.97%) Agile
5 24 (14.37%) Change Control
5 24 (14.37%) QMS
6 21 (12.57%) Computer Science
7 18 (10.78%) DevOps
7 18 (10.78%) Mentoring
8 16 (9.58%) CAPA
8 16 (9.58%) Roadmaps
9 15 (8.98%) Business Intelligence
9 15 (8.98%) SDLC
9 15 (8.98%) Virtual Environments
10 14 (8.38%) Analytics
10 14 (8.38%) Bioinformatics
10 14 (8.38%) Risk Management
11 13 (7.78%) Collaborative Working
11 13 (7.78%) Creative Thinking
11 13 (7.78%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 18 (10.78%) Python
2 17 (10.18%) SQL
3 12 (7.19%) C
4 5 (2.99%) Java
5 4 (2.40%) T-SQL
6 3 (1.80%) C#
6 3 (1.80%) C++
6 3 (1.80%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.20%) R
8 1 (0.60%) Ruby
8 1 (0.60%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.60%) VB
Qualifications
1 69 (41.32%) Degree
2 34 (20.36%) Master's Degree
3 27 (16.17%) PhD
4 11 (6.59%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (5.99%) CFA
5 10 (5.99%) CIMA
5 10 (5.99%) MBA
6 5 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.40%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (15.57%) QA
2 21 (12.57%) Good Clinical Practice
3 17 (10.18%) GMP
4 13 (7.78%) GxP
5 4 (2.40%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 4 (2.40%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.60%) CDISC
6 1 (0.60%) GLP
System Software
1 19 (11.38%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.19%) Hyper-V
2 7 (4.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.40%) Firmware
4 3 (1.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (7.78%) SCOM
2 4 (2.40%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.80%) Terraform
4 2 (1.20%) Ansible
4 2 (1.20%) SCCM
5 1 (0.60%) Argo
5 1 (0.60%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.60%) Puppet
Vendors
1 31 (18.56%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.59%) Nintex
3 7 (4.19%) VMware
4 4 (2.40%) Epicor
4 4 (2.40%) Infor
4 4 (2.40%) Oracle
4 4 (2.40%) QNX
4 4 (2.40%) Sage
4 4 (2.40%) SAP
5 2 (1.20%) Capita
5 2 (1.20%) IONA
6 1 (0.60%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.60%) Cisco
6 1 (0.60%) Citrix
6 1 (0.60%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.60%) HP
6 1 (0.60%) Meraki