Biotechnology (Biotech)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 674 773 625
Rank change year-on-year +99 -148 -29
Permanent jobs citing Biotechnology 230 212 739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.20% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.21% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 85 69 65
10th Percentile £31,750 £40,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £83,250 £84,500 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £68,750
% change year-on-year - -20.00% +14.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,697 99,477 149,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.97% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,840 58,401 83,209
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,025 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,330
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Biotechnology
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Biotechnology in the UK

Biotechnology
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Biotechnology in the UK

Biotechnology
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Biotechnology over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Biotechnology in the UK

Biotechnology
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Biotechnology within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +116 216 £57,500 +4.55% 149
UK excluding London -10 165 £55,000 - 105
Work from Home +137 101 £73,750 +28.26% 53
South East +47 88 £57,500 +4.55% 34
London +162 64 £70,000 +33.33% 53
East of England +11 33 £55,000 +4.76% 26
South West 0 24 £38,750 -32.61% 4
Scotland -71 9 £45,000 -30.77% 6
North of England -12 6 £55,000 - 20
Yorkshire +35 5 £55,000 - 9
Wales +7 4 - - 7
Midlands +1 1 £72,500 -6.45% 6
North West - 1 - - 9
West Midlands - 1 £72,500 - 2

Biotechnology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 17 (7.39%) SharePoint
2 13 (5.65%) Documentum
3 8 (3.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.87%) SAS
5 1 (0.43%) Confluence
5 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 42 (18.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (6.52%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (5.65%) MS Visio
4 11 (4.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (5.65%) TrackWise
2 4 (1.74%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 21 (9.13%) AWS
1 21 (9.13%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (7.39%) Azure
2 17 (7.39%) Power Platform
3 11 (4.78%) OneDrive
3 11 (4.78%) Power Automate
3 11 (4.78%) PowerApps
3 11 (4.78%) ShareGate
4 6 (2.61%) Serverless
5 4 (1.74%) Azure Pipelines
5 4 (1.74%) SaaS
6 3 (1.30%) WhatsApp
7 2 (0.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (0.87%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (0.87%) Amazon S3
7 2 (0.87%) Amazon SQS
7 2 (0.87%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.43%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.91%) Firewall
2 4 (1.74%) Ethernet
2 4 (1.74%) Profibus
3 2 (0.87%) LAN
3 2 (0.87%) WAN
3 2 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.43%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.43%) DHCP
4 1 (0.43%) DNS
4 1 (0.43%) MPLS
4 1 (0.43%) Network Security
4 1 (0.43%) PBX
4 1 (0.43%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.43%) VPLS
4 1 (0.43%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.39%) Power BI
2 7 (3.04%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.17%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (1.74%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.74%) Metadata
4 4 (1.74%) MySQL
4 4 (1.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.30%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.30%) RDBMS
5 3 (1.30%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.30%) SQLite
6 2 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.87%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (2.17%) Git
2 1 (0.43%) CircleCI
2 1 (0.43%) GitLab
2 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.43%) JIRA
General
1 118 (51.30%) Pharmaceutical
2 70 (30.43%) Social Skills
3 36 (15.65%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (14.78%) Finance
5 33 (14.35%) Manufacturing
6 27 (11.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (6.96%) Aerospace
8 14 (6.09%) Legal
9 12 (5.22%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (5.22%) Law
10 8 (3.48%) Retail
11 6 (2.61%) Electronics
11 6 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.17%) French Language
13 4 (1.74%) Danish Language
13 4 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.74%) German Language
13 4 (1.74%) Marketing
13 4 (1.74%) Russian Language
13 4 (1.74%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 44 (19.13%) Senior
2 27 (11.74%) QA Manager
3 23 (10.00%) Developer
4 21 (9.13%) Analyst
5 20 (8.70%) Lead
6 17 (7.39%) Team Leader
7 15 (6.52%) Business Development Manager
7 15 (6.52%) Business Manager
7 15 (6.52%) Development Manager
7 15 (6.52%) Software Engineer
8 13 (5.65%) Data Integrity Manager
8 13 (5.65%) Data Scientist
8 13 (5.65%) IT Manager
8 13 (5.65%) Senior Software Engineer
8 13 (5.65%) Systems Manager
9 12 (5.22%) Project Manager
9 12 (5.22%) Senior Data Scientist
10 11 (4.78%) Associate Director
10 11 (4.78%) Financial Analyst
11 10 (4.35%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.22%) .NET
2 5 (2.17%) Django
3 4 (1.74%) NumPy
4 3 (1.30%) PyQt
5 1 (0.43%) Next.js
5 1 (0.43%) Pandas
5 1 (0.43%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.43%) React
5 1 (0.43%) REST
5 1 (0.43%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (0.43%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.43%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 78 (33.91%) Life Science
2 17 (7.39%) Biopharmaceutical
2 17 (7.39%) LIMS
3 9 (3.91%) Algorithms
3 9 (3.91%) Driving Licence
4 8 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.61%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.61%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.74%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.74%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (1.74%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.30%) 3D Printing
8 3 (1.30%) Learning Management System
8 3 (1.30%) Molecular Biology
9 2 (0.87%) Genomics
9 2 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.87%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.87%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.43%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.96%) Linux
2 12 (5.22%) Windows
3 11 (4.78%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.61%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.74%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (1.74%) VxWorks
6 2 (0.87%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (18.70%) Problem-Solving
1 43 (18.70%) Software Engineering
2 42 (18.26%) Validation
3 36 (15.65%) QMS
4 32 (13.91%) Process Improvement
5 29 (12.61%) Computer Science
6 28 (12.17%) Agile
7 26 (11.30%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (10.87%) CAPA
9 24 (10.43%) Change Control
10 23 (10.00%) Quality Management
11 20 (8.70%) Analytics
12 19 (8.26%) Roadmaps
13 18 (7.83%) DevOps
14 17 (7.39%) Contract Management
14 17 (7.39%) Data Management
14 17 (7.39%) Data Science
14 17 (7.39%) Mentoring
15 16 (6.96%) Bioinformatics
15 16 (6.96%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 24 (10.43%) SQL
2 23 (10.00%) Python
3 12 (5.22%) C
4 9 (3.91%) Java
5 4 (1.74%) T-SQL
6 3 (1.30%) C#
6 3 (1.30%) C++
6 3 (1.30%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.30%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.87%) R
8 1 (0.43%) Ruby
8 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 117 (50.87%) Degree
2 42 (18.26%) Master's Degree
3 35 (15.22%) PhD
4 11 (4.78%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (4.35%) CFA
5 10 (4.35%) CIMA
5 10 (4.35%) MBA
5 10 (4.35%) Numerate Degree
6 5 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.74%) HND
8 1 (0.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (20.43%) QA
2 43 (18.70%) Good Clinical Practice
3 17 (7.39%) GMP
4 14 (6.09%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 13 (5.65%) GxP
6 11 (4.78%) CDISC
7 4 (1.74%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.43%) GDPR
8 1 (0.43%) GLP
System Software
1 21 (9.13%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.48%) Hyper-V
2 8 (3.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.74%) Firmware
4 3 (1.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (4.78%) SCOM
2 7 (3.04%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.30%) Terraform
4 2 (0.87%) Ansible
4 2 (0.87%) SCCM
5 1 (0.43%) Argo
5 1 (0.43%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.43%) Puppet
Vendors
1 48 (20.87%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.78%) Nintex
3 8 (3.48%) VMware
4 7 (3.04%) Oracle
5 6 (2.61%) SAP
6 4 (1.74%) Epicor
6 4 (1.74%) Infor
6 4 (1.74%) QNX
6 4 (1.74%) Sage
7 2 (0.87%) Capita
7 2 (0.87%) IONA
7 2 (0.87%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (0.43%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.43%) Cisco
8 1 (0.43%) Citrix
8 1 (0.43%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.43%) HP
8 1 (0.43%) Meraki