Biotechnology Jobs

Biotechnology (Biotech)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Biotechnology skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Biotechnology over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 627 672 774
Rank change year-on-year +45 +102 -173
Permanent jobs citing Biotechnology 82 243 188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.24% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.28% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 18 80 62
10th Percentile £42,500 £32,375 £35,000
25th Percentile £49,063 £41,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £56,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% +2.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £93,750 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £130,750 £82,625 £82,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -21.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Biotechnology 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%

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 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Biotechnology in the UK

Biotechnology
Top 13 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 30 May 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
England +5 72 £82,500 +43.48% 826
UK excluding London +65 41 £47,500 -13.64% 869
Work from Home +37 33 £65,000 -11.86% 359
London +73 31 £82,500 +17.86% 55
South East +9 14 £47,500 -22.45% 219
Yorkshire +66 11 - - 77
North of England +57 11 - - 186
Midlands +94 9 - - 166
East of England +20 5 - - 147
East Midlands - 5 - - 66
West Midlands +61 4 - - 89
South West +82 1 - - 107
Wales +44 1 - - 25

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 3 (3.66%) WordPress
2 2 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (21.95%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.66%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.32%) Azure
1 6 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
1 6 (7.32%) SaaS
2 5 (6.10%) AWS
3 4 (4.88%) GitHub
3 4 (4.88%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (2.44%) Boomi
4 2 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.22%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.22%) DHCP
1 1 (1.22%) DNS
1 1 (1.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.54%) SQL Server
2 6 (7.32%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.22%) MySQL
3 1 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (8.54%) Git
General
1 46 (56.10%) Pharmaceutical
2 30 (36.59%) Social Skills
3 27 (32.93%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (15.85%) Manufacturing
5 7 (8.54%) Marketing
6 6 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (7.32%) Law
7 4 (4.88%) Finance
7 4 (4.88%) Legal
8 3 (3.66%) Banking
9 2 (2.44%) French Language
9 2 (2.44%) German Language
9 2 (2.44%) Publishing
10 1 (1.22%) Health Technology
10 1 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.22%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 18 (21.95%) Trainer
2 16 (19.51%) Senior
3 14 (17.07%) Biostatistician
4 10 (12.20%) Developer
5 9 (10.98%) Analyst
5 9 (10.98%) Automation Engineer
6 8 (9.76%) Data Scientist
6 8 (9.76%) Senior Data Scientist
7 6 (7.32%) Principal Engineer
8 5 (6.10%) Field Engineer
8 5 (6.10%) Project Manager
9 4 (4.88%) Django Developer
9 4 (4.88%) Full-Stack Developer
10 3 (3.66%) Field Service Engineer
10 3 (3.66%) QA Specialist
10 3 (3.66%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 3 (3.66%) Senior Developer
10 3 (3.66%) Senior Manager
11 2 (2.44%) Data Manager
11 2 (2.44%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.88%) Django
1 4 (4.88%) React
2 3 (3.66%) HTML
3 2 (2.44%) CSS
4 1 (1.22%) .NET
4 1 (1.22%) FastAPI
4 1 (1.22%) JSON
4 1 (1.22%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.22%) scikit-learn
4 1 (1.22%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 38 (46.34%) Life Science
2 18 (21.95%) Molecular Biology
3 17 (20.73%) Algorithms
4 6 (7.32%) Operational Technology
4 6 (7.32%) SCADA
5 4 (4.88%) Biopharmaceutical
6 3 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (3.66%) LIMS
7 2 (2.44%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.44%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (1.22%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.22%) NHS
8 1 (1.22%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.22%) Android
1 1 (1.22%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.22%) Linux
1 1 (1.22%) Windows
1 1 (1.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (32.93%) Computer Science
2 24 (29.27%) Software Engineering
3 21 (25.61%) Artificial Intelligence
3 21 (25.61%) Biochemistry
4 20 (24.39%) Biology
5 18 (21.95%) Conversational UI
5 18 (21.95%) Data Interpretation
5 18 (21.95%) Experimental Design
5 18 (21.95%) Informatics
6 17 (20.73%) Analytics
6 17 (20.73%) Data Science
7 16 (19.51%) Analytical Thinking
7 16 (19.51%) Business Analytics
7 16 (19.51%) Data Modelling
7 16 (19.51%) Data Visualisation
7 16 (19.51%) Process Improvement
7 16 (19.51%) Statistics
7 16 (19.51%) Visualisation
8 14 (17.07%) Biostatistics
9 12 (14.63%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 15 (18.29%) Python
2 8 (9.76%) SQL
3 6 (7.32%) C#
4 2 (2.44%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.22%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 61 (74.39%) Degree
2 37 (45.12%) Master's Degree
3 34 (41.46%) PhD
4 4 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.66%) HNC
6 1 (1.22%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.54%) QA
2 6 (7.32%) Good Clinical Practice
3 5 (6.10%) GMP
3 5 (6.10%) GxP
4 4 (4.88%) Data Quality
5 3 (3.66%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 2 (2.44%) Accessibility
6 2 (2.44%) GAMP
6 2 (2.44%) GLP
6 2 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (1.22%) AICPA
7 1 (1.22%) GDPR
7 1 (1.22%) GRC
7 1 (1.22%) ISO 13485
7 1 (1.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (7.32%) Docker
1 6 (7.32%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.22%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (21.95%) PayPal
2 7 (8.54%) Rockwell
2 7 (8.54%) Salesforce
2 7 (8.54%) Siemens
3 3 (3.66%) WooCommerce
4 2 (2.44%) HubSpot
4 2 (2.44%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.44%) Oracle
5 1 (1.22%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.22%) VMware