Computational Biology
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Computational Biology skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Computational Biology over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 887 968 1172
Rank change year-on-year +81 +204 -300
Permanent jobs citing Computational Biology 7 21 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.020% 0.016%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.008% 0.021% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 0
10th Percentile - £41,375 -
25th Percentile £54,752 £50,938 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £63,750 -
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,188 -
90th Percentile - £92,375 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £40,000 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Computational Biology 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 84,476 100,576 147,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.05% 95.63% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,789 58,947 82,930
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,476
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Computational Biology
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Computational Biology in the UK

Computational Biology
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computational Biology.

Salary trend for Computational Biology in the UK

Computational Biology
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computational Biology over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Computational Biology in the UK

Computational Biology
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computational Biology within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 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
London +120 7 £75,000 +15.38% 5
England +96 7 £75,000 +17.65% 8
Work from Home +103 4 £75,000 +20.00% 2

Computational Biology
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Dagster
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Snakemake
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Life Science
1 4 (57.14%) Omics
2 3 (42.86%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Bioinformatics
1 7 (100.00%) Biology
2 4 (57.14%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (57.14%) Data Engineering
2 4 (57.14%) Deep Learning
2 4 (57.14%) Machine Learning
2 4 (57.14%) Ontologies
2 4 (57.14%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Bash
1 4 (57.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
1 4 (57.14%) Master's Degree
1 4 (57.14%) PhD
2 3 (42.86%) Postgraduate
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Slurm Workload Manager