Molecular Biology Jobs

Molecular Biology
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Molecular Biology in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Molecular Biology 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 686 901 922
Rank change year-on-year +215 +21 +218
Permanent jobs citing Molecular Biology 23 11 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.042% 0.011% 0.041%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.031% 0.095%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £75,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Generic Skills
UK

Molecular Biology falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,604 35,638 42,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.19% 34.51% 43.55%
Number of salaries quoted 9,493 23,121 22,633
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,084 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Molecular Biology
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Molecular Biology in the UK

Molecular Biology
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Molecular Biology in the UK

Molecular Biology
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Molecular Biology 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
UK excluding London +207 22 - - 10
England +168 21 - - 9
Work from Home +137 20 - - 11
Midlands - 9 - - 1
Yorkshire - 7 - -
North of England - 7 - - 4
South East +84 5 - - 4
East Midlands - 5 - -
West Midlands - 4 - - 1
Wales - 1 - - 1

Molecular 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (78.26%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) Amazon EC2
1 2 (8.70%) Amazon ECR
1 2 (8.70%) Amazon EKS
1 2 (8.70%) Amazon S3
1 2 (8.70%) AWS
1 2 (8.70%) Slack
1 2 (8.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) MongoDB
1 2 (8.70%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Git
1 2 (8.70%) GitLab
1 2 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 5 (21.74%) Electronics
1 5 (21.74%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (78.26%) Trainer
2 14 (60.87%) Biostatistician
3 4 (17.39%) Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Software Developer
5 2 (8.70%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) Django
1 2 (8.70%) Flask
1 2 (8.70%) Lambda Expressions
1 2 (8.70%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Algorithms
1 3 (13.04%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Debian
1 3 (13.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) Biology
2 18 (78.26%) Artificial Intelligence
2 18 (78.26%) Biochemistry
2 18 (78.26%) Biotechnology
2 18 (78.26%) Conversational UI
2 18 (78.26%) Data Interpretation
2 18 (78.26%) Experimental Design
3 14 (60.87%) Biostatistics
4 5 (21.74%) Commercialisation
4 5 (21.74%) Disruptive Innovation
4 5 (21.74%) Informatics
5 3 (13.04%) Bioinformatics
5 3 (13.04%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (13.04%) Customer Analysis
5 3 (13.04%) Data Analysis
5 3 (13.04%) Open Source
5 3 (13.04%) Workflow
5 3 (13.04%) Workflow Management
6 2 (8.70%) Software Engineering
6 2 (8.70%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) Python
2 2 (8.70%) JavaScript
2 2 (8.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (91.30%) Degree
1 21 (91.30%) Master's Degree
1 21 (91.30%) PhD
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Kubernetes
1 2 (8.70%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 18 (78.26%) PayPal
2 2 (8.70%) Sawtooth Software