Biotechnology Contracts in the North West

Biotechnology (Biotech)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Biotechnology skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Biotechnology over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 136 186
Rank change year-on-year +19 +50 -8
Contract jobs citing Biotechnology 2 9 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.085% 0.32% 0.076%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.36% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £464
25th Percentile £708 £563 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £715 £575 £488
Median % change year-on-year +24.35% +17.95% +18.18%
75th Percentile £723 £588 £516
90th Percentile - - £521
England median daily rate £550 £438 £550
% change year-on-year +25.71% -20.45% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £42.50 -
England median hourly rate - £42.50 £69.00
% change year-on-year - -38.41% +41.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Biotechnology falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,955 2,483 3,522
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.51% 88.49% 89.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,056 1,712 2,571
10th Percentile £294 £270 £275
25th Percentile £394 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £656 £675 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 172 148
10th Percentile £16.78 £15.78 £10.55
25th Percentile £25.30 £18.00 £16.23
Median hourly rate £40.33 £35.50 £25.41
Median % change year-on-year +13.59% +39.74% +41.14%
75th Percentile £55.79 £46.18 £60.33
90th Percentile £70.90 £64.88 £75.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £44.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.24% +27.14% +70.73%

Biotechnology
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Biotechnology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Biotechnology in the North West

Biotechnology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Biotechnology in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Biotechnology in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Biotechnology in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Biotechnology in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Biotechnology within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +18 1 £715 - 1
Merseyside +1 1 - -
Biotechnology
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Information Services Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Biometrics
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 1 (50.00%) GxP
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware