Bioinformatics Jobs

Bioinformatics
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Bioinformatics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Bioinformatics over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 853 912 1023
Rank change year-on-year +59 +111 -172
Permanent jobs citing Bioinformatics 54 35 239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.051% 0.037% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.061% 0.039% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 13 19 7
10th Percentile £54,752 - £46,671
25th Percentile £65,000 £43,125 £49,452
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £45,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +63.93% -39.00% +25.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £68,125 £106,250
90th Percentile - £73,250 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £45,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +85.79% +1.67% -25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Bioinformatics 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 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £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%

Bioinformatics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Bioinformatics in the UK

Bioinformatics
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Bioinformatics in the UK

Bioinformatics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Bioinformatics over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Bioinformatics in the UK

Bioinformatics
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Bioinformatics within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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 +47 41 £75,000 +63.93% 29
UK excluding London -9 39 £85,000 +85.79% 18
Work from Home +73 36 £75,000 +15.38% 8
East of England +11 14 £85,000 - 7
South East +2 12 - - 6
London +108 9 £75,000 +11.11% 14
Scotland - 6 - - 4
North of England - 6 - - 3
North West - 4 - - 1
North East - 2 - - 2
Wales +9 1 - -

Bioinformatics
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 6 (11.11%) Azure
1 6 (11.11%) Azure Machine Learning
1 6 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (7.41%) Dagster
3 2 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.85%) Amazon Cognito
4 1 (1.85%) AWS
4 1 (1.85%) AWS Fargate
4 1 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (1.85%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.11%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.85%) Amazon Athena
2 1 (1.85%) DynamoDB
2 1 (1.85%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Snakemake
General
1 10 (18.52%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 4 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.41%) Electronics
4 2 (3.70%) Legal
4 2 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.85%) French Language
Job Titles
1 21 (38.89%) Senior
2 15 (27.78%) Developer
2 15 (27.78%) Software Developer
3 10 (18.52%) Senior Developer
3 10 (18.52%) Senior Software Developer
3 10 (18.52%) Software Engineer
4 9 (16.67%) Data Scientist
4 9 (16.67%) Lead
4 9 (16.67%) Lead Data Scientist
4 9 (16.67%) Principal Data Scientist
4 9 (16.67%) Senior Data Scientist
4 9 (16.67%) Team Leader
5 4 (7.41%) Machine Learning Scientist
6 3 (5.56%) Research Engineer
7 2 (3.70%) Analyst
8 1 (1.85%) Data Engineer
8 1 (1.85%) Project Manager
8 1 (1.85%) Senior Manager
8 1 (1.85%) Senior Project Manager
8 1 (1.85%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.41%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.85%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.85%) RESTful
2 1 (1.85%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 18 (33.33%) Life Science
2 4 (7.41%) Algorithms
2 4 (7.41%) Omics
3 3 (5.56%) NHS
4 2 (3.70%) Genomics
4 2 (3.70%) iPad
4 2 (3.70%) Molecular Biology
5 1 (1.85%) Biopharmaceutical
5 1 (1.85%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (18.52%) Linux
2 6 (11.11%) Unix
3 1 (1.85%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (62.96%) Data Science
2 29 (53.70%) Informatics
3 26 (48.15%) Software Engineering
4 15 (27.78%) Biotechnology
4 15 (27.78%) Machine Learning
5 10 (18.52%) Biology
5 10 (18.52%) CI/CD
6 9 (16.67%) Line Management
7 7 (12.96%) Artificial Intelligence
7 7 (12.96%) Computational Biology
7 7 (12.96%) Computer Science
7 7 (12.96%) DevOps
8 6 (11.11%) Architectural Design
8 6 (11.11%) BDD
8 6 (11.11%) Platform Engineering
8 6 (11.11%) TDD
9 5 (9.26%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (9.26%) Deep Learning
10 4 (7.41%) Containerisation
10 4 (7.41%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 12 (22.22%) Python
2 6 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 6 (11.11%) Ruby
3 4 (7.41%) Bash
4 1 (1.85%) C
4 1 (1.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (40.74%) Degree
2 21 (38.89%) PhD
3 13 (24.07%) Master's Degree
4 3 (5.56%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.70%) GLP
1 2 (3.70%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 6 (11.11%) Docker
2 3 (5.56%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (1.85%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.85%) Terraform