Biotechnology Jobs

Biotechnology (Biotech)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Biotechnology skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Biotechnology 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 669 759 596
Rank change year-on-year +90 -163 -15
Permanent jobs citing Biotechnology 243 189 882
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.20% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.21% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 80 66 73
10th Percentile £32,375 £32,500 £44,250
25th Percentile £41,875 £43,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -12.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £82,625 £81,250 £92,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -21.43% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Biotechnology 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%

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 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Biotechnology in the UK

Biotechnology
Top 14 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 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 +96 228 £57,500 +4.55% 145
UK excluding London -20 170 £55,000 - 91
Work from Home +105 115 £73,750 +28.26% 41
South East +34 93 £61,250 +11.36% 41
London +162 72 £70,000 +12.00% 53
East of England -4 32 £55,000 +15.79% 22
South West -7 24 £38,750 -32.61% 2
Scotland -68 10 £45,000 -30.77% 4
North of England +1 6 £55,000 - 18
Yorkshire +30 5 £55,000 - 4
Wales +6 4 - - 2
Midlands -19 1 £72,500 -6.45% 2
North West - 1 - - 8
West Midlands - 1 £72,500 - 2

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 16 (6.58%) SharePoint
2 13 (5.35%) Documentum
3 7 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.82%) SAS
5 1 (0.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 42 (17.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (6.17%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (5.35%) MS Visio
4 11 (4.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (5.35%) TrackWise
2 4 (1.65%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 20 (8.23%) AWS
2 19 (7.82%) Power Platform
3 18 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (6.17%) Azure
5 11 (4.53%) OneDrive
5 11 (4.53%) Power Automate
5 11 (4.53%) PowerApps
5 11 (4.53%) ShareGate
6 5 (2.06%) Serverless
7 4 (1.65%) Azure Pipelines
7 4 (1.65%) SaaS
8 3 (1.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (1.23%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (1.23%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.23%) Amazon SQS
8 3 (1.23%) WhatsApp
9 2 (0.82%) Figma
10 1 (0.41%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.29%) Firewall
2 4 (1.65%) Ethernet
2 4 (1.65%) Profibus
3 2 (0.82%) LAN
3 2 (0.82%) WAN
3 2 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.41%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.41%) DHCP
4 1 (0.41%) DNS
4 1 (0.41%) MPLS
4 1 (0.41%) Network Security
4 1 (0.41%) PBX
4 1 (0.41%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.41%) VPLS
4 1 (0.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.82%) Power BI
2 7 (2.88%) Relational Database
3 6 (2.47%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (1.65%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.65%) Metadata
4 4 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (1.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.23%) MySQL
5 3 (1.23%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.23%) RDBMS
5 3 (1.23%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.23%) SQLite
6 2 (0.82%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Git
2 1 (0.41%) CircleCI
2 1 (0.41%) GitLab
2 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.41%) JIRA
General
1 133 (54.73%) Pharmaceutical
2 86 (35.39%) Social Skills
3 45 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (14.40%) Manufacturing
5 34 (13.99%) Finance
6 33 (13.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (8.23%) Legal
8 17 (7.00%) Influencing Skills
9 16 (6.58%) Aerospace
10 12 (4.94%) Law
11 8 (3.29%) Retail
12 7 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (2.47%) Electronics
13 6 (2.47%) Marketing
14 5 (2.06%) French Language
15 4 (1.65%) Danish Language
15 4 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.65%) German Language
15 4 (1.65%) Russian Language
15 4 (1.65%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 48 (19.75%) Senior
2 27 (11.11%) QA Manager
3 26 (10.70%) Analyst
4 22 (9.05%) Developer
5 21 (8.64%) Lead
6 17 (7.00%) Project Manager
6 17 (7.00%) Team Leader
7 16 (6.58%) Data Scientist
7 16 (6.58%) Senior Data Scientist
8 15 (6.17%) Business Development Manager
8 15 (6.17%) Business Manager
8 15 (6.17%) Development Manager
8 15 (6.17%) Software Engineer
9 13 (5.35%) Data Integrity Manager
9 13 (5.35%) IT Manager
9 13 (5.35%) Senior Software Engineer
9 13 (5.35%) Systems Manager
10 11 (4.53%) Associate Director
10 11 (4.53%) Financial Analyst
10 11 (4.53%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.94%) .NET
2 5 (2.06%) Django
3 3 (1.23%) NumPy
3 3 (1.23%) PyQt
4 2 (0.82%) D3.js
5 1 (0.41%) Next.js
5 1 (0.41%) React
5 1 (0.41%) REST
5 1 (0.41%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 87 (35.80%) Life Science
2 17 (7.00%) Algorithms
2 17 (7.00%) Biopharmaceutical
2 17 (7.00%) LIMS
3 9 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.29%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.47%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.06%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.06%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.65%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (1.65%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.23%) 3D Printing
8 3 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.23%) Learning Management System
8 3 (1.23%) Molecular Biology
9 2 (0.82%) Genomics
9 2 (0.82%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.82%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.76%) Linux
2 10 (4.12%) Windows
2 10 (4.12%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.06%) Mac OS
4 4 (1.65%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (1.65%) VxWorks
5 1 (0.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (21.81%) Software Engineering
2 47 (19.34%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (17.28%) Validation
4 41 (16.87%) Process Improvement
5 38 (15.64%) Computer Science
6 36 (14.81%) QMS
7 30 (12.35%) Agile
8 29 (11.93%) Analytics
9 26 (10.70%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (10.29%) CAPA
10 25 (10.29%) Data Science
11 24 (9.88%) Change Control
12 23 (9.47%) Quality Management
13 22 (9.05%) Mentoring
14 20 (8.23%) Informatics
15 18 (7.41%) Collaborative Working
15 18 (7.41%) Data Visualisation
15 18 (7.41%) DevOps
15 18 (7.41%) Virtual Environments
15 18 (7.41%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 24 (9.88%) SQL
2 23 (9.47%) Python
3 12 (4.94%) C
4 10 (4.12%) Java
5 4 (1.65%) T-SQL
6 3 (1.23%) C#
6 3 (1.23%) C++
6 3 (1.23%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.82%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.82%) R
8 1 (0.41%) Ruby
8 1 (0.41%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 125 (51.44%) Degree
2 49 (20.16%) Master's Degree
3 44 (18.11%) PhD
4 11 (4.53%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (4.12%) CFA
5 10 (4.12%) CIMA
5 10 (4.12%) MBA
5 10 (4.12%) Numerate Degree
6 5 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.65%) HND
8 1 (0.41%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (20.16%) QA
2 43 (17.70%) Good Clinical Practice
3 17 (7.00%) GMP
4 14 (5.76%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 13 (5.35%) GxP
6 11 (4.53%) CDISC
7 4 (1.65%) ISO 13485
8 3 (1.23%) GLP
9 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
System Software
1 18 (7.41%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.88%) Hyper-V
2 7 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.65%) Firmware
4 2 (0.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (6.58%) SCOM
2 8 (3.29%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.23%) Terraform
4 2 (0.82%) Ansible
4 2 (0.82%) SCCM
5 1 (0.41%) Argo
5 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.41%) Puppet
Vendors
1 48 (19.75%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.53%) Nintex
3 7 (2.88%) Oracle
3 7 (2.88%) VMware
4 6 (2.47%) SAP
5 4 (1.65%) Epicor
5 4 (1.65%) Infor
5 4 (1.65%) QNX
5 4 (1.65%) Sage
6 2 (0.82%) Capita
6 2 (0.82%) Charles River
6 2 (0.82%) IONA
6 2 (0.82%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (0.41%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.41%) Cisco
7 1 (0.41%) Citrix
7 1 (0.41%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.41%) HP
7 1 (0.41%) Meraki