Biotechnology Jobs in the UK excluding London

Biotechnology (Biotech)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Biotechnology skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Biotechnology over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 614 579 518
Rank change year-on-year -35 -61 -2
Permanent jobs citing Biotechnology 166 149 395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.27% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.28% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 67 38 20
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,350 £25,025
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +14.58%
75th Percentile £77,500 £61,250 £83,438
90th Percentile £83,750 £67,500 £91,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,702 52,760 72,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.77% 95.48% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 43,767 28,367 41,386
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +8.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Biotechnology
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Biotechnology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Biotechnology in the UK excluding London

Biotechnology
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Biotechnology in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Biotechnology in the UK excluding London

Biotechnology
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Biotechnology in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Biotechnology in the UK excluding London

Biotechnology
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Biotechnology within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East +13 91 £61,250 +11.36% 36
East of England -12 31 £55,000 +15.79% 25
South West -21 24 £38,750 -32.61% 4
Scotland -71 9 £45,000 -30.77% 3
North of England -15 6 £55,000 - 20
Yorkshire +39 5 £55,000 - 6
Wales +9 4 - - 3
Midlands -43 1 £72,500 -6.45% 3
North West - 1 - - 10
West Midlands - 1 £72,500 - 2
Biotechnology
UK

Biotechnology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 15 (9.04%) SharePoint
2 13 (7.83%) Documentum
3 6 (3.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.60%) Confluence
4 1 (0.60%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (15.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (6.63%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (6.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (6.63%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.81%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (7.83%) TrackWise
2 4 (2.41%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 17 (10.24%) Microsoft 365
1 17 (10.24%) Power Platform
2 13 (7.83%) Azure
3 11 (6.63%) OneDrive
3 11 (6.63%) Power Automate
3 11 (6.63%) PowerApps
3 11 (6.63%) ShareGate
4 9 (5.42%) AWS
5 4 (2.41%) Azure Pipelines
5 4 (2.41%) Serverless
6 2 (1.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (1.20%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (1.20%) Amazon S3
6 2 (1.20%) Amazon SQS
6 2 (1.20%) Figma
6 2 (1.20%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.60%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.60%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.22%) Firewall
2 4 (2.41%) Ethernet
2 4 (2.41%) Profibus
3 2 (1.20%) LAN
3 2 (1.20%) WAN
3 2 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.60%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.60%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.60%) DHCP
4 1 (0.60%) DNS
4 1 (0.60%) MPLS
4 1 (0.60%) Network Security
4 1 (0.60%) PBX
4 1 (0.60%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.60%) VPLS
4 1 (0.60%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (10.24%) Power BI
2 4 (2.41%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (2.41%) Data Lake
2 4 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.41%) Metadata
2 4 (2.41%) Relational Database
2 4 (2.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (2.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.20%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.41%) Git
2 1 (0.60%) CircleCI
2 1 (0.60%) GitLab
2 1 (0.60%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.60%) JIRA
General
1 66 (39.76%) Pharmaceutical
2 50 (30.12%) Social Skills
3 35 (21.08%) Manufacturing
4 32 (19.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (10.24%) Legal
6 16 (9.64%) Aerospace
6 16 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (9.64%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (9.04%) Finance
8 8 (4.82%) Retail
9 6 (3.61%) Electronics
10 4 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.81%) Marketing
12 2 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.60%) Games
13 1 (0.60%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.60%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 31 (18.67%) Senior
2 19 (11.45%) Developer
3 18 (10.84%) Lead
4 16 (9.64%) Team Leader
5 15 (9.04%) Project Manager
5 15 (9.04%) QA Manager
6 13 (7.83%) Data Integrity Manager
6 13 (7.83%) IT Manager
6 13 (7.83%) Software Engineer
6 13 (7.83%) Systems Manager
7 12 (7.23%) Senior Software Engineer
8 11 (6.63%) Associate Director
8 11 (6.63%) Business Development Manager
8 11 (6.63%) Business Manager
8 11 (6.63%) Development Manager
9 8 (4.82%) Data Scientist
9 8 (4.82%) Embedded Engineer
9 8 (4.82%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 8 (4.82%) Senior Data Scientist
9 8 (4.82%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.23%) .NET
2 5 (3.01%) Django
3 3 (1.81%) NumPy
3 3 (1.81%) PyQt
4 2 (1.20%) D3.js
5 1 (0.60%) Next.js
5 1 (0.60%) React
5 1 (0.60%) REST
5 1 (0.60%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 46 (27.71%) Life Science
2 13 (7.83%) LIMS
3 12 (7.23%) Biopharmaceutical
4 4 (2.41%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.41%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (2.41%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.81%) 3D Printing
5 3 (1.81%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.20%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.20%) Genomics
6 2 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.60%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.60%) Molecular Biology
7 1 (0.60%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 13 (7.83%) Linux
2 6 (3.61%) Windows
2 6 (3.61%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.41%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (2.41%) Mac OS
3 4 (2.41%) VxWorks
4 1 (0.60%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (25.30%) Validation
2 40 (24.10%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (19.28%) Software Engineering
4 27 (16.27%) Agile
5 24 (14.46%) Change Control
5 24 (14.46%) QMS
6 21 (12.65%) Computer Science
7 20 (12.05%) Mentoring
8 18 (10.84%) DevOps
9 17 (10.24%) Business Intelligence
9 17 (10.24%) Virtual Environments
10 16 (9.64%) CAPA
10 16 (9.64%) Risk Management
10 16 (9.64%) Roadmaps
11 15 (9.04%) Collaborative Working
11 15 (9.04%) Creative Thinking
11 15 (9.04%) SDLC
12 14 (8.43%) User Experience
13 13 (7.83%) Analytics
13 13 (7.83%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 18 (10.84%) Python
2 17 (10.24%) SQL
3 12 (7.23%) C
4 6 (3.61%) Java
5 4 (2.41%) T-SQL
6 3 (1.81%) C#
6 3 (1.81%) C++
7 2 (1.20%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.20%) R
8 1 (0.60%) Ruby
8 1 (0.60%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.60%) VB
Qualifications
1 65 (39.16%) Degree
2 31 (18.67%) Master's Degree
3 25 (15.06%) PhD
4 11 (6.63%) ITIL Certification
5 9 (5.42%) CFA
5 9 (5.42%) CIMA
5 9 (5.42%) MBA
6 5 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.41%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (16.87%) QA
2 20 (12.05%) Good Clinical Practice
3 17 (10.24%) GMP
4 13 (7.83%) GxP
5 4 (2.41%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 4 (2.41%) ISO 13485
6 3 (1.81%) GLP
7 1 (0.60%) CDISC
System Software
1 17 (10.24%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.61%) Hyper-V
2 6 (3.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.41%) Firmware
4 2 (1.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (9.04%) SCOM
2 5 (3.01%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.81%) Terraform
4 2 (1.20%) Ansible
4 2 (1.20%) SCCM
5 1 (0.60%) Argo
5 1 (0.60%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.60%) Puppet
Vendors
1 30 (18.07%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.63%) Nintex
3 6 (3.61%) VMware
4 4 (2.41%) Epicor
4 4 (2.41%) Infor
4 4 (2.41%) Oracle
4 4 (2.41%) QNX
4 4 (2.41%) Sage
4 4 (2.41%) SAP
5 2 (1.20%) Capita
5 2 (1.20%) Charles River
5 2 (1.20%) IONA
6 1 (0.60%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.60%) Cisco
6 1 (0.60%) Citrix
6 1 (0.60%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.60%) HP
6 1 (0.60%) Meraki