Biotechnology Jobs in England

Biotechnology (Biotech)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 634 715 665
Rank change year-on-year +81 -50 -16
Permanent jobs citing Biotechnology 231 159 587
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.19% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.20% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 77 54 71
10th Percentile £32,000 £34,125 £47,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -15.79%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £81,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.20% -12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 77,844 79,154 138,151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.92% 95.46% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 55,725 48,396 74,307
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,324 £33,259
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,875 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Biotechnology
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Biotechnology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Biotechnology in England

Biotechnology
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Biotechnology in England.

Salary trend for Biotechnology in England

Biotechnology
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Biotechnology in England over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Biotechnology in England

Biotechnology
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Biotechnology within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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 +34 93 £61,250 +11.36% 38
London +128 75 £70,000 +12.00% 55
East of England -12 32 £55,000 +15.79% 27
South West -14 24 £38,750 -32.61% 4
North of England -14 6 £55,000 - 19
Yorkshire +40 5 £55,000 - 7
Midlands -43 1 £72,500 -6.45% 4
North West - 1 - - 7
West Midlands - 1 £72,500 - 2
Biotechnology
UK

Biotechnology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (6.93%) SharePoint
2 13 (5.63%) Documentum
3 7 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.87%) SAS
5 1 (0.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 38 (16.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (6.49%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (5.63%) MS Visio
4 11 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (5.63%) TrackWise
2 4 (1.73%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 21 (9.09%) AWS
2 18 (7.79%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (7.36%) Power Platform
4 15 (6.49%) Azure
5 11 (4.76%) OneDrive
5 11 (4.76%) Power Automate
5 11 (4.76%) PowerApps
5 11 (4.76%) ShareGate
6 5 (2.16%) Serverless
7 4 (1.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (1.73%) Amazon ECS
7 4 (1.73%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.73%) Amazon SQS
7 4 (1.73%) Azure Pipelines
7 4 (1.73%) SaaS
8 3 (1.30%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.43%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.46%) Firewall
2 2 (0.87%) LAN
2 2 (0.87%) WAN
2 2 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (0.43%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (0.43%) DHCP
3 1 (0.43%) DNS
3 1 (0.43%) MPLS
3 1 (0.43%) Network Security
3 1 (0.43%) PBX
3 1 (0.43%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.43%) VPLS
3 1 (0.43%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.36%) Power BI
2 7 (3.03%) NoSQL
2 7 (3.03%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.73%) Data Lake
3 4 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.73%) Metadata
3 4 (1.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (1.30%) MySQL
4 3 (1.30%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.30%) RDBMS
4 3 (1.30%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.30%) SQLite
5 2 (0.87%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (0.43%) CircleCI
1 1 (0.43%) GitLab
1 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.43%) JIRA
General
1 128 (55.41%) Pharmaceutical
2 78 (33.77%) Social Skills
3 43 (18.61%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (13.85%) Finance
5 31 (13.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 29 (12.55%) Manufacturing
7 18 (7.79%) Legal
8 17 (7.36%) Influencing Skills
9 16 (6.93%) Aerospace
10 12 (5.19%) Law
11 8 (3.46%) Retail
12 7 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (2.16%) French Language
14 4 (1.73%) Danish Language
14 4 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.73%) German Language
14 4 (1.73%) Marketing
14 4 (1.73%) Russian Language
14 4 (1.73%) Spanish Language
15 2 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (19.48%) Senior
2 27 (11.69%) Analyst
2 27 (11.69%) QA Manager
3 21 (9.09%) Developer
3 21 (9.09%) Lead
4 17 (7.36%) Data Scientist
4 17 (7.36%) Project Manager
4 17 (7.36%) Senior Data Scientist
4 17 (7.36%) Team Leader
5 15 (6.49%) Business Development Manager
5 15 (6.49%) Business Manager
5 15 (6.49%) Development Manager
6 13 (5.63%) Data Integrity Manager
6 13 (5.63%) IT Manager
6 13 (5.63%) Systems Manager
7 12 (5.19%) Python Engineer
8 11 (4.76%) Associate Director
8 11 (4.76%) Financial Analyst
8 11 (4.76%) Software Engineer
9 9 (3.90%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.19%) .NET
2 5 (2.16%) Django
3 3 (1.30%) NumPy
3 3 (1.30%) PyQt
4 1 (0.43%) Next.js
4 1 (0.43%) React
4 1 (0.43%) REST
4 1 (0.43%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 82 (35.50%) Life Science
2 19 (8.23%) Algorithms
3 17 (7.36%) Biopharmaceutical
4 16 (6.93%) LIMS
5 9 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (3.46%) Driving Licence
7 6 (2.60%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.60%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.16%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.73%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (1.30%) 3D Printing
10 3 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.30%) Learning Management System
10 3 (1.30%) Molecular Biology
11 2 (0.87%) Genomics
11 2 (0.87%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.87%) Reinsurance
12 1 (0.43%) Educational Technology
12 1 (0.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.06%) Linux
2 10 (4.33%) Windows
2 10 (4.33%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.16%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (22.08%) Software Engineering
2 43 (18.61%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (18.61%) Process Improvement
3 39 (16.88%) Validation
4 36 (15.58%) Computer Science
4 36 (15.58%) QMS
5 30 (12.99%) Analytics
6 29 (12.55%) Agile
7 27 (11.69%) Data Science
8 26 (11.26%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (10.82%) CAPA
10 24 (10.39%) Change Control
11 23 (9.96%) Quality Management
12 22 (9.52%) Informatics
12 22 (9.52%) Mentoring
13 19 (8.23%) Statistics
14 18 (7.79%) Data Modelling
14 18 (7.79%) Data Visualisation
14 18 (7.79%) DevOps
14 18 (7.79%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.82%) SQL
2 24 (10.39%) Python
3 11 (4.76%) Java
4 8 (3.46%) C
5 4 (1.73%) T-SQL
6 3 (1.30%) C#
6 3 (1.30%) C++
6 3 (1.30%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.87%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.87%) R
8 1 (0.43%) Ruby
8 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 118 (51.08%) Degree
2 51 (22.08%) Master's Degree
3 46 (19.91%) PhD
4 11 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (4.33%) CFA
5 10 (4.33%) CIMA
5 10 (4.33%) MBA
5 10 (4.33%) Numerate Degree
6 5 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (19.91%) QA
2 43 (18.61%) Good Clinical Practice
3 16 (6.93%) GMP
4 13 (5.63%) GxP
5 11 (4.76%) CDISC
6 10 (4.33%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (7.79%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.03%) Hyper-V
2 7 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.87%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (6.93%) SCOM
2 8 (3.46%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.30%) Terraform
4 2 (0.87%) Ansible
4 2 (0.87%) SCCM
5 1 (0.43%) Argo
5 1 (0.43%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.43%) Puppet
Vendors
1 42 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.76%) Nintex
3 7 (3.03%) Oracle
3 7 (3.03%) VMware
4 6 (2.60%) SAP
5 4 (1.73%) Epicor
5 4 (1.73%) Infor
5 4 (1.73%) Sage
6 2 (0.87%) Capita
6 2 (0.87%) IONA
6 2 (0.87%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (0.43%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.43%) Cisco
7 1 (0.43%) Citrix
7 1 (0.43%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.43%) HP
7 1 (0.43%) Meraki