Biotechnology
The Biotechnology industry can offer graduates and qualified Scientists and Engineers a much broader range of career choices than those available in other sectors as well as a varied path in terms of future career advancement.
Roles are highly varied, and include:
- Physical Chemists
- Protein Biochemists
- Molecular Modellers
- Research Scientists
- HPLC Specialists
- Instrumentation Technicians
- QC Technicians
- Validation Engineers
Salaries range between £20k - £30k
The Biotechnology industry is perhaps not as established in terms of longevity as compared to perhaps the Pharmaceutical sector, however, recent market research and trend surveys highlight it to be the highest rapidly growing sector across the UK and Europe. At present, over 40,000 people are employed by the biotechnology industry, mostly in highly skilled jobs.
Within the biotechnology industry the majority of vacancies for graduates and postgraduates will be in scientific research, working for small/medium sized employers (SMEs), perhaps on science parks.
For candidates wishing to pursue a career in the Biotechnology industry, it will be advantageous and attractive to prospective employers that candidates are able to demonstrate prior industrial work experience as it will not only assist in the development of their skills but will also demonstrate a heightened awareness regarding commercial/industrial practice.
The biotechnology field contains an assortment of job categories requiring experience in many different sciences.
Some of the major companies we work with include: UCB, Heptares Therapeutics Ltd, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Cozart Bioscience and Roche.
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