Biometrics jobs in the UK

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With over 50 years of developing our industry-leading employer networks for recruitment success, we’re well-positioned to become your lifelong partner in biometrics. 

Being specialists in life sciences, we understand the important role biometrics plays in modern society, from better understanding diseases to improving the accuracy of clinical trials. With the UK biotech sector being one of the largest in the world, there are incredible opportunities for biometric professionals of all types, ranging from graduate SAS programmers to executive statisticians.  

Our experienced team of specialist consultants have the technology and networks at their disposal to provide you with the best biometrics opportunities available. Even in the competitive space of biometrics, we’ll leverage our strong partnerships with leading organisations – and multichannel approach – to make your biometrics profile stand out. 

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Biometrics employers we work with

Whether you’re looking to break into a career as a biostatistician or head up the biometric department at a global pharmaceutical company, we have the scale through knowledge, technology, and market expertise your career deserves. We work with a range of biometrics employers in both the private and public sectors across the UK and we utilise our relationships with the OBN and Confederation of British Industry (CBI) as a way of expanding our employer networks regionally. 

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Biometrics jobs FAQs

Biometrics salaries can be extremely lucrative – although the exact amount you earn will depend on your experience, expertise and location. 

As an SAS programmer invested in biostatistics, you could expect to earn £35,000 a year, rising to £60,000 with the right seniority. On the executive end, senior directors of programming can earn in the region of £100,000, while a vice president or global head could receive £160,000 for their efforts. 

A biostatistician could earn £30,000-£40,000, with executive statisticians commanding six-figure salaries. 

Bioinformaticians are also very well renumerated, with salaries ranging from £51,000 as a machine learning scientist, to £210,000 as an organisation’s CTO. 

Epidemiologists can typically expect to earn £40,000-£50,000, with high-profile executive roles able to reach £200,000. 

See our detailed Salary Guide for a closer look at biometric salaries. 

Outside of clinical testing, biometrics has provided emerging models of authentication, offering possible benefits over traditional methods like passwords. 

Biometrics provide a human basis for user authentication, leveraging morphological attributes (such as fingerprints) to improve security and user experience (UX). 

If you want to be at the forefront of biometrics and emerging technology, see our latest jobs.