The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Life Science over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the City of London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Life Sciences
Rank 192 - 244
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Life Science 7 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.110% - 0.010%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.349% - 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
Average daily rate £450 - £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £431 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+32.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £11.50
% change year-on-year
-50.00% +334.78%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
2008 2575 4008
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 31.61% 32.71% 40.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1491 1993 3106
Average daily rate £500 £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £300 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £650 £675
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 66 54
Average hourly rate £24.00 £21.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.62% +2.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £13.39 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £44.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
Life Science
London

Life Science
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Life Science across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

City of London Life Science Jobs Demand Trend

Life Science
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Life Science across the City of London region.

City of London Life Science Daily Rate Trend

Life Science
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Life Science across the City of London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

City of London Life Science Daily Rate Histogram

Life Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Life Science also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Life Science.

1 5 (71.43%) Finance
1 5 (71.43%) Manufacturing
2 4 (57.14%) Technical Architecture
2 4 (57.14%) Pega
2 4 (57.14%) Telecoms
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle
3 2 (28.57%) SAP
3 2 (28.57%) ERP
4 1 (14.29%) GxP
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (14.29%) PMP
4 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
4 1 (14.29%) SAP BW
4 1 (14.29%) SAP PP
4 1 (14.29%) LIMS
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) Windows
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
4 1 (14.29%) SCADA
4 1 (14.29%) Release Management
4 1 (14.29%) SAP Implementation
4 1 (14.29%) QMS
4 1 (14.29%) FMCG
4 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (14.29%) Logistics

Life Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Life Science also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Life Science. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP PP
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SAP BW
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
1 5 (71.43%) Manufacturing
2 4 (57.14%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Solutions Architect
1 4 (57.14%) Lead Architect
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
1 4 (57.14%) Lead Solutions Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) SAP BW Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Project Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) LIMS
1 1 (14.29%) SCADA
1 1 (14.29%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) ERP
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Release Management
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (14.29%) QMS
3 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Logistics
3 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (14.29%) PMP
1 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GxP
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Pega
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle
2 2 (28.57%) SAP
City, London
Responsible for the validation of all GxP relevant applications and maintaining the validated state of those applications... Qualifications: Demonstrated Oracle project management skills including project initiation, scoping, resourcing,...
Networking People
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
Rate - 450 a day Duration - 1 Year Location - London Description: Working as one of two IT Project Managers within Project Harmony, on the GE - Life Sciences Oracle ERP...
Networking People
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
Working in a team of Pega Architects you will be personally responsible for the following: Architecture Roadmaps for the Solution / Technical Architecture Ensure the Architecture is aligned to...
Selecture Limited
Rate: Market rate
Posted: 17 May 2013