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Life Science Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills
Browse 31 Life Science job vacancies in England

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Life Science over the 3 months to 18 June 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 England 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
18 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Life Sciences
Rank 507 524 571
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +47
Contract jobs citing Life Science 28 25 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.064% 0.047% 0.014%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.233% 0.186% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 15 5
Average daily rate £506 £500 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.25% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £341 £339 £370
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £550 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £506 £525 £450
% change year-on-year
-3.57% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £37.50 £11.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +226.08%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £37.50 £11.50
% change year-on-year
- +226.08%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 11992 13433 16570
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.39% 25.34% 28.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 7386 7988 10153
Average daily rate £430 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.17% -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £251 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £610 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £340 £330
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 530 637 655
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £22.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -10.00%
Life Science
UK

Life Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

England Life Science Daily Rate Histogram

Life Science
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Life Science across the England region.

England Life Science Hourly Rate Trend

Life Science
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Life Science within the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Find
Job
Vacancies
London +27 17 £500 +17.64% 11
South East +14 5 £513 -2.38% 5
East of England +16 3 - - 12
North West +10 3 £304 -44.77%
South West - - - -
West Midlands - - - - 3
Life Science
UK

Life Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 17 (37.78%) Pharmaceutical
2 16 (35.56%) Manufacturing
3 15 (33.33%) Finance
4 11 (24.44%) Telecoms
5 9 (20.00%) Pega
6 8 (17.78%) Project Management
7 7 (15.56%) ERP
8 6 (13.33%) Computer Science
8 6 (13.33%) Degree
8 6 (13.33%) Technical Architecture
9 5 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (11.11%) Quality Management
9 5 (11.11%) SQL
9 5 (11.11%) Oracle
9 5 (11.11%) Change Control
10 4 (8.889%) CRM
10 4 (8.889%) Software Engineering
10 4 (8.889%) TOGAF
10 4 (8.889%) Oracle ERP
10 4 (8.889%) jQuery
11 3 (6.667%) Biology
11 3 (6.667%) French Language
11 3 (6.667%) German Language
11 3 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
11 3 (6.667%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 3 (6.667%) R
11 3 (6.667%) Validation
11 3 (6.667%) Windows
11 3 (6.667%) Linux
11 3 (6.667%) SAP

Life Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

Application Development
1 4 (8.889%) jQuery
2 2 (4.444%) HTML5
2 2 (4.444%) Ruby on Rails
3 1 (2.222%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.444%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (2.222%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.222%) SAS
2 1 (2.222%) Exchange Server 2007
Business Applications
1 4 (8.889%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (4.444%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (4.444%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (4.444%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (2.222%) Oracle ASCP
3 1 (2.222%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (2.222%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (2.222%) Demantra
3 1 (2.222%) Oracle Manufacturing
3 1 (2.222%) SAP PP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.222%) LAN
1 1 (2.222%) WAN
1 1 (2.222%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.222%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.222%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.222%) SAP BW
1 1 (2.222%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (4.444%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 17 (37.78%) Pharmaceutical
2 16 (35.56%) Manufacturing
3 15 (33.33%) Finance
4 11 (24.44%) Telecoms
5 3 (6.667%) French Language
5 3 (6.667%) German Language
6 2 (4.444%) Italian Language
7 1 (2.222%) Retail
7 1 (2.222%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (22.22%) Architect
1 10 (22.22%) Project Manager
2 8 (17.78%) Analyst
3 7 (15.56%) Solutions Architect
4 6 (13.33%) Business Analyst
5 5 (11.11%) Consultant
6 4 (8.889%) Lead Architect
6 4 (8.889%) Lead Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.444%) Test Leader
7 2 (4.444%) Dynamics AX Consultant
7 2 (4.444%) Oracle Project Manager
7 2 (4.444%) Software Engineer
7 2 (4.444%) Developer
7 2 (4.444%) Quality Manager
7 2 (4.444%) QA Manager
8 1 (2.222%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (2.222%) SAP BW Consultant
8 1 (2.222%) SAP Consultant
8 1 (2.222%) Business Consultant
8 1 (2.222%) Junior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Computer Science
2 3 (6.667%) Biology
3 2 (4.444%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.444%) LIMS
4 1 (2.222%) SCADA
4 1 (2.222%) Chemistry
4 1 (2.222%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.667%) Windows
1 3 (6.667%) Linux
2 1 (2.222%) Windows XP
2 1 (2.222%) Windows Vista
2 1 (2.222%) Windows 2000 Server
2 1 (2.222%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.78%) Project Management
2 7 (15.56%) ERP
3 6 (13.33%) Technical Architecture
4 5 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (11.11%) Quality Management
4 5 (11.11%) Change Control
5 4 (8.889%) CRM
5 4 (8.889%) TOGAF
5 4 (8.889%) Software Engineering
6 3 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (6.667%) ITIL
6 3 (6.667%) PRINCE2
6 3 (6.667%) Validation
6 3 (6.667%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (4.444%) Bioinformatics
7 2 (4.444%) Business Analytics
7 2 (4.444%) Analytics
7 2 (4.444%) Supply Chain Management
7 2 (4.444%) Migration
7 2 (4.444%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.11%) SQL
2 3 (6.667%) R
3 2 (4.444%) Java
3 2 (4.444%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.444%) Perl
3 2 (4.444%) Python
3 2 (4.444%) MATLAB
3 2 (4.444%) Ruby
4 1 (2.222%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (13.33%) Degree
2 3 (6.667%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (6.667%) PMP
2 3 (6.667%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.222%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.444%) QA
2 1 (2.222%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.222%) GAMP
2 1 (2.222%) GxP
2 1 (2.222%) SLA
2 1 (2.222%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (2.222%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (20.00%) Pega
2 5 (11.11%) Oracle
3 3 (6.667%) SAP
4 2 (4.444%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.222%) Cognizant
5 1 (2.222%) Informatica
5 1 (2.222%) NetApp
5 1 (2.222%) Salesforce.com
5 1 (2.222%) LANDesk
5 1 (2.222%) Siebel
5 1 (2.222%) IBM
Associate Bioinformatics Developer (12 month contract)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Web tools such as JQuery and/or web application frameworks like Ruby on Rails... Analytical languages such as R or Matlab... Degree or Masters in computer science, software...
Illumina Cambridge Ltd
Rate: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 31 May 2013
Pega Business Analyst / Consultant (CONTRACT)
London
Your responsibilities as the Pega Business Analyst / Consultant will include: Providing support and building strong relationships throughout the company... Managing change through project change control processes. Planning and...
Selecture Limited
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 14 June 2013
Pega Architects (LSA / CSSA) - Contract
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... The ideal Lead & Technical Architect's...
Selecture Limited
Rate: Market rate
Posted: 14 June 2013
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