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This section looks at the demand for Bioinformatics skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Bioinformatics over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBioinformatics
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank142-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.050 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
North West
Matching contract IT job ads20001922
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.666 %1.945 %
Daily rates quoted506498
Average minimum daily rate£345£347
Average daily rate£362£364
% change on same period last year-0.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£382
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted182116
Average minimum hourly rate£23.67£23.72
Average hourly rate£25.41£25.91
% change on same period last year-1.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.15£28.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Bioinformatics EnglandBioinformatics
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Bioinformatics
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Bioinformatics across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West Bioinformatics Demand Trend

Bioinformatics
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Bioinformatics across the North West region.

North West Bioinformatics Daily Rate Trend

Bioinformatics
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bioinformatics within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CheshireNew entry-1--
Bioinformatics EnglandBioinformatics
England

Bioinformatics
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Bioinformatics 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 Bioinformatics.

17 (87.50 %)Perl
17 (87.50 %)WebLogic
17 (87.50 %)UNIX
17 (87.50 %)Apache
17 (87.50 %)Tomcat
17 (87.50 %)FTP
17 (87.50 %)C
17 (87.50 %)C++
17 (87.50 %)yacc
26 (75.00 %)Java
26 (75.00 %)Pharmaceutical
31 (12.50 %)Client/Server

Bioinformatics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Bioinformatics 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 Bioinformatics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (87.50 %)WebLogic
17 (87.50 %)Apache
17 (87.50 %)Tomcat
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (87.50 %)FTP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (87.50 %)yacc
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (75.00 %)Pharmaceutical
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (75.00 %)Technical Specialist
22 (25.00 %)UNIX Specialist
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)Client/Server
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (87.50 %)UNIX
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (87.50 %)C
17 (87.50 %)C++
17 (87.50 %)Perl
26 (75.00 %)Java
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