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The table below looks at the demand for Life Sciences skills within the Oxford region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Life Science over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Life Sciences
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank27-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads50
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.000 %
As % of the category below27.78 %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£342£341
% change on same period last year+0.24 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00-
Average hourly rate£15.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£15.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.38£22.51
% change on same period last year-13.93 %
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Oxford
Matching contract IT job ads1837
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.028 %0.040 %
Daily rates quoted23
Average minimum daily rate£320£220
Average daily rate£320£239
% change on same period last year+34.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£320£258
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£343
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted611
Average minimum hourly rate£19.17£16.42
Average hourly rate£20.75£17.19
% change on same period last year+20.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.33£17.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.46£25.58
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
Life Science OxfordshireLife Science
Oxfordshire

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.

Life Science
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Life Science across the Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Oxford Life Science Demand Trend

Life Science
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxford Life Science Hourly Rate Trend

Life Science
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Life Science across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Oxford Life Science Hourly Rate Histogram

Life Science
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

15 (100.00 %)HTML
15 (100.00 %)Perl
15 (100.00 %).NET
15 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
15 (100.00 %)CSS
15 (100.00 %)Linux
15 (100.00 %)Publishing
24 (80.00 %)XHTML
24 (80.00 %)JavaScript
24 (80.00 %)AJAX
32 (40.00 %).NET Framework
32 (40.00 %)MooTools
32 (40.00 %)IIS
32 (40.00 %)OO
32 (40.00 %)Windows
32 (40.00 %)MVC
32 (40.00 %)C

Life Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %)HTML
15 (100.00 %).NET
15 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
15 (100.00 %)CSS
24 (80.00 %)XHTML
24 (80.00 %)AJAX
32 (40.00 %).NET Framework
32 (40.00 %)MooTools
32 (40.00 %)MVC
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (40.00 %)IIS
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (100.00 %)Publishing
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (100.00 %)Developer
24 (80.00 %)Software Developer
32 (40.00 %)Perl Developer
41 (20.00 %).NET Developer
41 (20.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (100.00 %)Linux
22 (40.00 %)Windows
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)OO
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (100.00 %)Perl
24 (80.00 %)JavaScript
32 (40.00 %)C