Bioinformatics Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Bioinformatics skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Bioinformatics 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category.

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
Bioinformatics
Rank 527 560 -
Rank change year-on-year
+33 -
Contract jobs citing Bioinformatics 14 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.030% 0.009% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.043% 0.013% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £480 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £480 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 32894 39591 41969
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.99% 67.83% 67.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 19661 22733 23826
Average daily rate £413 £403 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.48% -8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £579 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 963 1284 1487
Average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.68 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%

Bioinformatics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Bioinformatics within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bioinformatics Jobs Demand Trend

Bioinformatics
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Bioinformatics within the UK.

Bioinformatics Daily Rate Trend

Bioinformatics
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Bioinformatics within the UK.

Bioinformatics Hourly Rate Trend

Bioinformatics
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bioinformatics within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 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
England +56 14 £480 -
Cambridgeshire - 10 - -
East of England - 10 - -
South East - 4 £480 -
West Sussex - 2 - -
Berkshire - 2 £480 -
Maidenhead - 1 £480 -
Horsham - 1 - -
Crawley - 1 - -

Bioinformatics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 12 (85.71%) UNIX
2 11 (78.57%) Biology
3 10 (71.43%) Java
3 10 (71.43%) Perl
3 10 (71.43%) Linux
3 10 (71.43%) Python
3 10 (71.43%) PhD
4 8 (57.14%) Degree
5 5 (35.71%) Ruby
6 4 (28.57%) Oracle
6 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
7 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
8 2 (14.29%) Data Management
8 2 (14.29%) Data Migration
8 2 (14.29%) Windows
8 2 (14.29%) PL/SQL
8 2 (14.29%) SQL
8 2 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (14.29%) Data Modelling
8 2 (14.29%) Data Mining
8 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (14.29%) Oracle 10g
8 2 (14.29%) Oracle 9i
8 2 (14.29%) Migration
8 2 (14.29%) Replication
8 2 (14.29%) Informatics
8 2 (14.29%) Mathematics
8 2 (14.29%) Chemistry
9 1 (7.143%) Project Planning
9 1 (7.143%) Web Development

Bioinformatics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

Application Development
1 1 (7.143%) .NET
1 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 2 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (14.29%) Data Mining
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle 10g
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle 9i
3 1 (7.143%) Oracle 11g
General
1 1 (7.143%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Senior Programmer
1 5 (35.71%) Programmer
2 2 (14.29%) Developer
2 2 (14.29%) Analyst
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Developer
3 1 (7.143%) Senior Oracle Developer
3 1 (7.143%) Senior Developer
3 1 (7.143%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (78.57%) Biology
2 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
3 2 (14.29%) Replication
3 2 (14.29%) Informatics
3 2 (14.29%) Mathematics
3 2 (14.29%) Chemistry
Operating Systems
1 12 (85.71%) UNIX
2 10 (71.43%) Linux
3 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (14.29%) Data Management
1 2 (14.29%) Data Migration
1 2 (14.29%) Data Modelling
1 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (7.143%) Project Planning
2 1 (7.143%) Web Development
2 1 (7.143%) Change Management
2 1 (7.143%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (71.43%) Java
1 10 (71.43%) Perl
1 10 (71.43%) Python
2 5 (35.71%) Ruby
3 2 (14.29%) PL/SQL
3 2 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) PhD
2 8 (57.14%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle
Head of Technical Services
Saffron Walden, Essex
Part of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) is a world-leading bioinformatics centre providing biological data to the scientific community, with expertise in...
EMBL-EBI
Rate: Highly competitive plus benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Software Developers - High Throughput Gene Targeting
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
Essential Skills Solid experience in a modern scripting language (We use modern Perl and Ruby. The job will initially involve coming to grips with our Perl-based code.)...
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Rate: £29750 - £37525 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
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