The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Life Science over the 3 months to 24 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Life Sciences
Rank 116 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.118% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.539% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £53,750 - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £43,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year
-14.28% -30.00%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
371 364 300
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 21.82% 24.56% 22.32%
Number of salaries quoted 330 325 270
Average salary £45,000 £40,157 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.05% +23.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £67,700 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Life Science
West Midlands

Life Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Life Science Jobs Demand Trend

Life Science
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Life Science across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Life Science Salary Trend

Life Science
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Life Science across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham Life Science Salary Histogram

Life Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Life Science.

1 2 (66.67%) SAP
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
1 2 (66.67%) Logistics
1 2 (66.67%) Supply Chain Management
2 1 (33.33%) SAP BSP
2 1 (33.33%) SAP ALE
2 1 (33.33%) SAP SCM
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Business Development
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
2 1 (33.33%) SAP PI
2 1 (33.33%) SAP TM
2 1 (33.33%) Content Management
2 1 (33.33%) Network Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) ABAP
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Web Services
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Documentum
2 1 (33.33%) SAP SD
2 1 (33.33%) RFID
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) CMS

Life Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Life Science. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) SAP BSP
1 1 (33.33%) SAP ALE
1 1 (33.33%) SAP PI
1 1 (33.33%) SAP TM
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
1 1 (33.33%) Web Dynpro
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Documentum
1 1 (33.33%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP SCM
1 1 (33.33%) SAP SD
1 1 (33.33%) SAP CRM
1 1 (33.33%) SAP PM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) RFID
General
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Product Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) CRM Developer
1 1 (33.33%) SAP CRM Developer
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) ABAP Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Logistics
1 2 (66.67%) Supply Chain Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Development
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
2 1 (33.33%) Content Management
2 1 (33.33%) Network Planning
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) ABAP
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle