The first table below looks at the demand for Bioinformatics skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Bioinformatics over the 3 months to 19 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Bioinformatics
Rank 110 124 -
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -
Permanent jobs citing Bioinformatics 9 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.528% 0.099% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.751% 0.143% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 0
Average salary £41,250 £32,828 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.65% -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £55,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
-40.90% +120.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1198 1400 1406
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 70.26% 69.07% 67.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1033 1178 1258
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Bioinformatics
Cambridgeshire

Bioinformatics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Bioinformatics Jobs Demand Trend

Bioinformatics
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge Bioinformatics Salary Trend

Bioinformatics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Bioinformatics.

1 10 (100.00%) Python
2 8 (80.00%) Computer Science
3 7 (70.00%) Degree
3 7 (70.00%) C++
4 6 (60.00%) C#
4 6 (60.00%) Windows
4 6 (60.00%) Linux
4 6 (60.00%) Software Engineering
4 6 (60.00%) Life Science
5 5 (50.00%) DNA
5 5 (50.00%) Java
5 5 (50.00%) JavaScript
6 4 (40.00%) Perl
6 4 (40.00%) .NET
6 4 (40.00%) Ruby
6 4 (40.00%) HTTPS
6 4 (40.00%) Big Data
7 3 (30.00%) HTML5
7 3 (30.00%) CSS3
7 3 (30.00%) Ruby on Rails
7 3 (30.00%) Web Development
7 3 (30.00%) Grails
7 3 (30.00%) Django
7 3 (30.00%) jQuery
7 3 (30.00%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (30.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (30.00%) Middleware
7 3 (30.00%) Visual Studio
7 3 (30.00%) ASP.NET
7 3 (30.00%) Microsoft

Bioinformatics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Bioinformatics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (40.00%) .NET
2 3 (30.00%) HTML5
2 3 (30.00%) CSS3
2 3 (30.00%) Ruby on Rails
2 3 (30.00%) Grails
2 3 (30.00%) Django
2 3 (30.00%) jQuery
2 3 (30.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 3 (30.00%) Middleware
2 3 (30.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (30.00%) Spring
2 3 (30.00%) LAMP
2 3 (30.00%) CSS
2 3 (30.00%) STL
3 2 (20.00%) Natural Language Processing
3 2 (20.00%) WPF
4 1 (10.00%) REST
4 1 (10.00%) COM
4 1 (10.00%) HTML
4 1 (10.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) Zope
2 1 (10.00%) MediaWiki
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Google Apps
1 1 (10.00%) MS Office
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) HTTPS
2 1 (10.00%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (10.00%) iSCSI
2 1 (10.00%) NAS
2 1 (10.00%) SAN
2 1 (10.00%) LAN
2 1 (10.00%) WAN
2 1 (10.00%) SMTP
2 1 (10.00%) DHCP
2 1 (10.00%) FTP
2 1 (10.00%) HTTP
2 1 (10.00%) SNMP
2 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (10.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Big Data
2 2 (20.00%) Text Mining
3 1 (10.00%) MySQL
3 1 (10.00%) Data Mining
3 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (10.00%) GCC
2 1 (10.00%) SCons
2 1 (10.00%) GoogleTest
2 1 (10.00%) CMake
2 1 (10.00%) Mercurial
2 1 (10.00%) Bugzilla
2 1 (10.00%) JUnit
2 1 (10.00%) Eclipse
General
1 2 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Developer
2 4 (40.00%) Software Developer
3 3 (30.00%) Software Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Senior Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (10.00%) Administrator
5 1 (10.00%) Senior Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (60.00%) Life Science
3 3 (30.00%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (20.00%) Mathematics
5 1 (10.00%) Biology
5 1 (10.00%) Semantic Web
5 1 (10.00%) Open Source
5 1 (10.00%) SaaS
5 1 (10.00%) Visualisation
5 1 (10.00%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Windows
1 6 (60.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Scientific Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Windows 2000 Server
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (10.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (50.00%) DNA
3 3 (30.00%) Web Development
4 2 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Web Application Development
5 1 (10.00%) Analytics
5 1 (10.00%) Business Development
5 1 (10.00%) Multithreading
5 1 (10.00%) Software Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
5 1 (10.00%) B2B
5 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) TDD
5 1 (10.00%) Data Management
5 1 (10.00%) Automated Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Workflow
5 1 (10.00%) OOP
5 1 (10.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) Python
2 7 (70.00%) C++
3 6 (60.00%) C#
4 5 (50.00%) Java
4 5 (50.00%) JavaScript
5 4 (40.00%) Perl
5 4 (40.00%) Ruby
6 3 (30.00%) PHP
7 1 (10.00%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (10.00%) NFS
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Isilon
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco
2 1 (10.00%) HP
2 1 (10.00%) EMC
2 1 (10.00%) Google
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
About The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute: The Sanger Institute is situated in the Genome Campus, a 55-acre estate south of Cambridge in the grounds of Hinxton Hall,...
Inspire People
Salary: Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Requirements: • Strong academic history - MSc or PhD (preferred) in bioinformatics, life sciences, mathematics, or statistics... • Demonstrable scripting experience using Perl or Python on UNIX / Linux... • Experience with open-...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £Excellent + Benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013
Hinxton, near Cambridge
Qualifications and Experience You should ideally possess a PhD in a subject related to molecular biology, bioinformatics or a biomedical science... The ability to work to deadlines is...
EMBL
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 31 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Algorithms Developer - C++, STL, Perl / Python, Machine Learning / Statistics / Pattern Recognition, Data Analysis, Bioinformatics... • Practical experience in C++ (ideally using STL) and Perl or Python... • Experience of open-...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £Excellent + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Cambridge, South East, United Kingdom, East...
Essential Skills You must have : PhD or MSc in a relevant area of computer science, bioinformatics, or computational biology An in depth knowledge of Java Experience of developing...
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Salary: £29750 - £37525 per annum + plus excellent
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Illumina Cambridge Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum Industry leading benefits package -
Posted: 31 May 2013
Hinxton, near Cambridge
EMBL
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 31 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Illumina Cambridge Ltd
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum + industry leading benefits package!
Posted: 11 June 2013
Cambridge, South East, United Kingdom, East...
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Salary: £29750 - £37525 per annum
Posted: 28 May 2013
Hinxton, Cambridge
EMBL
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 19 June 2013