Life Science Jobs in Cambridge

Life Sciences
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridge. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Life Science over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 90 34
Rank change year-on-year +28 -56 -18
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 20 9 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 2.02% 0.90% 7.83%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.12% 1.68% 12.44%
Number of salaries quoted 11 9 2
10th Percentile £29,000 £21,000 £49,750
25th Percentile £30,750 £32,500 £60,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -42.42% +94.12%
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £105,625
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £117,250
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £82,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% -42.42% +94.12%

All Generic Skills
Cambridge

Life Science is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridge with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 486 536 1,021
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 49.04% 53.44% 62.91%
Number of salaries quoted 355 176 219
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,151
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £74,875 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £83,250
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -8.70%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings citing Life Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in Cambridge

Life Science
Salary Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Life Science in Cambridge.

Salary trend for Life Science in Cambridge

Life Science
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Life Science in Cambridge over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Life Science in Cambridge

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) AWS
2 7 (35.00%) Azure
3 6 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (25.00%) Serverless
5 2 (10.00%) Google Workspace
6 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
6 1 (5.00%) GCP
6 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Big Data
1 2 (10.00%) Metadata
2 1 (5.00%) Data Mining
2 1 (5.00%) Power BI
2 1 (5.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Git
General
1 6 (30.00%) Finance
2 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.00%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Data Scientist
1 9 (45.00%) Lead
1 9 (45.00%) Lead Data Scientist
1 9 (45.00%) Principal Data Scientist
1 9 (45.00%) Senior Data Scientist
1 9 (45.00%) Team Leader
2 5 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) IT Support
2 5 (25.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Data Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Junior
4 2 (10.00%) Junior Data Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) CRM Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Senior
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Service Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Public Cloud
2 3 (15.00%) Driving Licence
3 2 (10.00%) Algorithms
3 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Linux
1 5 (25.00%) Mac OS
1 5 (25.00%) Windows
1 5 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) Biotechnology
2 11 (55.00%) Data Science
3 9 (45.00%) Bioinformatics
3 9 (45.00%) Line Management
4 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.00%) Customer Service
6 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 2 (10.00%) DAMA
6 2 (10.00%) DAMA DMBOK
6 2 (10.00%) Data Cleansing
6 2 (10.00%) Data Governance
6 2 (10.00%) Data Management
6 2 (10.00%) Data Modelling
6 2 (10.00%) Data Pipeline
6 2 (10.00%) Data Privacy
6 2 (10.00%) ETL
6 2 (10.00%) Hematology
6 2 (10.00%) Visualisation
7 1 (5.00%) CRM
7 1 (5.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) Python
1 2 (10.00%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) Degree
2 9 (45.00%) PhD
3 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (10.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (10.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (25.00%) Hyper-V
2 5 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (5.00%) Databricks
3 1 (5.00%) Salesforce