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This section looks at the demand for Life Sciences skills within the Cambridgeshire region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited Life Science over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Life Sciences
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank150152
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads2116
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.007 %
As % of the category below1.661 %1.477 %
Salaries quoted168
Average minimum salary£31,688£34,500
Average salary£33,750£41,313
% change on same period last year-18.30 %
Average maximum salary£35,813£48,125
UK excluding London average salary£35,892£37,915
% change on same period last year-5.33 %
Miscellaneous CambridgeshireMiscellaneous
Cambridgeshire
Matching permanent IT job ads12641083
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.660 %0.447 %
Salaries quoted1085901
Average minimum salary£32,041£34,148
Average salary£35,980£38,102
% change on same period last year-5.57 %
Average maximum salary£39,918£42,056
UK excluding London average salary£37,996£39,345
% change on same period last year-3.42 %
Life Science East of EnglandLife Science
East of England

Life Science
Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Life Science Demand Trend

Life Science
Salary Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Life Science Salary Trend

Life Science
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Life Science across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

Cambridgeshire Life Science Salary Histogram

Life Science
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT job ads citing Life Science within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeDown-1514£33,667-18.50 %
Life Science East of EnglandLife Science
East of England

Life Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

130 (65.22 %)Degree
220 (43.48 %)Manufacturing
318 (39.13 %)Wireless
318 (39.13 %)Pharmaceutical
411 (23.91 %)C++
510 (21.74 %)Windows
69 (19.57 %)C#
78 (17.39 %)UNIX
87 (15.22 %).NET
87 (15.22 %)Electronics
87 (15.22 %)SolidWorks
87 (15.22 %)Pro/ENGINEER
96 (13.04 %)C
96 (13.04 %)QA
105 (10.87 %)SQL
105 (10.87 %)Validation
105 (10.87 %)Project Management
114 (8.696 %)XML
114 (8.696 %)Java
114 (8.696 %)OOA/OOD
114 (8.696 %)GCP
114 (8.696 %)Test Scripting
114 (8.696 %)Biotechnology
123 (6.522 %)Multithreading
123 (6.522 %)STL
123 (6.522 %)Internet
123 (6.522 %)OOD
123 (6.522 %)Workflow
123 (6.522 %)Robotics
123 (6.522 %)Data Analysis

Life Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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
17 (15.22 %).NET
24 (8.696 %)XML
33 (6.522 %)STL
42 (4.348 %)J2EE
42 (4.348 %)WinForms
42 (4.348 %)Adobe Flex
51 (2.174 %)WebSphere
51 (2.174 %)WebServices
Application Platforms
11 (2.174 %)IIS
Applications
17 (15.22 %)Pro/ENGINEER
Communications & Networking
118 (39.13 %)Wireless
23 (6.522 %)Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
11 (2.174 %)DB2
11 (2.174 %)ETL
11 (2.174 %)QualityStage
11 (2.174 %)Text Mining
11 (2.174 %)Data Cleansing
Development Applications
12 (4.348 %)Visual Studio
12 (4.348 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (2.174 %)Flash
General
120 (43.48 %)Manufacturing
218 (39.13 %)Pharmaceutical
37 (15.22 %)Electronics
42 (4.348 %)Chemicals
42 (4.348 %)Health
51 (2.174 %)Education
51 (2.174 %)Electric
51 (2.174 %)Finance
Job Titles
110 (21.74 %)Software Engineer
27 (15.22 %)Design Engineer
27 (15.22 %)Mechanical Design Engineer
27 (15.22 %)Mechanical Engineer
36 (13.04 %)QA Engineer
44 (8.696 %)Test Engineer
44 (8.696 %)Hardware Engineer
53 (6.522 %)Systems Manager
53 (6.522 %)Developer
53 (6.522 %)Analyst
62 (4.348 %)Business Systems Analyst
62 (4.348 %)Systems Analyst
62 (4.348 %)Business Analyst
62 (4.348 %)C# Software Engineer
71 (2.174 %)Data Migration Specialist
71 (2.174 %)RF Engineer
71 (2.174 %)Tester
71 (2.174 %)Embedded Software Engineer
71 (2.174 %)Consultant
71 (2.174 %)Project Leader
Miscellaneous
14 (8.696 %)Biotechnology
23 (6.522 %)Robotics
23 (6.522 %)Multithreading
32 (4.348 %)Bioinformatics
32 (4.348 %)Web 2.0
32 (4.348 %)Chemistry
41 (2.174 %)Artificial Intelligence
41 (2.174 %)RIA
41 (2.174 %)Physics
Operating Systems
110 (21.74 %)Windows
28 (17.39 %)UNIX
32 (4.348 %)SUSE
32 (4.348 %)AIX
32 (4.348 %)Solaris
32 (4.348 %)Linux
41 (2.174 %)Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
15 (10.87 %)Project Management
15 (10.87 %)Validation
24 (8.696 %)Test Scripting
24 (8.696 %)OOA/OOD
33 (6.522 %)OOD
33 (6.522 %)Workflow
33 (6.522 %)Data Analysis
42 (4.348 %)Automated Testing
42 (4.348 %)Software Engineering
42 (4.348 %)RUP
42 (4.348 %)Disaster Recovery
51 (2.174 %)SOA
51 (2.174 %)OO
51 (2.174 %)Migration
51 (2.174 %)Content Management
51 (2.174 %)Data Migration
Programming Languages
111 (23.91 %)C++
29 (19.57 %)C#
36 (13.04 %)C
45 (10.87 %)SQL
54 (8.696 %)Java
62 (4.348 %)ActionScript
62 (4.348 %)Shell Script
71 (2.174 %)Embedded C
71 (2.174 %)Embedded C++
71 (2.174 %)Tcl
71 (2.174 %)Perl
Qualifications
130 (65.22 %)Degree
22 (4.348 %)PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
16 (13.04 %)QA
24 (8.696 %)GCP
32 (4.348 %)GLP
32 (4.348 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
17 (15.22 %)SolidWorks
22 (4.348 %)ION Trading
31 (2.174 %)SAP
31 (2.174 %)Cognos
31 (2.174 %)IBM
31 (2.174 %)Microsoft
31 (2.174 %)Adobe
31 (2.174 %)HP
31 (2.174 %)Genesys
31 (2.174 %)Ascential
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