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This section looks at the demand for Life Sciences skills within the Coventry region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Life Science over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Life Sciences
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6562
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads124
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.002 %
As % of the category below6.630 %4.545 %
Salaries quoted124
Average minimum salary£25,250£18,999
Average salary£27,917£19,000
% change on same period last year+46.93 %
Average maximum salary£30,583£19,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,926£35,833
% change on same period last year-2.53 %
Coventry IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Coventry
Matching permanent IT job ads18188
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.097 %0.037 %
Salaries quoted15778
Average minimum salary£27,644£26,462
Average salary£30,349£28,123
% change on same period last year+7.91 %
Average maximum salary£33,055£29,783
UK excluding London average salary£37,888£39,245
% change on same period last year-3.45 %
Life Science West MidlandsLife Science
West Midlands

Life Science
Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Life Science Salary Trend

Life Science
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Life Science across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Coventry Life Science Salary Histogram

Life Science
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Coventry 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.

113 (100.00 %)Degree
210 (76.92 %)Unit Testing
210 (76.92 %)Windows
210 (76.92 %)OO
210 (76.92 %)VC++
210 (76.92 %)Mac OS X
210 (76.92 %)OpenGL
210 (76.92 %)C++
210 (76.92 %)MFC
210 (76.92 %)3D Graphics
36 (46.15 %)Health
43 (23.08 %)Insurance
52 (15.38 %)Biology
61 (7.692 %)Marketing
61 (7.692 %)PhD

Life Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Coventry 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.

Coventry IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (76.92 %)MFC
110 (76.92 %)OpenGL
Coventry IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (76.92 %)3D Graphics
26 (46.15 %)Health
33 (23.08 %)Insurance
41 (7.692 %)Marketing
Coventry IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (76.92 %)Developer
22 (15.38 %)Graduate
22 (15.38 %)Technical Support
22 (15.38 %)Support Specialist
22 (15.38 %)Technical Specialist
22 (15.38 %)Technical Support Specialist
31 (7.692 %)Applications Specialist
Coventry IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (15.38 %)Biology
Coventry IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (76.92 %)Windows
110 (76.92 %)Mac OS X
Coventry IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (76.92 %)OO
110 (76.92 %)Unit Testing
Coventry IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (76.92 %)C++
110 (76.92 %)VC++
Coventry IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
113 (100.00 %)Degree
21 (7.692 %)PhD