The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Biology in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Biology over the 3 months to 17 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Biology
Rank 268 267 256
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -11
Permanent jobs citing Biology 1 5 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.012% 0.057% 0.053%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.041% 0.192% 0.167%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 5
Average salary £33,500 £33,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.51% -5.71%
UK excluding London average salary £31,750 £43,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-26.16% +22.85%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
2455 2600 2993
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 29.69% 29.90% 31.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2130 2074 2553
Average salary £38,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.75% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Biology
England

Biology
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Biology Jobs Demand Trend

Biology
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Biology across the East of England region.

East of England Biology Salary Trend

Biology
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Biology within the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridgeshire -5 1 £33,500 +1.51%
Biology
England

Biology
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing Biology 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 Biology.

1 3 (100.00%) Perl
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Storage Server
2 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (66.67%) NAS
2 2 (66.67%) Fibre Channel
2 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (66.67%) NetBackup
2 2 (66.67%) UNIX
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) NFS
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) SAN
2 2 (66.67%) NetApp
2 2 (66.67%) Veritas
2 2 (66.67%) Mac OS X
2 2 (66.67%) Apple
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) Symantec
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) MySQL
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) Bioinformatics
3 1 (33.33%) Ruby

Biology
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing Biology 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 Biology. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) SAN
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
1 2 (66.67%) NAS
1 2 (66.67%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MySQL
1 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Administrator
1 2 (66.67%) Administrator
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Systems Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) UNIX
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Bioinformatics
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Perl
2 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) NFS
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) NetBackup
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Storage Server
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) NetApp
1 2 (66.67%) Veritas
1 2 (66.67%) Apple
1 2 (66.67%) Symantec
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
Hinxton near Cambridge, UK
Head of Technical Services Location: EMBL-EBI - Hinxton near Cambridge, UKStaff Category: Staff MemberContract Duration: 3 yearsGrading: 10Closing Date: 04 June 2013Reference number: EBI_00296Job DescriptionPart of the European...
EMBL
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 19 May 2013
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
We are seeking an experienced bioinformatician/programmer with a strong biological interest, or a biologist with extensive experience in bioinformatics... The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute plays a central...
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Salary: £29750 - £37525 per annum + plus excellent benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013