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This section looks at the demand for Life Sciences skills within the East of England 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
Rank258264
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching permanent IT job ads2420
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.008 %
As % of the category below0.822 %0.750 %
Salaries quoted1710
Average minimum salary£32,056£32,800
Average salary£34,167£38,850
% change on same period last year-12.05 %
Average maximum salary£36,278£44,900
UK excluding London average salary£35,892£37,915
% change on same period last year-5.33 %
Miscellaneous East of EnglandMiscellaneous
East of England
Matching permanent IT job ads29212666
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.525 %1.100 %
Salaries quoted24662199
Average minimum salary£33,496£36,424
Average salary£36,886£39,741
% change on same period last year-7.18 %
Average maximum salary£40,276£43,058
UK excluding London average salary£37,996£39,345
% change on same period last year-3.42 %
Life Science EnglandLife Science
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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Life Science Salary Trend

Life Science
Salary Histogram

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

East of England 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 East of England 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
CambridgeshireUp+221£33,750-18.30 %
HertfordshireUp+73£40,000+37.93 %
SuffolkNew entry-1£35,000-
Life Science EnglandLife Science
England

Life Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

135 (64.81 %)Degree
222 (40.74 %)Manufacturing
320 (37.04 %)Wireless
419 (35.19 %)Pharmaceutical
513 (24.07 %)C++
612 (22.22 %)C#
612 (22.22 %)Windows
710 (18.52 %).NET
89 (16.67 %)Electronics
98 (14.81 %)UNIX
107 (12.96 %)SolidWorks
107 (12.96 %)Pro/ENGINEER
107 (12.96 %)C
116 (11.11 %)QA
125 (9.259 %)SQL
125 (9.259 %)OOA/OOD
125 (9.259 %)OOD
125 (9.259 %)Validation
125 (9.259 %)Project Management
134 (7.407 %)GCP
134 (7.407 %)VSS/SourceSafe
134 (7.407 %)STL
134 (7.407 %)XML
134 (7.407 %)Java
134 (7.407 %)Test Scripting
134 (7.407 %)Multithreading
134 (7.407 %)Robotics
134 (7.407 %)Biotechnology
143 (5.556 %)Data Analysis
143 (5.556 %)Workflow

Life Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the East of England 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
110 (18.52 %).NET
24 (7.407 %)STL
24 (7.407 %)XML
32 (3.704 %)WinForms
32 (3.704 %)Adobe Flex
32 (3.704 %)J2EE
41 (1.852 %)WebServices
41 (1.852 %)WebSphere
Application Platforms
11 (1.852 %)IIS
11 (1.852 %)Documentum
11 (1.852 %)LiveLink
11 (1.852 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Applications
17 (12.96 %)Pro/ENGINEER
Communications & Networking
120 (37.04 %)Wireless
23 (5.556 %)Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
11 (1.852 %)DB2
11 (1.852 %)ETL
11 (1.852 %)QualityStage
11 (1.852 %)Text Mining
11 (1.852 %)Data Cleansing
Development Applications
14 (7.407 %)VSS/SourceSafe
22 (3.704 %)Visual Studio
31 (1.852 %)Flash
General
122 (40.74 %)Manufacturing
219 (35.19 %)Pharmaceutical
39 (16.67 %)Electronics
42 (3.704 %)Chemicals
42 (3.704 %)Health
51 (1.852 %)Education
51 (1.852 %)Electric
51 (1.852 %)Finance
Job Titles
113 (24.07 %)Software Engineer
27 (12.96 %)Design Engineer
27 (12.96 %)Mechanical Design Engineer
27 (12.96 %)Mechanical Engineer
36 (11.11 %)QA Engineer
45 (9.259 %)Hardware Engineer
54 (7.407 %)Test Engineer
63 (5.556 %)Systems Manager
63 (5.556 %)Developer
63 (5.556 %)Analyst
72 (3.704 %)Business Systems Analyst
72 (3.704 %)Systems Analyst
72 (3.704 %)Business Analyst
72 (3.704 %)C# Software Engineer
81 (1.852 %)Team Leader
81 (1.852 %)GUI Developer
81 (1.852 %)Tester
81 (1.852 %)Embedded Software Engineer
81 (1.852 %)Data Migration Specialist
81 (1.852 %)RF Engineer
Miscellaneous
14 (7.407 %)Robotics
14 (7.407 %)Biotechnology
14 (7.407 %)Multithreading
22 (3.704 %)Chemistry
22 (3.704 %)Bioinformatics
22 (3.704 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
22 (3.704 %)Web 2.0
31 (1.852 %)Statistics
31 (1.852 %)Artificial Intelligence
31 (1.852 %)Physics
31 (1.852 %)Biostatistics
31 (1.852 %)RIA
Operating Systems
112 (22.22 %)Windows
28 (14.81 %)UNIX
32 (3.704 %)SUSE
32 (3.704 %)AIX
32 (3.704 %)Solaris
32 (3.704 %)Linux
41 (1.852 %)Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
15 (9.259 %)OOA/OOD
15 (9.259 %)OOD
15 (9.259 %)Project Management
15 (9.259 %)Validation
24 (7.407 %)Test Scripting
33 (5.556 %)Data Analysis
33 (5.556 %)Workflow
42 (3.704 %)RUP
42 (3.704 %)Disaster Recovery
42 (3.704 %)Automated Testing
42 (3.704 %)Software Engineering
42 (3.704 %)Content Management
51 (1.852 %)Information Management
51 (1.852 %)Migration
51 (1.852 %)Data Migration
51 (1.852 %)SOA
51 (1.852 %)OO
Programming Languages
113 (24.07 %)C++
212 (22.22 %)C#
37 (12.96 %)C
45 (9.259 %)SQL
54 (7.407 %)Java
62 (3.704 %)ActionScript
62 (3.704 %)Shell Script
71 (1.852 %)Embedded C
71 (1.852 %)Embedded C++
71 (1.852 %)Tcl
71 (1.852 %)Perl
Qualifications
135 (64.81 %)Degree
22 (3.704 %)PhD
31 (1.852 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (1.852 %)MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
16 (11.11 %)QA
24 (7.407 %)GCP
32 (3.704 %)GLP
32 (3.704 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
17 (12.96 %)SolidWorks
22 (3.704 %)ION Trading
22 (3.704 %)IBM
22 (3.704 %)Microsoft
22 (3.704 %)HP
31 (1.852 %)Interwoven
31 (1.852 %)Genesys
31 (1.852 %)Ascential
31 (1.852 %)Symantec
31 (1.852 %)Adobe
31 (1.852 %)Oracle
31 (1.852 %)SAP
31 (1.852 %)Cognos
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