The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Biotechnology in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Biotechnology over the 3 months to 24 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Biotechnology
Rank 817 852 819
Rank change year-on-year
+35 -33
Permanent jobs citing Biotechnology 24 14 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.024% 0.012% 0.026%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.070% 0.037% 0.075%
Number of salaries quoted 10 12 17
Average salary £27,500 £31,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.69% -24.09%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £33,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year
-9.09% -47.20%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
34213 38163 41237
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 33.83% 33.66% 35.00%
Number of salaries quoted 28337 32394 34737
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £48,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £29,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Biotechnology
UK

Biotechnology
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Biotechnology Jobs Demand Trend

Biotechnology
Salary Trend

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

England Biotechnology Salary Trend

Biotechnology
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Biotechnology across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Biotechnology Salary Histogram

Biotechnology
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Biotechnology within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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
South East +18 19 £27,500 -21.42%
North West +3 2 £48,750 +77.27%
London +52 1 - -
East of England +3 1 £30,000 -9.09%
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Biotechnology
UK

Biotechnology
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Biotechnology 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 Biotechnology.

1 49 (92.45%) Pharmaceutical
2 33 (62.26%) Chemistry
2 33 (62.26%) Life Science
3 32 (60.38%) Bioinformatics
3 32 (60.38%) PhD
4 27 (50.94%) Validation
4 27 (50.94%) Biology
5 23 (43.40%) SQL
6 22 (41.51%) PL/SQL
7 18 (33.96%) Microsoft
7 18 (33.96%) Data Management
8 17 (32.08%) Software Deployment
8 17 (32.08%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (32.08%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 17 (32.08%) GxP
8 17 (32.08%) MS Excel
8 17 (32.08%) Java
8 17 (32.08%) Manufacturing
8 17 (32.08%) LIMS
9 15 (28.30%) Oracle
9 15 (28.30%) Agile Software Development
10 14 (26.42%) Web Services
11 12 (22.64%) Windows
12 10 (18.87%) Scrum
13 9 (16.98%) MS PowerPoint
13 9 (16.98%) CIPD
14 8 (15.09%) Enterprise Architecture
14 8 (15.09%) ESB
14 8 (15.09%) QA
14 8 (15.09%) Unit Testing

Biotechnology
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Biotechnology 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 Biotechnology. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (26.42%) Web Services
2 6 (11.32%) J2EE
3 1 (1.887%) Swing
3 1 (1.887%) STL
3 1 (1.887%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 8 (15.09%) ESB
2 1 (1.887%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (1.887%) CloudStack
Applications
1 17 (32.08%) MS Excel
2 9 (16.98%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (5.660%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.774%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.32%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (11.32%) QuickTest Pro
1 6 (11.32%) JMeter
1 6 (11.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 6 (11.32%) Selenium
General
1 49 (92.45%) Pharmaceutical
2 17 (32.08%) Manufacturing
3 3 (5.660%) Electronics
4 2 (3.774%) Finance
Job Titles
1 26 (49.06%) Consultant
2 9 (16.98%) Analyst
2 9 (16.98%) Trainer
2 9 (16.98%) Training Consultant
3 8 (15.09%) Development Analyst
3 8 (15.09%) Senior Development Analyst
3 8 (15.09%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (11.32%) Tester
4 6 (11.32%) Software Tester
5 3 (5.660%) Desktop Support
5 3 (5.660%) Support Engineer
5 3 (5.660%) Support Specialist
5 3 (5.660%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (5.660%) Project Manager
5 3 (5.660%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 3 (5.660%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (5.660%) Desktop Support Specialist
5 3 (5.660%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (3.774%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (3.774%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 33 (62.26%) Chemistry
1 33 (62.26%) Life Science
2 27 (50.94%) Biology
3 17 (32.08%) Enterprise Software
3 17 (32.08%) LIMS
4 2 (3.774%) Visualisation
4 2 (3.774%) Informatics
4 2 (3.774%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.887%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.887%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 1 (1.887%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 12 (22.64%) Windows
2 8 (15.09%) Linux
3 6 (11.32%) Mac OS X
3 6 (11.32%) Solaris
4 3 (5.660%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.887%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (60.38%) Bioinformatics
2 27 (50.94%) Validation
3 18 (33.96%) Data Management
4 17 (32.08%) Software Deployment
5 15 (28.30%) Agile Software Development
6 10 (18.87%) Scrum
7 8 (15.09%) Enterprise Architecture
7 8 (15.09%) Unit Testing
7 8 (15.09%) Test Scripting
7 8 (15.09%) Data Protection
7 8 (15.09%) Process Management
7 8 (15.09%) SOA
8 4 (7.547%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (5.660%) Business Development
10 2 (3.774%) Risk Management
11 1 (1.887%) Disaster Recovery
11 1 (1.887%) Business Continuity
11 1 (1.887%) Information Security
11 1 (1.887%) BCP
11 1 (1.887%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (43.40%) SQL
2 22 (41.51%) PL/SQL
3 17 (32.08%) Java
4 2 (3.774%) Python
5 1 (1.887%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.887%) Perl
5 1 (1.887%) PHP
5 1 (1.887%) C++
5 1 (1.887%) ABAP
5 1 (1.887%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 32 (60.38%) PhD
2 9 (16.98%) CIPD
3 6 (11.32%) ISEB
3 6 (11.32%) Degree
4 3 (5.660%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (5.660%) MCITP
5 1 (1.887%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (32.08%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 17 (32.08%) GxP
2 8 (15.09%) QA
2 8 (15.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 8 (15.09%) GCP
3 6 (11.32%) GLP
System Software
1 1 (1.887%) Xen
1 1 (1.887%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (11.32%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.887%) Ganglia
2 1 (1.887%) Puppet
Vendors
1 18 (33.96%) Microsoft
2 15 (28.30%) Oracle
3 8 (15.09%) TIBCO
4 1 (1.887%) VMware
4 1 (1.887%) Citrix
4 1 (1.887%) SAP
4 1 (1.887%) Google
Waterlooville, Hampshire
Their clients are leading life science organisations including those working in: Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, Consumer Health, Medical Devices, and Dietary Supplements... Suitable candidates must be able to demonstrate the...
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Salary: £80000 - £110000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013