Life Science Jobs in England
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Life Science 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
Life Sciences
Rank 734 699 698
Rank change year-on-year
-35 -1
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 107 168 152
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.106% 0.148% 0.129%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.313% 0.440% 0.369%
Number of salaries quoted 66 108 80
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% -18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £82,500 £91,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £43,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year
-14.28% -30.00%
Search 16 Life Science jobs in England
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%
Life Science
UK

Life Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Life Science Jobs Demand Trend

Life Science
Salary Trend

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

England Life Science Salary Trend

Life Science
Salary Histogram

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

England Life Science Salary Histogram

Life Science
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Life Science 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 +24 44 £28,750 -36.11%
London +8 37 £60,000 +7.14%
North West +12 14 £40,000 -18.36%
East of England -39 6 £37,500 -9.63%
South West - 3 £37,500 -
West Midlands - 2 £53,750 -
Life Science
UK

Life Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

1 113 (46.50%) Pharmaceutical
2 83 (34.16%) Oracle
3 77 (31.69%) Manufacturing
4 69 (28.40%) PhD
5 68 (27.98%) Degree
5 68 (27.98%) Chemistry
6 67 (27.57%) SQL
7 63 (25.93%) Finance
8 55 (22.63%) Java
9 51 (20.99%) Bioinformatics
10 50 (20.58%) Data Management
11 46 (18.93%) MS Excel
11 46 (18.93%) Biology
12 44 (18.11%) PL/SQL
13 37 (15.23%) GxP
13 37 (15.23%) Microsoft
14 35 (14.40%) 21 CFR Part 11
14 35 (14.40%) Cognizant
14 35 (14.40%) Validation
15 33 (13.58%) Biotechnology
16 31 (12.76%) Web Services
17 30 (12.35%) LIMS
17 30 (12.35%) Project Management
18 29 (11.93%) Business Development
19 27 (11.11%) SAP
20 25 (10.29%) Software Deployment
21 24 (9.877%) Computer Science
21 24 (9.877%) Software Testing
21 24 (9.877%) Stakeholder Management
22 23 (9.465%) Windows

Life Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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
1 31 (12.76%) Web Services
2 12 (4.938%) .NET
2 12 (4.938%) J2EE
2 12 (4.938%) Spring
3 10 (4.115%) Natural Language Processing
4 9 (3.704%) Middleware
4 9 (3.704%) XML
5 8 (3.292%) SOAP
5 8 (3.292%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (2.881%) REST
6 7 (2.881%) ASP.NET
6 7 (2.881%) WinForms
7 5 (2.058%) JSF
7 5 (2.058%) Java EE
7 5 (2.058%) ICEfaces
8 4 (1.646%) JPA
9 2 (0.823%) Oracle ADF
9 2 (0.823%) Swing
9 2 (0.823%) CSS
9 2 (0.823%) SAP TM
Application Platforms
1 10 (4.115%) Documentum
2 8 (3.292%) CMS
3 7 (2.881%) SAS
4 6 (2.469%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.823%) MS Exchange
5 2 (0.823%) Apache
6 1 (0.412%) Moodle
6 1 (0.412%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.412%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.412%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.412%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.412%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.412%) FileNet
Applications
1 46 (18.93%) MS Excel
2 9 (3.704%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (1.646%) MS Office
4 2 (0.823%) S-PLUS
5 1 (0.412%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.412%) GenStat
Business Applications
1 8 (3.292%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (2.469%) SAP BPC
3 5 (2.058%) SAP ERP
4 4 (1.646%) SAP R/3
5 2 (0.823%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.823%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.823%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.823%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.412%) Taleo
6 1 (0.412%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.412%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.412%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.412%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.412%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 1 (0.412%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.412%) SAP PM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.646%) HTTP
1 4 (1.646%) HTTPS
2 3 (1.235%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.823%) LAN
3 2 (0.823%) WAN
3 2 (0.823%) DHCP
3 2 (0.823%) DNS
3 2 (0.823%) RFID
4 1 (0.412%) iSCSI
4 1 (0.412%) NAS
4 1 (0.412%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.412%) SAN
4 1 (0.412%) FTP
4 1 (0.412%) SNMP
4 1 (0.412%) SMTP
4 1 (0.412%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.761%) MySQL
2 12 (4.938%) Text Mining
3 11 (4.527%) Big Data
4 10 (4.115%) SQL Server
5 9 (3.704%) OLTP
6 8 (3.292%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (3.292%) Oracle 10g
7 6 (2.469%) Data Mining
7 6 (2.469%) SAP BW
8 4 (1.646%) BusinessObjects
8 4 (1.646%) SAP Data Services
8 4 (1.646%) Xcelsius
8 4 (1.646%) Oracle 11g
8 4 (1.646%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
9 2 (0.823%) Oracle 8/8i
9 2 (0.823%) SAP BI
9 2 (0.823%) EDRMS
9 2 (0.823%) SQL Server 2008
9 2 (0.823%) Spotfire
9 2 (0.823%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (4.938%) QuickTest Pro
1 12 (4.938%) Selenium
2 6 (2.469%) Subversion
2 6 (2.469%) JMeter
2 6 (2.469%) JUnit
2 6 (2.469%) PVCS
2 6 (2.469%) Git (software)
2 6 (2.469%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 6 (2.469%) Maven
3 4 (1.646%) Eclipse
3 4 (1.646%) Mockito
3 4 (1.646%) JIRA
4 2 (0.823%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.412%) PhoneGap
5 1 (0.412%) ERwin
5 1 (0.412%) Xcode
General
1 113 (46.50%) Pharmaceutical
2 77 (31.69%) Manufacturing
3 63 (25.93%) Finance
4 22 (9.053%) Retail
5 21 (8.642%) Marketing
6 13 (5.350%) Telecoms
7 10 (4.115%) Publishing
8 9 (3.704%) French Language
8 9 (3.704%) German Language
8 9 (3.704%) Legal
8 9 (3.704%) Banking
9 7 (2.881%) Advertising
10 6 (2.469%) Billing
11 1 (0.412%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.412%) Back Office
11 1 (0.412%) Electronics
11 1 (0.412%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 74 (30.45%) Consultant
2 26 (10.70%) Developer
3 19 (7.819%) Analyst
4 18 (7.407%) Tester
5 16 (6.584%) QA Engineer
6 14 (5.761%) Senior Manager
6 14 (5.761%) Project Manager
7 12 (4.938%) Software Tester
8 11 (4.527%) SAP Consultant
9 9 (3.704%) Trainer
9 9 (3.704%) Training Consultant
10 8 (3.292%) Test Engineer
10 8 (3.292%) Business Analyst
10 8 (3.292%) Product Specialist
11 7 (2.881%) Software Engineer
11 7 (2.881%) Senior Consultant
11 7 (2.881%) Java Developer
12 6 (2.469%) Release Analyst
12 6 (2.469%) IT Project Manager
12 6 (2.469%) QA Tester
Miscellaneous
1 68 (27.98%) Chemistry
2 46 (18.93%) Biology
3 33 (13.58%) Biotechnology
4 30 (12.35%) LIMS
5 24 (9.877%) Computer Science
6 21 (8.642%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (6.173%) Mathematics
8 10 (4.115%) Grid Computing
9 9 (3.704%) Management Information System
10 6 (2.469%) CMDB
11 5 (2.058%) N-Tier
12 4 (1.646%) Informatics
12 4 (1.646%) Statistics
13 3 (1.235%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
13 3 (1.235%) SaaS
14 2 (0.823%) Replication
14 2 (0.823%) Digital Media
14 2 (0.823%) Open Source
14 2 (0.823%) Data Integration
14 2 (0.823%) Applied Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.465%) Windows
1 23 (9.465%) Linux
2 8 (3.292%) UNIX
3 6 (2.469%) Solaris
3 6 (2.469%) Mac OS X
4 2 (0.823%) Windows 7
4 2 (0.823%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.412%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.412%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (0.412%) Android
5 1 (0.412%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.412%) Scientific Linux
5 1 (0.412%) Windows Phone
5 1 (0.412%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.412%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (20.99%) Bioinformatics
2 50 (20.58%) Data Management
3 35 (14.40%) Validation
4 30 (12.35%) Project Management
5 29 (11.93%) Business Development
6 25 (10.29%) Software Deployment
7 24 (9.877%) Software Testing
7 24 (9.877%) Stakeholder Management
8 23 (9.465%) Enterprise Architecture
9 22 (9.053%) Agile Software Development
10 21 (8.642%) Business Intelligence
11 17 (6.996%) Analytics
12 16 (6.584%) Information Management
13 15 (6.173%) Logistics
14 14 (5.761%) User Acceptance Testing
14 14 (5.761%) Programme Management
15 11 (4.527%) OO
15 11 (4.527%) CRM
15 11 (4.527%) Data Modelling
16 10 (4.115%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 67 (27.57%) SQL
2 55 (22.63%) Java
3 44 (18.11%) PL/SQL
4 12 (4.938%) C
4 12 (4.938%) C#
5 11 (4.527%) JavaScript
6 9 (3.704%) Python
7 7 (2.881%) R
8 6 (2.469%) ABAP
8 6 (2.469%) Perl
8 6 (2.469%) Shell Script
9 5 (2.058%) C++
9 5 (2.058%) VB
9 5 (2.058%) VB6
10 4 (1.646%) MATLAB
11 3 (1.235%) Fortran
12 2 (0.823%) PHP
12 2 (0.823%) Bash shell
13 1 (0.412%) XPath
13 1 (0.412%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 69 (28.40%) PhD
2 68 (27.98%) Degree
3 14 (5.761%) ISEB
4 10 (4.115%) Postgraduate
5 9 (3.704%) CIPD
6 5 (2.058%) SAP Certification
7 4 (1.646%) MAPM
8 1 (0.412%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.412%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (15.23%) GxP
2 35 (14.40%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 23 (9.465%) QA
4 7 (2.881%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.469%) GLP
6 3 (1.235%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.235%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.235%) GAMP
7 1 (0.412%) CDISC
7 1 (0.412%) Dublin Core
7 1 (0.412%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (1.235%) Oracle RAC
1 3 (1.235%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.412%) Shibboleth
2 1 (0.412%) NFS
Systems Management
1 6 (2.469%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 83 (34.16%) Oracle
2 37 (15.23%) Microsoft
3 35 (14.40%) Cognizant
4 27 (11.11%) SAP
5 7 (2.881%) PeopleSoft
6 5 (2.058%) Twitter
7 4 (1.646%) Business Objects
7 4 (1.646%) HP
7 4 (1.646%) Pega
8 3 (1.235%) Primavera
9 2 (0.823%) IBM
9 2 (0.823%) TIBCO
10 1 (0.412%) Zend
10 1 (0.412%) Isilon
10 1 (0.412%) Sencha
10 1 (0.412%) Salesforce.com
10 1 (0.412%) Interwoven
10 1 (0.412%) Apple
10 1 (0.412%) Cisco
10 1 (0.412%) EMC
Global Head of Sales- Life Sciences
Hertfordshire, South East
Global Head of SalesLocation: HertfordshireSalary: NegotiableSkills: Degree in Life Sciences, Extensive Sales Management experienceOur client, a market-leading consultancy company, is looking for a Global Head of Sales...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: Pension, Life assurance, health
Posted: 4 May 2013
Senior and Managing Consultants
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
Software Developer (Life Science Applications)
Saffron Walden, Essex
C#, WPF and Python development. STL and/or Boost... Qualifications: The candidate should have a good university degree in a technical subject (Software Engineering, Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Mathematics,...
Illumina
Salary: From £28,000 to £38,000 per annum + pension, company shares, private h
Posted: 9 May 2013
Client Liaison Scientist - Bioinformatics / Mathematics; PhD; Genetics / Sequencing; Cambridge, £Excellent + benefits
Cambridge, East Anglia
Client Liaison Scientist - Bioinformatics / Mathematics; Genetics; Analysis; Customer-facing... - Demonstrable scripting experience using Perl or Python on UNIX / Linux... - Experience with open-source bioinformatics tools and applied statistics.
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £Excellent + Benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013
Web Developer (Life Science Applications)
Saffron Walden, Essex
Experience with HPC, distributed computing and large datasets (Big Data) A solid degree in Computer Science or related discipline... WISA) or Linux (e.g. LAMP). Pick your choice...
Illumina
Salary: From £38,000 to £45,000 per annum package inclusive of shares, pension
Posted: 9 May 2013
Web Application Developer
Oxford
Job title: Web Application Developer Location: Oxford£45-50k +benefits Key Skills- (ASP.net, C#, .net, Visual Studio, MS SQL Server)Arthur-Stewart is currently recruiting, for a...
Arthur Stewart
Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 per year
Posted: 14 May 2013
Principal Systems Administrator
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
Essential Skills You will have an in depth knowledge of linux clustering, preferably within in a HPC / scientific environment... You should also have knowledge of high performance parallel...
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Salary: £36825 - £46850 per annum + plus excellent benefits
Posted: 25 May 2013
Principal Systems Administrator
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You will have an in depth knowledge of linux clustering, preferably within in a HPC / scientific environment... You should also have knowledge of high performance parallel filesystems (lustre,...
Sanger Institute
Salary: From £36,825 to £46,850 per annum dependent on experience plus excelle
Posted: 21 May 2013
Pega Business Analyst / Consultant (Financial Services)
London
Your responsibilities as the Pega Business Analyst / Consultant will include: Providing support and building strong relationships throughout the company Raising and actively managing project risks and issues, enabling...
Selecture Limited
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Windows 8 Mobile Developer
Tunbridge Wells, South East
This is an office based role with some flexibility.Essential skills: - C#- Mobile Development- MVC- Web services- Unit testing- REST and OauthEssential the candidate has extensive commercial experience...
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Propositions Manager, Product Manager, Informatics, Healthcare
London
Keywords: Propositions Manager, Product Manager, London, Portfolio Manager, business development, pharma, NHS, healthcare, healthcare informatics, life sciences, clinical data, analytics, pharmaceutical, NHS commissioning, product strategy, care data, health...
Salt
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + Bonus & good benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Project Manager (Pega) - Financial Services
City of London
You will be joining one of the leading technology practices in Pega. Your responsibilities as the Project Manager will include: Assume responsibility for the Project Manager role for...
Selecture Limited
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 24 May 2013
PHP Developer - PHP / MySQL / JavaScript
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
As the PHP Developer you will be responsible for the following: Development of applications in PHP for a variety of Tier 1 clients... Support users and staff with...
Selecture Limited
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 24 May 2013
Business Analyst-Pega (Financial Services)
London
Your responsibilities as the Business Analyst will include: Providing support and building strong relationships throughout the company Raising and actively managing project risks and issues, enabling any potential...
Selecture Limited
Salary: Market rate
Posted: 24 May 2013
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