The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Life Sciences
Rank 187 172 -
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 5 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.122% 0.028% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.424% 0.100% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 0
Average salary £47,500 £38,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £43,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year
-14.28% -30.00%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1180 996 1053
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 28.82% 27.48% 26.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1057 810 943
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £23,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Life Science
North West

Life Science
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Life Science Salary Trend

Life Science
Salary Histogram

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

Manchester Life Science Salary Histogram

Life Science
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (33.33%) CMS
2 2 (33.33%) Retail
2 2 (33.33%) Content Management
2 2 (33.33%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) Documentum
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) NetWeaver
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) DB2
3 1 (16.67%) SAP
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (16.67%) AIX
3 1 (16.67%) CRM
3 1 (16.67%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) Logistics
3 1 (16.67%) Supply Chain Management
3 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
3 1 (16.67%) Business Development
3 1 (16.67%) Informatics

Life Science
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 1 (16.67%) SAP XI
1 1 (16.67%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) CMS
1 2 (33.33%) Documentum
2 1 (16.67%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP BPC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) DB2
General
1 3 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Product Specialist
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
2 1 (16.67%) NetWeaver Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) DB2 Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Basis Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Sales Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Change Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) Informatics
1 1 (16.67%) Biotechnology
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Content Management
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (16.67%) CRM
3 1 (16.67%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) Logistics
3 1 (16.67%) Supply Chain Management
3 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
3 1 (16.67%) Business Development
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Java
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) SAP