Oxford Biology Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Biology skills within the Oxford region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Biology over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Abingdon Berkshire Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Coventry East of England England Hampshire Hertfordshire Leamington Spa London Macclesfield Newbury North West Oxford Oxfordshire South East Stevenage Surrey UK Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	90	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching permanent IT job ads	12	0
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.007 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	4.301 %	0.000 %
Salaries quoted	12	0
Average minimum salary	£24,833	-
Average salary	£28,292	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum salary	£31,750	-
UK excluding London average salary	£32,535	£30,488
% change on same period last year	+6.71 %
Miscellaneous Oxford
Matching permanent IT job ads	279	336
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.163 %	0.144 %
Salaries quoted	244	234
Average minimum salary	£30,236	£32,320
Average salary	£34,528	£35,670
% change on same period last year	-3.20 %
Average maximum salary	£38,820	£39,021
UK excluding London average salary	£37,729	£39,500
% change on same period last year	-4.48 %
Biology Oxfordshire

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Biology across the Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Biology across the Oxford region.

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Biology across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 22 (91.67 %) Chemistry 2 21 (87.50 %) Physics 3 16 (66.67 %) PhD 4 15 (62.50 %) Mathematics 5 12 (50.00 %) Java 6 8 (33.33 %) C 6 8 (33.33 %) C++ 7 7 (29.17 %) .NET 7 7 (29.17 %) Health 8 5 (20.83 %) Degree 9 3 (12.50 %) Chemicals 9 3 (12.50 %) Education 9 3 (12.50 %) ASP.NET 9 3 (12.50 %) C# 9 3 (12.50 %) VB.NET

9 3 (12.50 %) QA 9 3 (12.50 %) User Acceptance Testing 9 3 (12.50 %) Test Scripting 10 2 (8.333 %) Life Science 10 2 (8.333 %) Marketing 10 2 (8.333 %) Pharmaceutical 10 2 (8.333 %) Regression Testing 11 1 (4.167 %) Aerospace 11 1 (4.167 %) JavaBeans 11 1 (4.167 %) Oracle

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Oxford 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.

Application Development 1 7 (29.17 %) .NET 2 3 (12.50 %) ASP.NET 3 1 (4.167 %) JavaBeans	General 1 7 (29.17 %) Health 2 3 (12.50 %) Chemicals 2 3 (12.50 %) Education 3 2 (8.333 %) Pharmaceutical 3 2 (8.333 %) Marketing 4 1 (4.167 %) Aerospace
Job Titles 1 15 (62.50 %) Programmer 2 14 (58.33 %) Graduate 3 8 (33.33 %) Java Programmer 4 5 (20.83 %) Graduate Programmer 4 5 (20.83 %) Software Engineer 5 4 (16.67 %) C++ Programmer 5 4 (16.67 %) C Programmer 6 3 (12.50 %) QA Analyst 6 3 (12.50 %) QA Test Analyst 6 3 (12.50 %) .NET Programmer 6 3 (12.50 %) Software Test Analyst 6 3 (12.50 %) Analyst 6 3 (12.50 %) Test Analyst 7 2 (8.333 %) Test Engineer 7 2 (8.333 %) Software Test Engineer 7 2 (8.333 %) Junior 7 2 (8.333 %) QA Engineer 7 2 (8.333 %) Junior Analyst 7 2 (8.333 %) Software Programmer 7 2 (8.333 %) Junior Test Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 22 (91.67 %) Chemistry 2 21 (87.50 %) Physics 3 15 (62.50 %) Mathematics 4 2 (8.333 %) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (12.50 %) User Acceptance Testing 1 3 (12.50 %) Test Scripting 2 2 (8.333 %) Regression Testing	Programming Languages 1 12 (50.00 %) Java 2 8 (33.33 %) C 2 8 (33.33 %) C++ 3 3 (12.50 %) C# 3 3 (12.50 %) VB.NET
Qualifications 1 16 (66.67 %) PhD 2 5 (20.83 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (12.50 %) QA
Vendors 1 1 (4.167 %) Oracle