The first table below looks at the demand for Bioinformatics skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Bioinformatics over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the South East region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Bioinformatics
Rank 411 430 419
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -11
Permanent jobs citing Bioinformatics 25 13 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.114% 0.055% 0.009%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.155% 0.075% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 12 11 2
Average salary £27,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.42% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £27,795 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,250 £55,000 £43,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £33,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-9.09% -26.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16121 17403 16154
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 73.22% 73.24% 71.03%
Number of salaries quoted 13103 14939 13836
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Bioinformatics
England

Bioinformatics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Bioinformatics across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South East Bioinformatics Jobs Demand Trend

Bioinformatics
Salary Trend

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

South East Bioinformatics Salary Trend

Bioinformatics
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Bioinformatics across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East Bioinformatics Salary Histogram

Bioinformatics
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Bioinformatics within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Surrey +34 25 £27,500 -21.42%
Bioinformatics
England

Bioinformatics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing Bioinformatics 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 Bioinformatics.

1 51 (86.44%) PhD
1 51 (86.44%) Pharmaceutical
1 51 (86.44%) Life Science
1 51 (86.44%) Chemistry
2 45 (76.27%) Biology
3 36 (61.02%) MS Excel
3 36 (61.02%) Data Management
4 32 (54.24%) Biotechnology
4 32 (54.24%) GxP
4 32 (54.24%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 29 (49.15%) PL/SQL
5 29 (49.15%) SQL
5 29 (49.15%) Oracle
6 28 (47.46%) Java
7 25 (42.37%) LIMS
7 25 (42.37%) Software Deployment
7 25 (42.37%) Validation
8 24 (40.68%) Manufacturing
9 23 (38.98%) Enterprise Architecture
10 19 (32.20%) Microsoft
11 18 (30.51%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (23.73%) Mathematics
12 14 (23.73%) Windows
13 11 (18.64%) MySQL
14 9 (15.25%) Linux
14 9 (15.25%) Mac OS X
14 9 (15.25%) CIPD
14 9 (15.25%) MS PowerPoint
15 7 (11.86%) OOD
16 6 (10.17%) Solaris

Bioinformatics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing Bioinformatics 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 Bioinformatics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (10.17%) J2EE
1 6 (10.17%) Web Services
2 5 (8.475%) SWT
Application Platforms
1 5 (8.475%) Apache
1 5 (8.475%) Tomcat
Applications
1 36 (61.02%) MS Excel
2 9 (15.25%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (6.780%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.475%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (18.64%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (10.17%) QuickTest Pro
1 6 (10.17%) JMeter
1 6 (10.17%) Selenium
1 6 (10.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 5 (8.475%) Subversion
General
1 51 (86.44%) Pharmaceutical
2 24 (40.68%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 41 (69.49%) Consultant
2 9 (15.25%) Trainer
2 9 (15.25%) Training Consultant
3 6 (10.17%) Tester
3 6 (10.17%) Software Tester
4 5 (8.475%) UNIX Systems Administrator
4 5 (8.475%) UNIX Administrator
4 5 (8.475%) Administrator
5 4 (6.780%) Systems Administrator
5 4 (6.780%) Support Analyst
5 4 (6.780%) Analyst
6 3 (5.085%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 51 (86.44%) Chemistry
1 51 (86.44%) Life Science
2 45 (76.27%) Biology
3 32 (54.24%) Biotechnology
4 25 (42.37%) LIMS
5 18 (30.51%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (23.73%) Mathematics
7 5 (8.475%) Informatics
7 5 (8.475%) Semantic Web
7 5 (8.475%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (8.475%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 14 (23.73%) Windows
2 9 (15.25%) Linux
2 9 (15.25%) Mac OS X
3 6 (10.17%) Solaris
4 5 (8.475%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (61.02%) Data Management
2 25 (42.37%) Validation
2 25 (42.37%) Software Deployment
3 23 (38.98%) Enterprise Architecture
4 7 (11.86%) OOD
5 6 (10.17%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (5.085%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 29 (49.15%) PL/SQL
1 29 (49.15%) SQL
2 28 (47.46%) Java
3 5 (8.475%) PHP
3 5 (8.475%) R
Qualifications
1 51 (86.44%) PhD
2 9 (15.25%) CIPD
3 6 (10.17%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (54.24%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 32 (54.24%) GxP
2 6 (10.17%) GLP
Systems Management
1 6 (10.17%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 29 (49.15%) Oracle
2 19 (32.20%) Microsoft