The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Chemistry in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Chemistry over the 3 months to 21 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Chemistry
Rank 407 405 361
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -44
Permanent jobs citing Chemistry 34 33 58
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.153% 0.139% 0.258%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.495% 0.469% 0.880%
Number of salaries quoted 21 29 49
Average salary £27,500 £40,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.25% +60.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £22,000 £21,250
10% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £35,000 £25,500
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +37.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
6867 7041 6588
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 30.95% 29.66% 29.26%
Number of salaries quoted 5681 6012 5738
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Chemistry
England

Chemistry
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Chemistry Jobs Demand Trend

Chemistry
Salary Trend

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

South East Chemistry Salary Trend

Chemistry
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Chemistry across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East Chemistry Salary Histogram

Chemistry
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Chemistry within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 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 +30 32 £27,500 -42.10%
Oxfordshire -25 1 £21,500 -38.57%
Chemistry
England

Chemistry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing Chemistry 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 Chemistry.

1 60 (89.55%) PhD
2 58 (86.57%) Life Science
3 54 (80.60%) Pharmaceutical
4 51 (76.12%) Bioinformatics
5 47 (70.15%) Biology
6 37 (55.22%) SQL
6 37 (55.22%) Data Management
7 36 (53.73%) MS Excel
7 36 (53.73%) Oracle
8 33 (49.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 33 (49.25%) GxP
9 32 (47.76%) Biotechnology
10 29 (43.28%) PL/SQL
11 26 (38.81%) Manufacturing
12 25 (37.31%) Validation
12 25 (37.31%) Microsoft
12 25 (37.31%) LIMS
12 25 (37.31%) Software Deployment
13 24 (35.82%) Java
14 23 (34.33%) Enterprise Architecture
15 18 (26.87%) Mathematics
15 18 (26.87%) Enterprise Software
16 12 (17.91%) Selenium
16 12 (17.91%) MySQL
16 12 (17.91%) Web Services
16 12 (17.91%) ISEB
16 12 (17.91%) QuickTest Pro
17 10 (14.93%) Degree
18 9 (13.43%) CIPD
18 9 (13.43%) MS PowerPoint

Chemistry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing Chemistry 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 Chemistry. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (17.91%) Web Services
2 6 (8.955%) J2EE
3 2 (2.985%) HTML
3 2 (2.985%) .NET
3 2 (2.985%) MFC
3 2 (2.985%) STL
4 1 (1.493%) OpenMP
4 1 (1.493%) jQuery
4 1 (1.493%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.493%) CSS
4 1 (1.493%) XML
4 1 (1.493%) XSLT
Applications
1 36 (53.73%) MS Excel
2 9 (13.43%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (5.970%) MS Office
4 2 (2.985%) RoboHelp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (17.91%) MySQL
2 3 (4.478%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.493%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.493%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.493%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 12 (17.91%) Selenium
1 12 (17.91%) QuickTest Pro
2 6 (8.955%) JMeter
2 6 (8.955%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (1.493%) Visual Studio
General
1 54 (80.60%) Pharmaceutical
2 26 (38.81%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.493%) Marketing
3 1 (1.493%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 42 (62.69%) Consultant
2 12 (17.91%) Tester
2 12 (17.91%) Software Tester
3 9 (13.43%) Training Consultant
3 9 (13.43%) Trainer
4 4 (5.970%) Support Analyst
4 4 (5.970%) Developer
4 4 (5.970%) Analyst
5 2 (2.985%) .NET Developer
5 2 (2.985%) C++ Developer
5 2 (2.985%) Author
5 2 (2.985%) Technical Author
5 2 (2.985%) Software Engineer
5 2 (2.985%) C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (1.493%) Professional Services Consultant
6 1 (1.493%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (1.493%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 58 (86.57%) Life Science
2 47 (70.15%) Biology
3 32 (47.76%) Biotechnology
4 25 (37.31%) LIMS
5 18 (26.87%) Mathematics
5 18 (26.87%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (8.955%) Computer Science
7 2 (2.985%) 3D Graphics
7 2 (2.985%) Physics
8 1 (1.493%) Economics
8 1 (1.493%) Statistics
8 1 (1.493%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.94%) Windows
2 7 (10.45%) Linux
3 6 (8.955%) Mac OS X
3 6 (8.955%) Solaris
4 1 (1.493%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (76.12%) Bioinformatics
2 37 (55.22%) Data Management
3 25 (37.31%) Validation
3 25 (37.31%) Software Deployment
4 23 (34.33%) Enterprise Architecture
5 8 (11.94%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (10.45%) OOD
7 6 (8.955%) Software Testing
7 6 (8.955%) V-Model
7 6 (8.955%) Test Automation
7 6 (8.955%) Waterfall
8 2 (2.985%) UML
8 2 (2.985%) OOA/OOD
8 2 (2.985%) Scrum
9 1 (1.493%) Document Management
9 1 (1.493%) Web Development
9 1 (1.493%) Multithreading
9 1 (1.493%) Time Management
9 1 (1.493%) Data Transformation
9 1 (1.493%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 37 (55.22%) SQL
2 29 (43.28%) PL/SQL
3 24 (35.82%) Java
4 5 (7.463%) R
5 4 (5.970%) C++
6 2 (2.985%) C#
7 1 (1.493%) Fortran
7 1 (1.493%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.493%) C
Qualifications
1 60 (89.55%) PhD
2 12 (17.91%) ISEB
3 10 (14.93%) Degree
4 9 (13.43%) CIPD
5 1 (1.493%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (49.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 33 (49.25%) GxP
2 6 (8.955%) GLP
Systems Management
1 6 (8.955%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 36 (53.73%) Oracle
2 25 (37.31%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.493%) Intel
Forest Row, East Sussex
This position requires a Software Engineer with excellent C++ and MFC skills to be part of a software development team of four that is currently focussed on bringing...
Sirius Analytical Instruments Ltd
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 24 April 2013