The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term LIMS in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LIMS 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the South East region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
Rank 413 423 395
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -28
Permanent jobs citing LIMS 23 20 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.104% 0.084% 0.114%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.338% 0.284% 0.392%
Number of salaries quoted 10 19 20
Average salary £35,500 £43,042 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.52% +34.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,450 £34,100 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £43,750
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £42,750 £31,750
% change year-on-year
-18.12% +34.64%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
6801 7041 6636
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 30.89% 29.63% 29.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5611 6016 5778
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 £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
LIMS
England

LIMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East LIMS Jobs Demand Trend

LIMS
Salary Trend

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

South East LIMS Salary Trend

LIMS
Salary Histogram

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

South East LIMS Salary Histogram

LIMS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LIMS 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 +28 20 £23,500 -57.27%
West Sussex - 2 £47,500 -
East Sussex - 1 £50,000 -
LIMS
England

LIMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 25 (69.44%) PhD
1 25 (69.44%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 25 (69.44%) GxP
1 25 (69.44%) Pharmaceutical
1 25 (69.44%) Validation
1 25 (69.44%) Data Management
1 25 (69.44%) Bioinformatics
1 25 (69.44%) Chemistry
1 25 (69.44%) Biology
1 25 (69.44%) Life Science
1 25 (69.44%) Software Deployment
2 24 (66.67%) Manufacturing
3 20 (55.56%) SQL
4 18 (50.00%) MS Excel
4 18 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (47.22%) Biotechnology
6 16 (44.44%) Enterprise Architecture
6 16 (44.44%) Java
6 16 (44.44%) PL/SQL
6 16 (44.44%) Oracle
7 8 (22.22%) Information Management
8 7 (19.44%) Mathematics
8 7 (19.44%) OOD
9 6 (16.67%) Microsoft
9 6 (16.67%) Management Information System
10 5 (13.89%) Degree
11 4 (11.11%) R
11 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (11.11%) MCSE
11 4 (11.11%) MCP

LIMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (5.556%) XML
Applications
1 18 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.556%) FTP
1 2 (5.556%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.556%) SQL Server
General
1 25 (69.44%) Pharmaceutical
2 24 (66.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 25 (69.44%) Consultant
2 3 (8.333%) Services Delivery Manager
2 3 (8.333%) Service Manager
2 3 (8.333%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (5.556%) Systems Support Manager
3 2 (5.556%) Systems Manager
3 2 (5.556%) Support Manager
3 2 (5.556%) Systems Delivery Manager
3 2 (5.556%) Systems Support
4 1 (2.778%) Support Analyst
4 1 (2.778%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 25 (69.44%) Chemistry
1 25 (69.44%) Biology
1 25 (69.44%) Life Science
2 18 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
3 17 (47.22%) Biotechnology
4 7 (19.44%) Mathematics
5 6 (16.67%) Management Information System
6 3 (8.333%) NHS
7 2 (5.556%) ASTM
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.556%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (69.44%) Validation
1 25 (69.44%) Data Management
1 25 (69.44%) Bioinformatics
1 25 (69.44%) Software Deployment
2 16 (44.44%) Enterprise Architecture
3 8 (22.22%) Information Management
4 7 (19.44%) OOD
5 3 (8.333%) ITIL
5 3 (8.333%) CRM
5 3 (8.333%) Service Delivery
6 2 (5.556%) ITSM
6 2 (5.556%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (55.56%) SQL
2 16 (44.44%) Java
2 16 (44.44%) PL/SQL
3 4 (11.11%) R
4 2 (5.556%) C++
4 2 (5.556%) T-SQL
4 2 (5.556%) Smalltalk
Qualifications
1 25 (69.44%) PhD
2 5 (13.89%) Degree
3 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (11.11%) MCP
3 4 (11.11%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (69.44%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 25 (69.44%) GxP
2 2 (5.556%) SLA
2 2 (5.556%) HL7
System Software
1 2 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 16 (44.44%) Oracle
2 6 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.556%) Citrix
3 2 (5.556%) VMware
3 2 (5.556%) Sybase