The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Biotechnology in IT jobs advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Biotechnology 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 Surrey region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Biotechnology
Rank 201 221 -
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -
Permanent jobs citing Biotechnology 19 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 0.360% 0.100% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.178% 0.315% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 0
Average salary £27,500 £28,635 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.96% -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £33,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year
-9.09% -47.20%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1613 1904 1742
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 30.58% 31.65% 32.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1355 1640 1500
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Biotechnology
South East

Biotechnology
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey Biotechnology Jobs Demand Trend

Biotechnology
Salary Trend

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

Surrey Biotechnology Salary Trend

Biotechnology
Salary Histogram

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

Surrey Biotechnology Salary Histogram

Biotechnology
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey region citing Biotechnology 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 Biotechnology.

1 32 (100.00%) PhD
1 32 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 32 (100.00%) Bioinformatics
1 32 (100.00%) Chemistry
1 32 (100.00%) Life Science
2 26 (81.25%) Biology
3 17 (53.13%) Manufacturing
3 17 (53.13%) Validation
3 17 (53.13%) LIMS
3 17 (53.13%) Data Management
3 17 (53.13%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 17 (53.13%) MS Excel
3 17 (53.13%) GxP
3 17 (53.13%) Software Deployment
3 17 (53.13%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (46.88%) Microsoft
5 14 (43.75%) PL/SQL
5 14 (43.75%) SQL
5 14 (43.75%) Oracle
6 9 (28.13%) MS PowerPoint
6 9 (28.13%) CIPD
7 8 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
7 8 (25.00%) Java
8 6 (18.75%) GLP
8 6 (18.75%) ISEB
8 6 (18.75%) QuickTest Pro
8 6 (18.75%) Mac OS X
8 6 (18.75%) Web Services
8 6 (18.75%) Windows
8 6 (18.75%) Solaris

Biotechnology
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey region citing Biotechnology 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 Biotechnology. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (18.75%) Web Services
1 6 (18.75%) J2EE
Applications
1 17 (53.13%) MS Excel
2 9 (28.13%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.75%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (18.75%) QuickTest Pro
1 6 (18.75%) JMeter
1 6 (18.75%) Selenium
1 6 (18.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 32 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 17 (53.13%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 26 (81.25%) Consultant
2 9 (28.13%) Training Consultant
2 9 (28.13%) Trainer
3 6 (18.75%) Tester
3 6 (18.75%) Software Tester
Miscellaneous
1 32 (100.00%) Chemistry
1 32 (100.00%) Life Science
2 26 (81.25%) Biology
3 17 (53.13%) LIMS
3 17 (53.13%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.75%) Mac OS X
1 6 (18.75%) Windows
1 6 (18.75%) Solaris
1 6 (18.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (100.00%) Bioinformatics
2 17 (53.13%) Validation
2 17 (53.13%) Data Management
2 17 (53.13%) Software Deployment
3 8 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 6 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 14 (43.75%) PL/SQL
1 14 (43.75%) SQL
2 8 (25.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 32 (100.00%) PhD
2 9 (28.13%) CIPD
3 6 (18.75%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (53.13%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 17 (53.13%) GxP
2 6 (18.75%) GLP
Systems Management
1 6 (18.75%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 15 (46.88%) Microsoft
2 14 (43.75%) Oracle