The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Biology in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Biology over the 3 months to 18 June 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.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Biology
Rank 847 875 868
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -7
Permanent jobs citing Biology 24 26 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.022% 0.022% 0.021%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.065% 0.065% 0.061%
Number of salaries quoted 3 24 8
Average salary £33,500 £41,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.27% +27.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £30,900 £23,949
10% offered a salary of more than £42,700 £55,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,250 £44,021 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-10.83% +25.77%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
37045 40071 44363
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 33.58% 33.35% 34.47%
Number of salaries quoted 30452 33751 37242
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%

Biology
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Biology within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Biology Jobs Demand Trend

Biology
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Biology within the UK.

Biology Salary Trend

Biology
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Biology over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 within the UK.

Biology Salary Histogram

Biology
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Biology within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
England +30 24 £33,500 -19.27% 11
South East +1 16 £45,000 -
Surrey +13 15 - -
London +46 6 £23,500 -41.25% 3
Cambridgeshire +15 2 £33,500 +1.51% 8
East of England +4 2 £33,500 +1.51% 8
Cambridge +11 1 £33,500 +1.51% 8
City of London - 1 £23,500 -

Biology
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 42 (79.25%) Chemistry
2 41 (77.36%) Bioinformatics
3 40 (75.47%) Life Science
3 40 (75.47%) Pharmaceutical
4 38 (71.70%) PhD
5 35 (66.04%) MS Excel
5 35 (66.04%) Data Management
6 29 (54.72%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 29 (54.72%) GxP
7 27 (50.94%) Java
8 26 (49.06%) SQL
9 25 (47.17%) LIMS
9 25 (47.17%) Validation
9 25 (47.17%) Software Deployment
10 24 (45.28%) Biotechnology
10 24 (45.28%) Oracle
11 22 (41.51%) Enterprise Software
12 21 (39.62%) Manufacturing
13 20 (37.74%) PL/SQL
14 19 (35.85%) Enterprise Architecture
15 16 (30.19%) Microsoft
16 14 (26.42%) Mathematics
17 11 (20.75%) Degree
18 10 (18.87%) Computer Science
19 7 (13.21%) Data Warehouse
19 7 (13.21%) C#
19 7 (13.21%) Project Management
20 6 (11.32%) OO
20 6 (11.32%) CIPD
20 6 (11.32%) MS PowerPoint

Biology
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 3 (5.660%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.774%) Amazon EC2
1 2 (3.774%) CloudStack
Applications
1 35 (66.04%) MS Excel
2 6 (11.32%) MS PowerPoint
3 5 (9.434%) MS Office
4 1 (1.887%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.887%) LAN
1 1 (1.887%) WAN
1 1 (1.887%) SAN
1 1 (1.887%) Internet
1 1 (1.887%) NAS
1 1 (1.887%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.21%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (7.547%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (5.660%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.887%) MySQL
4 1 (1.887%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.887%) Visual Studio
General
1 40 (75.47%) Pharmaceutical
2 21 (39.62%) Manufacturing
3 2 (3.774%) Finance
4 1 (1.887%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 40 (75.47%) Consultant
2 6 (11.32%) Trainer
2 6 (11.32%) Training Consultant
3 5 (9.434%) Junior Consultant
3 5 (9.434%) Junior
3 5 (9.434%) Analyst
4 4 (7.547%) Support Analyst
5 2 (3.774%) Developer
6 1 (1.887%) Graduate
6 1 (1.887%) Software Developer
6 1 (1.887%) Architect
6 1 (1.887%) Administrator
6 1 (1.887%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (1.887%) Data Analyst
6 1 (1.887%) .NET Developer
6 1 (1.887%) C# Developer
6 1 (1.887%) Senior Systems Administrator
6 1 (1.887%) Applications Architect
6 1 (1.887%) Head of IT
6 1 (1.887%) Applications Manager
Miscellaneous
1 42 (79.25%) Chemistry
2 40 (75.47%) Life Science
3 25 (47.17%) LIMS
4 24 (45.28%) Biotechnology
5 22 (41.51%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (26.42%) Mathematics
7 10 (18.87%) Computer Science
8 3 (5.660%) Open Source
9 2 (3.774%) Physics
9 2 (3.774%) Management Information System
9 2 (3.774%) Economics
9 2 (3.774%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
9 2 (3.774%) Statistics
10 1 (1.887%) Informatics
10 1 (1.887%) N-Tier
10 1 (1.887%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.660%) UNIX
1 3 (5.660%) Windows
1 3 (5.660%) Linux
2 1 (1.887%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (77.36%) Bioinformatics
2 35 (66.04%) Data Management
3 25 (47.17%) Software Deployment
3 25 (47.17%) Validation
4 19 (35.85%) Enterprise Architecture
5 7 (13.21%) Project Management
6 6 (11.32%) OO
7 5 (9.434%) CRM
7 5 (9.434%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (9.434%) Business Analysis
7 5 (9.434%) Software Testing
7 5 (9.434%) Statistical Modelling
7 5 (9.434%) Data Analysis
8 4 (7.547%) Information Management
9 3 (5.660%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (5.660%) OOD
10 2 (3.774%) Data Modelling
10 2 (3.774%) BCP
10 2 (3.774%) Statistical Analysis
10 2 (3.774%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 27 (50.94%) Java
2 26 (49.06%) SQL
3 20 (37.74%) PL/SQL
4 7 (13.21%) C#
5 3 (5.660%) Perl
6 2 (3.774%) C++
6 2 (3.774%) Python
7 1 (1.887%) Ruby
7 1 (1.887%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.887%) C
Qualifications
1 38 (71.70%) PhD
2 11 (20.75%) Degree
3 6 (11.32%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (54.72%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 29 (54.72%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (3.774%) Xen
1 2 (3.774%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.887%) NFS
Systems Management
1 2 (3.774%) Ganglia
1 2 (3.774%) Puppet
2 1 (1.887%) NetBackup
2 1 (1.887%) Windows Storage Server
Vendors
1 24 (45.28%) Oracle
2 16 (30.19%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.547%) Business Objects
3 4 (7.547%) SAP
4 2 (3.774%) VMware
4 2 (3.774%) Google
4 2 (3.774%) Citrix
5 1 (1.887%) NetApp
5 1 (1.887%) Veritas
5 1 (1.887%) Apple
5 1 (1.887%) Symantec
Hinxton, near Cambridge
Qualifications and Experience You should ideally possess a PhD in a subject related to molecular biology, bioinformatics or a biomedical science... The ability to work to deadlines is...
EMBL
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 31 May 2013
UK - Cambridge
Responsibilities also include on-site and remote installation and configuration of Accelrys solutions within our customer's environments.Working closely with leading industry and academic researchers in a...
Accelrys
Salary: Competitive Package
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Key Requirements: You should have relevant related industry experience, in QA/ QC and/or Manufacturing, as well as a degree in Computer Science Software engineering, Chemistry*, Biology* or...
Accelrys
Salary: competitive package
Posted: 17 June 2013
Central London / West End
Successful SAP Master Data Consultant candidates will have the following: * Bachelors degree in Business or Technology discipline Education in Science (Chemistry, Biology or Physics) * SAP user and implementation...
Pertemps IT
Salary: Excellent
Posted: 14 June 2013
EC4Y 8DP, London
Technical Qualifications and Skills • High calibre graduates (2.1 or above) with a Computer Science, Business, Mathematics or related degree. • Smart analytical thinkers are required who are good...
IMGROUP
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 10 June 2013
Cambridge, South East, United Kingdom, East...
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Salary: £29750 - £37525 per annum + plus excellent
Posted: 23 May 2013
Hinxton, near Cambridge
EMBL
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 31 May 2013
Greater London
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Salary: £40k - 55k per year
Posted: 13 June 2013
Cambridge, South East, United Kingdom
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Salary: Competitive
Posted: 10 June 2013
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