The first table below looks at the demand for Biostatistics skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Biostatistics 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Biostatistics (Biometry)
Rank 857 887 856
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -31
Permanent jobs citing Biostatistics 1 9 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.001% 0.007% 0.012%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.001% 0.010% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 3
Average salary - £40,000 £36,054
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +10.94%
UK excluding London average salary - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
82363 90112 90953
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 76.41% 74.51% 73.67%
Number of salaries quoted 67577 76622 76058
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%

Biostatistics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Biostatistics within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Biostatistics Jobs Demand Trend

Biostatistics
Salary Trend

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

Biostatistics Salary Trend

Biostatistics
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Biostatistics within the UK 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
London +26 1 - -
England +25 1 - -

Biostatistics
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Biostatistics 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 Biostatistics.

1 17 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 16 (94.12%) SAS
3 15 (88.24%) Statistics
4 12 (70.59%) SQL
5 7 (41.18%) CDISC
6 6 (35.29%) Biometrics
7 3 (17.65%) Data Management
8 2 (11.76%) Marketing
8 2 (11.76%) Degree
8 2 (11.76%) Biotechnology
8 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (11.76%) Life Science
8 2 (11.76%) Clinical Data Management
8 2 (11.76%) Cognizant
8 2 (11.76%) Publishing
9 1 (5.882%) Validation
9 1 (5.882%) Change Management
9 1 (5.882%) PL/SQL
9 1 (5.882%) Project Management
9 1 (5.882%) Oracle
9 1 (5.882%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (5.882%) Process Improvement
9 1 (5.882%) Twitter
9 1 (5.882%) Data Integration
9 1 (5.882%) Computer Science

Biostatistics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Biostatistics 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 Biostatistics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 16 (94.12%) SAS
General
1 17 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (11.76%) Publishing
2 2 (11.76%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (76.47%) Programmer
2 12 (70.59%) SAS Programmer
3 6 (35.29%) Senior Programmer
3 6 (35.29%) Senior SAS Programmer
4 2 (11.76%) Team Leader
5 1 (5.882%) Developer
5 1 (5.882%) Lead Developer
5 1 (5.882%) Statistical Programmer
5 1 (5.882%) Data Manager
Miscellaneous
1 15 (88.24%) Statistics
2 6 (35.29%) Biometrics
3 2 (11.76%) Biotechnology
3 2 (11.76%) Life Science
4 1 (5.882%) Data Integration
4 1 (5.882%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) Data Management
2 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (11.76%) Clinical Data Management
3 1 (5.882%) Process Improvement
3 1 (5.882%) Project Management
3 1 (5.882%) Change Management
3 1 (5.882%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (70.59%) SQL
2 1 (5.882%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (41.18%) CDISC
2 1 (5.882%) 21 CFR Part 11
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Cognizant
2 1 (5.882%) Twitter
2 1 (5.882%) Oracle