The first table below looks at the demand for CDISC skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CDISC over the 3 months to 19 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC)
Rank 865 878 878
Rank change year-on-year
+13 0
Permanent jobs citing CDISC 3 7 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.003% 0.006% 0.003%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.028% 0.063% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 3
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -15.78%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 - £47,500
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
10793 11106 10461
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 9.908% 9.215% 8.149%
Number of salaries quoted 8747 9114 8659
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,844 £28,000 £28,800
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,153 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-2.80% +0.37%

CDISC
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing CDISC within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

CDISC Jobs Demand Trend

CDISC
Salary Trend

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

CDISC Salary Trend

CDISC
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing CDISC 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 CDISC.

1 16 (100.00%) SAS
2 12 (75.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 10 (62.50%) SQL
4 9 (56.25%) Validation
4 9 (56.25%) Degree
5 8 (50.00%) Base SAS
6 5 (31.25%) Statistics
7 4 (25.00%) SAS Macro
8 3 (18.75%) Biotechnology
8 3 (18.75%) Data Analysis
8 3 (18.75%) ETL
8 3 (18.75%) Project Management
8 3 (18.75%) GCP
9 2 (12.50%) Statistical Analysis
9 2 (12.50%) Data Management
9 2 (12.50%) Biostatistics
10 1 (6.250%) Computer Science
10 1 (6.250%) Life Science
10 1 (6.250%) Mathematics
10 1 (6.250%) Clinical Data Management
10 1 (6.250%) Cognizant
10 1 (6.250%) Biometrics
10 1 (6.250%) VB
10 1 (6.250%) SAP

CDISC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing CDISC 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 CDISC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 16 (100.00%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (50.00%) Base SAS
General
1 12 (75.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Programmer
2 9 (56.25%) SAS Programmer
3 3 (18.75%) Statistical Programmer
3 3 (18.75%) Lead Programmer
3 3 (18.75%) SAS Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Programmer
3 3 (18.75%) Senior SAS Programmer
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Statistician
4 1 (6.250%) Statistician
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Statistics
2 3 (18.75%) Biotechnology
3 1 (6.250%) Computer Science
3 1 (6.250%) Life Science
3 1 (6.250%) Mathematics
3 1 (6.250%) Biometrics
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Validation
2 3 (18.75%) Data Analysis
2 3 (18.75%) ETL
2 3 (18.75%) Project Management
3 2 (12.50%) Statistical Analysis
3 2 (12.50%) Data Management
3 2 (12.50%) Biostatistics
4 1 (6.250%) Clinical Data Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (62.50%) SQL
2 4 (25.00%) SAS Macro
3 1 (6.250%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) GCP
Vendors
1 1 (6.250%) Cognizant
1 1 (6.250%) SAP