The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Chemistry in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Chemistry 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
Chemistry
Rank 779 824 829
Rank change year-on-year
+45 +5
Permanent jobs citing Chemistry 92 77 66
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.083% 0.064% 0.051%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.248% 0.192% 0.149%
Number of salaries quoted 74 73 53
Average salary £43,750 £35,000 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% +32.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £24,500 £21,250
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +40.00%
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%

Chemistry
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chemistry Jobs Demand Trend

Chemistry
Salary Trend

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

Chemistry Salary Trend

Chemistry
Salary Histogram

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

Chemistry Salary Histogram

Chemistry
Top 24 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Chemistry 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +45 90 £45,000 +28.57% 15
London +61 42 £50,000 +25.00% 10
South East -4 30 £27,500 -21.42%
Surrey +24 27 £27,500 -50.00%
East of England +6 12 £50,000 +43.83% 4
Hertfordshire - 11 £50,000 - 2
City of London +2 8 £42,500 -19.04% 4
Welwyn Garden City - 5 £50,000 -
Leeds - 3 £38,500 - 1
West Yorkshire - 3 £38,500 - 1
Yorkshire - 3 £38,500 - 1
North West - 3 £28,080 -
Enfield +7 2 £30,000 -
Oxfordshire -26 2 £21,500 -38.57%
St Albans - 2 £55,000 -
Stevenage - 2 £45,000 -
Cheshire - 2 £33,750 -
Cambridgeshire +8 1 - - 2
Cambridge +5 1 - - 2
Oxford -22 1 - -
Chester - 1 £27,000 -
Guildford - 1 £39,000 -
Lancaster - 1 £28,080 -
Lancashire - 1 £28,080 -

Chemistry
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Chemistry 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 Chemistry.

1 68 (48.92%) PhD
2 57 (41.01%) Pharmaceutical
2 57 (41.01%) Life Science
3 56 (40.29%) Mathematics
4 50 (35.97%) Degree
5 45 (32.37%) Java
6 44 (31.65%) SQL
6 44 (31.65%) Bioinformatics
7 42 (30.22%) Biology
8 40 (28.78%) Physics
8 40 (28.78%) Computer Science
9 39 (28.06%) Microsoft
10 34 (24.46%) Agile Software Development
10 34 (24.46%) Oracle
11 33 (23.74%) Data Management
12 32 (23.02%) MS Excel
13 30 (21.58%) Biotechnology
14 29 (20.86%) 21 CFR Part 11
14 29 (20.86%) GxP
14 29 (20.86%) C#
15 28 (20.14%) SQL Server
16 27 (19.42%) .NET
16 27 (19.42%) Validation
17 26 (18.71%) LIMS
17 26 (18.71%) PL/SQL
18 25 (17.99%) Manufacturing
18 25 (17.99%) Software Deployment
19 24 (17.27%) ASP.NET
19 24 (17.27%) Web Services
20 22 (15.83%) Enterprise Software

Chemistry
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Chemistry 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 Chemistry. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 27 (19.42%) .NET
2 24 (17.27%) ASP.NET
2 24 (17.27%) Web Services
3 20 (14.39%) XML
4 18 (12.95%) HTML
5 16 (11.51%) HTML5
6 6 (4.317%) J2EE
6 6 (4.317%) Swing
6 6 (4.317%) Hibernate
7 5 (3.597%) XSL
7 5 (3.597%) Natural Language Processing
8 4 (2.878%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (2.158%) REST
9 3 (2.158%) OSGi
9 3 (2.158%) JFace
9 3 (2.158%) JSON
9 3 (2.158%) GWT
9 3 (2.158%) jQuery
9 3 (2.158%) JavaFX
9 3 (2.158%) Qt
Application Platforms
1 3 (2.158%) Apache
1 3 (2.158%) CMS
1 3 (2.158%) Alfresco
1 3 (2.158%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 32 (23.02%) MS Excel
2 6 (4.317%) MS PowerPoint
3 5 (3.597%) MS Office
4 2 (1.439%) RoboHelp
5 1 (0.719%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.719%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.719%) ION MarketView
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.439%) Intranet
1 2 (1.439%) Internet
2 1 (0.719%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (20.14%) SQL Server
2 13 (9.353%) MySQL
3 7 (5.036%) SQL Server 2005
3 7 (5.036%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (5.036%) MongoDB
4 5 (3.597%) Text Mining
5 4 (2.878%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (2.878%) NoSQL
5 4 (2.878%) RavenDB
6 2 (1.439%) QlikView
6 2 (1.439%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.439%) Data Mining
6 2 (1.439%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.719%) EDRMS
7 1 (0.719%) OLAP
7 1 (0.719%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.719%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 15 (10.79%) QuickTest Pro
2 12 (8.633%) Selenium
3 6 (4.317%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 6 (4.317%) JProfiler
3 6 (4.317%) JMeter
3 6 (4.317%) JUnit
3 6 (4.317%) Eclipse
4 4 (2.878%) Subversion
5 3 (2.158%) Hudson
5 3 (2.158%) Eclipse RCP
5 3 (2.158%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.719%) Maven
6 1 (0.719%) Visual Studio
General
1 57 (41.01%) Pharmaceutical
2 25 (17.99%) Manufacturing
3 17 (12.23%) Finance
4 5 (3.597%) Banking
5 3 (2.158%) Retail
5 3 (2.158%) Automotive
5 3 (2.158%) Publishing
5 3 (2.158%) Front Office
6 2 (1.439%) Electronics
6 2 (1.439%) Marketing
7 1 (0.719%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.719%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.719%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 48 (34.53%) Developer
2 35 (25.18%) Consultant
3 24 (17.27%) .NET Developer
4 23 (16.55%) C# Developer
5 21 (15.11%) C# .NET Developer
6 20 (14.39%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 20 (14.39%) ASP.NET Developer
6 20 (14.39%) Senior Developer
7 19 (13.67%) Senior .NET Developer
8 17 (12.23%) Senior C# Developer
8 17 (12.23%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
9 15 (10.79%) Analyst
10 12 (8.633%) Tester
10 12 (8.633%) Software Tester
11 11 (7.914%) Graduate
12 8 (5.755%) Java Developer
13 6 (4.317%) Trainer
13 6 (4.317%) Training Consultant
14 5 (3.597%) Architect
14 5 (3.597%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 57 (41.01%) Life Science
2 56 (40.29%) Mathematics
3 42 (30.22%) Biology
4 40 (28.78%) Physics
4 40 (28.78%) Computer Science
5 30 (21.58%) Biotechnology
6 26 (18.71%) LIMS
7 22 (15.83%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (3.597%) Grid Computing
9 4 (2.878%) SWIFT
9 4 (2.878%) Open Source
10 3 (2.158%) SaaS
10 3 (2.158%) Statistics
10 3 (2.158%) Client/Server
10 3 (2.158%) Semantic Web
11 1 (0.719%) Visualisation
11 1 (0.719%) Data Integration
11 1 (0.719%) N-Tier
11 1 (0.719%) 3D Graphics
11 1 (0.719%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 19 (13.67%) Linux
2 10 (7.194%) Windows
3 7 (5.036%) Mac OS X
4 6 (4.317%) Solaris
5 2 (1.439%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (31.65%) Bioinformatics
2 34 (24.46%) Agile Software Development
3 33 (23.74%) Data Management
4 27 (19.42%) Validation
5 25 (17.99%) Software Deployment
6 20 (14.39%) Software Engineering
7 19 (13.67%) Enterprise Architecture
7 19 (13.67%) Web Development
8 13 (9.353%) MVC
9 11 (7.914%) Software Testing
10 9 (6.475%) OO
11 8 (5.755%) E-Commerce
12 6 (4.317%) V-Model
12 6 (4.317%) Test Automation
12 6 (4.317%) Waterfall
13 5 (3.597%) Business Intelligence
14 4 (2.878%) Data Modelling
14 4 (2.878%) Document Management
14 4 (2.878%) Business Analysis
14 4 (2.878%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 45 (32.37%) Java
2 44 (31.65%) SQL
3 29 (20.86%) C#
4 26 (18.71%) PL/SQL
5 19 (13.67%) C++
6 16 (11.51%) Fortran
7 14 (10.07%) C
7 14 (10.07%) Perl
7 14 (10.07%) Python
8 7 (5.036%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.439%) MATLAB
9 2 (1.439%) VB
10 1 (0.719%) VBA
10 1 (0.719%) Haskell
10 1 (0.719%) Erlang
10 1 (0.719%) OCaml
10 1 (0.719%) F#
10 1 (0.719%) Scala
10 1 (0.719%) Clojure
10 1 (0.719%) PHP
Qualifications
1 68 (48.92%) PhD
2 50 (35.97%) Degree
3 12 (8.633%) ISEB
4 6 (4.317%) Postgraduate
4 6 (4.317%) CIPD
5 1 (0.719%) CEH
5 1 (0.719%) HNC
5 1 (0.719%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (20.86%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 29 (20.86%) GxP
2 8 (5.755%) QA
3 7 (5.036%) GLP
4 1 (0.719%) GCP
Systems Management
1 6 (4.317%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 39 (28.06%) Microsoft
2 34 (24.46%) Oracle
3 3 (2.158%) HP
4 1 (0.719%) Intel
4 1 (0.719%) ION Trading
North London
Experienced in scientific programming with a strong knowledge of C, C++ or Fortran * Ideally some knowledge of Linux and scripting languages such as Perl or Python * Excellent communication...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Perl, PLACK, PSGI, OO Perl, JavaScript, MySQL , Trading... In the role you will be developing new functionality to their front and back end trading analysis tool as well...
Orleston Associates Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
South West London
This is a great opportunity for a Senior .Net Developer who has a good University degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Maths, Chemistry or other science related...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 50,000 - 85,000
Posted: 14 June 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
South West London
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 30,000 - 40,000
Posted: 14 June 2013
Central London / West End
Pertemps IT
Salary: Excellent
Posted: 14 June 2013
Greater London
OCC Computing
Salary: £40k - 55k per year
Posted: 13 June 2013
Hertfordshire
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £27000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Royston, Hertfordshire
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £27000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Leeds, Bradford, Yorkshire, York, Wakefield,...
CMA Group
Salary: £30,000 - £38,000 per year
Posted: 29 April 2013
City of London
Dupen Recruitment Services
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + share options + range of benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
Dupen Recruitment Services
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + share options + range of benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Dupen Recruitment Services
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + share options + range of benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Dupen Recruitment Services
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + share options + range of benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013