Life Science Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Life Sciences
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Life Science over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 99 22
Rank change year-on-year +22 -77 -7
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 22 22 241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 1.42% 1.45% 10.09%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.28% 2.94% 17.12%
Number of salaries quoted 12 9 1
10th Percentile £29,000 £21,000 -
25th Percentile £31,625 £32,500 £115,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £120,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -60.42% +128.57%
75th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £125,000
90th Percentile £67,250 £68,750 -
East of England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £120,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% -62.50% +152.63%

All Generic Skills
Cambridgeshire

Life Science is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 670 748 1,408
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 43.31% 49.21% 58.94%
Number of salaries quoted 479 232 351
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,626 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,750
90th Percentile £80,250 £86,125 £78,750
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.26%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing Life Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in Cambridgeshire

Life Science
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Life Science in Cambridgeshire.

Salary trend for Life Science in Cambridgeshire

Life Science
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Life Science in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Life Science in Cambridgeshire

Life Science
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Life Science within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge +26 20 £40,000 -15.79% 24
Huntingdon -7 1 - - 1
Life Science
East of England

Life Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (22.73%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (36.36%) AWS
2 7 (31.82%) Azure
3 6 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (22.73%) Serverless
5 2 (9.09%) Google Workspace
6 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
6 1 (4.55%) GCP
6 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Big Data
1 2 (9.09%) Metadata
2 1 (4.55%) Data Mining
2 1 (4.55%) Power BI
2 1 (4.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Git
General
1 6 (27.27%) Finance
1 6 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.55%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 9 (40.91%) Data Scientist
1 9 (40.91%) Lead
1 9 (40.91%) Lead Data Scientist
1 9 (40.91%) Principal Data Scientist
1 9 (40.91%) Senior Data Scientist
1 9 (40.91%) Team Leader
2 5 (22.73%) IT Engineer
2 5 (22.73%) IT Support
2 5 (22.73%) IT Support Engineer
2 5 (22.73%) Support Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Data Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Junior
4 2 (9.09%) Junior Data Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Project Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Senior
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Commercial Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Service Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Public Cloud
2 3 (13.64%) Driving Licence
3 2 (9.09%) Algorithms
3 2 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 2 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Linux
1 5 (22.73%) Mac OS
1 5 (22.73%) Windows
1 5 (22.73%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (72.73%) Biotechnology
2 11 (50.00%) Data Science
3 9 (40.91%) Bioinformatics
3 9 (40.91%) Line Management
4 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (13.64%) Customer Service
6 2 (9.09%) Computer Science
6 2 (9.09%) DAMA
6 2 (9.09%) DAMA DMBOK
6 2 (9.09%) Data Cleansing
6 2 (9.09%) Data Governance
6 2 (9.09%) Data Management
6 2 (9.09%) Data Modelling
6 2 (9.09%) Data Pipeline
6 2 (9.09%) ETL
6 2 (9.09%) Hematology
6 2 (9.09%) Portfolio Management
6 2 (9.09%) Project Delivery
6 2 (9.09%) Project Management
6 2 (9.09%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) Python
1 2 (9.09%) R
Qualifications
1 12 (54.55%) Degree
2 9 (40.91%) PhD
3 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (9.09%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) Accessibility
1 2 (9.09%) GDPR
2 1 (4.55%) GLP
System Software
1 6 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 5 (22.73%) Hyper-V
2 5 (22.73%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 5 (22.73%) VMware
3 1 (4.55%) Databricks
3 1 (4.55%) Salesforce