Life Science Jobs in the East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Life Science in permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Life Science over the 3 months to 23 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Life Sciences England / East of England
Location	3 months to 23 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	218	215	282
Rank change year-on-year	-3	+67
Permanent jobs citing Life Science	37	39	11
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England	0.60%	0.57%	0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	1.40%	1.36%	0.32%
Number of salaries quoted	29	31	10
Median salary	£48,000	£45,000	£36,250
Median salary % change year-on-year	+6.66%	+24.13%
90% offered a salary of more than	£37,500	£33,500	£26,750
10% offered a salary of more than	£57,500	£65,000	£71,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£45,000
% change year-on-year	-	-5.55%

Life Science is in the generic IT skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Generic IT Skills East of England
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills	2644	2858	3470
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England	42.67%	42.00%	42.10%
Number of salaries quoted	2082	2384	2770
Median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£42,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than	£27,500	£26,500	£25,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£65,000	£60,000	£65,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	-	+6.25%

Life Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the East of England citing Life Science as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Miscellaneous category.

Job vacancy trend for Life Science in the East of England

Life Science
Salary Trend in the East of England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Life Science in the East of England.

Salary trend for Life Science in the East of England

Life Science
Salary Histogram in the East of England

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Life Science in the East of England over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Life Science in the East of England

Life Science
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Life Science within the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire	-17	29	£47,500	+5.55%	8
Hertfordshire	-6	6	£51,500	-
Bedfordshire	+21	1	£40,000	-
Essex	-	1	-	-	2
Life Science England

Life Science
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the East of England

For the 6 months to 23 June 2017, IT jobs citing Life Science also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the East of England region with a requirement for Life Science.

1	26 (32.91%)	Computer Science
2	25 (31.65%)	Degree
3	22 (27.85%)	Java
4	21 (26.58%)	DevOps
5	20 (25.32%)	Python
5	20 (25.32%)	TDD
6	19 (24.05%)	Software Engineering
7	17 (21.52%)	Pharmaceutical
7	17 (21.52%)	XML
7	17 (21.52%)	.NET
7	17 (21.52%)	Jenkins
7	17 (21.52%)	Elasticsearch
7	17 (21.52%)	Vagrant
7	17 (21.52%)	Ruby
7	17 (21.52%)	Continuous Integration

7	17 (21.52%)	nginx
7	17 (21.52%)	Amazon AWS
8	16 (20.25%)	Test Automation
8	16 (20.25%)	Docker
8	16 (20.25%)	Lucene
9	15 (18.99%)	Agile Software Development
9	15 (18.99%)	PostgreSQL
9	15 (18.99%)	Continuous Improvement
9	15 (18.99%)	Open Source
10	14 (17.72%)	PHPUnit
10	14 (17.72%)	Mathematics
10	14 (17.72%)	JavaScript
10	14 (17.72%)	PHP
11	12 (15.19%)	C#
11	12 (15.19%)	Oracle

Life Science
Co-occurring IT Skills in the East of England by Category

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

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	17 (21.52%)	Elasticsearch
1	17 (21.52%)	nginx
2	8 (10.13%)	Drupal
2	8 (10.13%)	OpenStack
3	5 (6.33%)	Apache
3	5 (6.33%)	Apache Solr
3	5 (6.33%)	ColdFusion
3	5 (6.33%)	IIS
4	4 (5.06%)	Apache Spark
5	3 (3.80%)	Jetty
5	3 (3.80%)	MediaWiki
6	1 (1.27%)	CMS
6	1 (1.27%)	Exchange Server 2007
6	1 (1.27%)	Exchange Server 2010
6	1 (1.27%)	MS Exchange

Applications
1	3 (3.80%)	Spreadsheet
2	2 (2.53%)	Microsoft Office

Business Applications
1	1 (1.27%)	Oracle BPM
1	1 (1.27%)	Oracle EBS

Cloud Services
1	17 (21.52%)	Amazon AWS
2	12 (15.19%)	Cloud Computing
2	12 (15.19%)	Loggly
3	5 (6.33%)	Amazon EC2
3	5 (6.33%)	AWS Lambda

Communications & Networking
1	1 (1.27%)	HTTP
1	1 (1.27%)	VPN
1	1 (1.27%)	WAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	15 (18.99%)	PostgreSQL
2	12 (15.19%)	InfluxDB
2	12 (15.19%)	Redis
3	10 (12.66%)	Text Mining
4	7 (8.86%)	Big Data
5	5 (6.33%)	Amazon RDS
6	3 (3.80%)	Data Mining
6	3 (3.80%)	Hadoop
6	3 (3.80%)	KNIME
6	3 (3.80%)	Neo4j
6	3 (3.80%)	Relational Database
7	1 (1.27%)	Crystal Reports
7	1 (1.27%)	Oracle Database
7	1 (1.27%)	Oracle Reports

Development Applications
1	17 (21.52%)	Jenkins
1	17 (21.52%)	Vagrant
2	14 (17.72%)	PHPUnit
3	12 (15.19%)	Selenium
4	11 (13.92%)	Visual Studio
5	5 (6.33%)	Mercurial
5	5 (6.33%)	TeamCity
6	4 (5.06%)	CircleCI
6	4 (5.06%)	RSpec
7	3 (3.80%)	Bugzilla
7	3 (3.80%)	Buildbot
7	3 (3.80%)	Eclipse
7	3 (3.80%)	FindBugs
7	3 (3.80%)	JUnit
7	3 (3.80%)	Log4j
7	3 (3.80%)	Mockito
7	3 (3.80%)	SCons
8	1 (1.27%)	Fiddler

General
1	17 (21.52%)	Pharmaceutical
2	11 (13.92%)	Aerospace
3	10 (12.66%)	Manufacturing
4	4 (5.06%)	Finance
5	1 (1.27%)	Banking
5	1 (1.27%)	Marketing
5	1 (1.27%)	Retail

Job Titles
1	27 (34.18%)	Developer
2	14 (17.72%)	Senior Developer
3	12 (15.19%)	AWS DevOps
4	11 (13.92%)	Java Developer
4	11 (13.92%)	Software Engineer
5	9 (11.39%)	DevOps Engineer
6	8 (10.13%)	Analyst
6	8 (10.13%)	AWS Developer
6	8 (10.13%)	DevOps Developer
6	8 (10.13%)	Senior DevOps
7	6 (7.59%)	Python Developer
8	5 (6.33%)	Integration Engineer
8	5 (6.33%)	Senior Java Developer
8	5 (6.33%)	Senior Python Developer
9	4 (5.06%)	AWS DevOps Engineer
9	4 (5.06%)	AWS Engineer
9	4 (5.06%)	Ruby Developer
9	4 (5.06%)	Senior Ruby Developer
9	4 (5.06%)	Site Engineer
9	4 (5.06%)	Software Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	17 (21.52%)	.NET
1	17 (21.52%)	XML
2	16 (20.25%)	Lucene
3	12 (15.19%)	ASP.NET
3	12 (15.19%)	Behat
3	12 (15.19%)	pytest
3	12 (15.19%)	Ruby on Rails
4	11 (13.92%)	OpenGL
5	10 (12.66%)	Django
5	10 (12.66%)	RESTful
6	8 (10.13%)	AngularJS
6	8 (10.13%)	Symfony
7	7 (8.86%)	Natural Language Processing
8	6 (7.59%)	Middleware
8	6 (7.59%)	Web Services
9	5 (6.33%)	JMS
9	5 (6.33%)	SOAP
10	4 (5.06%)	Ember.js
10	4 (5.06%)	Spring
11	3 (3.80%)	Entity Framework

Miscellaneous
1	26 (32.91%)	Computer Science
2	11 (13.92%)	Algorithms
3	9 (11.39%)	Analytical Skills
4	5 (6.33%)	Private Cloud
5	3 (3.80%)	Grid Computing
5	3 (3.80%)	Management Information System
6	1 (1.27%)	Blackberry
6	1 (1.27%)	Greenfield Project
6	1 (1.27%)	LIMS

Operating Systems
1	10 (12.66%)	Linux
1	10 (12.66%)	Windows
2	6 (7.59%)	Windows Server
3	5 (6.33%)	Windows Server 2003
3	5 (6.33%)	Windows Server 2012
4	2 (2.53%)	Windows 7
5	1 (1.27%)	Windows XP

Processes & Methodologies
1	21 (26.58%)	DevOps
2	20 (25.32%)	TDD
3	19 (24.05%)	Software Engineering
4	17 (21.52%)	Continuous Integration
5	16 (20.25%)	Test Automation
6	15 (18.99%)	Agile Software Development
6	15 (18.99%)	Continuous Improvement
6	15 (18.99%)	Open Source
7	14 (17.72%)	Mathematics
8	12 (15.19%)	BDD
8	12 (15.19%)	Continuous Delivery
9	11 (13.92%)	CAD
9	11 (13.92%)	Project Management
10	8 (10.13%)	Data Management
10	8 (10.13%)	Informatics
10	8 (10.13%)	Machine Learning
10	8 (10.13%)	MVC
10	8 (10.13%)	Unit Testing
11	7 (8.86%)	Document Management
12	6 (7.59%)	SDLC

Programming Languages
1	22 (27.85%)	Java
2	20 (25.32%)	Python
3	17 (21.52%)	Ruby
4	14 (17.72%)	JavaScript
4	14 (17.72%)	PHP
5	12 (15.19%)	C#
6	11 (13.92%)	C
6	11 (13.92%)	C++
7	9 (11.39%)	Perl
8	6 (7.59%)	SQL
9	5 (6.33%)	Bash Shell
9	5 (6.33%)	PowerShell
10	1 (1.27%)	PL/SQL
10	1 (1.27%)	Shell Script

Qualifications
1	25 (31.65%)	Degree
2	11 (13.92%)	PhD
3	7 (8.86%)	Computer Science Degree
4	6 (7.59%)	Postgraduate
5	5 (6.33%)	DBS Check
6	1 (1.27%)	ISEB
6	1 (1.27%)	MCP
6	1 (1.27%)	MCSA
6	1 (1.27%)	MCSE
6	1 (1.27%)	Microsoft Certification
6	1 (1.27%)	PMP
6	1 (1.27%)	SC Cleared
6	1 (1.27%)	Security Cleared

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	6 (7.59%)	GxP
2	3 (3.80%)	Data Quality
3	1 (1.27%)	21 CFR Part 11
3	1 (1.27%)	GAMP

System Software
1	16 (20.25%)	Docker
2	5 (6.33%)	KVM
2	5 (6.33%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	2 (2.53%)	Active Directory

Systems Management
1	12 (15.19%)	Grafana
2	5 (6.33%)	Opscode Chef
2	5 (6.33%)	Packer
2	5 (6.33%)	Puppet
3	3 (3.80%)	Ansible

Vendors
1	12 (15.19%)	Oracle
1	12 (15.19%)	SaltStack
2	8 (10.13%)	New Relic
3	5 (6.33%)	VMware
3	5 (6.33%)	webMethods
4	2 (2.53%)	Citrix
4	2 (2.53%)	Microsoft
5	1 (1.27%)	Cisco
5	1 (1.27%)	Cognizant
5	1 (1.27%)	JD Edwards
5	1 (1.27%)	LabWare
5	1 (1.27%)	PeopleSoft