Informatics Jobs

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Informatics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Informatics over the 3 months to 29 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Informatics UK
Location	3 months to 29 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	793	854	890
Rank change year-on-year	+61	+36
Permanent jobs citing Informatics	96	86	92
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.11%	0.088%	0.083%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.12%	0.099%	0.094%
Number of salaries quoted	75	71	58
Median salary	£43,115	£37,500	£50,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+14.97%	-25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than	£28,250	£25,250	£33,253
10% offered a salary of more than	£64,500	£70,000	£73,250
UK excluding London median salary	£47,000	£35,000	£42,500
% change year-on-year	+34.28%	-17.64%

Informatics is in the process and methodology skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Process & Methodology Skills UK
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	79789	87214	97872
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	89.72%	88.92%	88.07%
Number of salaries quoted	263898	300520	316679
Median salary	£50,000	£50,000	£50,000
90% offered a salary of more than	£31,250	£31,000	£29,900
10% offered a salary of more than	£81,250	£77,500	£80,000
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£43,000
% change year-on-year	-	+4.65%

Informatics
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Informatics as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Informatics in the UK

Informatics
Salary Trend

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

Informatics
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Informatics over the 3 months to 29 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Informatics in the UK

Informatics
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Informatics within the UK over the 3 months to 29 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
England	+86	86	£45,000	+12.50%	8
UK excluding London	+38	73	£47,000	+34.28%	8
East of England	+11	30	£40,000	-	4
London	+28	22	£42,500	-20.56%	1
North of England	+2	14	£52,500	+50.00%	2
South East	+46	12	£55,000	+57.14%	1
Scotland	+4	6	£43,500	-	1
Midlands	+15	5	£37,500	+78.57%
South West	-3	3	£27,000	-40.00%
Wales	-16	3	£29,500	-1.66%

Informatics
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 June 2017, IT jobs citing Informatics also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for Informatics.

1	84 (41.18%)	SQL
2	74 (36.27%)	Degree
3	73 (35.78%)	Agile Software Development
4	52 (25.49%)	JavaScript
5	51 (25.00%)	Java
6	47 (23.04%)	Computer Science
7	46 (22.55%)	Health Informatics
8	45 (22.06%)	Oracle
9	44 (21.57%)	Python
10	42 (20.59%)	NHS
11	38 (18.63%)	Pharmaceutical
12	36 (17.65%)	Continuous Integration
13	35 (17.16%)	Bioinformatics
14	34 (16.67%)	Data Management
14	34 (16.67%)	Management Information System

14	34 (16.67%)	Test Automation
15	33 (16.18%)	Finance
15	33 (16.18%)	Data Modelling
16	32 (15.69%)	SQL Server
16	32 (15.69%)	Spring
16	32 (15.69%)	Web Development
17	31 (15.20%)	TDD
17	31 (15.20%)	.NET
17	31 (15.20%)	RESTful
18	30 (14.71%)	XML
18	30 (14.71%)	ETL
19	28 (13.73%)	Linux
19	28 (13.73%)	Perl
20	27 (13.24%)	Visualisation
20	27 (13.24%)	Computer Science Degree

Informatics
Co-occurring IT Skills 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	19 (9.31%)	Apache Spark
1	19 (9.31%)	JBoss
2	15 (7.35%)	Apache
3	9 (4.41%)	Apache Solr
3	9 (4.41%)	Elasticsearch
3	9 (4.41%)	nginx
4	6 (2.94%)	OpenStack
4	6 (2.94%)	SharePoint
4	6 (2.94%)	Tomcat
5	5 (2.45%)	Jetty
5	5 (2.45%)	SAS
6	2 (0.98%)	Skype for Business
7	1 (0.49%)	Apache Pig
7	1 (0.49%)	ColdFusion
7	1 (0.49%)	IIS

Applications
1	19 (9.31%)	Microsoft Excel
2	11 (5.39%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
3	8 (3.92%)	Microsoft Office
4	4 (1.96%)	Camtasia
4	4 (1.96%)	FrameMaker
4	4 (1.96%)	RoboHelp
5	2 (0.98%)	SPSS
6	1 (0.49%)	S-PLUS
6	1 (0.49%)	Stata

Business Applications
1	4 (1.96%)	Magento

Cloud Services
1	20 (9.80%)	Amazon AWS
1	20 (9.80%)	GitHub
2	9 (4.41%)	Microsoft Azure
3	6 (2.94%)	Office 365
4	4 (1.96%)	SaaS

Communications & Networking
1	4 (1.96%)	HTTP
2	3 (1.47%)	PPP
3	2 (0.98%)	Skype
3	2 (0.98%)	Unified Communications
4	1 (0.49%)	GoToMeeting
4	1 (0.49%)	Internet
4	1 (0.49%)	WebEx

Database & Business Intelligence
1	32 (15.69%)	SQL Server
2	26 (12.75%)	Big Data
3	25 (12.25%)	Relational Database
4	15 (7.35%)	NoSQL
5	13 (6.37%)	MongoDB
6	11 (5.39%)	CouchDB
6	11 (5.39%)	Oracle Database
7	9 (4.41%)	PostgreSQL
8	8 (3.92%)	BusinessObjects
8	8 (3.92%)	BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8	8 (3.92%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
9	6 (2.94%)	MySQL
9	6 (2.94%)	Neo4j
9	6 (2.94%)	Text Mining
10	5 (2.45%)	QlikView
10	5 (2.45%)	SQL Server 2008
11	4 (1.96%)	Apache Cassandra
12	3 (1.47%)	Apache Hive
12	3 (1.47%)	Geospatial Data
13	2 (0.98%)	Spatial Data

Development Applications
1	20 (9.80%)	Git (software)
1	20 (9.80%)	JIRA
2	19 (9.31%)	Talend Open Studio
3	12 (5.88%)	Subversion
4	8 (3.92%)	Visual Studio
5	6 (2.94%)	Maven
6	5 (2.45%)	Gradle
6	5 (2.45%)	Team Foundation Server
7	4 (1.96%)	Bitbucket
7	4 (1.96%)	Gatling
7	4 (1.96%)	JMeter
7	4 (1.96%)	LoadRunner
7	4 (1.96%)	Oracle Forms
8	3 (1.47%)	Selenium
9	2 (0.98%)	Jenkins
10	1 (0.49%)	Octopus Deploy
10	1 (0.49%)	Redmine
10	1 (0.49%)	SpecFlow
10	1 (0.49%)	SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10	1 (0.49%)	WebDriver

General
1	38 (18.63%)	Pharmaceutical
2	33 (16.18%)	Finance
3	23 (11.27%)	Marketing
4	5 (2.45%)	Back Office
5	3 (1.47%)	Banking
5	3 (1.47%)	Spanish Language
5	3 (1.47%)	Telecoms
6	1 (0.49%)	Games
6	1 (0.49%)	Local Government

Job Titles
1	96 (47.06%)	Developer
2	39 (19.12%)	Java Developer
3	38 (18.63%)	Software Developer
4	31 (15.20%)	Senior Developer
5	26 (12.75%)	Analyst
5	26 (12.75%)	Architect
6	23 (11.27%)	Senior Software Developer
7	22 (10.78%)	Java Engineer
8	18 (8.82%)	AWS Developer
9	15 (7.35%)	AWS Engineer
9	15 (7.35%)	Java Architect
10	13 (6.37%)	SQL Developer
10	13 (6.37%)	XML Architect
10	13 (6.37%)	XML Developer
11	12 (5.88%)	SQL Analyst
12	11 (5.39%)	AWS Architect
12	11 (5.39%)	Data Analyst
12	11 (5.39%)	Solutions Architect
13	9 (4.41%)	Information Analyst
13	9 (4.41%)	Team Leader

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	32 (15.69%)	Spring
2	31 (15.20%)	.NET
2	31 (15.20%)	RESTful
3	30 (14.71%)	XML
4	23 (11.27%)	SOAP
5	22 (10.78%)	HTML
5	22 (10.78%)	Java EE
6	21 (10.29%)	REST
7	20 (9.80%)	CSS
8	19 (9.31%)	Apache Camel
8	19 (9.31%)	Web Services
8	19 (9.31%)	XML Schema
9	15 (7.35%)	DBIx::Class
10	12 (5.88%)	jQuery
11	11 (5.39%)	Moose
11	11 (5.39%)	Node.js
12	10 (4.90%)	ASP.NET
12	10 (4.90%)	CPAN
12	10 (4.90%)	Express
13	8 (3.92%)	Lucene

Miscellaneous
1	47 (23.04%)	Computer Science
2	42 (20.59%)	NHS
3	34 (16.67%)	Management Information System
4	24 (11.76%)	Analytical Skills
4	24 (11.76%)	Life Science
5	11 (5.39%)	Algorithms
6	9 (4.41%)	User Experience
7	6 (2.94%)	LIMS
7	6 (2.94%)	Pharmacovigilance
7	6 (2.94%)	Social Media
8	5 (2.45%)	Private Cloud
9	4 (1.96%)	Data Centre
10	3 (1.47%)	Blog
10	3 (1.47%)	Linux Command Line
10	3 (1.47%)	Mobile App
11	2 (0.98%)	CUDA
11	2 (0.98%)	Greenfield Project
11	2 (0.98%)	Semantic Web
11	2 (0.98%)	Video Conferencing
12	1 (0.49%)	Driving Licence

Operating Systems
1	28 (13.73%)	Linux
2	10 (4.90%)	VMS
2	10 (4.90%)	Windows
3	2 (0.98%)	Windows Server 2008
4	1 (0.49%)	Unix
4	1 (0.49%)	Windows 7
4	1 (0.49%)	Windows Server 2012

Processes & Methodologies
1	73 (35.78%)	Agile Software Development
2	46 (22.55%)	Health Informatics
3	36 (17.65%)	Continuous Integration
4	35 (17.16%)	Bioinformatics
5	34 (16.67%)	Data Management
5	34 (16.67%)	Test Automation
6	33 (16.18%)	Data Modelling
7	32 (15.69%)	Web Development
8	31 (15.20%)	TDD
9	30 (14.71%)	ETL
10	27 (13.24%)	Visualisation
11	23 (11.27%)	Data Integration
11	23 (11.27%)	DevOps
11	23 (11.27%)	Resource Management
12	19 (9.31%)	Open Source
12	19 (9.31%)	Project Management
13	18 (8.82%)	Analytics
13	18 (8.82%)	BDD
13	18 (8.82%)	Business Intelligence
14	16 (7.84%)	Chemistry

Programming Languages
1	84 (41.18%)	SQL
2	52 (25.49%)	JavaScript
3	51 (25.00%)	Java
4	44 (21.57%)	Python
5	28 (13.73%)	Perl
6	26 (12.75%)	C#
7	17 (8.33%)	Ruby
8	14 (6.86%)	C++
9	10 (4.90%)	Shell Script
9	10 (4.90%)	T-SQL
10	8 (3.92%)	VBA
11	7 (3.43%)	Bash Shell
12	6 (2.94%)	PHP
13	5 (2.45%)	Scala
13	5 (2.45%)	VB.NET
14	3 (1.47%)	R
15	2 (0.98%)	C
15	2 (0.98%)	MATLAB
16	1 (0.49%)	PL/SQL
16	1 (0.49%)	VBScript

Qualifications
1	74 (36.27%)	Degree
2	27 (13.24%)	Computer Science Degree
3	14 (6.86%)	Postgraduate
4	10 (4.90%)	PhD
5	4 (1.96%)	ISEB
5	4 (1.96%)	ISTQB
5	4 (1.96%)	ITIL Foundation Certificate
6	3 (1.47%)	MCSE
6	3 (1.47%)	Microsoft Certification
6	3 (1.47%)	PRINCE2 Certification
7	1 (0.49%)	CISSP
7	1 (0.49%)	GSEC
7	1 (0.49%)	Master's Degree
7	1 (0.49%)	Numerate Degree
7	1 (0.49%)	SC Cleared
7	1 (0.49%)	Security Cleared

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	13 (6.37%)	Data Quality
2	10 (4.90%)	QA
3	5 (2.45%)	HL7
4	4 (1.96%)	GxP
4	4 (1.96%)	ISO 9000
5	1 (0.49%)	SLA

System Software
1	11 (5.39%)	LXC
2	9 (4.41%)	Docker
3	1 (0.49%)	Active Directory
3	1 (0.49%)	KVM
3	1 (0.49%)	Slurm Workload Manager
3	1 (0.49%)	Xen

Systems Management
1	2 (0.98%)	Ansible
1	2 (0.98%)	Kubernetes
1	2 (0.98%)	Opscode Chef
1	2 (0.98%)	Puppet
2	1 (0.49%)	Mesos

Vendors
1	45 (22.06%)	Oracle
2	19 (9.31%)	Talend
3	15 (7.35%)	Microsoft
4	8 (3.92%)	SAP
5	6 (2.94%)	Tableau
6	5 (2.45%)	MicroStrategy
7	4 (1.96%)	VMware
8	3 (1.47%)	Cisco
8	3 (1.47%)	EMC
8	3 (1.47%)	HP
8	3 (1.47%)	NetApp
9	1 (0.49%)	Pegasus
9	1 (0.49%)	Salesforce.com
9	1 (0.49%)	Splunk