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 in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Life Science over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 91 18
Rank change year-on-year +5 -73 -3
Permanent jobs citing Life Science 21 18 284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 1.20% 1.46% 10.28%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.14% 2.90% 16.85%
Number of salaries quoted 12 13 4
10th Percentile £29,100 £21,000 £31,625
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +18.75% -23.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,875
90th Percentile £67,250 - £101,750
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% +5.56% -5.26%

All Generic Skills
Cambridgeshire

Life Science falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 668 621 1,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 38.06% 50.24% 60.98%
Number of salaries quoted 480 206 377
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,973 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,813 £42,500 £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 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,001 £81,875 £81,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +19 20 £35,000 -26.32% 17
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 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (19.05%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (33.33%) AWS
2 5 (23.81%) Azure
3 4 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (19.05%) Serverless
4 2 (9.52%) Google Workspace
5 1 (4.76%) GCP
5 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Big Data
1 2 (9.52%) Metadata
2 1 (4.76%) Data Mining
2 1 (4.76%) Power BI
2 1 (4.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Git
General
1 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Finance
3 3 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Data Scientist
1 8 (38.10%) Lead
1 8 (38.10%) Lead Data Scientist
1 8 (38.10%) Principal Data Scientist
1 8 (38.10%) Senior Data Scientist
1 8 (38.10%) Team Leader
2 4 (19.05%) IT Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) IT Support
2 4 (19.05%) IT Support Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Support Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Data Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Junior Data Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Project Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Senior
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Support Specialist
4 2 (9.52%) Technical Specialist
4 2 (9.52%) Technical Support
4 2 (9.52%) Technical Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Public Cloud
2 2 (9.52%) Algorithms
2 2 (9.52%) Driving Licence
2 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
2 2 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Linux
1 4 (19.05%) Mac OS
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
1 4 (19.05%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Biotechnology
2 10 (47.62%) Data Science
3 8 (38.10%) Bioinformatics
3 8 (38.10%) Line Management
4 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
6 2 (9.52%) Customer Service
6 2 (9.52%) DAMA
6 2 (9.52%) DAMA DMBOK
6 2 (9.52%) Data Cleansing
6 2 (9.52%) Data Governance
6 2 (9.52%) Data Management
6 2 (9.52%) Data Modelling
6 2 (9.52%) Data Pipeline
6 2 (9.52%) Data Privacy
6 2 (9.52%) ETL
6 2 (9.52%) Portfolio Management
6 2 (9.52%) Project Delivery
6 2 (9.52%) Project Management
6 2 (9.52%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) Python
1 2 (9.52%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (52.38%) Degree
2 8 (38.10%) PhD
3 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (9.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) Accessibility
1 2 (9.52%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
1 4 (19.05%) Hyper-V
1 4 (19.05%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
1 4 (19.05%) VMware
2 1 (4.76%) Databricks
2 1 (4.76%) Salesforce