MedComms Professionals are delighted to announce that our 2016 Life Sciences Salary Survey is complete and available for delivery.
Nine months in the marking, the survey was launched with the aim to analyse industry salaries, coms/benefits and market trends for core roles throughout the Life Sciences Industry. As well as a dedicated medical communications section, it also includes:
- Clinical Research
- Regulatory Affairs
- Drug Safety (pharmacovigilance)
- Medical Information
- Health Economics/Market Access
- Biostatistics
- Medical Affairs
- Only Medics / Pharmaceutical Physicians
- Medical communications and PR/Advertising
- Commercial
- Quality Assurance / Quality Control
The survey’s primary focus was to compare salary to title and experience but also took into account benefits, location and the overall happiness a respondent has for their employer. Comparing the results to previously collected data, the salary survey provides a comprehensive overview of the developments across the industry. As Europe’s leading Life Sciences staffing company, the Clinical Professionals Group always provides candidates and clients alike with exceptional value added services.
The combination of the results with our own professional knowledge of the Life Sciences industry has created an informative and concise resource for those looking to progress their career, access market movements, and identify those sectors with satisfied staff and project where core skills shortages are occurring. Using our guide enables accurate assessment of your current pay and benefits by determining if your salary is appropriate with your experience, location and position within your sector. This is a unique resource that will assist in budget planning for future staffing needs and developing an understanding of the industry’s ongoing challenges in the war for talent – couple this with our innovative ‘talent tracker’ for clients and ‘pipeline watch’ for candidates and you should have ample staffing solutions.
Yvette Cleland, Clinical Professionals CEO:
“This data informs us of the many staffing issues and shortages within the Life Sciences market which are now beginning to adversely affect many sectors of industry in terms of skilled professionals. The cost of clinical drug development continues to escalate as so many employers are trying to staff their business through a diminishing pool of candidates. A knowledge of these challenges may well ensure your approach to staffing in 2016 will have better outcomes if you are better informed of the markets challenges”
The medical communications section certainly makes for some interesting reading as we’ve gathered responses from a wider variety of job titles than ever before. If you would like to see a preview of this year’s edition and receive a complimentary copy of the 2016 Life Sciences Salary Survey, please click here.