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Where a bioinformatics scientist can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a bioinformatics scientist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Bioinformatics scientists analyse biological processes using computer programmes. They maintain or construct databases containing biological information. Bioinformatics scientists gather and analyse biological data and may also assist scientists in various fields, including in biotechnology and pharmaceutics. They perform scientific research and statistical analyses, and report on their findings. Bioinformatics scientists may also collect DNA samples, discover data patterns and conduct genetic research.

Also known as IT researcher, senior bioinformatics scientist, data scientist, biology researcher, junior bioinformatics scientist, bioinformatics analyst, research scientist, computer scientist, environmental scientist, biotechnology scientist, computer analyst, bioinformatics researcher.

Professionals 84 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: astronomer, 76%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
astronomer 76% covered seismologist 76% covered biophysicist 75% covered religion scientific researcher 75% covered oceanographer 75% covered bioinformatics scientist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from bioinformatics scientist, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a bioinformatics scientist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A bioinformatics scientist needs 56 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • contact scientists communication, collaboration and creativity
  • maintain freelance database working with computers
  • computational biology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • interpret current data information skills
  • analyse scientific data information skills
  • database management systems information and communication technologies (icts)
  • genomics natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • gather data information skills
  • computational chemistry natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • computer equipment information and communication technologies (icts)
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Bioinformatics scientist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a bioinformatics scientist’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.