The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Cambridge region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Rank 29 - 31
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 7 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 2.128% - 1.172%
As % of the General category 7.143% - 4.918%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £338
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £378
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -0.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
Average hourly rate £28.75 - £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.75 £17.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+35.71% -
All of the General Category
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
98 99 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 29.79% 23.35% 23.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 55 31
Average daily rate £368 £350 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% +4.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £235 £216
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 14 10
Average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +15.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.15 £11.50 £13.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.50 £48.75 £34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Pharmaceutical
Cambridgeshire

Pharmaceutical
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Pharmaceutical across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Cambridge Pharmaceutical Jobs Demand Trend

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Pharmaceutical Daily Rate Trend

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Pharmaceutical across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Pharmaceutical Hourly Rate Trend

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridge Pharmaceutical Hourly Rate Histogram

Pharmaceutical
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Pharmaceutical also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Pharmaceutical.

1 3 (23.08%) HTML
1 3 (23.08%) Java
1 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
1 3 (23.08%) J2EE
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle
1 3 (23.08%) Photoshop
1 3 (23.08%) CSS
1 3 (23.08%) JSP
1 3 (23.08%) SOAP
1 3 (23.08%) Web Services
1 3 (23.08%) XML
1 3 (23.08%) UNIX
1 3 (23.08%) Adobe
1 3 (23.08%) CAD
1 3 (23.08%) Hibernate
1 3 (23.08%) Scrum
1 3 (23.08%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (23.08%) InDesign
1 3 (23.08%) TDD
1 3 (23.08%) Spring
1 3 (23.08%) Unit Testing
2 2 (15.38%) Analytics
2 2 (15.38%) Business Analysis
2 2 (15.38%) Time Management
2 2 (15.38%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Graphic Design
2 2 (15.38%) Photography
2 2 (15.38%) Cognos
2 2 (15.38%) SharePoint

Pharmaceutical
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Pharmaceutical also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Pharmaceutical. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (23.08%) HTML
1 3 (23.08%) J2EE
1 3 (23.08%) CSS
1 3 (23.08%) JSP
1 3 (23.08%) SOAP
1 3 (23.08%) Web Services
1 3 (23.08%) XML
1 3 (23.08%) Hibernate
1 3 (23.08%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Photoshop
1 3 (23.08%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (23.08%) InDesign
2 2 (15.38%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (15.38%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) WAN
1 1 (7.692%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (7.692%) Finance
1 1 (7.692%) Manufacturing
1 1 (7.692%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Developer
1 3 (23.08%) Analyst
1 3 (23.08%) Java Developer
1 3 (23.08%) Graphic Designer
1 3 (23.08%) Instructional Designer
1 3 (23.08%) Designer
2 2 (15.38%) Systems Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Coordinator
3 1 (7.692%) Graduate
3 1 (7.692%) Architect
3 1 (7.692%) Network Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Network Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (7.692%) Design Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) CAD Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Mechanical Design Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Mechanical Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) CAD Design Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Graphic Design
1 2 (15.38%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) UNIX
2 1 (7.692%) Windows
2 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) CAD
1 3 (23.08%) Scrum
1 3 (23.08%) TDD
1 3 (23.08%) Unit Testing
2 2 (15.38%) Analytics
2 2 (15.38%) Business Analysis
2 2 (15.38%) Time Management
3 1 (7.692%) Migration
3 1 (7.692%) Data Analysis
3 1 (7.692%) Data Migration
3 1 (7.692%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) Java
1 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.692%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle
1 3 (23.08%) Adobe
2 2 (15.38%) Cognos
3 1 (7.692%) SAP
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco
3 1 (7.692%) VMware