| Pharmaceutical (Pharma) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 211 | 191 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -20 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.067 % | 0.075 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £319 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.69 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £40.00 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £45.00 | £35.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +28.57 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.02 | £29.42 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.94 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 5962 | 5352 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 7.947 % | 5.415 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3300 | 2296 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £439 | £453 |
| Average daily rate | £479 | £487 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.75 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £519 | £522 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £374 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 184 | 152 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.80 | £21.79 |
| Average hourly rate | £27.69 | £23.13 |
| % change on same period last year | +19.71 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.58 | £24.48 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.78 | £27.25 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.70 % |
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Pharmaceutical across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
