The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 3 months to 18 June 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 City of London 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Rank 194 214 243
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +29
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 21 8 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.305% 0.104% 0.050%
As % of the General category 0.535% 0.172% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 5 5
Average daily rate £475 £500 £488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +2.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £411 £235 £373
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.25 £24.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-14.14% +41.42%
All of the General Category
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
3926 4638 6687
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 56.94% 60.13% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2999 3534 5088
Average daily rate £475 £475 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £308 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £620 £630 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 54 93
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £21.45
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -6.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.30 £15.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.47 £42.10 £49.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Pharmaceutical
London

Pharmaceutical
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Pharmaceutical Daily Rate Trend

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

City of London Pharmaceutical Daily Rate Histogram

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Pharmaceutical Hourly Rate Trend

Pharmaceutical
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 16 (48.48%) SAP
2 6 (18.18%) Project Management
2 6 (18.18%) Manufacturing
2 6 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (15.15%) FMCG
3 5 (15.15%) SAP Implementation
3 5 (15.15%) PRINCE2
4 4 (12.12%) Retail
4 4 (12.12%) Logistics
4 4 (12.12%) Migration
5 3 (9.091%) Finance
5 3 (9.091%) Marketing
5 3 (9.091%) Lean Six Sigma
5 3 (9.091%) SAP Certification
5 3 (9.091%) NHS
5 3 (9.091%) Six Sigma
5 3 (9.091%) Windows
5 3 (9.091%) Data Modelling
6 2 (6.061%) Documentum
6 2 (6.061%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (6.061%) Cisco
6 2 (6.061%) IBM
6 2 (6.061%) Microsoft
6 2 (6.061%) HTML
6 2 (6.061%) Java
6 2 (6.061%) Oracle
6 2 (6.061%) MS Office
6 2 (6.061%) SAP BW
6 2 (6.061%) SAP APO
6 2 (6.061%) PMP

Pharmaceutical
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 2 (6.061%) HTML
2 1 (3.030%) CSS
2 1 (3.030%) XML
2 1 (3.030%) Java EE
2 1 (3.030%) Mason
2 1 (3.030%) Visualforce
2 1 (3.030%) HTML5
2 1 (3.030%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.061%) Documentum
1 2 (6.061%) CMS
2 1 (3.030%) Force.com
2 1 (3.030%) IBM Notes
2 1 (3.030%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.061%) MS Office
2 1 (3.030%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (6.061%) SAP APO
1 2 (6.061%) SAP SM
1 2 (6.061%) SAP Retail
1 2 (6.061%) SAP SRM
1 2 (6.061%) SAP FI-AP
2 1 (3.030%) SAP ERP
2 1 (3.030%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (3.030%) SAP Travel Management
2 1 (3.030%) SAP FI
2 1 (3.030%) SAP PP
2 1 (3.030%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (3.030%) SAP CO
2 1 (3.030%) SAP QM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.030%) LAN
1 1 (3.030%) WAN
1 1 (3.030%) Wireless
1 1 (3.030%) IP Telephony
1 1 (3.030%) VLAN
1 1 (3.030%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (3.030%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.061%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (6.061%) SAP BW
2 1 (3.030%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (3.030%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (3.030%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.030%) ClearQuest
General
1 6 (18.18%) Manufacturing
2 4 (12.12%) Retail
3 3 (9.091%) Finance
3 3 (9.091%) Marketing
4 2 (6.061%) Billing
4 2 (6.061%) Publishing
5 1 (3.030%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (21.21%) Architect
1 7 (21.21%) Project Manager
2 5 (15.15%) Consultant
2 5 (15.15%) SAP Consultant
3 4 (12.12%) Analyst
4 3 (9.091%) SAP Manager
5 2 (6.061%) Marketing Analyst
5 2 (6.061%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.061%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (6.061%) Business Manager
5 2 (6.061%) Marketing Consultant
5 2 (6.061%) SAP Analyst
5 2 (6.061%) Network Engineer
5 2 (6.061%) SAP Project Manager
5 2 (6.061%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (6.061%) SAP QM Consultant
5 2 (6.061%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (6.061%) SAP Business Analyst
6 1 (3.030%) ETL Developer
6 1 (3.030%) Communications Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) FMCG
2 3 (9.091%) NHS
3 2 (6.061%) SaaS
4 1 (3.030%) Digital Media
4 1 (3.030%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.030%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.030%) LIMS
4 1 (3.030%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.030%) SCADA
4 1 (3.030%) Life Science
4 1 (3.030%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.091%) Windows
2 2 (6.061%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.030%) Windows XP
3 1 (3.030%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (3.030%) Android
3 1 (3.030%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.18%) Project Management
1 6 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (15.15%) PRINCE2
2 5 (15.15%) SAP Implementation
3 4 (12.12%) Logistics
3 4 (12.12%) Migration
4 3 (9.091%) Data Modelling
4 3 (9.091%) Six Sigma
4 3 (9.091%) Lean Six Sigma
5 2 (6.061%) Time Management
5 2 (6.061%) Data Migration
5 2 (6.061%) Content Management
5 2 (6.061%) Data Analysis
5 2 (6.061%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (6.061%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (6.061%) Business Development
5 2 (6.061%) Resource Management
5 2 (6.061%) ERP
5 2 (6.061%) Quality Management
5 2 (6.061%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.061%) Java
2 1 (3.030%) RPG
2 1 (3.030%) SQL
2 1 (3.030%) Ruby
2 1 (3.030%) Apex Code
2 1 (3.030%) RPG IV
2 1 (3.030%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (9.091%) SAP Certification
2 2 (6.061%) PMP
2 2 (6.061%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.030%) Degree
3 1 (3.030%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.030%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 1 (3.030%) GAMP
1 1 (3.030%) GMP
System Software
1 1 (3.030%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.030%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.030%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 16 (48.48%) SAP
2 2 (6.061%) Cisco
2 2 (6.061%) IBM
2 2 (6.061%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.061%) EMC
2 2 (6.061%) Oracle
3 1 (3.030%) Business Objects
3 1 (3.030%) BMC
3 1 (3.030%) Lotus
3 1 (3.030%) Apple
3 1 (3.030%) JD Edwards
3 1 (3.030%) Salesforce.com
3 1 (3.030%) Remedy
3 1 (3.030%) VMware
3 1 (3.030%) Netezza
City of London
The ideal candidate will have previous experience within the pharmaceutical sector. At least 3 full end to end implementations. Strong SAP APO Commercial Experience, At least 5 years...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £450.00 - £650.00 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
City of London
SAP APO Consultant required - London - 6 Month contract £700 per day SAP APO SNP, DP, gATP, PP, PI I am currently looking for an SAP APO specialist to...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £600.00 - £700.00 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
City of London
SAP FI/CO Consultant - 6 Month Contract - London - SAP FI/CO SAP FI, AP- AR- IHC- AR I am currently looking for an SAP FI/CO consultant for...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £450.00 - £550.00 per day
Posted: 5 June 2013
City of London
Skills/experience:- - TOGAF, Zachman or similar certification - Experience working on large scale database applications, data warehousing or BI initiatives - Demonstrable governance/Technical Design Authority experience - Very strong logical...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £600 - £700 per day
Posted: 7 June 2013