| Pharmaceutical (Pharma) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 89 | 84 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 12 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.012 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.153 % | 1.651 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £250 |
| Average daily rate | - | £254 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £257 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £319 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.69 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £9.36 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £9.36 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £9.36 |
| 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 | 654 | 727 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.872 % | 0.736 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 227 | 212 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £406 | £361 |
| Average daily rate | £427 | £380 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.39 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £448 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £374 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 29 | 78 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.37 | £22.92 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.32 | £24.11 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.85 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £25.26 | £25.30 |
| 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 East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
