The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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 71 74 76
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +2
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 11 2 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.851% 0.148% 0.606%
As % of the General category 2.494% 0.402% 1.480%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
Average daily rate £400 £275 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+45.45% -32.92%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
Average hourly rate £29.50 - £30.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.10 - £14.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.90 - £42.00
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
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
441 497 608
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 34.11% 36.87% 40.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 308 341
Average daily rate £425 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £225 £231
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £518
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 15 29
Average hourly rate £26.25 £20.00 £24.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+31.25% -18.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.90 £9.50 £14.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.50 £35.50 £114.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -3.84%
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Pharmaceutical Hourly Rate Trend

Pharmaceutical
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Nottinghamshire - 8 £400 -
Leicestershire - 1 - -
Northamptonshire - - - -
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 5 (26.32%) PRINCE2
2 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (21.05%) Service Delivery
2 4 (21.05%) Retail
2 4 (21.05%) Project Management
2 4 (21.05%) UNIX
2 4 (21.05%) IBM
3 3 (15.79%) Tivoli
4 2 (10.53%) Tivoli Identity Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Oracle
4 2 (10.53%) DB2
4 2 (10.53%) Windows
4 2 (10.53%) Linux
4 2 (10.53%) UML
4 2 (10.53%) TOGAF
4 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
4 2 (10.53%) Systems Analysis
4 2 (10.53%) Supplier Management
4 2 (10.53%) WebSphere
4 2 (10.53%) ITIL
4 2 (10.53%) Resource Management
4 2 (10.53%) WebSphere Portal
4 2 (10.53%) Validation
5 1 (5.263%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (5.263%) iPad
5 1 (5.263%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (5.263%) Change Control
5 1 (5.263%) Functional Testing
5 1 (5.263%) Mobile App
5 1 (5.263%) QA

Pharmaceutical
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 (10.53%) WebSphere
2 1 (5.263%) .NET Framework
2 1 (5.263%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) WebSphere Portal
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) VoIP
1 1 (5.263%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) DB2
2 1 (5.263%) SAP BW
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (21.05%) Retail
2 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.263%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Project Manager
1 5 (26.32%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (10.53%) Business Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Administrator
4 1 (5.263%) Change Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Software Development Manager
4 1 (5.263%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (5.263%) Development Project Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Software Project Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Software Development Project Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Software Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Business Intelligence Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Designer
4 1 (5.263%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Client/Server
1 1 (5.263%) iPad
1 1 (5.263%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) UNIX
2 2 (10.53%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Linux
3 1 (5.263%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) PRINCE2
2 4 (21.05%) Project Management
2 4 (21.05%) Service Delivery
2 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (10.53%) TOGAF
3 2 (10.53%) Systems Analysis
3 2 (10.53%) Supplier Management
3 2 (10.53%) UML
3 2 (10.53%) Resource Management
3 2 (10.53%) ITIL
3 2 (10.53%) Validation
4 1 (5.263%) Release Management
4 1 (5.263%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (5.263%) Performance Testing
4 1 (5.263%) Test Scripting
4 1 (5.263%) System Testing
4 1 (5.263%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.263%) Change Control
4 1 (5.263%) Functional Testing
4 1 (5.263%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.263%) C#
1 1 (5.263%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.263%) ISEB
1 1 (5.263%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (5.263%) PMP
1 1 (5.263%) PMI Certification
1 1 (5.263%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.263%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) Tivoli
2 2 (10.53%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 1 (5.263%) Tivoli Monitoring
3 1 (5.263%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 1 (5.263%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) IBM
2 2 (10.53%) Oracle
3 1 (5.263%) SAP
3 1 (5.263%) Novell
3 1 (5.263%) VMware
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