The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 3 months to 22 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 East of England 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Rank 100 112 109
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -3
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 16 19 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.735% 0.637% 0.804%
As % of the General category 2.111% 1.750% 2.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 4
Average daily rate £318 £313 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.60% -3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £192 £250 £229
10% offered a daily rate of more than £444 £413 £334
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £350 £390
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -10.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 12
Average hourly rate £18.75 £40.75 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-53.98% +162.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.55 £35.35 £13.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £46.15 £16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.75 £18.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+26.66% +7.14%
All of the General Category
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
758 1086 1023
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 34.82% 36.43% 39.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 460 451
Average daily rate £400 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £238 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 82 81
Average hourly rate £31.50 £31.50 £25.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +23.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £12.36 £8.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.00 £47.50 £37.80
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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East of England Pharmaceutical Hourly Rate Histogram

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 of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
Cambridgeshire +19 7 - -
Hertfordshire +7 5 £160 -36.00%
Essex -2 3 - -
Suffolk +9 1 £475 -
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 6 (21.43%) Windows
1 6 (21.43%) Windows 7
2 5 (17.86%) Oracle
3 4 (14.29%) SAP
3 4 (14.29%) Active Directory
3 4 (14.29%) VMware
3 4 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 3 (10.71%) Spring
4 3 (10.71%) Degree
4 3 (10.71%) QA
4 3 (10.71%) Problem Management
4 3 (10.71%) Unit Testing
4 3 (10.71%) Test Scripting
4 3 (10.71%) Hibernate
4 3 (10.71%) Scrum
4 3 (10.71%) Manufacturing
4 3 (10.71%) Validation
4 3 (10.71%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (10.71%) InDesign
4 3 (10.71%) TDD
4 3 (10.71%) UNIX
4 3 (10.71%) Lotus
4 3 (10.71%) CAD
4 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (10.71%) Lotus Notes
4 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
4 3 (10.71%) Adobe
4 3 (10.71%) MS Excel
4 3 (10.71%) MS Visio

Pharmaceutical
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 (10.71%) Spring
1 3 (10.71%) Hibernate
1 3 (10.71%) CSS
1 3 (10.71%) JSP
1 3 (10.71%) SOAP
1 3 (10.71%) Web Services
1 3 (10.71%) XML
1 3 (10.71%) HTML
1 3 (10.71%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.71%) Lotus Notes
2 2 (7.143%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.571%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (10.71%) InDesign
1 3 (10.71%) MS Excel
1 3 (10.71%) MS Visio
1 3 (10.71%) Photoshop
1 3 (10.71%) MS Project
1 3 (10.71%) MS Office
2 2 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.571%) MPLS
1 1 (3.571%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.143%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (7.143%) PowerCenter
2 1 (3.571%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (3.571%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (10.71%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.571%) Retail
2 1 (3.571%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (39.29%) Analyst
2 4 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) Instructional Designer
3 3 (10.71%) Designer
3 3 (10.71%) Java Developer
3 3 (10.71%) Graphic Designer
3 3 (10.71%) Developer
3 3 (10.71%) Help Desk Analyst
4 2 (7.143%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (7.143%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (7.143%) Coordinator
4 2 (7.143%) Tester
4 2 (7.143%) Support Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) Mechanical Design Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) Mechanical Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) CAD Design Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) CAD Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) IT Support
5 1 (3.571%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) Validation Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.143%) Graphic Design
1 2 (7.143%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 6 (21.43%) Windows
1 6 (21.43%) Windows 7
2 3 (10.71%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (14.29%) Business Analysis
2 3 (10.71%) Problem Management
2 3 (10.71%) Unit Testing
2 3 (10.71%) Test Scripting
2 3 (10.71%) Scrum
2 3 (10.71%) Validation
2 3 (10.71%) TDD
2 3 (10.71%) CAD
3 2 (7.143%) ETL
3 2 (7.143%) ERP
3 2 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (7.143%) Analytics
3 2 (7.143%) Manual Testing
3 2 (7.143%) Time Management
3 2 (7.143%) Asset Management
3 2 (7.143%) Logistics
4 1 (3.571%) Data Analysis
4 1 (3.571%) Software Testing
4 1 (3.571%) Lean Six Sigma
4 1 (3.571%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) Java
1 3 (10.71%) JavaScript
1 3 (10.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) Degree
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (10.71%) MCP
2 2 (7.143%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) QA
2 1 (3.571%) CDISC
System Software
1 4 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 4 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.571%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (7.143%) SCCM
1 2 (7.143%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Oracle
2 4 (14.29%) SAP
2 4 (14.29%) VMware
3 3 (10.71%) Lotus
3 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.71%) Adobe
4 2 (7.143%) Cognos
4 2 (7.143%) Informatica
5 1 (3.571%) Cisco