| Pharmaceutical (Pharma) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 37 | 39 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 59 | 62 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.079 % | 0.063 % |
| As % of the category below | 6.766 % | 6.851 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 7 | 6 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £236 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £236 | £363 |
| % change on same period last year | -34.77 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £236 | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £319 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.69 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 15 | 17 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.93 | £27.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.69 | £28.71 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.49 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.45 | £30.41 |
| 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 | 872 | 905 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.162 % | 0.916 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 333 | 409 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £347 | £330 |
| Average daily rate | £380 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.66 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £414 | £376 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £374 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 98 | 59 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.70 | £20.91 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.80 | £22.84 |
| % change on same period last year | +17.34 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.90 | £24.76 |
| 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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
