The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 3 months to 21 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 Lancashire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Rank - 42 29
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 0 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire - 0.234% 0.431%
As % of the General category - 1.042% 1.613%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.75 £18.75 £18.25
% change year-on-year
+26.66% +2.73%
All of the General Category
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
50 96 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 24.75% 22.48% 26.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 45 20
Average daily rate £315 £370 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.86% +12.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £263 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £750 £491 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 8
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -46.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.02 £14.00 £22.56
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £21.50 £39.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Pharmaceutical
North West

Pharmaceutical
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire Pharmaceutical Jobs Demand 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Pharmaceutical Hourly Rate Trend

Pharmaceutical
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) ABAP
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) MS Access
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (100.00%) SAP BI
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) BAPI
1 2 (100.00%) LSMW
1 2 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Data Services

Pharmaceutical
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 (100.00%) BAPI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) MS Access
1 2 (100.00%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (100.00%) SAP BI
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) LSMW
General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Data Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Data Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Business Objects Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) ABAP
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 2 (100.00%) SAP