| Pharmaceutical (Pharma) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 5 | 2 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 13 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.013 % |
| As % of the category below | 27.27 % | 76.47 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 10 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £467 | £330 |
| Average daily rate | £467 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | +41.41 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £467 | £330 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £319 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.69 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £20.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.00 | - |
| 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 | 22 | 17 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.029 % | 0.017 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 10 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £400 | £338 |
| Average daily rate | £412 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | +22.17 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £425 | £338 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £374 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate | £20.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £20.00 | - |
| 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 Macclesfield region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
