| Pharmaceutical (Pharma) |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 23 | 35 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 8 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.004 % | 0.008 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.804 % | 5.298 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £400 |
| Average daily rate | - | £400 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £346 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.09 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £20.00 | £35.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £23.00 | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -42.50 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.00 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.31 | £29.61 |
| % change on same period last year | -11.16 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 107 | 151 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.141 % | 0.150 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 15 | 52 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £386 | £381 |
| Average daily rate | £415 | £403 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.10 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £445 | £425 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £381 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.21 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 16 | 19 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £10.88 | £14.75 |
| Average hourly rate | £12.76 | £16.73 |
| % change on same period last year | -23.67 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £14.65 | £18.70 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.94 | £27.04 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.32 % |
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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 Maidenhead region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
