| Pharmaceutical (Pharma) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 76 | 64 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -12 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 4 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.007 % | 0.004 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.071 % | 1.044 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 3 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £350 | £267 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | £433 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £319 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.69 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| 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 | 467 | 383 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.622 % | 0.387 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 97 | 98 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £342 | £343 |
| Average daily rate | £363 | £366 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.79 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £384 | £389 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £374 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 53 | 18 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.86 | £17.66 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.86 | £19.83 |
| % change on same period last year | +30.41 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.85 | £22.00 |
| 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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
