| Pharmaceutical (Pharma) |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 46 | 63 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +17 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 13 | 14 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.018 % | 0.014 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.118 % | 2.393 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £339 | £362 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.28 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.00 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.00 | £30.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.00 | £30.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.82 | £28.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.02 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 417 | 585 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.590 % | 0.592 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 66 | 125 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £419 | £367 |
| Average daily rate | £439 | £393 |
| % change on same period last year | +11.84 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £460 | £418 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £381 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.58 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 33 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.00 | £22.71 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.20 | £23.25 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.68 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.40 | £23.79 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.07 | £26.79 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.77 % |
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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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
