Pharmaceutical Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 3 months to 24 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 North West 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Rank 107 94 87
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -7
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 11 38 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.472% 1.221% 1.279%
As % of the General category 1.302% 3.602% 3.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 25
Average daily rate £350 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £301 £284 £303
10% offered a daily rate of more than £419 £460 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £378
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -0.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 6
Average hourly rate - £29.00 £13.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +110.90%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.75 £17.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+35.71% -
Search 10 Pharmaceutical jobs in the North West
All of the General Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category		 845 1055 1293
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 36.25% 33.91% 42.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 398 568 717
Average daily rate £353 £360 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.94% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £275 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £513 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 34 51
Average hourly rate £19.04 £20.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.80% +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.30 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £30.60 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Pharmaceutical Jobs Demand Trend

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical across the North West region.

North West Pharmaceutical Daily Rate Trend

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Pharmaceutical Daily Rate Histogram

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Pharmaceutical across the North West region.

North West Pharmaceutical Hourly Rate Trend

Pharmaceutical
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester - 4 £258 -
Cheshire -27 2 £345 -9.21%
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 9 (39.13%) SAP
1 9 (39.13%) Migration
2 8 (34.78%) Manufacturing
2 8 (34.78%) Data Migration
3 7 (30.43%) SQL Server
4 6 (26.09%) Project Management
4 6 (26.09%) SAP Data Services
5 5 (21.74%) Business Objects
5 5 (21.74%) SQL
5 5 (21.74%) MS Access
5 5 (21.74%) ETL
5 5 (21.74%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (21.74%) NHS
6 4 (17.39%) PRINCE2
6 4 (17.39%) ABAP
6 4 (17.39%) .NET
6 4 (17.39%) BAPI
6 4 (17.39%) LSMW
7 3 (13.04%) SAP Implementation
7 3 (13.04%) Life Science
7 3 (13.04%) Degree
7 3 (13.04%) Finance
7 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (8.696%) SAP BI
8 2 (8.696%) Six Sigma
8 2 (8.696%) Service Delivery
8 2 (8.696%) ITIL
8 2 (8.696%) Validation
8 2 (8.696%) Lean Six Sigma

Pharmaceutical
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 4 (17.39%) .NET
1 4 (17.39%) BAPI
2 1 (4.348%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) LiveLink
1 1 (4.348%) SharePoint
1 1 (4.348%) Documentum
Applications
1 1 (4.348%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) TrackWise
1 1 (4.348%) SAP QM
1 1 (4.348%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.348%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (4.348%) Wireless
1 1 (4.348%) Internet
1 1 (4.348%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (30.43%) SQL Server
2 6 (26.09%) SAP Data Services
3 5 (21.74%) MS Access
3 5 (21.74%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (8.696%) SAP BI
5 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (4.348%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) LSMW
2 2 (8.696%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 8 (34.78%) Manufacturing
2 3 (13.04%) Finance
3 1 (4.348%) Banking
3 1 (4.348%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Consultant
2 6 (26.09%) SAP Data Consultant
2 6 (26.09%) SAP Consultant
2 6 (26.09%) Data Consultant
3 4 (17.39%) Project Manager
3 4 (17.39%) Migration Consultant
3 4 (17.39%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
3 4 (17.39%) Data Migration Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) Architect
5 2 (8.696%) Programme Manager
5 2 (8.696%) Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) Technical Architect
5 2 (8.696%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (8.696%) NHS Project Manager
5 2 (8.696%) NHS Programme Manager
6 1 (4.348%) Validation Engineer
6 1 (4.348%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Data Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) .NET Developer
6 1 (4.348%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) NHS
2 3 (13.04%) Life Science
3 1 (4.348%) SaaS
3 1 (4.348%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.348%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Migration
2 8 (34.78%) Data Migration
3 6 (26.09%) Project Management
4 5 (21.74%) ETL
5 4 (17.39%) PRINCE2
6 3 (13.04%) SAP Implementation
6 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (8.696%) Six Sigma
7 2 (8.696%) Service Delivery
7 2 (8.696%) ITIL
7 2 (8.696%) Validation
7 2 (8.696%) Lean Six Sigma
7 2 (8.696%) Programme Management
8 1 (4.348%) Portfolio Management
8 1 (4.348%) Automation Testing
8 1 (4.348%) Product Management
8 1 (4.348%) OpenUP
8 1 (4.348%) Multithreading
8 1 (4.348%) Information Management
8 1 (4.348%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) SQL
2 4 (17.39%) ABAP
3 1 (4.348%) T-SQL
3 1 (4.348%) C#
3 1 (4.348%) Java
3 1 (4.348%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
1 3 (13.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (4.348%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (4.348%) A+ Certification
2 1 (4.348%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.348%) CCNP
2 1 (4.348%) CCNA
2 1 (4.348%) CCDP
2 1 (4.348%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) GxP
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) SAP
2 5 (21.74%) Business Objects
3 1 (4.348%) F5
3 1 (4.348%) Primavera
3 1 (4.348%) Ariba
3 1 (4.348%) Sage
3 1 (4.348%) Cisco
3 1 (4.348%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.348%) HP
3 1 (4.348%) Oracle
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