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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Pharmaceutical' in contract IT jobs within the Reading region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank7062
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads46
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.911 %1.408 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£365-
Average daily rate£420-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£475-
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£350
% change on same period last year-4.89 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00-
Average hourly rate£42.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.16£27.88
% change on same period last year-9.78 %
General ReadingGeneral
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads439426
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.579 %0.452 %
Daily rates quoted157116
Average minimum daily rate£318£379
Average daily rate£339£399
% change on same period last year-15.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£360£418
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£372
% change on same period last year+3.96 %
Hourly rates quoted1730
Average minimum hourly rate£25.35£32.24
Average hourly rate£27.05£33.88
% change on same period last year-20.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.75£35.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.47£27.20
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Pharmaceutical BerkshirePharmaceutical
Berkshire

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.

Pharmaceutical
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Pharmaceutical across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Reading Pharmaceutical Demand Trend

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Pharmaceutical Daily Rate Trend

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading Pharmaceutical Hourly Rate Trend

Pharmaceutical
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

11 (25.00 %)C#
11 (25.00 %).NET
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server
11 (25.00 %)Visual Studio
11 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (25.00 %)CSS
11 (25.00 %)XML
11 (25.00 %)XSLT
11 (25.00 %)MCSE
11 (25.00 %)MS Excel
11 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (25.00 %)LAN
11 (25.00 %)WAN
11 (25.00 %)DNS
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft
11 (25.00 %)Active Directory
11 (25.00 %)HP
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (25.00 %)SAN
11 (25.00 %)DMZ
11 (25.00 %)CAD
11 (25.00 %)Project Management
11 (25.00 %)Intergraph
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
11 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
11 (25.00 %)Time Management

Pharmaceutical
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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
11 (25.00 %).NET
11 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (25.00 %)CSS
11 (25.00 %)XML
11 (25.00 %)XSLT
Application Platforms
11 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
Applications
11 (25.00 %)MS Excel
Communications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)LAN
11 (25.00 %)WAN
11 (25.00 %)DNS
11 (25.00 %)SAN
11 (25.00 %)DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
11 (25.00 %)Visual Studio
Job Titles
11 (25.00 %)Software Developer
11 (25.00 %)Project Manager
11 (25.00 %)Developer
11 (25.00 %)Systems Engineer
11 (25.00 %)Technical Specialist
11 (25.00 %)Project Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)CAD
11 (25.00 %)Project Management
11 (25.00 %)Time Management
Programming Languages
11 (25.00 %)C#
Qualifications
11 (25.00 %)MCSE
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft Certification
System Software
11 (25.00 %)Active Directory
Vendors
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft
11 (25.00 %)HP
11 (25.00 %)Intergraph
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