| Pharmaceutical (Pharma) |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 70 | 62 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -8 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 6 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.006 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.911 % | 1.408 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 |
| 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 quoted | 1 | 0 |
| 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 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 439 | 426 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.579 % | 0.452 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 157 | 116 |
| 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 quoted | 17 | 30 |
| 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 % |
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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 Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
