The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset 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 Somerset 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 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 0.588% - -
As % of the General category 2.083% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £250 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £378
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -0.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.75 £17.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+35.71% -
All of the General Category
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
48 47 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 28.24% 27.65% 31.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 24 32
Average daily rate £400 £365 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.58% +8.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £453 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 3
Average hourly rate £16.50 £22.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +41.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.10 £18.80 £15.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.70 £22.00 £17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Pharmaceutical
South West

Pharmaceutical
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Pharmaceutical Daily Rate Trend

Pharmaceutical
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) VB6
1 1 (100.00%) Refactoring
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting

Pharmaceutical
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 1 (100.00%) .NET
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Refactoring
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 1 (100.00%) VB6
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle