The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 158 126 152
Rank change year-on-year
-32 +26
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 67 117 101
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.860% 1.153% 0.974%
As % of the General category 2.440% 3.017% 2.593%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 67 47
Average daily rate £425 £375 £403
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -6.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £322 £292 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £500 £565
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £378
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -0.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 22
Average hourly rate £28.25 £17.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+61.42% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.75 £15.00 £13.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £39.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.75 £17.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+35.71% -
All of the General Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
2746 3878 3895
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 35.23% 38.22% 37.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1251 1713 1689
Average daily rate £375 £375 £369
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +1.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 194 253
Average hourly rate £21.88 £30.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.08% +9.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.10 £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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Pharmaceutical Hourly Rate Trend

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

South East Pharmaceutical Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East 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
Hampshire +9 23 £535 +7.00%
Berkshire -7 16 £413 -2.94%
Surrey +11 8 £244 -25.00%
West Sussex -2 6 - -
Middlesex +2 5 £323 -23.21%
Oxfordshire - 2 - -
East Sussex +10 1 £400 -23.80%
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 36 (28.80%) Project Management
2 25 (20.00%) SAP
3 21 (16.80%) Degree
4 20 (16.00%) SQL
5 18 (14.40%) Microsoft
6 16 (12.80%) Oracle
6 16 (12.80%) MS Excel
6 16 (12.80%) Finance
7 15 (12.00%) Manufacturing
7 15 (12.00%) ITIL
8 14 (11.20%) CRM
8 14 (11.20%) Validation
9 13 (10.40%) Business Intelligence
10 12 (9.600%) JavaScript
10 12 (9.600%) Change Control
11 11 (8.800%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (8.800%) HTML
11 11 (8.800%) CSS
11 11 (8.800%) ERP
12 9 (7.200%) .NET
12 9 (7.200%) C#
12 9 (7.200%) MS Office
12 9 (7.200%) QA
13 8 (6.400%) LINQ
13 8 (6.400%) .NET Framework
13 8 (6.400%) PRINCE2
13 8 (6.400%) GxP
13 8 (6.400%) Change Management
13 8 (6.400%) SAP BW
13 8 (6.400%) ADO.NET Entity Framework

Pharmaceutical
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 11 (8.800%) HTML
1 11 (8.800%) CSS
2 9 (7.200%) .NET
3 8 (6.400%) LINQ
3 8 (6.400%) .NET Framework
3 8 (6.400%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 6 (4.800%) jQuery
5 5 (4.000%) Ajax
6 2 (1.600%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.600%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (1.600%) HTML5
6 2 (1.600%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 2 (1.600%) Razor View Engine
7 1 (0.800%) JSystem
7 1 (0.800%) SAP PI
7 1 (0.800%) Web Services
7 1 (0.800%) XML
7 1 (0.800%) XSLT
7 1 (0.800%) SAP XI
7 1 (0.800%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 7 (5.600%) Windows Azure
2 5 (4.000%) SAS
3 4 (3.200%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.600%) Drupal
4 2 (1.600%) CMS
5 1 (0.800%) Adobe CQ
5 1 (0.800%) IIS
5 1 (0.800%) MS Exchange
5 1 (0.800%) Documentum
Applications
1 16 (12.80%) MS Excel
2 9 (7.200%) MS Office
3 5 (4.000%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.800%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.800%) MS Project
4 1 (0.800%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 4 (3.200%) SAP CO
1 4 (3.200%) Oracle EBS R12
1 4 (3.200%) SAP FI
1 4 (3.200%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (1.600%) SAP QM
2 2 (1.600%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.800%) PeopleSoft HRMS
3 1 (0.800%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.800%) Oracle iStore
3 1 (0.800%) Oracle iProcurement
3 1 (0.800%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.800%) SAP FI-AP
3 1 (0.800%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.800%) HFM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.000%) LAN
2 3 (2.400%) ISDN
2 3 (2.400%) H.323
3 2 (1.600%) Firewall
4 1 (0.800%) PABX
4 1 (0.800%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.800%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.400%) SAP BW
2 6 (4.800%) SQL Server
3 5 (4.000%) Spotfire
4 4 (3.200%) TOAD
5 3 (2.400%) Oracle OLAP
5 3 (2.400%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.400%) OLAP
6 2 (1.600%) Data Mart
6 2 (1.600%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (1.600%) EDMS
6 2 (1.600%) DataStage
6 2 (1.600%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (0.800%) SAP BI
7 1 (0.800%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 2 (1.600%) ClearQuest
1 2 (1.600%) Axure RP
2 1 (0.800%) Rhino Mocks
2 1 (0.800%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.800%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.800%) NUnit
General
1 16 (12.80%) Finance
2 15 (12.00%) Manufacturing
3 5 (4.000%) Marketing
4 2 (1.600%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.800%) Legal
5 1 (0.800%) German Language
5 1 (0.800%) Japanese Language
5 1 (0.800%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (20.00%) Analyst
2 20 (16.00%) Project Manager
3 14 (11.20%) Developer
4 12 (9.600%) Business Analyst
5 7 (5.600%) Consultant
6 5 (4.000%) Programmer
6 5 (4.000%) Architect
6 5 (4.000%) Business Intelligence Manager
6 5 (4.000%) Technical Manager
6 5 (4.000%) Business Manager
7 4 (3.200%) Applications Manager
7 4 (3.200%) SAS Programmer
7 4 (3.200%) Data Analyst
7 4 (3.200%) SAP Consultant
7 4 (3.200%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (3.200%) Trainer
7 4 (3.200%) Junior
7 4 (3.200%) Quality Engineer
7 4 (3.200%) Validation Specialist
8 3 (2.400%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.600%) Life Science
2 4 (3.200%) Computer Science
2 4 (3.200%) Data Integration
2 4 (3.200%) FMCG
3 3 (2.400%) NHS
3 3 (2.400%) Informatics
3 3 (2.400%) Pharmacovigilance
4 2 (1.600%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.600%) Grid Computing
4 2 (1.600%) Clustering
4 2 (1.600%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.800%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.800%) Linked Data
5 1 (0.800%) Health Informatics
5 1 (0.800%) Social Media
5 1 (0.800%) iPad
5 1 (0.800%) Semantic Web
5 1 (0.800%) E-Learning
5 1 (0.800%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.800%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.200%) Windows
2 2 (1.600%) Linux
2 2 (1.600%) UNIX
2 2 (1.600%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.800%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.800%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (28.80%) Project Management
2 15 (12.00%) ITIL
3 14 (11.20%) CRM
3 14 (11.20%) Validation
4 13 (10.40%) Business Intelligence
5 12 (9.600%) Change Control
6 11 (8.800%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (8.800%) ERP
7 8 (6.400%) PRINCE2
7 8 (6.400%) Change Management
8 7 (5.600%) Information Architecture
8 7 (5.600%) MVC
9 5 (4.000%) Operations Management
10 4 (3.200%) Project Planning
10 4 (3.200%) Resource Management
10 4 (3.200%) CAPA
10 4 (3.200%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (3.200%) Analytics
11 3 (2.400%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (2.400%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 20 (16.00%) SQL
2 12 (9.600%) JavaScript
3 9 (7.200%) C#
4 3 (2.400%) PL/SQL
5 2 (1.600%) VB
6 1 (0.800%) C
6 1 (0.800%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (16.80%) Degree
2 4 (3.200%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (3.200%) HNC
3 3 (2.400%) PMP
3 3 (2.400%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.800%) MCP
4 1 (0.800%) CCA
4 1 (0.800%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.800%) SAP Certification
4 1 (0.800%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (0.800%) BC Cleared
4 1 (0.800%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.200%) QA
2 8 (6.400%) GxP
3 6 (4.800%) GMP
4 4 (3.200%) CDISC
4 4 (3.200%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (2.400%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (2.400%) COBIT
6 2 (1.600%) SLA
7 1 (0.800%) GAMP
System Software
1 2 (1.600%) NFS
2 1 (0.800%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.400%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 25 (20.00%) SAP
2 18 (14.40%) Microsoft
3 16 (12.80%) Oracle
4 5 (4.000%) Informatica
4 5 (4.000%) Salesforce.com
5 4 (3.200%) Cisco
6 2 (1.600%) IBM
6 2 (1.600%) Minitab
6 2 (1.600%) Adobe
6 2 (1.600%) Cognos
6 2 (1.600%) iRise
7 1 (0.800%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (0.800%) Progress
7 1 (0.800%) HP
7 1 (0.800%) Genesys
7 1 (0.800%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.800%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.800%) Apple
7 1 (0.800%) Sage
7 1 (0.800%) BT
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