| Pharmaceutical (Pharma) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 90 | 79 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -11 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 211 | 345 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.281 % | 0.349 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.805 % | 4.850 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 19 | 51 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £314 | £357 |
| Average daily rate | £341 | £380 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.35 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £367 | £403 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £319 | £357 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.69 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 76 | 26 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £21.62 | £25.17 |
| Average hourly rate | £22.86 | £27.50 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.88 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £24.09 | £29.83 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.02 | £29.42 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.94 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 5545 | 7114 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 7.391 % | 7.197 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1474 | 1915 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £354 | £359 |
| Average daily rate | £374 | £379 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.27 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £394 | £399 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £383 | £374 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.49 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 525 | 567 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.66 | £27.32 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.36 | £28.92 |
| % change on same period last year | -8.84 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £28.07 | £30.53 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.78 | £27.25 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.70 % |
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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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
