The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 3 months to 21 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 West 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Rank 116 141 117
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -24
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 1 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.048% 0.031% 0.109%
As % of the General category 0.136% 0.073% 0.244%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £250 £350 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% +55.55%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.75 £18.75 £18.25
% change year-on-year
+26.66% +2.73%
All of the General Category
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
737 1377 1228
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 35.36% 42.17% 44.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 933 682
Average daily rate £370 £378 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.92% -3.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £485 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 65 93
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -27.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.40 £16.80 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £38.00 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 West region.

South West Pharmaceutical Daily Rate Trend

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 West region.

South West Pharmaceutical Hourly Rate Trend

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 West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Somerset - 1 £250 -
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 4 (80.00%) NHS
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (20.00%) VB
4 1 (20.00%) VB.NET
4 1 (20.00%) .NET
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) VB6
4 1 (20.00%) Refactoring
4 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting

Pharmaceutical
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 (20.00%) .NET
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) NHS Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Developer
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) VB.NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
1 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Refactoring
2 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) VB
1 1 (20.00%) VB.NET
1 1 (20.00%) VB6
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle