The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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 17 33 37
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +4
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 2 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 2.381% 0.463% 0.461%
As % of the General category 6.452% 1.429% 1.538%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £425 - £260
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £378
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -0.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £29.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.75 £17.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+35.71% -
All of the General Category
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
31 70 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 36.90% 32.41% 29.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 27 30
Average daily rate £250 £298 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.96% -0.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £391 £350 £385
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 2
Average hourly rate £21.29 £29.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.58% -17.14%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Pharmaceutical
West Midlands

Pharmaceutical
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Pharmaceutical Daily 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 Staffordshire 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
Burton-upon-Trent +2 1 £425 -
Pharmaceutical
West Midlands

Pharmaceutical
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (100.00%) NHS
2 2 (66.67%) Extranet
2 2 (66.67%) Business Transformation
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (66.67%) Process Management
2 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (66.67%) UML
2 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (66.67%) CRM
2 2 (66.67%) ERP
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Sage
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) Document Management
3 1 (33.33%) Logistics
3 1 (33.33%) SAP

Pharmaceutical
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Extranet
General
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) UML Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) NHS
2 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Business Transformation
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Process Management
2 2 (66.67%) UML
2 2 (66.67%) CRM
2 2 (66.67%) ERP
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) Document Management
3 1 (33.33%) Logistics
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Sage
2 1 (33.33%) SAP