| Pharmaceutical (Pharma) |
| 3 months to
21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 11 | 16 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.006 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 10.81 % | 1.818 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | - |
| Average daily rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £390 |
| % change on same period last year | -16.54 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £34.00 | £36.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.00 | £36.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £38.00 | £36.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.83 | £30.40 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.05 % |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 37 | 55 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.058 % | 0.059 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 15 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £216 | £315 |
| Average daily rate | £230 | £356 |
| % change on same period last year | -35.33 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £244 | £397 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £381 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.60 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 27 | 31 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.57 | £31.40 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.33 | £32.46 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.55 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.09 | £33.51 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £27.36 | £26.71 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.45 % |
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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 Stevenage region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
