| Pharmaceutical (Pharma) |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 34 | 60 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +26 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 6 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.009 % | 0.006 % |
| As % of the category below | 4.242 % | 1.993 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £175 |
| Average daily rate | - | £200 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £225 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £350 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.89 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.16 | £27.88 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.78 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 165 | 301 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.218 % | 0.319 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 26 | 46 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £320 | £368 |
| Average daily rate | £341 | £379 |
| % change on same period last year | -10.20 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £361 | £391 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £386 | £372 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.96 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 15 | 14 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £27.53 | £33.24 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.97 | £34.06 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.06 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £34.41 | £34.88 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.47 | £27.20 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.68 % |
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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 Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.
