The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in IT contracts advertised for the Wales 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 Wales 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 - 51 -
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 0 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales - 0.526% -
As % of the General category - 1.322% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £440 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £378
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -0.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.75 £17.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
+35.71% -
All of the General Category
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
143 227 216
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 33.57% 39.82% 32.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 153 123
Average daily rate £390 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.63% +1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £236 £277 £243
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 5
Average hourly rate £19.00 £15.25 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.59% +22.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
Pharmaceutical
UK

Pharmaceutical
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Pharmaceutical Hourly Rate Trend

Pharmaceutical
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 10 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (50.00%) Use Case
4 3 (30.00%) SAP PP
4 3 (30.00%) Logistics
5 2 (20.00%) SAP CO
5 2 (20.00%) SAP QM
5 2 (20.00%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (20.00%) Finance
5 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (20.00%) SAP SD
5 2 (20.00%) SAP FI
5 2 (20.00%) SAP LE

Pharmaceutical
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) SAP PP
2 2 (20.00%) SAP CO
2 2 (20.00%) SAP QM
2 2 (20.00%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (20.00%) SAP SD
2 2 (20.00%) SAP FI
2 2 (20.00%) SAP LE
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
1 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Consultant
1 10 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
2 5 (50.00%) SAP QM Consultant
3 3 (30.00%) SAP PP Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) SAP SD Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Functional Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) SAP Logistics Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Product Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (50.00%) Use Case
3 3 (30.00%) Logistics
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) SAP