The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 3 months to 19 June 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 West Sussex 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Rank 40 42 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 2 13 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 0.542% 2.063% -
As % of the General category 2.857% 6.701% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 0
Average daily rate - £318 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £383 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.57% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £20.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.25 £22.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +36.36%
All of the General Category
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
70 194 103
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 18.97% 30.79% 22.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 126 54
Average daily rate £400 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -0.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £316 £300 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 10
Average hourly rate £40.00 £30.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.71 £13.60 £28.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £33.50 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £24.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+0.05% -3.89%
Pharmaceutical
South East

Pharmaceutical
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Horsham -2 1 - -
Crawley - 1 - -
Gatwick - - - -
Pharmaceutical
South East

Pharmaceutical
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 (40.00%) HNC
1 4 (40.00%) Manufacturing
1 4 (40.00%) CRM
1 4 (40.00%) CAPA
1 4 (40.00%) QA
2 2 (20.00%) Service Management
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) MS Office
2 2 (20.00%) ITIL
2 2 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (10.00%) MCP
3 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (10.00%) Java
3 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (10.00%) SQL
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (10.00%) Data Management
3 1 (10.00%) Bioinformatics
3 1 (10.00%) Logistics
3 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) Informatics
3 1 (10.00%) Biology
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (10.00%) Life Science
3 1 (10.00%) SharePoint

Pharmaceutical
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 (10.00%) jQuery
1 1 (10.00%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (10.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Office
2 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (40.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Quality Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Help Desk Support
3 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Support
3 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) Help Desk Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Desktop Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) Help Desk Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Informatics
1 1 (10.00%) Biology
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (10.00%) Life Science
1 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) CRM
1 4 (40.00%) CAPA
2 2 (20.00%) Service Management
2 2 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) Data Management
3 1 (10.00%) Bioinformatics
3 1 (10.00%) Logistics
3 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
1 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) HNC
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (10.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle