The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Rank 207 215 247
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +32
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 57 52 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.690% 0.598% 0.325%
As % of the General category 2.022% 1.682% 0.807%
Number of salaries quoted 49 44 28
Average salary £42,500 £39,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.97% +11.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £23,600 £29,700
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £74,000 £51,896
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+3.65% -3.52%
All of the General Category
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
2819 3092 3842
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 34.11% 35.54% 40.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2276 2516 3146
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £64,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Pharmaceutical Jobs Demand Trend

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical across the East of England region.

East of England Pharmaceutical Salary Trend

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical across the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East of England Pharmaceutical Salary Histogram

Pharmaceutical
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the East of England 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridgeshire +21 27 £42,500 +39.34%
Hertfordshire +23 20 £30,000 -33.33%
Essex +10 7 £51,250 -10.86%
Bedfordshire -18 3 £35,000 -15.66%
Suffolk -17 1 £26,000 -21.21%
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Pharmaceutical.

1 33 (33.33%) Java
2 24 (24.24%) C++
3 22 (22.22%) XML
3 22 (22.22%) Degree
4 21 (21.21%) SQL
5 18 (18.18%) Linux
6 17 (17.17%) Python
6 17 (17.17%) Oracle
6 17 (17.17%) Web Services
6 17 (17.17%) Windows
7 16 (16.16%) Microsoft
7 16 (16.16%) JavaScript
8 15 (15.15%) .NET
8 15 (15.15%) Finance
9 14 (14.14%) Agile Software Development
9 14 (14.14%) Computer Science
10 13 (13.13%) MS Office
10 13 (13.13%) C#
11 12 (12.12%) UNIX
11 12 (12.12%) HTML
11 12 (12.12%) MS Excel
11 12 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
11 12 (12.12%) Validation
11 12 (12.12%) Scrum
12 11 (11.11%) QA
13 10 (10.10%) Perl
14 9 (9.091%) SQL Server
14 9 (9.091%) Chemistry
14 9 (9.091%) Software Testing
14 9 (9.091%) Risk Management

Pharmaceutical
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Pharmaceutical. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 22 (22.22%) XML
2 17 (17.17%) Web Services
3 15 (15.15%) .NET
4 12 (12.12%) HTML
5 7 (7.071%) CSS
6 6 (6.061%) REST
6 6 (6.061%) Natural Language Processing
7 4 (4.040%) JSP
8 2 (2.020%) Swing
8 2 (2.020%) XSL
8 2 (2.020%) ASP.NET
9 1 (1.010%) Middleware
9 1 (1.010%) XSLT
9 1 (1.010%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (1.010%) Qt
9 1 (1.010%) WCF
9 1 (1.010%) Reactive Extensions
9 1 (1.010%) QML
Application Platforms
1 5 (5.051%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.020%) Apache
2 2 (2.020%) SAS
3 1 (1.010%) MS Exchange
3 1 (1.010%) MediaWiki
Applications
1 13 (13.13%) MS Office
2 12 (12.12%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.010%) GenStat
3 1 (1.010%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 4 (4.040%) Oracle SCM
1 4 (4.040%) Oracle EBS R12
1 4 (4.040%) Oracle iStore
2 2 (2.020%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.010%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.081%) Firewall
2 7 (7.071%) HTTP
2 7 (7.071%) HTTPS
3 3 (3.030%) TCP/IP
3 3 (3.030%) VPN
3 3 (3.030%) SAN
4 2 (2.020%) Internet
5 1 (1.010%) DNS
5 1 (1.010%) LAN
5 1 (1.010%) WLAN
5 1 (1.010%) WAN
5 1 (1.010%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.091%) SQL Server
2 7 (7.071%) Text Mining
2 7 (7.071%) Big Data
3 3 (3.030%) MySQL
3 3 (3.030%) Oracle BI EE
4 2 (2.020%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.010%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.010%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 7 (7.071%) Ant
1 7 (7.071%) JMeter
2 2 (2.020%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (2.020%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.010%) JUnit
3 1 (1.010%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.010%) Mercurial
3 1 (1.010%) GCC
3 1 (1.010%) Bugzilla
3 1 (1.010%) SCons
3 1 (1.010%) GoogleTest
General
1 15 (15.15%) Finance
2 9 (9.091%) Retail
3 8 (8.081%) Manufacturing
4 7 (7.071%) Marketing
5 2 (2.020%) Law
6 1 (1.010%) Local Government
6 1 (1.010%) French Language
6 1 (1.010%) German Language
6 1 (1.010%) Italian Language
6 1 (1.010%) Russian Language
6 1 (1.010%) Spanish Language
6 1 (1.010%) Automotive
6 1 (1.010%) Electronics
6 1 (1.010%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (35.35%) Developer
2 17 (17.17%) Analyst
3 14 (14.14%) Software Developer
4 9 (9.091%) Senior Developer
5 7 (7.071%) Software Engineer
5 7 (7.071%) Consultant
5 7 (7.071%) Business Analyst
5 7 (7.071%) Test Engineer
5 7 (7.071%) Senior Test Engineer
6 5 (5.051%) Infrastructure Manager
7 4 (4.040%) C++ Software Engineer
7 4 (4.040%) Senior Software Engineer
7 4 (4.040%) Oracle Consultant
7 4 (4.040%) IT Business Analyst
7 4 (4.040%) SAP Support
7 4 (4.040%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
7 4 (4.040%) Support Manager
7 4 (4.040%) Supply Chain Consultant
7 4 (4.040%) SAP Manager
8 3 (3.030%) Environment Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.14%) Computer Science
2 9 (9.091%) Chemistry
3 8 (8.081%) Mathematics
3 8 (8.081%) SaaS
4 4 (4.040%) FMCG
4 4 (4.040%) Visualisation
5 3 (3.030%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.030%) NHS
5 3 (3.030%) Life Science
6 2 (2.020%) E-Learning
6 2 (2.020%) Pharmacovigilance
6 2 (2.020%) Statistics
6 2 (2.020%) Biotechnology
7 1 (1.010%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.010%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.010%) Semantic Web
7 1 (1.010%) Wiki
7 1 (1.010%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 18 (18.18%) Linux
2 17 (17.17%) Windows
3 12 (12.12%) UNIX
4 2 (2.020%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.010%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.010%) Windows XP
5 1 (1.010%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.010%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.010%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (14.14%) Agile Software Development
2 12 (12.12%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (12.12%) Validation
2 12 (12.12%) Scrum
3 9 (9.091%) Software Testing
3 9 (9.091%) Risk Management
4 8 (8.081%) Automated Testing
4 8 (8.081%) Test Automation
5 7 (7.071%) OO
5 7 (7.071%) Waterfall
5 7 (7.071%) V-Model
5 7 (7.071%) Business Development
5 7 (7.071%) Analytics
6 6 (6.061%) Change Control
6 6 (6.061%) Bioinformatics
6 6 (6.061%) B2B
6 6 (6.061%) CRM
6 6 (6.061%) ERP
7 5 (5.051%) Knowledge Management
8 4 (4.040%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 33 (33.33%) Java
2 24 (24.24%) C++
3 21 (21.21%) SQL
4 17 (17.17%) Python
5 16 (16.16%) JavaScript
6 13 (13.13%) C#
7 10 (10.10%) Perl
8 8 (8.081%) C
8 8 (8.081%) Fortran
9 7 (7.071%) Shell Script
9 7 (7.071%) Ruby
10 3 (3.030%) PHP
11 2 (2.020%) PHP5
11 2 (2.020%) FoxPro (VFP)
12 1 (1.010%) PL/SQL
12 1 (1.010%) Delphi
12 1 (1.010%) VB
12 1 (1.010%) ABAP
12 1 (1.010%) VBA
12 1 (1.010%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 22 (22.22%) Degree
2 6 (6.061%) PhD
3 3 (3.030%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (2.020%) Postgraduate
4 2 (2.020%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.010%) CISM
5 1 (1.010%) CISSP
5 1 (1.010%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.010%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (1.010%) CCSP
5 1 (1.010%) CCNP
5 1 (1.010%) MCSA
5 1 (1.010%) MCDST
5 1 (1.010%) VTSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.11%) QA
2 7 (7.071%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 6 (6.061%) HIPAA
4 4 (4.040%) SLA
5 3 (3.030%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (1.010%) GxP
System Software
1 3 (3.030%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.020%) vSphere
3 1 (1.010%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.010%) NFS
3 1 (1.010%) Samba
Systems Management
1 1 (1.010%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 17 (17.17%) Oracle
2 16 (16.16%) Microsoft
3 7 (7.071%) SAP
4 3 (3.030%) EMC
4 3 (3.030%) Cognos
4 3 (3.030%) Siebel
4 3 (3.030%) VMware
5 2 (2.020%) Cisco
6 1 (1.010%) Citrix
6 1 (1.010%) Juniper
6 1 (1.010%) NetApp
6 1 (1.010%) Siemens
6 1 (1.010%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.010%) DataCore
6 1 (1.010%) Google
6 1 (1.010%) Allen-Bradley
Hertfordshire, South East
Global Head of SalesLocation: HertfordshireSalary: NegotiableSkills: Degree in Life Sciences, Extensive Sales Management experienceOur client, a market-leading consultancy company, is looking for a Global Head of Sales...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: Pension, Life assurance, health
Posted: 4 May 2013
Hertfordshire, South East
The company develops business intelligence software for clients in the pharmaceutical and engineering industries and are well established with a good reputation. We are currently working with them...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
C# Software Engineer in R&D... The company specialises in the creation of automated products for research and development chemists and is a world leader in areas dovetailing...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £34000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Royston, Hertfordshire
There will be an element of embedded software development with device drivers and PIC microcontrollers in embedded C. C# Developer / Software Engineer requirements: - C# .Net (preferred) or C++...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: From £28,000 to £38,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
C# Software Engineer in R&D... The company specialises in the creation of automated products for research and development chemists and is a world leader in areas dovetailing...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £34000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Royston, Hertfordshire
The company specialises in the creation of automated products for research and development chemists and is a world leader in areas dovetailing from this such as flow chemistry,...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £34000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Royston, Hertfordshire
C# Software Engineer in R&D... The company specialises in the creation of automated products for research and development chemists and is a world leader in areas dovetailing...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £34000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire
C# Software Engineer in R&D... The company specialises in the creation of automated products for research and development chemists and is a world leader in areas dovetailing...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £34000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Signal/image processing, feedback control including robotics, algorithm development and implementation... -Experience of requirements management, risk management activities such as FMEA, verification testing, EMC and safety approval... Keywords:...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Unspecified Excellent + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013