The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Rank 83 89 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 1 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.093% 0.073% -
As % of the General category 0.174% 0.154% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Average salary £46,000 £33,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+39.39% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+3.65% -3.52%
All of the General Category
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
574 649 864
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 53.59% 47.65% 55.07%
Number of salaries quoted 286 428 625
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £28,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £62,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Pharmaceutical
Scotland

Pharmaceutical
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Pharmaceutical Salary Trend

Pharmaceutical
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Retail Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Credit Risk
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (50.00%) Finance

Pharmaceutical
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Retail Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley