The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in IT jobs advertised for the Home Counties region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 3 months to 21 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 Home Counties region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Home Counties - - -
As % of the General category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+2.40% -2.35%
All of the General Category
Home Counties
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
5 32 118
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Home Counties 26.32% 43.84% 62.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5 26 117
Average salary £43,750 £52,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Pharmaceutical
South East

Pharmaceutical
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Home Counties 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 Home Counties region.

Home Counties Pharmaceutical Salary Trend

Pharmaceutical
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Home Counties 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 7 (100.00%) Statistics
2 6 (85.71%) Biostatistics
2 6 (85.71%) SAS
3 5 (71.43%) SQL
4 4 (57.14%) CDISC
5 1 (14.29%) Biometrics

Pharmaceutical
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Home Counties 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 Platforms
1 6 (85.71%) SAS
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Programmer
2 5 (71.43%) SAS Programmer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Programmer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior SAS Programmer
4 1 (14.29%) Statistical Programmer
4 1 (14.29%) Statistician
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Statistics
2 1 (14.29%) Biometrics
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Biostatistics
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) CDISC