The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 3 months to 17 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 Oxford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Rank 80 48 69
Rank change year-on-year
-32 +21
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 1 15 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 0.099% 2.336% 0.626%
As % of the General category 0.324% 6.818% 1.529%
Number of salaries quoted 1 15 5
Average salary £112,500 £47,500 £75,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+136.84% -36.66%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+2.40% -2.35%
All of the General Category
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
309 220 327
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 30.47% 34.27% 40.93%
Number of salaries quoted 232 191 299
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £28,200 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Pharmaceutical
Oxfordshire

Pharmaceutical
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Pharmaceutical Salary Trend

Pharmaceutical
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) GAMP
2 3 (42.86%) ISO 9001
2 3 (42.86%) GxP
2 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (42.86%) Life Science
2 3 (42.86%) QA
3 2 (28.57%) SaaS
3 2 (28.57%) Mathematica
3 2 (28.57%) Aerospace
3 2 (28.57%) Publishing
3 2 (28.57%) CRM
3 2 (28.57%) ERP
3 2 (28.57%) EMC NetWorker
3 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
4 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (14.29%) VMware
4 1 (14.29%) IBM
4 1 (14.29%) CCSP
4 1 (14.29%) EMC
4 1 (14.29%) Citrix
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (14.29%) Avaya
4 1 (14.29%) NetApp
4 1 (14.29%) Retail
4 1 (14.29%) Local Government
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) Business Development
4 1 (14.29%) Process Management
4 1 (14.29%) DataCore

Pharmaceutical
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 2 (28.57%) Mathematica
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Aerospace
2 2 (28.57%) Publishing
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
3 1 (14.29%) Local Government
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) QA Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Sales Executive
3 1 (14.29%) Sales Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Business Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Business Transformation Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Account Director
3 1 (14.29%) Sales Director
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Life Science
2 2 (28.57%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) CRM
1 2 (28.57%) ERP
2 1 (14.29%) Process Management
2 1 (14.29%) Business Development
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Business Transformation
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CCSP
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
1 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma Black Belt
1 1 (14.29%) VTSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) GAMP
1 3 (42.86%) ISO 9001
1 3 (42.86%) GxP
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (42.86%) QA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) IBM
1 1 (14.29%) EMC
1 1 (14.29%) Citrix
1 1 (14.29%) Avaya
1 1 (14.29%) NetApp
1 1 (14.29%) VMware
1 1 (14.29%) DataCore