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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Pharmaceutical' in IT jobs within the Oxfordshire region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank103126
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching permanent IT job ads2415
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.007 %
As % of the category below2.235 %1.304 %
Salaries quoted2414
Average minimum salary£33,583£27,286
Average salary£37,156£30,500
% change on same period last year+21.82 %
Average maximum salary£40,729£33,714
UK excluding London average salary£41,025£43,957
% change on same period last year-6.67 %
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Oxfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads10741150
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.718 %0.513 %
Salaries quoted9431039
Average minimum salary£34,375£33,650
Average salary£38,911£37,174
% change on same period last year+4.67 %
Average maximum salary£43,447£40,698
UK excluding London average salary£41,415£42,003
% change on same period last year-1.39 %
Pharmaceutical South EastPharmaceutical
South East

Pharmaceutical
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Oxfordshire Pharmaceutical Demand Trend

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Pharmaceutical Salary Trend

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
OxfordNew entry-4£38,688-
AbingdonNew entry-3£50,000-
BicesterNew entry-1£33,500-
Pharmaceutical South EastPharmaceutical
South East

Pharmaceutical
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

116 (33.33 %).NET
213 (27.08 %)Validation
213 (27.08 %)Java
213 (27.08 %)PhD
213 (27.08 %)QA
312 (25.00 %)21 CFR Part 11
312 (25.00 %)C++
411 (22.92 %)Mathematics
510 (20.83 %)C
69 (18.75 %)Risk Assessment
69 (18.75 %)Chemicals
77 (14.58 %)HTML
77 (14.58 %)JavaScript
77 (14.58 %)Photoshop
77 (14.58 %)CSS
77 (14.58 %)Dreamweaver
77 (14.58 %)Chemistry
77 (14.58 %)Biology
86 (12.50 %)SQL
86 (12.50 %)Health
95 (10.42 %)Eclipse
95 (10.42 %)PHP
95 (10.42 %)ASP
95 (10.42 %)ASP.NET
95 (10.42 %)ColdFusion
95 (10.42 %)Apache
95 (10.42 %)Marketing
95 (10.42 %)AJAX
95 (10.42 %)jQuery
104 (8.333 %)Microsoft

Pharmaceutical
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (33.33 %).NET
27 (14.58 %)CSS
27 (14.58 %)HTML
35 (10.42 %)AJAX
35 (10.42 %)jQuery
35 (10.42 %)ASP
35 (10.42 %)ASP.NET
43 (6.250 %)J2EE
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (10.42 %)Apache
15 (10.42 %)ColdFusion
22 (4.167 %)MS Exchange
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (14.58 %)Photoshop
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (4.167 %)Firewall
21 (2.083 %)Cisco PIX
21 (2.083 %)SAN
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (14.58 %)Dreamweaver
25 (10.42 %)Eclipse
32 (4.167 %)Flash
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (18.75 %)Chemicals
26 (12.50 %)Health
35 (10.42 %)Marketing
43 (6.250 %)Government
52 (4.167 %)Electronics
52 (4.167 %)Finance
52 (4.167 %)Automotive
61 (2.083 %)Telecoms
61 (2.083 %)Manufacturing
61 (2.083 %)Publishing
61 (2.083 %)Retail
61 (2.083 %)FMCG
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (31.25 %)Software Engineer
214 (29.17 %)Programmer
39 (18.75 %)Software Programmer
48 (16.67 %)Systems Engineer
57 (14.58 %)Java Programmer
66 (12.50 %)Computer Engineer
75 (10.42 %)Developer
84 (8.333 %)Web Developer
84 (8.333 %)C++ Programmer
84 (8.333 %)C Programmer
93 (6.250 %).NET Programmer
93 (6.250 %)Java Software Engineer
93 (6.250 %)Software Test Engineer
93 (6.250 %)Test Engineer
102 (4.167 %)Web Designer
102 (4.167 %)C++ Software Engineer
102 (4.167 %)Support Engineer
102 (4.167 %)Graduate
102 (4.167 %)Electronics Engineer
102 (4.167 %)J2EE Software Engineer
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (22.92 %)Mathematics
27 (14.58 %)Chemistry
27 (14.58 %)Biology
32 (4.167 %)Life Science
32 (4.167 %)Physics
32 (4.167 %)Blackberry
41 (2.083 %)Management Information System
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (4.167 %)Windows
12 (4.167 %)Windows 2000
12 (4.167 %)Windows Server 2003
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (27.08 %)Validation
29 (18.75 %)Risk Assessment
33 (6.250 %)User Acceptance Testing
33 (6.250 %)Test Scripting
42 (4.167 %)ERP
42 (4.167 %)Project Management
51 (2.083 %)Business Development
51 (2.083 %)Digital Marketing
51 (2.083 %)E-Commerce
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (27.08 %)Java
212 (25.00 %)C++
310 (20.83 %)C
47 (14.58 %)JavaScript
56 (12.50 %)SQL
65 (10.42 %)PHP
72 (4.167 %)ActionScript
81 (2.083 %)C#
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
113 (27.08 %)PhD
23 (6.250 %)Degree
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (27.08 %)QA
212 (25.00 %)21 CFR Part 11
31 (2.083 %)GxP
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (4.167 %)Active Directory
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (8.333 %)Microsoft
22 (4.167 %)Adobe
22 (4.167 %)Cisco
22 (4.167 %)JD Edwards
31 (2.083 %)HP
31 (2.083 %)Siemens
31 (2.083 %)VERITAS