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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Rank 212 207 211
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +4
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 4 8 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.076% 0.145% 0.083%
As % of the General category 0.195% 0.369% 0.219%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 5
Average salary £28,500 £29,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.72% -42.00%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+3.65% -3.52%
All of the General Category
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
2052 2168 2286
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 39.12% 39.17% 37.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1686 1748 1866
Average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £26,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

South West 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 South West region.

South West Pharmaceutical Salary Trend

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram

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

South West 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 South West 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
Bristol -8 2 £40,000 +37.93%
Devon - 1 £28,500 -
Somerset - 1 £28,500 -
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 (36.36%) Automotive
1 4 (36.36%) Manufacturing
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
1 4 (36.36%) Mathematics
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (27.27%) Aerospace
2 3 (27.27%) C#
2 3 (27.27%) HNC
3 2 (18.18%) UML
3 2 (18.18%) C++
3 2 (18.18%) Validation
3 2 (18.18%) Benchmarking
3 2 (18.18%) Project Management
3 2 (18.18%) Retail
3 2 (18.18%) Data Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) Economics
3 2 (18.18%) Statistics
3 2 (18.18%) Data Validation
3 2 (18.18%) C
3 2 (18.18%) Robotics
4 1 (9.091%) Life Science
4 1 (9.091%) Lean Six Sigma
4 1 (9.091%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 1 (9.091%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (9.091%) Infor
4 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (9.091%) BDD
4 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 1 (9.091%) Dynamics AX

Pharmaceutical
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC 3
1 1 (9.091%) .NET
1 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) CMS
1 1 (9.091%) Documentum
1 1 (9.091%) BizTalk Server
Business Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (9.091%) Agresso
General
1 4 (36.36%) Automotive
1 4 (36.36%) Manufacturing
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Aerospace
3 2 (18.18%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Data Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Software Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Product Specialist
4 1 (9.091%) Development Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Systems Development Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) C# Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Programme Director
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Mathematics
2 2 (18.18%) Economics
2 2 (18.18%) Statistics
2 2 (18.18%) Robotics
3 1 (9.091%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (18.18%) UML
2 2 (18.18%) Validation
2 2 (18.18%) Benchmarking
2 2 (18.18%) Project Management
2 2 (18.18%) Data Analysis
2 2 (18.18%) Data Validation
3 1 (9.091%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (9.091%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (9.091%) BDD
3 1 (9.091%) Content Management
3 1 (9.091%) MVC
3 1 (9.091%) Scrum
3 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (9.091%) TDD
3 1 (9.091%) ERP
3 1 (9.091%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) C#
2 2 (18.18%) C++
2 2 (18.18%) C
3 1 (9.091%) Java
3 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) HNC
3 1 (9.091%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 1 (9.091%) ACCA
3 1 (9.091%) CIMA
Vendors
1 1 (9.091%) Infor
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle
1 1 (9.091%) PeopleSoft
1 1 (9.091%) Epicor
1 1 (9.091%) Baan
1 1 (9.091%) JD Edwards