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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Pharmaceutical' in IT jobs across the UK 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank280273
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching permanent IT job ads12281582
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.648 %0.648 %
As % of the category below1.235 %1.230 %
Salaries quoted9441238
Average minimum salary£38,549£41,381
Average salary£43,739£45,702
% change on same period last year-4.29 %
Average maximum salary£48,930£50,024
UK excluding London average salary£40,996£44,554
% change on same period last year-7.98 %
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads99394128570
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled52.47 %52.65 %
Salaries quoted81071100642
Average minimum salary£43,071£46,016
Average salary£47,375£50,514
% change on same period last year-6.21 %
Average maximum salary£51,679£55,011
UK excluding London average salary£40,890£42,387
% change on same period last year-3.53 %

Pharmaceutical
Demand Trend

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

Pharmaceutical Demand Trend

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the UK.

Pharmaceutical Salary Trend

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 within the UK.

Pharmaceutical Salary Histogram

Pharmaceutical
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 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
EnglandDown-141087£43,173-5.72 %
South EastDown-31411£43,847-5.74 %
LondonUp+9296£53,411+8.29 %
East of EnglandUp+50157£37,102-0.29 %
BerkshireDown-18151£42,013-18.00 %
CambridgeshireUp+42120£36,958+4.14 %
CambridgeUp+3079£39,500+7.95 %
North WestDown-5376£37,599-16.46 %
SurreyDown-962£40,333-3.77 %
BuckinghamshireUp+4155£41,433+11.42 %
MiddlesexDown-2244£51,181+8.16 %
South WestUp+241£40,157+33.85 %
ManchesterUp+636£35,697-16.64 %
East MidlandsUp+2035£30,489-14.84 %
West MidlandsNo change034£35,576+17.46 %
City of LondonDown-134£62,917-22.56 %
Home CountiesUp+2631£52,177-
WhyteleafeDown-529£30,864-
YorkshireDown-1026£35,312+3.95 %
West SussexUp+1523£39,263+16.81 %
ScotlandUp+2422£43,133+24.42 %
NorthamptonshireNew entry-22£30,515-
NorthamptonNew entry-22£30,975-
LeicestershireUp+1821£29,720-21.78 %
LeicesterUp+1419£29,912-2.98 %
PeterboroughNew entry-17£32,033-
WalesDown-317£33,179-1.44 %
South WalesUp+1317£33,179-9.30 %
North EastUp+716£32,889-
Tyne and WearUp+716£32,889-

Pharmaceutical
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1661 (24.27 %)SAP
2564 (20.71 %)Finance
3521 (19.13 %)Degree
4411 (15.09 %)Manufacturing
5375 (13.77 %)Project Management
6354 (13.00 %).NET
7345 (12.67 %)SQL
8342 (12.56 %)Health
9334 (12.27 %)Oracle
10306 (11.24 %)FMCG
11301 (11.05 %)Microsoft
12285 (10.47 %)Insurance
13254 (9.328 %)Retail
14243 (8.924 %)SQL Server
15241 (8.851 %)Banking
16238 (8.740 %)Windows
17211 (7.749 %)C#
18199 (7.308 %)Java
19196 (7.198 %)Business Intelligence
20166 (6.096 %)Pensions
21165 (6.059 %)SAP CO
21165 (6.059 %)SAP FI/CO
21165 (6.059 %)SAP FI
22153 (5.619 %)SAS
23150 (5.509 %)Validation
24145 (5.325 %)C++
25141 (5.178 %)ASP.NET
26139 (5.105 %)MS Office
26139 (5.105 %)C
27135 (4.958 %)Chemicals

Pharmaceutical
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1354 (13.00 %).NET
2141 (5.178 %)ASP.NET
395 (3.489 %)XML
480 (2.938 %)HTML
575 (2.754 %)J2EE
668 (2.497 %)WebServices
758 (2.130 %)ASP
850 (1.836 %).NET Framework
944 (1.616 %)CSS
1038 (1.396 %)Hibernate
1038 (1.396 %)Spring
1133 (1.212 %)AJAX
1229 (1.065 %)SAP XI
1328 (1.028 %)OpenGL
1425 (0.918 %)J2SE
1523 (0.845 %)XSLT
1620 (0.734 %)XHTML
1718 (0.661 %)JSP
1817 (0.624 %)STL
1916 (0.588 %)WebSphere
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1153 (5.619 %)SAS
292 (3.379 %)Documentum
350 (1.836 %)BizTalk Server
442 (1.542 %)SharePoint
529 (1.065 %)NetWeaver
622 (0.808 %)Lotus Notes
720 (0.734 %)WebLogic
818 (0.661 %)IIS
818 (0.661 %)MS Exchange
916 (0.588 %)WebLogic Portal
1014 (0.514 %)CMS
1113 (0.477 %)Exchange Server 2003
1212 (0.441 %)Tomcat
1311 (0.404 %)SAP EP
1410 (0.367 %)Apache
157 (0.257 %)SharePoint Server 2007
166 (0.220 %)ColdFusion
174 (0.147 %)Oracle Workflow
174 (0.147 %)JBoss
174 (0.147 %)Exchange Server 5.5
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1139 (5.105 %)MS Office
297 (3.562 %)MS Excel
340 (1.469 %)Spreadsheet
437 (1.359 %)MS Visio
536 (1.322 %)MS Project
610 (0.367 %)Pro/ENGINEER
79 (0.331 %)MS PowerPoint
79 (0.331 %)Photoshop
79 (0.331 %)SPSS
83 (0.110 %)Fireworks
83 (0.110 %)S-PLUS
92 (0.073 %)Adobe Illustrator
92 (0.073 %)AutoCAD
101 (0.037 %)Acrobat
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1165 (6.059 %)SAP FI
1165 (6.059 %)SAP FI/CO
1165 (6.059 %)SAP CO
249 (1.799 %)SAP MM
346 (1.689 %)SAP APO
439 (1.432 %)SAP PP
527 (0.992 %)SAP QM
626 (0.955 %)SAP Oil and Gas
626 (0.955 %)SAP SD
723 (0.845 %)SAP R/3
821 (0.771 %)Oracle Applications
920 (0.734 %)SAP SRM
1019 (0.698 %)Oracle EBS
1117 (0.624 %)SAP WM
1216 (0.588 %)SAP SCM
1315 (0.551 %)Oracle Clinical
1414 (0.514 %)SAP HCM
1414 (0.514 %)SAP HR
1414 (0.514 %)Oracle 11i
159 (0.331 %)Summit
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
158 (2.130 %)Internet
247 (1.726 %)LAN
342 (1.542 %)WAN
438 (1.396 %)TCP/IP
528 (1.028 %)VPN
528 (1.028 %)SAN
620 (0.734 %)Intranet
717 (0.624 %)Wireless
813 (0.477 %)RFID
912 (0.441 %)MPLS
1011 (0.404 %)IP Telephony
1110 (0.367 %)IPCC
1110 (0.367 %)CTI
128 (0.294 %)Frame Relay
128 (0.294 %)Firewall
136 (0.220 %)Ethernet
145 (0.184 %)VoIP
145 (0.184 %)3G
145 (0.184 %)Network Security
145 (0.184 %)iSCSI
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1243 (8.924 %)SQL Server
2113 (4.150 %)Datawarehouse
379 (2.901 %)SAP BW
469 (2.534 %)SQL Server 7
559 (2.167 %)BusinessObjects
645 (1.653 %)Crystal Reports
733 (1.212 %)ETL
733 (1.212 %)SQL Server 2000
733 (1.212 %)SQL Server 2005
832 (1.175 %)SAP BI
931 (1.138 %)Base SAS
1030 (1.102 %)RDBMS
1124 (0.881 %)Oracle Reports
1219 (0.698 %)Oracle 10g
1318 (0.661 %)MySQL
1417 (0.624 %)Oracle 9i
1515 (0.551 %)DTS
1614 (0.514 %)Data Mining
1713 (0.477 %)OLAP
1812 (0.441 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
130 (1.102 %)VSS/SourceSafe
226 (0.955 %)Visual Studio
322 (0.808 %)NUnit
421 (0.771 %)Oracle Forms
421 (0.771 %)Flash
510 (0.367 %)JUnit
69 (0.331 %)LabVIEW
78 (0.294 %)TestDirector
78 (0.294 %)QuickTest Pro
78 (0.294 %)Eclipse
87 (0.257 %)Ant
94 (0.147 %)WinRunner
94 (0.147 %)LoadRunner
102 (0.073 %)Bugzilla
102 (0.073 %)Subversion
102 (0.073 %)Dreamweaver
111 (0.037 %)Oracle Developer 2000
111 (0.037 %)PowerBuilder
111 (0.037 %)ProC
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1564 (20.71 %)Finance
2411 (15.09 %)Manufacturing
3342 (12.56 %)Health
4306 (11.24 %)FMCG
5285 (10.47 %)Insurance
6254 (9.328 %)Retail
7241 (8.851 %)Banking
8166 (6.096 %)Pensions
9135 (4.958 %)Chemicals
10118 (4.333 %)Telecoms
1176 (2.791 %)Marketing
1268 (2.497 %)Electric
1365 (2.387 %)Education
1460 (2.203 %)Government
1557 (2.093 %)Construction
1655 (2.020 %)Automotive
1747 (1.726 %)Investment Banking
1832 (1.175 %)3D Graphics
1926 (0.955 %)Games
2025 (0.918 %)Legal
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1624 (22.92 %)Consultant
2446 (16.38 %)Analyst
3421 (15.46 %)SAP Consultant
4400 (14.69 %)Developer
5197 (7.235 %)Programmer
6183 (6.721 %)Business Analyst
7134 (4.921 %)Senior Consultant
8114 (4.187 %)SAP FI/CO Consultant
9110 (4.040 %)Senior SAP Consultant
10105 (3.856 %).NET Developer
10105 (3.856 %)Project Manager
1191 (3.342 %)Architect
1277 (2.828 %)SAP FI Consultant
1277 (2.828 %)SAP CO Consultant
1373 (2.681 %)SAS Programmer
1471 (2.607 %)Analyst Programmer
1568 (2.497 %)Support Analyst
1656 (2.057 %)Business Manager
1755 (2.020 %)SAP MM Consultant
1852 (1.910 %)Java Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1118 (4.333 %)Statistics
2103 (3.783 %)Computer Science
396 (3.526 %)Life Science
491 (3.342 %)Mathematics
581 (2.975 %)French Language
680 (2.938 %)German Language
758 (2.130 %)Biotechnology
853 (1.946 %)NHS
951 (1.873 %)Dutch Language
1050 (1.836 %)Portuguese Language
1145 (1.653 %)Physics
1236 (1.322 %)Biology
1334 (1.249 %)Chemistry
1432 (1.175 %)IVR
1525 (0.918 %)Client/Server
1623 (0.845 %)E-Learning
1718 (0.661 %)Biometrics
1816 (0.588 %)Derivative
1915 (0.551 %)Data Integration
2014 (0.514 %)LIMS
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1238 (8.740 %)Windows
2106 (3.893 %)UNIX
370 (2.571 %)Linux
467 (2.461 %)Windows 2000
545 (1.653 %)Windows XP
617 (0.624 %)Windows NT
715 (0.551 %)Windows Server 2003
812 (0.441 %)Solaris
99 (0.331 %)SUSE
105 (0.184 %)AIX
114 (0.147 %)HPUX
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1375 (13.77 %)Project Management
2196 (7.198 %)Business Intelligence
3150 (5.509 %)Validation
4130 (4.774 %)Data Management
5110 (4.040 %)Logistics
6103 (3.783 %)OO
795 (3.489 %)CRM
894 (3.452 %)ERP
980 (2.938 %)Business Development
1078 (2.864 %)Business Analysis
1171 (2.607 %)SOA
1256 (2.057 %)Test Scripting
1355 (2.020 %)Change Management
1452 (1.910 %)UML
1549 (1.799 %)EAI
1646 (1.689 %)ITIL
1745 (1.653 %)Document Management
1844 (1.616 %)PRINCE2
1942 (1.542 %)Quality Management
2041 (1.506 %)Software Testing
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1345 (12.67 %)SQL
2211 (7.749 %)C#
3199 (7.308 %)Java
4145 (5.325 %)C++
5139 (5.105 %)C
6127 (4.664 %)VB
7124 (4.554 %)VB.NET
874 (2.718 %)JavaScript
947 (1.726 %)VB6
1044 (1.616 %)VBA
1142 (1.542 %)PL/SQL
1234 (1.249 %)Transact-SQL
1321 (0.771 %)Delphi
1321 (0.771 %)ActionScript
1418 (0.661 %)PHP
1516 (0.588 %)Embedded C
1614 (0.514 %)ABAP
1614 (0.514 %)Perl
1713 (0.477 %)SAS Macro
1812 (0.441 %)VC++
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1521 (19.13 %)Degree
2125 (4.591 %)PhD
360 (2.203 %)Microsoft Certification
436 (1.322 %)ISEB
524 (0.881 %)MCP
623 (0.845 %)MCSD
717 (0.624 %)CIMA
816 (0.588 %)ACCA
915 (0.551 %)Cisco Certification
1013 (0.477 %)HND
1112 (0.441 %)CCVP
1112 (0.441 %)NVQ Level 3
1210 (0.367 %)CCIE
137 (0.257 %)MCSE
137 (0.257 %)SAS Certification
145 (0.184 %)Citrix Certification
145 (0.184 %)Siebel Certification
154 (0.147 %)HNC
154 (0.147 %)CIPFA
163 (0.110 %)Network+ Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
183 (3.048 %)QA
266 (2.424 %)GxP
363 (2.314 %)GCP
427 (0.992 %)HL7
427 (0.992 %)ISO9001
526 (0.955 %)CDISC
526 (0.955 %)GMP
614 (0.514 %)GAMP
712 (0.441 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
811 (0.404 %)SLA
811 (0.404 %)DICOM
910 (0.367 %)21 CFR Part 11
910 (0.367 %)GLP
107 (0.257 %)ISO27001
112 (0.073 %)PCI QSA
121 (0.037 %)PCI DSS
121 (0.037 %)Basel II
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
179 (2.901 %)Active Directory
29 (0.331 %)VMware Infrastructure
36 (0.220 %)NFS
45 (0.184 %)NetBackup
54 (0.147 %)MSMQ
63 (0.110 %)Oracle RAC
72 (0.073 %)VMware ESX
72 (0.073 %)Backup Exec
81 (0.037 %)Samba
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
115 (0.551 %)SCOM
211 (0.404 %)MOM
35 (0.184 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
42 (0.073 %)Tivoli
42 (0.073 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
51 (0.037 %)Norton AntiVirus
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1661 (24.27 %)SAP
2334 (12.27 %)Oracle
3301 (11.05 %)Microsoft
4120 (4.407 %)Cognos
598 (3.599 %)Siebel
659 (2.167 %)Business Objects
748 (1.763 %)Citrix
844 (1.616 %)Cisco
937 (1.359 %)Sybase
1033 (1.212 %)MicroStrategy
1124 (0.881 %)HP
1222 (0.808 %)Lotus
1321 (0.771 %)IBM
1420 (0.734 %)EMC
1519 (0.698 %)Ab Initio
1616 (0.588 %)Stellent
1616 (0.588 %)Vignette
1715 (0.551 %)JD Edwards
1715 (0.551 %)VMware
1813 (0.477 %)NetApp
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