Pharmaceutical Contracts

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 3 months to 29 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Pharmaceutical (Pharma) UK
Location	3 months to 29 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	337	386	333
Rank change year-on-year	+49	-53
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical	300	282	357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.64%	0.53%	0.64%
As % of the General category	1.62%	1.43%	1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted	147	131	189
UK median daily rate	£440	£450	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-2.22%	+12.50%
10th Percentile	£283	£190	£273
90th Percentile	£600	£588	£613
UK excluding London median daily rate	£450	£450	£375
% change year-on-year	-	+20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	16	9	10
UK median hourly rate	£26.25	£23.50	£20.75
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+11.70%	+13.25%
10th Percentile	£13.63	£21.25	£15.53
90th Percentile	£50.00	£99.00	£50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£25.00	£49.25	£20.75
% change year-on-year	-49.23%	+137.34%

Pharmaceutical is in the common skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

General Skills UK
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills	18557	19753	22193
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	39.39%	36.78%	39.60%
Number of daily rates quoted	19860	20072	22421
UK median daily rate	£475	£450	£425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.55%	+5.88%
10th Percentile	£294	£269	£270
90th Percentile	£650	£650	£638
UK excluding London median daily rate	£413	£400	£395
% change year-on-year	+3.12%	+1.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted	575	669	725
UK median hourly rate	£26.50	£22.50	£22.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+17.77%	-
10th Percentile	£12.75	£10.50	£10.50
90th Percentile	£51.63	£48.75	£49.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£30.00	£25.00	£22.50
% change year-on-year	+20.00%	+11.11%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Pharmaceutical as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the UK

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical.

Contractor daily rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the UK

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical over the 3 months to 29 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in the UK

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the UK

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical over the 3 months to 29 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in the UK

Pharmaceutical
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the UK over the 3 months to 29 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+58	293	£445	-1.11%	101
UK excluding London	+54	156	£450	-	63
London	+31	135	£411	-8.77%	41
South East	+58	76	£480	+14.08%	13
North of England	+37	32	£413	-5.71%	15
Midlands	+1	21	£488	-11.36%	13
East of England	-15	20	£329	+14.34%	16
South West	+1	3	-	-	3
Northern Ireland	-45	2	£327	-6.64%
Scotland	+33	1	-	-	2
Wales	-5	1	-	-	1

Pharmaceutical
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Pharmaceutical also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads with a requirement for Pharmaceutical.

1	181 (32.04%)	SAP
2	132 (23.36%)	Finance
3	92 (16.28%)	Project Management
4	69 (12.21%)	Agile Software Development
5	68 (12.04%)	Life Science
6	65 (11.50%)	Manufacturing
7	63 (11.15%)	Retail
8	62 (10.97%)	ERP
9	56 (9.91%)	SQL
10	54 (9.56%)	Validation
11	53 (9.38%)	Stakeholder Management
11	53 (9.38%)	GxP
12	43 (7.61%)	FMCG
13	42 (7.43%)	SAP CO
14	39 (6.90%)	JavaScript

14	39 (6.90%)	Analytical Skills
15	38 (6.73%)	Microsoft
15	38 (6.73%)	SAP FI
15	38 (6.73%)	Degree
16	37 (6.55%)	Migration
17	35 (6.19%)	SAP FI/CO
18	33 (5.84%)	HTML
18	33 (5.84%)	QA
19	32 (5.66%)	SDLC
20	31 (5.49%)	Analytics
20	31 (5.49%)	Banking
21	30 (5.31%)	CSS
22	29 (5.13%)	Microsoft Excel
22	29 (5.13%)	Change Management
23	28 (4.96%)	Business Intelligence

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	16 (2.83%)	SharePoint
2	11 (1.95%)	Documentum
2	11 (1.95%)	SAS
3	9 (1.59%)	CMS
4	7 (1.24%)	Adobe Experience Manager
5	6 (1.06%)	Confluence
5	6 (1.06%)	Skype for Business
6	4 (0.71%)	Drupal
6	4 (0.71%)	IIS
6	4 (0.71%)	Tomcat
7	3 (0.53%)	Apache Spark
7	3 (0.53%)	BizTalk Server
7	3 (0.53%)	Oracle SOA Suite
8	2 (0.35%)	IBM Notes
8	2 (0.35%)	MS Exchange
8	2 (0.35%)	SharePoint 2013
9	1 (0.18%)	MS Project Server
9	1 (0.18%)	SAP EP
9	1 (0.18%)	Sitecore CMS
9	1 (0.18%)	WordPress

Applications
1	29 (5.13%)	Microsoft Excel
2	26 (4.60%)	Microsoft Office
3	10 (1.77%)	Microsoft Project
3	10 (1.77%)	MS Visio
4	7 (1.24%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
5	2 (0.35%)	Acrobat
5	2 (0.35%)	AutoCAD
5	2 (0.35%)	Revit
5	2 (0.35%)	S-PLUS
6	1 (0.18%)	Spreadsheet
6	1 (0.18%)	SPSS

Business Applications
1	42 (7.43%)	SAP CO
2	38 (6.73%)	SAP FI
3	35 (6.19%)	SAP FI/CO
4	19 (3.36%)	SAP FSCM
5	15 (2.65%)	OpenText VIM for SAP
6	12 (2.12%)	SAP APO
7	10 (1.77%)	SAP MM
8	9 (1.59%)	TrackWise
9	8 (1.42%)	SAP SD
10	7 (1.24%)	SAP PP
11	5 (0.88%)	SAP CAR
12	4 (0.71%)	Dynamics AX
12	4 (0.71%)	SAP POS DM
12	4 (0.71%)	SAP Retail
12	4 (0.71%)	SAP SCM
12	4 (0.71%)	SAP WM
13	3 (0.53%)	Remedy ITSM
13	3 (0.53%)	SAP CRM
13	3 (0.53%)	SAP EHS
13	3 (0.53%)	SAP MDM

Cloud Services
1	12 (2.12%)	Veeva
2	10 (1.77%)	Amazon AWS
3	6 (1.06%)	SaaS
4	5 (0.88%)	SuccessFactors
5	4 (0.71%)	Microsoft Azure
6	2 (0.35%)	CloudSense
6	2 (0.35%)	Google Analytics
6	2 (0.35%)	Google Tag Manager
6	2 (0.35%)	Office 365
7	1 (0.18%)	Cloud Computing
7	1 (0.18%)	GitHub
7	1 (0.18%)	IaaS
7	1 (0.18%)	OpenShift

Communications & Networking
1	3 (0.53%)	Intranet
1	3 (0.53%)	LAN
1	3 (0.53%)	SAN
1	3 (0.53%)	TCP/IP
1	3 (0.53%)	WAN
2	2 (0.35%)	Avaya Modular Messaging
2	2 (0.35%)	Firewall
2	2 (0.35%)	Internet
2	2 (0.35%)	NAS
2	2 (0.35%)	Network Security
2	2 (0.35%)	Skype
3	1 (0.18%)	CTI
3	1 (0.18%)	DNS
3	1 (0.18%)	Remote Desktop
3	1 (0.18%)	RFID
3	1 (0.18%)	SMTP
3	1 (0.18%)	Unified Communications
3	1 (0.18%)	VPN
3	1 (0.18%)	WebEx
3	1 (0.18%)	Wi-Fi

Database & Business Intelligence
1	16 (2.83%)	Data Warehouse
1	16 (2.83%)	SAP BW
2	15 (2.65%)	SQL Server
3	10 (1.77%)	Big Data
4	9 (1.59%)	Relational Database
4	9 (1.59%)	SAP HANA
5	8 (1.42%)	Electronic Patient Records
6	7 (1.24%)	Hadoop
6	7 (1.24%)	MS Access
6	7 (1.24%)	RDBMS
7	6 (1.06%)	PowerCenter
7	6 (1.06%)	SQL Server Integration Services
8	5 (0.88%)	Amazon Redshift
9	4 (0.71%)	BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9	4 (0.71%)	Data Mining
9	4 (0.71%)	MySQL
9	4 (0.71%)	QlikView
10	3 (0.53%)	BusinessObjects
10	3 (0.53%)	Spotfire
10	3 (0.53%)	SQL Server Reporting Services

Development Applications
1	17 (3.01%)	JIRA
2	11 (1.95%)	Git (software)
3	9 (1.59%)	Talend Open Studio
4	6 (1.06%)	Bitbucket
5	3 (0.53%)	Jenkins
5	3 (0.53%)	NUnit
6	2 (0.35%)	Calabash
6	2 (0.35%)	Capybara
6	2 (0.35%)	Cucumber
6	2 (0.35%)	gulp
6	2 (0.35%)	Maven
6	2 (0.35%)	Rational Rhapsody
6	2 (0.35%)	Selenium
6	2 (0.35%)	SoapUI
7	1 (0.18%)	Grunt
7	1 (0.18%)	Oracle APEX
7	1 (0.18%)	Sonatype Nexus
7	1 (0.18%)	Team Foundation Server
7	1 (0.18%)	TeamCity
7	1 (0.18%)	Vagrant

General
1	132 (23.36%)	Finance
2	65 (11.50%)	Manufacturing
3	63 (11.15%)	Retail
4	31 (5.49%)	Banking
5	15 (2.65%)	Legal
6	12 (2.12%)	Marketing
7	8 (1.42%)	Publishing
8	5 (0.88%)	German Language
8	5 (0.88%)	Investment Banking
8	5 (0.88%)	Telecoms
9	4 (0.71%)	Aerospace
9	4 (0.71%)	French Language
10	3 (0.53%)	Billing
10	3 (0.53%)	Dutch Language
11	2 (0.35%)	Automotive
11	2 (0.35%)	Italian Language
11	2 (0.35%)	Local Government
11	2 (0.35%)	Portuguese Language
12	1 (0.18%)	Advertising
12	1 (0.18%)	Front Office

Job Titles
1	112 (19.82%)	Consultant
2	97 (17.17%)	Analyst
3	81 (14.34%)	SAP Consultant
4	66 (11.68%)	Project Manager
5	62 (10.97%)	Developer
6	47 (8.32%)	Architect
7	34 (6.02%)	Business Analyst
8	33 (5.84%)	SAP CO Consultant
9	28 (4.96%)	SAP FI Consultant
10	27 (4.78%)	IT Manager
10	27 (4.78%)	SAP FI/CO Consultant
11	22 (3.89%)	Solutions Architect
12	20 (3.54%)	Data Analyst
13	18 (3.19%)	IT Project Manager
14	16 (2.83%)	SAP Manager
15	15 (2.65%)	SAP Functional Consultant
16	14 (2.48%)	Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16	14 (2.48%)	IT Analyst
16	14 (2.48%)	SAP MM Consultant
17	12 (2.12%)	Functional Consultant

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	33 (5.84%)	HTML
2	30 (5.31%)	CSS
3	28 (4.96%)	IDoc
4	23 (4.07%)	HTML5
5	19 (3.36%)	AngularJS
6	14 (2.48%)	XML
7	13 (2.30%)	.NET
8	10 (1.77%)	jQuery
9	9 (1.59%)	Angular 2
9	9 (1.59%)	CSS3
10	8 (1.42%)	Spring
10	8 (1.42%)	Web Services
11	7 (1.24%)	ASP.NET
11	7 (1.24%)	EDI
12	6 (1.06%)	REST
13	5 (0.88%)	SAP Fiori
13	5 (0.88%)	Twitter Bootstrap
14	4 (0.71%)	Node.js
14	4 (0.71%)	SAP Business Workflow
15	3 (0.53%)	Entity Framework

Miscellaneous
1	68 (12.04%)	Life Science
2	43 (7.61%)	FMCG
3	39 (6.90%)	Analytical Skills
4	20 (3.54%)	NHS
5	13 (2.30%)	Virtual Team
6	12 (2.12%)	Management Information System
7	11 (1.95%)	Data Centre
8	10 (1.77%)	Mobile App
8	10 (1.77%)	Pharmacovigilance
8	10 (1.77%)	User Experience
9	8 (1.42%)	Computer Science
10	7 (1.24%)	e-Learning
10	7 (1.24%)	Greenfield Project
10	7 (1.24%)	LIMS
11	6 (1.06%)	Biotechnology
12	5 (0.88%)	Learning Management System
13	4 (0.71%)	Social Media
14	3 (0.53%)	Digital Media
14	3 (0.53%)	Enterprise Software
14	3 (0.53%)	Semantic Web

Operating Systems
1	19 (3.36%)	Windows
2	16 (2.83%)	Linux
3	11 (1.95%)	Android
4	10 (1.77%)	Unix
5	9 (1.59%)	AIX
5	9 (1.59%)	Apple iOS
6	5 (0.88%)	Windows 10
6	5 (0.88%)	Windows Server
7	2 (0.35%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7	2 (0.35%)	Windows 7
7	2 (0.35%)	Windows Server 2003
7	2 (0.35%)	Windows Server 2008
7	2 (0.35%)	Windows Server 2012
8	1 (0.18%)	CentOS
8	1 (0.18%)	Mac OS X
8	1 (0.18%)	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Processes & Methodologies
1	92 (16.28%)	Project Management
2	69 (12.21%)	Agile Software Development
3	62 (10.97%)	ERP
4	54 (9.56%)	Validation
5	53 (9.38%)	Stakeholder Management
6	37 (6.55%)	Migration
7	32 (5.66%)	SDLC
8	31 (5.49%)	Analytics
9	29 (5.13%)	Change Management
10	28 (4.96%)	Business Intelligence
11	27 (4.78%)	Business Analysis
11	27 (4.78%)	Scrum
12	26 (4.60%)	ITIL
13	25 (4.42%)	Data Analysis
13	25 (4.42%)	SAP Implementation
13	25 (4.42%)	Service Management
14	22 (3.89%)	Risk Management
14	22 (3.89%)	User Acceptance Testing
15	20 (3.54%)	Logistics
15	20 (3.54%)	Time Management

Programming Languages
1	56 (9.91%)	SQL
2	39 (6.90%)	JavaScript
3	27 (4.78%)	Java
4	14 (2.48%)	Python
5	10 (1.77%)	PL/SQL
6	8 (1.42%)	VBA
7	7 (1.24%)	C#
8	6 (1.06%)	PHP
8	6 (1.06%)	T-SQL
8	6 (1.06%)	TypeScript
9	5 (0.88%)	ABAP
10	4 (0.71%)	R
10	4 (0.71%)	VB
11	3 (0.53%)	C
11	3 (0.53%)	Scala
11	3 (0.53%)	SPARQL
12	2 (0.35%)	Ruby
12	2 (0.35%)	Shell Script
13	1 (0.18%)	C++
13	1 (0.18%)	MATLAB

Qualifications
1	38 (6.73%)	Degree
2	10 (1.77%)	SAP Certification
3	8 (1.42%)	IRCA
3	8 (1.42%)	PMI Certification
4	6 (1.06%)	PMP
5	5 (0.88%)	ISEB
5	5 (0.88%)	ISTQB
6	3 (0.53%)	CCNA
6	3 (0.53%)	Cisco Certification
6	3 (0.53%)	PRINCE2 Practitioner
7	2 (0.35%)	Computer Science Degree
7	2 (0.35%)	DBS Check
7	2 (0.35%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
7	2 (0.35%)	ITIL Certification
7	2 (0.35%)	Master's Degree
7	2 (0.35%)	MBA
7	2 (0.35%)	Six Sigma Black Belt
7	2 (0.35%)	Six Sigma Green Belt
8	1 (0.18%)	Numerate Degree
8	1 (0.18%)	PRINCE2 Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	53 (9.38%)	GxP
2	33 (5.84%)	QA
3	23 (4.07%)	Data Quality
4	20 (3.54%)	GMP
5	8 (1.42%)	21 CFR Part 11
5	8 (1.42%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
6	7 (1.24%)	PMO
7	6 (1.06%)	CDISC
7	6 (1.06%)	GCP
7	6 (1.06%)	SLA
8	5 (0.88%)	GAMP
8	5 (0.88%)	GDPR
8	5 (0.88%)	HL7
8	5 (0.88%)	ISO/IEC 27001
9	2 (0.35%)	ISO 22301
9	2 (0.35%)	ISO 9000
10	1 (0.18%)	ISO 9001
10	1 (0.18%)	ISO/IEC 20000
10	1 (0.18%)	PCI DSS
10	1 (0.18%)	SNOMED CT

System Software
1	3 (0.53%)	Active Directory
2	2 (0.35%)	Docker
2	2 (0.35%)	HDFS
2	2 (0.35%)	Microsoft Virtual Server
3	1 (0.18%)	NFS
3	1 (0.18%)	SRDF
3	1 (0.18%)	Virtual Machines
3	1 (0.18%)	VMware ESXi
3	1 (0.18%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	1 (0.18%)	VMware Workstation
3	1 (0.18%)	XenApp

Systems Management
1	13 (2.30%)	HP Quality Center
2	2 (0.35%)	Ansible
2	2 (0.35%)	NetBackup
2	2 (0.35%)	Opscode Chef
2	2 (0.35%)	Puppet
2	2 (0.35%)	SCOM
2	2 (0.35%)	Tivoli Storage Manager
3	1 (0.18%)	EMC TimeFinder
3	1 (0.18%)	Jamf Pro
3	1 (0.18%)	Nessus
3	1 (0.18%)	NetApp OnCommand
3	1 (0.18%)	Oracle RMAN
3	1 (0.18%)	SCCM
3	1 (0.18%)	SnapMirror
3	1 (0.18%)	SnapVault
3	1 (0.18%)	TIBCO Hawk

Vendors
1	181 (32.04%)	SAP
2	38 (6.73%)	Microsoft
3	24 (4.25%)	Oracle
4	18 (3.19%)	HP
5	13 (2.30%)	Adobe
5	13 (2.30%)	Remedy
6	10 (1.77%)	Informatica
6	10 (1.77%)	ServiceNow
7	9 (1.59%)	JD Edwards
7	9 (1.59%)	Talend
8	8 (1.42%)	Tableau
9	7 (1.24%)	Salesforce.com
10	6 (1.06%)	Ariba
11	5 (0.88%)	AppDynamics
11	5 (0.88%)	Hyperion
12	4 (0.71%)	Apple
12	4 (0.71%)	Cisco
12	4 (0.71%)	MicroStrategy
12	4 (0.71%)	OpenText
13	3 (0.53%)	VMware