Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 306 382 263
Rank change year-on-year +76 -119 +11
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 932 842 2,555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.92% 0.85% 1.56%
As % of the General category 1.56% 1.25% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 345 388 410
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £39,197 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £64,402 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.36% +7.34% +14.29%
75th Percentile £69,625 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £89,875 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +8.49% +6.00%

All General Skills
UK

Pharmaceutical is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 59,832 67,156 106,134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.28% 68.18% 64.79%
Number of salaries quoted 39,796 36,292 51,369
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the UK

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical.

Salary trend for Pharmaceutical in the UK

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Pharmaceutical in the UK

Pharmaceutical
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +92 862 £50,000 -23.08% 854
UK excluding London +87 682 £50,000 -13.04% 690
Work from Home +24 265 £52,500 -16.00% 240
London +58 230 £60,000 -7.69% 225
South East +49 206 £47,500 -24.00% 195
North of England +97 171 £42,500 -14.14% 193
Midlands +54 109 £60,000 +11.63% 89
Yorkshire +85 86 £40,000 -36.00% 60
North West +50 78 £45,000 -9.09% 104
East of England -45 76 £50,000 +2.56% 117
East Midlands +33 73 £57,500 -25.81% 45
South West +43 63 £47,500 -13.64% 68
West Midlands +33 36 £60,000 +14.29% 44
Northern Ireland +26 27 £50,000 +9.29% 4
Scotland -51 24 £65,000 - 26
North East - 7 £55,000 - 31
Wales +9 6 £49,571 +20.17% 19

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 25 (2.68%) Skype for Business
2 21 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.50%) SAS
4 13 (1.39%) Documentum
5 12 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.64%) WinCC
7 5 (0.54%) CMS
7 5 (0.54%) Confluence
8 1 (0.11%) Apache
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.11%) IIS
8 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 94 (10.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (7.30%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (4.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.61%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.21%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.21%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.21%) SPSS
7 2 (0.21%) Stata
Business Applications
1 16 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
1 16 (1.72%) TrackWise
2 6 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.64%) SAP IBP
2 6 (0.64%) SAP PLM
3 5 (0.54%) SAP CO
3 5 (0.54%) SAP FI
3 5 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (0.54%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 5 (0.54%) SAP PP
4 4 (0.43%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 4 (0.43%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.32%) Q-Pulse
5 3 (0.32%) SAP SCM
6 2 (0.21%) Misys Midas
6 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.11%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 74 (7.94%) Azure
2 69 (7.40%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (5.90%) Power Platform
4 32 (3.43%) SaaS
5 23 (2.47%) AWS
6 21 (2.25%) PowerApps
7 13 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (1.39%) Power Automate
8 11 (1.18%) OneDrive
8 11 (1.18%) ShareGate
9 10 (1.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 10 (1.07%) Google Analytics
9 10 (1.07%) Google Tag Manager
10 8 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (0.86%) GCP
11 6 (0.64%) GitHub
11 6 (0.64%) PaaS
12 5 (0.54%) BigCommerce
13 4 (0.43%) Storyblok
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.68%) Cisco IOS
1 25 (2.68%) Skype
1 25 (2.68%) Telepresence
2 13 (1.39%) Firewall
3 11 (1.18%) Network Security
4 10 (1.07%) Ethernet
5 7 (0.75%) Intranet
6 6 (0.64%) Internet
6 6 (0.64%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.54%) RS-232
7 5 (0.54%) Wireless
8 4 (0.43%) Bluetooth
8 4 (0.43%) DHCP
8 4 (0.43%) DNS
9 3 (0.32%) LAN
9 3 (0.32%) Profibus
9 3 (0.32%) SAN
9 3 (0.32%) VPN
9 3 (0.32%) VSAN
10 2 (0.21%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (5.15%) Power BI
2 32 (3.43%) SQL Server
3 17 (1.82%) Relational Database
4 15 (1.61%) Tableau
5 13 (1.39%) Big Data
5 13 (1.39%) Metadata
6 11 (1.18%) Data Lake
6 11 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (1.18%) MySQL
7 9 (0.97%) SAP HANA
7 9 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (0.86%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 8 (0.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 7 (0.75%) BigQuery
9 7 (0.75%) Looker
10 5 (0.54%) Base SAS
10 5 (0.54%) SAP BW
11 4 (0.43%) GIS
11 4 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.43%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 17 (1.82%) Git
2 16 (1.72%) JIRA
3 9 (0.97%) Postman
4 8 (0.86%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.75%) Subversion
6 5 (0.54%) JMeter
6 5 (0.54%) MSTest
6 5 (0.54%) Newman
6 5 (0.54%) NUnit
6 5 (0.54%) REST Assured
6 5 (0.54%) Selenium
7 4 (0.43%) gulp
7 4 (0.43%) Katalon Studio
7 4 (0.43%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.32%) GitLab
8 3 (0.32%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.11%) LabVIEW
10 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 359 (38.52%) Social Skills
2 326 (34.98%) Manufacturing
3 189 (20.28%) Analytical Skills
4 165 (17.70%) Finance
5 82 (8.80%) Marketing
6 77 (8.26%) Automotive
7 74 (7.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 62 (6.65%) Retail
9 47 (5.04%) Law
9 47 (5.04%) Telecoms
10 46 (4.94%) Legal
11 34 (3.65%) Aerospace
12 27 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
13 24 (2.58%) Electronics
14 19 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
15 18 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
16 15 (1.61%) Health Technology
17 11 (1.18%) Aviation
17 11 (1.18%) Banking
18 10 (1.07%) French Language
Job Titles
1 176 (18.88%) Senior
2 116 (12.45%) Analyst
3 80 (8.58%) Lead
4 69 (7.40%) Project Manager
5 65 (6.97%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 59 (6.33%) QA Manager
6 59 (6.33%) QA Specialist
7 36 (3.86%) Software Engineer
8 34 (3.65%) IT Manager
8 34 (3.65%) Senior Manager
9 32 (3.43%) Support Engineer
10 25 (2.68%) Developer
10 25 (2.68%) Technical Leader
11 21 (2.25%) Data Scientist
11 21 (2.25%) Senior Data Scientist
12 19 (2.04%) Architect
12 19 (2.04%) Associate Director
12 19 (2.04%) Business Manager
12 19 (2.04%) Senior Analyst
13 18 (1.93%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.25%) .NET
2 11 (1.18%) .NET Framework
3 8 (0.86%) Node.js
3 8 (0.86%) XML
4 6 (0.64%) Django
4 6 (0.64%) React
4 6 (0.64%) REST
4 6 (0.64%) SAP TM
4 6 (0.64%) Web Services
5 5 (0.54%) .NET Core
5 5 (0.54%) Blazor
5 5 (0.54%) Entity Framework
5 5 (0.54%) Flask
5 5 (0.54%) HTML
5 5 (0.54%) Swagger
5 5 (0.54%) Vue
6 4 (0.43%) OAuth
6 4 (0.43%) RESTful
6 4 (0.43%) SAML
6 4 (0.43%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 155 (16.63%) Life Science
2 128 (13.73%) Management Information System
3 63 (6.76%) NHS
4 60 (6.44%) Biopharmaceutical
5 46 (4.94%) Algorithms
6 29 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
7 25 (2.68%) Video Conferencing
8 24 (2.58%) FMCG
9 18 (1.93%) LIMS
9 18 (1.93%) Virtual Team
10 15 (1.61%) Driving Licence
10 15 (1.61%) Operational Technology
11 13 (1.39%) Client/Server
12 11 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.18%) Pharmacovigilance
12 11 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
13 10 (1.07%) SCADA
14 9 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
15 8 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
15 8 (0.86%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.58%) Windows
2 28 (3.00%) Windows 10
3 25 (2.68%) Windows 7
4 15 (1.61%) Linux
5 14 (1.50%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (0.43%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (23.28%) QMS
2 146 (15.67%) Validation
3 128 (13.73%) Biotechnology
4 118 (12.66%) Mentoring
5 115 (12.34%) Problem-Solving
6 105 (11.27%) CAPA
7 103 (11.05%) Project Management
8 80 (8.58%) Coaching
9 74 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
9 74 (7.94%) Quality Management
10 73 (7.83%) Line Management
11 71 (7.62%) Supplier Management
12 69 (7.40%) Business Development
12 69 (7.40%) Project Delivery
13 63 (6.76%) Business Intelligence
14 62 (6.65%) Analytics
15 60 (6.44%) DevOps
15 60 (6.44%) Process Improvement
16 56 (6.01%) Software Engineering
17 55 (5.90%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 73 (7.83%) SQL
2 44 (4.72%) Python
3 38 (4.08%) C#
4 27 (2.90%) R
5 18 (1.93%) C
6 11 (1.18%) T-SQL
7 10 (1.07%) JavaScript
8 7 (0.75%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.64%) Java
10 5 (0.54%) Embedded C
10 5 (0.54%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.43%) Bash
11 4 (0.43%) Groovy
12 3 (0.32%) JSX
12 3 (0.32%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.32%) VB
13 2 (0.21%) C++
13 2 (0.21%) PHP
13 2 (0.21%) SAS Macro
14 1 (0.11%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 407 (43.67%) Degree
2 100 (10.73%) Master's Degree
3 54 (5.79%) PhD
4 39 (4.18%) MBA
5 27 (2.90%) DBS Check
6 25 (2.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 24 (2.58%) CIPD
8 17 (1.82%) Security Cleared
9 13 (1.39%) Numerate Degree
10 12 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (1.29%) NVQ Level 3
11 11 (1.18%) Azure Certification
11 11 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
12 10 (1.07%) CFA
12 10 (1.07%) CIMA
12 10 (1.07%) SC Cleared
13 9 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.64%) CISSP
14 6 (0.64%) HNC
15 5 (0.54%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 292 (31.33%) QA
2 243 (26.07%) GMP
3 60 (6.44%) Good Clinical Practice
4 35 (3.76%) GxP
5 31 (3.33%) GLP
6 26 (2.79%) GDPR
7 20 (2.15%) ISO 9001
8 17 (1.82%) ISO 13485
8 17 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 16 (1.72%) CDISC
9 16 (1.72%) Data Quality
10 14 (1.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 12 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 10 (1.07%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 10 (1.07%) GAMP
13 7 (0.75%) SLA
14 4 (0.43%) COSHH
14 4 (0.43%) IEC 62304
14 4 (0.43%) NIST
14 4 (0.43%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (2.47%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.07%) Docker
4 5 (0.54%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.43%) VMware Server
6 3 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (2.36%) Terraform
2 13 (1.39%) SCOM
3 7 (0.75%) Ansible
3 7 (0.75%) QRadar
4 6 (0.64%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.54%) Functional Safety
6 4 (0.43%) Wonderware InTouch
7 3 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (0.32%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.32%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.32%) SCCM
8 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.11%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.11%) DatAdvantage
9 1 (0.11%) Puppet
9 1 (0.11%) Stealthwatch
9 1 (0.11%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 171 (18.35%) Microsoft
2 53 (5.69%) SAP
3 38 (4.08%) Google
4 33 (3.54%) Cisco
5 25 (2.68%) Apple
5 25 (2.68%) Polycom
6 18 (1.93%) VMware
7 11 (1.18%) Databricks
7 11 (1.18%) Nintex
7 11 (1.18%) Salesforce
8 9 (0.97%) Siemens
9 8 (0.86%) QAD
9 8 (0.86%) Rockwell
10 7 (0.75%) AVEVA
11 6 (0.64%) IBM
11 6 (0.64%) Splunk
12 5 (0.54%) Oracle
12 5 (0.54%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.43%) MuleSoft
13 4 (0.43%) SYSPRO