Pharmaceutical Contracts in the East of England

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 69 94
Rank change year-on-year +37 +25 -25
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 97 61 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 5.12% 2.94% 2.22%
As % of the General category 8.26% 4.86% 3.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 41 33
10th Percentile £370 £281 £259
25th Percentile £405 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -2.70% -7.50%
75th Percentile £550 £531 £563
90th Percentile £600 £675 £600
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 11
10th Percentile - - £47.00
25th Percentile - - £47.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £42.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -14.29% +8.89%
75th Percentile - - £49.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £30.16 £36.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -16.22% -26.53% +8.89%

All General Skills
East of England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,174 1,254 1,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 61.92% 60.38% 59.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 452 692 781
10th Percentile £239 £200 £161
25th Percentile £350 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +8.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £563 £626 £550
90th Percentile £650 £725 £638
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 451 265 331
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £14.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £21.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +81.52% +44.83% -3.33%
75th Percentile £50.00 £61.25 £22.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.31 £21.30
% change year-on-year -12.56% +61.08% -5.33%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Pharmaceutical as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the East of England

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the East of England

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in the East of England

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the East of England

Pharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the East of England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bedfordshire +13 53 £525 +23.53% 4
Cambridgeshire +14 34 £410 +5.81% 30
Hertfordshire -6 9 £500 +5.26% 34
Essex -1 1 £400 -8.57% 9
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 6 (6.19%) Confluence
2 4 (4.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (4.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (2.06%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 31 (31.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.06%) SAP BPC
3 1 (1.03%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.03%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 8 (8.25%) Power Platform
2 6 (6.19%) Collibra
3 5 (5.15%) Azure
4 4 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.03%) AWS
5 1 (1.03%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.09%) LAN
1 3 (3.09%) WAN
2 1 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.25%) Power BI
2 6 (6.19%) Metadata
3 3 (3.09%) SAP HANA
4 2 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.03%) Data Hub
5 1 (1.03%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 10 (10.31%) JIRA
2 6 (6.19%) Eclipse
2 6 (6.19%) PyCharm
General
1 31 (31.96%) Social Skills
2 23 (23.71%) Manufacturing
3 21 (21.65%) Finance
4 12 (12.37%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (7.22%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (6.19%) Aerospace
6 6 (6.19%) Electronics
7 4 (4.12%) Banking
7 4 (4.12%) Marketing
8 2 (2.06%) General Ledger
8 2 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (26.80%) Analyst
2 17 (17.53%) Business Analyst
3 15 (15.46%) Project Manager
4 14 (14.43%) Lead
5 9 (9.28%) Consultant
5 9 (9.28%) Data Analyst
6 7 (7.22%) Senior
7 6 (6.19%) Data Governance Analyst
7 6 (6.19%) Data Governance Manager
7 6 (6.19%) Data Manager
7 6 (6.19%) Functional Consultant
7 6 (6.19%) Governance Manager
7 6 (6.19%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
7 6 (6.19%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (5.15%) Change Manager
8 5 (5.15%) Engineering Manager
8 5 (5.15%) SAP Analyst
8 5 (5.15%) SAP Manager
9 4 (4.12%) Support Engineer
9 4 (4.12%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.03%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 15 (15.46%) Life Science
2 6 (6.19%) Product Ownership
3 5 (5.15%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.12%) LIMS
5 3 (3.09%) Data Structures
5 3 (3.09%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.06%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 2 (2.06%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.03%) CRISPR
7 1 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.03%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (40.21%) Stakeholder Management
2 24 (24.74%) Project Management
3 22 (22.68%) Data Governance
4 14 (14.43%) Lean Six Sigma
4 14 (14.43%) Six Sigma
5 13 (13.40%) Project Delivery
6 11 (11.34%) Biotechnology
6 11 (11.34%) Business Analysis
7 10 (10.31%) Analytics
8 9 (9.28%) Change Management
8 9 (9.28%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (9.28%) Record to Report
9 8 (8.25%) Data Design
9 8 (8.25%) Data Protection
9 8 (8.25%) Decision-Making
10 7 (7.22%) Business Process Modelling
10 7 (7.22%) Business Transformation
10 7 (7.22%) Requirements Engineering
10 7 (7.22%) Requirements Gathering
10 7 (7.22%) Stakeholder Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.22%) Python
2 6 (6.19%) Groovy
2 6 (6.19%) Java
2 6 (6.19%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.03%) R
3 1 (1.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (23.71%) Degree
2 7 (7.22%) IIBA
3 4 (4.12%) CCNA
3 4 (4.12%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (4.12%) MCSA
3 4 (4.12%) MCSE
3 4 (4.12%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.06%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.03%) CISA
5 1 (1.03%) CISM
5 1 (1.03%) CISSP
5 1 (1.03%) PhD
5 1 (1.03%) PMP
5 1 (1.03%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (18.56%) GxP
2 16 (16.49%) GDPR
3 13 (13.40%) Good Clinical Practice
4 7 (7.22%) Data Quality
5 6 (6.19%) GMP
6 5 (5.15%) PMO
7 4 (4.12%) SLA
8 3 (3.09%) QA
9 2 (2.06%) GAMP
9 2 (2.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (1.03%) NIST
10 1 (1.03%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (4.12%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 35 (36.08%) SAP
2 27 (27.84%) Ariba
3 4 (4.12%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.12%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.06%) Hyperion
4 2 (2.06%) Snow
5 1 (1.03%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.03%) Cadence
5 1 (1.03%) Talend