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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 331 360 280
Rank change year-on-year +29 -80 +12
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 848 969 2,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.86% 0.93% 1.43%
As % of the General category 1.44% 1.36% 2.25%
Number of salaries quoted 327 407 395
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,850 £37,500
25th Percentile £39,197 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £94,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -17.50% +12.15% +7.00%

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 58,854 71,332 99,359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.84% 68.58% 63.76%
Number of salaries quoted 39,596 38,382 51,164
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £101,250 £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 29 April 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 29 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +49 785 £50,000 -23.08% 621
UK excluding London +33 615 £49,500 -17.50% 512
Work from Home +20 236 £52,500 -16.00% 198
London +46 214 £60,500 -6.92% 130
South East +33 189 £47,500 -24.00% 119
North of England +44 147 £40,000 -19.19% 160
Midlands +36 99 £60,000 +9.09% 66
East of England -34 78 £50,000 -10.71% 84
Yorkshire +58 72 £40,000 -36.00% 57
North West +45 70 £43,000 -13.13% 87
East Midlands +5 68 £48,750 -37.10% 31
South West +33 50 £47,500 +18.75% 50
West Midlands +33 31 £60,000 +14.29% 36
Northern Ireland +27 25 £50,000 +9.29% 7
Scotland -46 22 £60,000 -7.69% 33
Wales +10 5 - - 11
North East - 5 £55,000 - 24

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 (2.95%) Skype for Business
2 21 (2.48%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.77%) SAS
4 12 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (1.30%) Documentum
6 5 (0.59%) WinCC
7 4 (0.47%) NServiceBus
8 3 (0.35%) CMS
8 3 (0.35%) Confluence
9 1 (0.12%) Apache
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.12%) IIS
9 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 90 (10.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 70 (8.25%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (4.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.77%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.24%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.24%) SPSS
7 2 (0.24%) Stata
Business Applications
1 17 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.65%) TrackWise
3 7 (0.83%) SAP IBP
3 7 (0.83%) SAP PLM
4 6 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.71%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 6 (0.71%) SAP PP
5 5 (0.59%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.59%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.59%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.47%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 4 (0.47%) SAP BPC
7 3 (0.35%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.35%) SAP SCM
8 2 (0.24%) Misys Midas
9 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 70 (8.25%) Azure
2 69 (8.14%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (5.90%) Power Platform
4 33 (3.89%) SaaS
5 21 (2.48%) PowerApps
6 20 (2.36%) AWS
7 17 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (1.53%) Power Automate
9 11 (1.30%) OneDrive
9 11 (1.30%) ShareGate
10 9 (1.06%) Google Analytics
10 9 (1.06%) Google Tag Manager
11 8 (0.94%) GCP
11 8 (0.94%) PaaS
12 6 (0.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 6 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (0.71%) GitHub
13 5 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (0.59%) IaaS
14 4 (0.47%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.95%) Cisco IOS
1 25 (2.95%) Skype
1 25 (2.95%) Telepresence
2 10 (1.18%) Firewall
2 10 (1.18%) Network Security
3 7 (0.83%) Ethernet
3 7 (0.83%) Intranet
4 6 (0.71%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.59%) DHCP
5 5 (0.59%) DNS
5 5 (0.59%) Internet
5 5 (0.59%) RS-232
5 5 (0.59%) Wireless
6 4 (0.47%) Bluetooth
7 3 (0.35%) LAN
7 3 (0.35%) SAN
7 3 (0.35%) VPN
7 3 (0.35%) VSAN
8 2 (0.24%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (5.07%) Power BI
2 29 (3.42%) SQL Server
3 14 (1.65%) Tableau
4 11 (1.30%) MySQL
4 11 (1.30%) Relational Database
5 10 (1.18%) Big Data
6 9 (1.06%) Metadata
7 8 (0.94%) Data Lake
7 8 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.94%) SAP HANA
8 7 (0.83%) BigQuery
8 7 (0.83%) Looker
9 6 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.59%) Base SAS
10 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 5 (0.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (0.47%) GIS
11 4 (0.47%) SAP BW
12 3 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
12 3 (0.35%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 15 (1.77%) JIRA
2 13 (1.53%) Git
3 9 (1.06%) Postman
4 7 (0.83%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.83%) Subversion
5 5 (0.59%) JMeter
5 5 (0.59%) Newman
5 5 (0.59%) REST Assured
5 5 (0.59%) Selenium
6 4 (0.47%) Katalon Studio
6 4 (0.47%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.24%) GitLab
7 2 (0.24%) gulp
7 2 (0.24%) MSTest
7 2 (0.24%) NUnit
7 2 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.12%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 328 (38.68%) Social Skills
2 287 (33.84%) Manufacturing
3 171 (20.17%) Analytical Skills
4 166 (19.58%) Finance
5 77 (9.08%) Automotive
6 72 (8.49%) Marketing
7 64 (7.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 62 (7.31%) Retail
9 50 (5.90%) Legal
9 50 (5.90%) Telecoms
10 46 (5.42%) Law
11 33 (3.89%) Aerospace
12 24 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (2.59%) Electronics
14 18 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
15 15 (1.77%) Health Technology
16 14 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
17 12 (1.42%) French Language
17 12 (1.42%) German Language
18 10 (1.18%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 135 (15.92%) Senior
2 101 (11.91%) Analyst
3 78 (9.20%) Lead
4 69 (8.14%) Project Manager
5 55 (6.49%) QA Manager
6 34 (4.01%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 33 (3.89%) Senior Manager
7 33 (3.89%) Support Engineer
8 32 (3.77%) IT Manager
9 28 (3.30%) QA Specialist
10 27 (3.18%) Software Engineer
11 25 (2.95%) Technical Leader
12 22 (2.59%) Developer
13 21 (2.48%) Business Manager
14 19 (2.24%) Development Manager
14 19 (2.24%) QA Leader
15 18 (2.12%) Business Development Manager
15 18 (2.12%) Data Scientist
15 18 (2.12%) Financial Analyst
16 17 (2.00%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.77%) .NET
2 12 (1.42%) XML
3 10 (1.18%) Web Services
4 7 (0.83%) .NET Framework
4 7 (0.83%) JSON
4 7 (0.83%) SAP TM
5 6 (0.71%) HTML
6 5 (0.59%) Swagger
7 4 (0.47%) Gherkin
7 4 (0.47%) Node.js
7 4 (0.47%) OAuth
7 4 (0.47%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (0.47%) React
7 4 (0.47%) SAML
7 4 (0.47%) XSLT
7 4 (0.47%) Yocto
8 3 (0.35%) Django
8 3 (0.35%) Middleware
8 3 (0.35%) OpenID
8 3 (0.35%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 130 (15.33%) Life Science
2 124 (14.62%) Management Information System
3 54 (6.37%) Biopharmaceutical
4 53 (6.25%) NHS
5 35 (4.13%) Algorithms
6 28 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
7 25 (2.95%) Video Conferencing
8 24 (2.83%) FMCG
9 16 (1.89%) Virtual Team
10 15 (1.77%) LIMS
10 15 (1.77%) Operational Technology
11 13 (1.53%) Client/Server
12 12 (1.42%) Driving Licence
13 10 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
14 9 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (1.06%) SCADA
15 8 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
15 8 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
15 8 (0.94%) Public Cloud
16 7 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.78%) Windows
2 28 (3.30%) Windows 10
3 25 (2.95%) Windows 7
4 15 (1.77%) Linux
5 14 (1.65%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.47%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (0.47%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (21.11%) QMS
2 141 (16.63%) Validation
3 113 (13.33%) Biotechnology
4 108 (12.74%) Project Management
5 103 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
6 77 (9.08%) Mentoring
7 70 (8.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 69 (8.14%) Business Development
9 68 (8.02%) CAPA
10 67 (7.90%) Quality Management
11 65 (7.67%) Project Delivery
12 60 (7.08%) DevOps
13 58 (6.84%) Business Intelligence
14 56 (6.60%) Agile
15 52 (6.13%) Roadmaps
16 49 (5.78%) Chemistry
16 49 (5.78%) Coaching
17 48 (5.66%) ITIL
17 48 (5.66%) Process Improvement
18 47 (5.54%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 69 (8.14%) SQL
2 41 (4.83%) Python
3 34 (4.01%) C#
4 28 (3.30%) R
5 17 (2.00%) C
6 10 (1.18%) PowerShell
7 9 (1.06%) JavaScript
8 8 (0.94%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.83%) Java
10 4 (0.47%) Bash
10 4 (0.47%) Bicep
10 4 (0.47%) Embedded C
10 4 (0.47%) Groovy
10 4 (0.47%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.47%) VB
11 2 (0.24%) C++
11 2 (0.24%) JSX
11 2 (0.24%) PHP
11 2 (0.24%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.24%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 353 (41.63%) Degree
2 96 (11.32%) Master's Degree
3 46 (5.42%) PhD
4 42 (4.95%) MBA
5 25 (2.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 22 (2.59%) DBS Check
7 20 (2.36%) CIPD
8 16 (1.89%) Security Cleared
9 13 (1.53%) Numerate Degree
10 11 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (1.30%) NVQ Level 3
11 10 (1.18%) CFA
11 10 (1.18%) CIMA
11 10 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.94%) Azure Certification
13 8 (0.94%) SC Cleared
14 7 (0.83%) HNC
15 6 (0.71%) CISSP
16 5 (0.59%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 251 (29.60%) QA
2 208 (24.53%) GMP
3 53 (6.25%) Good Clinical Practice
4 32 (3.77%) GxP
5 25 (2.95%) GLP
6 21 (2.48%) GDPR
7 19 (2.24%) ISO 9001
8 17 (2.00%) CDISC
8 17 (2.00%) ISO 13485
9 16 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 13 (1.53%) Data Quality
10 13 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 12 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 10 (1.18%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 10 (1.18%) GAMP
13 7 (0.83%) SLA
14 4 (0.47%) COSHH
14 4 (0.47%) HIPAA
14 4 (0.47%) IEC 62304
14 4 (0.47%) PMO
System Software
1 24 (2.83%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.18%) Docker
4 5 (0.59%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.47%) VMware Server
6 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (2.24%) Terraform
2 9 (1.06%) SCOM
3 7 (0.83%) Ansible
3 7 (0.83%) QRadar
4 6 (0.71%) Functional Safety
4 6 (0.71%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.59%) Wonderware InTouch
6 3 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (0.35%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.35%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.35%) SCCM
7 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.12%) DatAdvantage
8 1 (0.12%) Puppet
8 1 (0.12%) Stealthwatch
8 1 (0.12%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 167 (19.69%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.37%) SAP
3 38 (4.48%) Google
4 33 (3.89%) Cisco
5 25 (2.95%) Apple
5 25 (2.95%) Polycom
6 18 (2.12%) VMware
7 11 (1.30%) Nintex
8 9 (1.06%) Salesforce
9 8 (0.94%) Databricks
9 8 (0.94%) Siemens
10 7 (0.83%) QAD
10 7 (0.83%) Rockwell
11 6 (0.71%) AVEVA
11 6 (0.71%) IBM
11 6 (0.71%) Splunk
12 5 (0.59%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.59%) Wonderware
13 4 (0.47%) HP
13 4 (0.47%) Oracle