Biopharmaceutical Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Biopharmaceutical
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Biopharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Biopharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 - 106
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs citing Biopharmaceutical 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.052% - 0.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% - 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £299
25th Percentile £284 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £298 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - +42.86%
75th Percentile £311 - £388
90th Percentile - - £478
South East median daily rate £350 - £375
% change year-on-year - - +42.86%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

Biopharmaceutical falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 718 442 552
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 37.05% 36.53% 29.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 403 264 304
10th Percentile £300 £313 £213
25th Percentile £385 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +3.85%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £608
90th Percentile £698 £625 £688
South East median daily rate £520 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +4.00% -2.91% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 20 28
10th Percentile £19.34 £32.05 £11.90
25th Percentile £35.22 £50.25 £19.22
Median hourly rate £84.00 £62.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.49% +49.39% -35.83%
75th Percentile £88.00 £87.31 £60.11
90th Percentile - £88.87 £69.84
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £33.89 £57.35
% change year-on-year +77.07% -40.92% +14.70%

Biopharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Biopharmaceutical relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Biopharmaceutical job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Biopharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Biopharmaceutical.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Biopharmaceutical

Biopharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Biopharmaceutical within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 24 July 2026. 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
Slough - 1 £298 - 1
Biopharmaceutical
South East

Biopharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Information Scientist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Biomedicine
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making