Pharmaceutical Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 - 46
Rank change year-on-year - - +29
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.34% - 0.23%
As % of the General category 0.83% - 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £431 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - -
75th Percentile £494 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £507 £578 £501
% change year-on-year -12.29% +15.27% -5.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33.70 - -
Median hourly rate £38.72 - -
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £46.86 £17.46 £21.50
% change year-on-year +168.42% -18.80% -36.12%

All General Skills
Buckinghamshire

Pharmaceutical falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 361 190 260
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 41.49% 66.20% 58.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 112 160
10th Percentile £306 £209 £200
25th Percentile £422 £359 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £564
90th Percentile £638 £673 £700
South East median daily rate £505 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +1.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 26 21
10th Percentile £17.50 £13.73 £15.22
25th Percentile £18.32 - £18.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £14.20 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.45% -43.20% +84.23%
75th Percentile £25.00 £18.00 £28.75
90th Percentile £38.25 £58.13 £30.00
South East median hourly rate £47.54 £18.85 £47.50
% change year-on-year +152.27% -60.33% -5.00%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Pharmaceutical.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Pharmaceutical.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Milton Keynes - 2 - - 2
Pharmaceutical
South East

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) FactoryTalk
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) VLAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Automation Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) OSGi
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Life Science
2 2 (66.67%) Operational Technology
2 2 (66.67%) SCADA
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (33.33%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Biotechnology
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) SDLC
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Refactoring
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 2 (66.67%) GxP
2 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Rockwell
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe