Pharmaceutical Contracts in Cambridge

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in Cambridge. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 9 19
Rank change year-on-year +6 +10 -3
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 23 26 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 20.18% 13.40% 5.84%
As % of the General category 31.08% 21.67% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 23 8
10th Percentile - £357 £225
25th Percentile £296 £363 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £410 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.59% -13.68% +5.56%
75th Percentile £541 £415 £516
90th Percentile £693 £526 £527
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £503 £410 £475
% change year-on-year +22.56% -13.68% -

All General Skills
Cambridge

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 common skills in Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 74 120 153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 64.91% 61.86% 52.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 68 88
10th Percentile £296 £219 £170
25th Percentile £405 £350 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £410 £450
Median % change year-on-year +22.56% -8.89% -4.00%
75th Percentile £591 £536 £568
90th Percentile £663 £575 £650
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £450 £425 £440
% change year-on-year +5.88% -3.41% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 20 12
10th Percentile £15.85 £15.50 £16.84
25th Percentile £17.13 £25.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £17.80 £52.50 £35.11
Median % change year-on-year -66.10% +49.53% -8.81%
75th Percentile £60.00 £66.25 £53.75
90th Percentile - £67.20 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £15.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +8.67% +3.45% +6.15%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in Cambridge

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in Cambridge.

Daily rate trend for Pharmaceutical in Cambridge

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in Cambridge over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in Cambridge

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in Cambridge.

Hourly rate trend for Pharmaceutical in Cambridge

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 2 (8.70%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) AWS
2 2 (8.70%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.35%) Amazon SQS
3 1 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (4.35%) Azure Event Grid
3 1 (4.35%) Azure Functions
3 1 (4.35%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (4.35%) SaaS
3 1 (4.35%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Electronic Patient Records
1 2 (8.70%) Hadoop
1 2 (8.70%) Power BI
1 2 (8.70%) Text Mining
General
1 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Finance
3 1 (4.35%) Health Technology
3 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Marketing
3 1 (4.35%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (13.04%) Architect
1 3 (13.04%) Developer
1 3 (13.04%) Lead
2 2 (8.70%) AWS Developer
2 2 (8.70%) Business Manager
2 2 (8.70%) Business Systems Manager
2 2 (8.70%) Information Scientist
2 2 (8.70%) Integration Architect
2 2 (8.70%) IT Manager
2 2 (8.70%) Lead Architect
2 2 (8.70%) Project Manager
2 2 (8.70%) Python Developer
2 2 (8.70%) Senior
2 2 (8.70%) Systems Manager
3 1 (4.35%) Compliance Project Manager
3 1 (4.35%) Digital Project Manager
3 1 (4.35%) Integration Analyst
3 1 (4.35%) Integration Developer
3 1 (4.35%) Integration Manager
3 1 (4.35%) SaaS Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Life Science
2 2 (8.70%) CRISPR
3 1 (4.35%) LIMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (30.43%) Data Analysis
3 6 (26.09%) Data Management
4 3 (13.04%) Analytics
4 3 (13.04%) Project Management
4 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (8.70%) Bioinformatics
5 2 (8.70%) Biotechnology
5 2 (8.70%) Data Science
5 2 (8.70%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (8.70%) Decision-Making
5 2 (8.70%) Economics
5 2 (8.70%) Informatics
5 2 (8.70%) Line Management
5 2 (8.70%) Ontologies
5 2 (8.70%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (8.70%) Remediation Plan
5 2 (8.70%) Statistical Analysis
5 2 (8.70%) Visual Analytics
5 2 (8.70%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (26.09%) Python
2 4 (17.39%) SQL
3 2 (8.70%) MATLAB
3 2 (8.70%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
1 2 (8.70%) PhD
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) SAP