Pharmaceutical Contracts in Cheshire

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
North West > Cheshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in Cheshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 8 33
Rank change year-on-year -10 +25 +5
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 41 70 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 9.26% 14.06% 5.27%
As % of the General category 13.36% 22.73% 9.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 53 22
10th Percentile - £405 £266
25th Percentile £500 £463 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £510 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% +13.33% +28.57%
75th Percentile £669 £538 £497
90th Percentile £700 £580 £640
North West median daily rate £550 £510 £450
% change year-on-year +7.84% +13.33% +6.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.00 - -
Median hourly rate £20.00 £17.72 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.87% - -
75th Percentile £21.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £17.72 -
% change year-on-year +83.41% - -

All General Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 307 308 309
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 69.30% 61.85% 58.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 195 204
10th Percentile £323 £276 £227
25th Percentile £384 £390 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £489 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +2.95% +5.56%
75th Percentile £580 £564 £566
90th Percentile £688 £629 £650
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 22 19
10th Percentile £19.00 £16.57 £14.65
25th Percentile £29.65 £17.72 £23.15
Median hourly rate £33.40 £24.58 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +35.88% -19.52% +32.78%
75th Percentile £77.63 £37.25 £33.95
90th Percentile £86.00 £43.75 £36.00
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £26.60
% change year-on-year +62.25% -33.38% +33.00%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in Cheshire

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Pharmaceutical in Cheshire

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in Cheshire over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in Cheshire

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Pharmaceutical in Cheshire

Pharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 3 May 2025. 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
Macclesfield 0 32 £550 +7.84% 4
Chester - 1 - -
Pharmaceutical
North West

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 17 (41.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.51%) Azure
2 4 (9.76%) Anthropic Claude
2 4 (9.76%) AWS
2 4 (9.76%) Azure AI
2 4 (9.76%) GCP
2 4 (9.76%) Google Gemini
2 4 (9.76%) Power Platform
2 4 (9.76%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) Data Lake
1 4 (9.76%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (9.76%) Neo4j
1 4 (9.76%) Power BI
2 2 (4.88%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Git
2 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 17 (41.46%) Manufacturing
2 16 (39.02%) Social Skills
3 14 (34.15%) Finance
4 12 (29.27%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (24.39%) Legal
6 2 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.44%) Italian Language
7 1 (2.44%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 7 (17.07%) Senior
2 6 (14.63%) Analyst
2 6 (14.63%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 5 (12.20%) Business Analyst
4 4 (9.76%) Architect
4 4 (9.76%) Data Analytics Specialist
4 4 (9.76%) Lead
4 4 (9.76%) SAP Architect
5 3 (7.32%) Associate Director
5 3 (7.32%) Business IT Analyst
5 3 (7.32%) Data Migration Expert
5 3 (7.32%) IT Analyst
5 3 (7.32%) IT Business Analyst
5 3 (7.32%) SAP Solutions Architect
5 3 (7.32%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.88%) Change Manager
6 2 (4.88%) SAP Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) SAP Business Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) SAP Supply Chain Architect
6 2 (4.88%) Supply Chain Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) PyTorch
1 4 (9.76%) TensorFlow
2 3 (7.32%) Middleware
3 1 (2.44%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Algorithms
2 5 (12.20%) Life Science
3 2 (4.88%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (4.88%) Data Structures
3 2 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.88%) Taxonomies
4 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.44%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (31.71%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (29.27%) Agile
3 10 (24.39%) Data Migration
3 10 (24.39%) Migration
4 9 (21.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (19.51%) Business Analysis
5 8 (19.51%) Data Cleansing
5 8 (19.51%) Information Architecture
6 7 (17.07%) Data Design
7 6 (14.63%) Analytics
7 6 (14.63%) Artificial Intelligence
7 6 (14.63%) CI/CD
7 6 (14.63%) Containerisation
7 6 (14.63%) Data Modelling
7 6 (14.63%) Decision-Making
7 6 (14.63%) Generative AI
7 6 (14.63%) LLM
7 6 (14.63%) Machine Learning
7 6 (14.63%) Natural Language Processing
7 6 (14.63%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) Python
2 3 (7.32%) Scala
3 1 (2.44%) Java
3 1 (2.44%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (17.07%) Degree
2 4 (9.76%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.88%) PMO
3 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 6 (14.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (14.63%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 27 (65.85%) SAP
2 9 (21.95%) Ariba
3 2 (4.88%) Anaplan
3 2 (4.88%) Hyperion
4 1 (2.44%) Microsoft