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 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 12 24
Rank change year-on-year -14 +12 +25
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 44 60 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 7.77% 10.83% 6.69%
As % of the General category 11.37% 16.90% 10.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 45 23
10th Percentile £478 £405 £270
25th Percentile £500 £463 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% +30.91%
75th Percentile £650 £538 £500
90th Percentile £700 £585 £670
North West median daily rate £550 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +10.00% +11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - - £18.85
25th Percentile £19.00 - £20.88
Median hourly rate £20.00 £17.72 £22.27
Median % change year-on-year +12.87% -20.41% -10.94%
75th Percentile £21.00 - £22.53
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £20.00 £17.72 £22.53
% change year-on-year +12.87% -21.35% -9.88%

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 387 355 315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 68.37% 64.08% 62.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 233 196
10th Percentile £331 £313 £261
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% -1.10% +9.65%
75th Percentile £572 £575 £588
90th Percentile £686 £638 £669
North West median daily rate £463 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -6.19% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 20 27
10th Percentile £12.82 £17.63 £14.70
25th Percentile £29.50 £21.31 £22.53
Median hourly rate £33.40 £35.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -4.57% +14.60% +32.78%
75th Percentile £50.00 £37.25 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £43.75 £37.45
North West median hourly rate £29.54 £23.48 £23.15
% change year-on-year +25.81% +1.40% -6.46%

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 July 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 July 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 34 £550 +10.00% 1
Chester - 1 - - 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 (6.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (34.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (18.18%) Azure
2 4 (9.09%) Anthropic Claude
2 4 (9.09%) AWS
2 4 (9.09%) Azure AI
2 4 (9.09%) GCP
2 4 (9.09%) Google Gemini
2 4 (9.09%) Power Platform
2 4 (9.09%) Snowflake
3 1 (2.27%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.55%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.09%) Data Lake
1 4 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (9.09%) Neo4j
1 4 (9.09%) Power BI
2 2 (4.55%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Git
2 1 (2.27%) JIRA
General
1 17 (38.64%) Manufacturing
1 17 (38.64%) Social Skills
2 14 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (31.82%) Finance
3 10 (22.73%) Legal
4 2 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Italian Language
5 1 (2.27%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 7 (15.91%) Analyst
2 6 (13.64%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 6 (13.64%) Business Analyst
2 6 (13.64%) Senior
3 5 (11.36%) Architect
3 5 (11.36%) Lead
4 4 (9.09%) Data Analytics Specialist
5 3 (6.82%) Business IT Analyst
5 3 (6.82%) Data Migration Expert
5 3 (6.82%) IT Analyst
5 3 (6.82%) IT Business Analyst
5 3 (6.82%) Programme Manager
5 3 (6.82%) SAP Architect
5 3 (6.82%) SAP Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.82%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.55%) SAP Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) SAP Business Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) SAP Financial Specialist
6 2 (4.55%) SAP Supply Chain Architect
6 2 (4.55%) Supply Chain Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.09%) PyTorch
1 4 (9.09%) TensorFlow
2 3 (6.82%) Middleware
3 1 (2.27%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.64%) Algorithms
2 5 (11.36%) Life Science
3 3 (6.82%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (4.55%) Data Fabric
4 2 (4.55%) Data Structures
4 2 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.27%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.27%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (29.55%) Agile
2 13 (29.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (18.18%) Business Analysis
3 8 (18.18%) Containerisation
3 8 (18.18%) Information Architecture
4 7 (15.91%) Data Design
4 7 (15.91%) Data Migration
4 7 (15.91%) Decision-Making
4 7 (15.91%) ETL
4 7 (15.91%) Migration
5 6 (13.64%) Artificial Intelligence
5 6 (13.64%) CI/CD
5 6 (13.64%) Data Cleansing
5 6 (13.64%) Data Modelling
5 6 (13.64%) Machine Learning
5 6 (13.64%) Natural Language Processing
5 6 (13.64%) Project Management
5 6 (13.64%) Risk Management
5 6 (13.64%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.64%) Python
2 3 (6.82%) Scala
3 1 (2.27%) Java
3 1 (2.27%) R
3 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (15.91%) Degree
2 4 (9.09%) Master's Degree
3 2 (4.55%) CCNP
3 2 (4.55%) CCSA
3 2 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.82%) GxP
1 3 (6.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (4.55%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.55%) PMO
3 1 (2.27%) QA
System Software
1 6 (13.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (13.64%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (54.55%) SAP
2 9 (20.45%) Ariba
3 2 (4.55%) Anaplan
3 2 (4.55%) Hyperion
3 2 (4.55%) Palo Alto
3 2 (4.55%) Zscaler
4 1 (2.27%) Cisco
4 1 (2.27%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.27%) Oracle