Pharmaceutical Contracts in the City of London

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 112 161
Rank change year-on-year +2 +49 +17
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 6 14 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.36% 0.65% 0.29%
As % of the General category 0.50% 0.97% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 8
10th Percentile £308 £540 £336
25th Percentile £347 £653 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £800 £538
Median % change year-on-year -46.88% +48.84% -2.27%
75th Percentile £606 £871 £636
90th Percentile £708 £942 £671
Central London median daily rate £425 £800 £538
% change year-on-year -46.88% +48.84% -2.27%

All General Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,204 1,446 2,182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 71.88% 66.98% 63.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 750 1,008 1,537
10th Percentile £332 £338 £375
25th Percentile £435 £450 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.71% -8.00% +9.65%
75th Percentile £688 £691 £738
90th Percentile £775 £804 £825
Central London median daily rate £565 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 12
10th Percentile £18.15 £18.35 £14.25
25th Percentile £22.67 £20.07 £15.19
Median hourly rate £28.33 £20.82 £20.85
Median % change year-on-year +36.08% -0.18% -45.13%
75th Percentile £41.48 £27.25 £44.93
90th Percentile £89.13 £36.60 £53.65
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £24.40 £28.00
% change year-on-year +19.14% -12.86% -26.32%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Pharmaceutical as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the City of London

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the City of London

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the City of London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in the City of London

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the City of London

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (16.67%) SAP MDG
2 1 (16.67%) SAP PLM
2 1 (16.67%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
1 1 (16.67%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
1 1 (16.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Cypress.io
1 1 (16.67%) Selenium
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (33.33%) Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Support Manager
2 1 (16.67%) QA Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP PLM Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior IT Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Biopharmaceutical
1 1 (16.67%) FMCG
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Change Management
1 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
2 1 (16.67%) Budgeting
2 1 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (16.67%) Data Privacy
2 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (16.67%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (16.67%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GxP
2 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (16.67%) PMO
2 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Cegedim Rx