Pharmaceutical Contract Job Trends in Devon

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
South West > Devon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in Devon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 25 -
Rank change year-on-year -13 - -
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 1.61% 0.64% -
As % of the General category 3.09% 1.32% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £200 - -
25th Percentile £211 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £243 £750 -
Median % change year-on-year -67.67% - -
75th Percentile £274 - -
90th Percentile £612 - -
South West median daily rate £334 £750 -
% change year-on-year -55.50% - -

All General Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 162 76 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 52.26% 48.41% 44.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 33 57
10th Percentile £209 - £150
25th Percentile £321 £145 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +31.38% -10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £700 £588 £600
90th Percentile £838 £680 £675
South West median daily rate £525 £495 £505
% change year-on-year +6.06% -1.98% -6.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 6 8
10th Percentile - £20.49 £13.86
25th Percentile £12.71 £23.64 £18.34
Median hourly rate £17.25 £26.96 £25.28
Median % change year-on-year -36.02% +6.67% -49.45%
75th Percentile £19.25 £28.50 £45.94
90th Percentile £31.94 £28.90 £69.75
South West median hourly rate £38.50 £22.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +71.11% -65.38% +21.12%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in Devon

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Histogram in Devon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in Devon over the 6 months to 2 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in Devon

Pharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the Devon region over the 6 months to 2 September 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
Barnstaple - 1 £825 - 1
Pharmaceutical
South West

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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:

General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Security Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Biopharmaceutical
1 1 (20.00%) Life Science
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Biomedicine
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) AI
2 3 (60.00%) Generative AI
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Security
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) SAP