Pharmaceutical Contract Job Trends in East London

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
London > East London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in East 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 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in East London 0.83% - -
As % of the General category 1.32% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - -
75th Percentile £238 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £525 £750 £600
% change year-on-year -30.00% +25.00% +14.29%

All General Skills
East 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 general skills in East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 76 65 159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 62.81% 65.66% 72.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 54 139
10th Percentile £244 £313 £319
25th Percentile £397 £415 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £540
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% - -
75th Percentile £608 £587 £627
90th Percentile £688 £662 £771
London median daily rate £546 £563 £575
% change year-on-year -2.89% -2.17% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 10
10th Percentile £21.31 £14.66 -
25th Percentile £23.38 £24.66 £11.95
Median hourly rate £24.03 £28.60 £18.41
Median % change year-on-year -15.98% +55.37% -18.13%
75th Percentile £24.89 £32.00 £37.83
90th Percentile £26.96 £36.80 £38.28
London median hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +9.38% +6.67% -5.39%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in East London

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend in East London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Pharmaceutical.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Trend in East London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Pharmaceutical.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in East London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the East London region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Havering - 1 £225 -
Pharmaceutical
London

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory