Pharmaceutical Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 51 62
Rank change year-on-year -27 +11 +25
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 2 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.22% 0.53% 0.14%
As % of the General category 0.36% 0.82% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £400
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +1.55%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 555 364 346
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 61.60% 63.86% 48.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 367 223 250
10th Percentile £196 £226 £160
25th Percentile £352 £311 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £513 £530 £563
90th Percentile £610 £625 £675
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 19 29
10th Percentile £15.56 £15.01 £13.80
25th Percentile £16.17 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.27 £18.32 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year +21.53% -17.76% +41.56%
75th Percentile £25.15 £30.88 £51.50
90th Percentile £26.50 £42.74 -
England median hourly rate £23.54 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.54% -9.09% +27.86%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 January 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
Leicestershire - 2 £525 - 5
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) PRMS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Manager
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) AS400
1 2 (100.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Rockwell
1 2 (100.00%) SAP