Pharmaceutical Contracts 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 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 69 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.57% 0.12% -
As % of the General category 0.93% 0.22% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
England median daily rate £550 £510 £505
% change year-on-year +7.84% +0.99% -3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £50.00 -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £30.16 £22.53
% change year-on-year +90.65% +33.87% -54.02%

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 common skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 430 450 532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 60.91% 52.02% 53.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 279 407
10th Percentile £213 £184 £223
25th Percentile £320 £259 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £488 £575 £613
90th Percentile £547 £638 £740
England median daily rate £518 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -3.21% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 57 32
10th Percentile £15.12 £12.22 £13.17
25th Percentile £18.26 £13.50 £19.05
Median hourly rate £21.39 £16.63 £26.99
Median % change year-on-year +28.62% -38.38% +11.30%
75th Percentile £25.15 £35.00 £51.50
90th Percentile £40.06 £51.91 -
England median hourly rate £27.50 £32.70 £30.00
% change year-on-year -15.90% +8.99% +28.26%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Pharmaceutical as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the East Midlands

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the East Midlands

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the East Midlands

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 1 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
Nottinghamshire - 4 £500 - 17
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Transformation Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Transformation Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Master Data Management
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (25.00%) Data Conversion
3 1 (25.00%) Network Virtualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) AAT
1 1 (25.00%) ACCA
1 1 (25.00%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GAAP
1 1 (25.00%) IFRS
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
1 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) SAP