Biopharmaceutical Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Biopharmaceutical
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Biopharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Biopharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 - 95
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Biopharmaceutical 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.041% - 0.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% - 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 - -
England median daily rate £388 £614 £413
% change year-on-year -36.89% +48.85% -28.26%

All Generic Skills
East of England

Biopharmaceutical falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 722 440 352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 29.88% 33.56% 23.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 193 158
10th Percentile £168 £196 £204
25th Percentile £303 £375 £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £501 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.35% +11.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £572
90th Percentile £694 £700 £647
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 95 47
10th Percentile £14.71 £13.84 £28.50
25th Percentile £16.75 £21.65 £46.25
Median hourly rate £67.89 £50.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.78% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £74.32 £73.13 £73.50
90th Percentile £84.60 £84.50 £85.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +16.67% -47.69% +24.59%

Biopharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Biopharmaceutical job vacancy trend in the East of England

Biopharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Biopharmaceutical.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Biopharmaceutical

Biopharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Biopharmaceutical.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Biopharmaceutical

Biopharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Biopharmaceutical within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Cambridgeshire - 1 £580 - 15
Biopharmaceutical
England

Biopharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Commercialisation
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP