Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Scotland > Edinburgh
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 99 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +26 |
| Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh | - | - | 0.25% |
| As % of the General category | - | - | 0.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| Scotland median daily rate | £438 | - | - |
All General Skills
Edinburgh
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 Edinburgh.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills | 498 | 621 | 875 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 78.30% | 71.38% | 74.03% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 268 | 351 | 615 |
| 10th Percentile | £211 | £162 | £227 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £340 | £408 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £467 | £465 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.32% | -2.11% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £535 | £556 | £545 |
| 90th Percentile | £602 | £663 | £600 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £463 | £450 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.78% | -5.26% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 12 | 36 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.79 | £13.38 | £13.39 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.00 | £16.50 | £17.72 |
| Median hourly rate | £23.77 | £25.09 | £21.26 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.27% | +18.02% | -18.23% |
| 75th Percentile | £37.17 | £60.75 | £21.67 |
| 90th Percentile | £58.58 | £65.38 | £33.27 |
| Scotland median hourly rate | £19.97 | £18.13 | £19.88 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.15% | -8.80% | -38.15% |
Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh
Job postings citing Pharmaceutical as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.
Pharmaceutical
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in Edinburgh.
Pharmaceutical
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in Edinburgh.