Biopharmaceutical Contract Job Trends in England

Biopharmaceutical
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Biopharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Biopharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 531 497 546
Rank change year-on-year -34 +49 +181
Contract jobs citing Biopharmaceutical 8 8 9
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.025% 0.028% 0.024%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.072% 0.087% 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 6
10th Percentile - - £409
25th Percentile - £394 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £614 £413 £575
Median % change year-on-year +48.85% -28.26% +21.05%
75th Percentile £950 £431 £625
90th Percentile - - £638
UK median daily rate £614 £413 £575
% change year-on-year +48.85% -28.26% +21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.72 - -
Median hourly rate £17.44 - -
75th Percentile £18.15 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £41.22 - -

All Generic Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,164 9,228 11,626
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.35% 32.45% 31.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,054 5,574 7,852
10th Percentile £283 £276 £263
25th Percentile £409 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.68% - -3.13%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £784 £775
UK median daily rate £503 £528 £549
% change year-on-year -4.74% -3.92% -0.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 550 267 470
10th Percentile £14.25 £17.18 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £23.80 £20.50
Median hourly rate £28.56 £37.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.80% -12.94% +25.67%
75th Percentile £62.64 £66.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £82.63 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £33.65 £41.85
% change year-on-year -19.13% -19.60% +26.80%

Biopharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Biopharmaceutical job vacancy trend in England

Biopharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Biopharmaceutical

Biopharmaceutical
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Biopharmaceutical in England over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Biopharmaceutical in England

Biopharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Biopharmaceutical

Biopharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 28 December 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
London -3 7 £614 - 11
South East - 1 - - 11
Biopharmaceutical
UK

Biopharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Azure Pipelines
1 2 (25.00%) GCP
1 2 (25.00%) GitHub
1 2 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
1 2 (25.00%) OpenShift
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) CircleCI
1 2 (25.00%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (37.50%) Publishing
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Health
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Healthcare
4 1 (12.50%) Health Technology
4 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) DataOps Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Applications Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Product Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Healthcare Manager
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support Technician
3 1 (12.50%) IT Technician
3 1 (12.50%) Product Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Cloud Native
1 3 (37.50%) Genomics
1 3 (37.50%) Omics
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (12.50%) Life Science
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) AI
1 5 (62.50%) DevOps
1 5 (62.50%) Software Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
3 3 (37.50%) Biomedicine
3 3 (37.50%) Code Coverage
3 3 (37.50%) Data Analysis
3 3 (37.50%) Data Engineering
3 3 (37.50%) Data Governance
3 3 (37.50%) Data Ingestion
3 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
3 3 (37.50%) DataOps
3 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
3 3 (37.50%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (37.50%) GitOps
3 3 (37.50%) Immunology
3 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (37.50%) Machine Learning
3 3 (37.50%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (25.00%) Python
1 2 (25.00%) Ruby
1 2 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Adobe
2 1 (12.50%) Digital Fuel
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft