Pharmaceutical Contract Job Trends in Fife

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Scotland > Fife

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in Fife. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 5
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 0 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Fife - - 14.29%
As % of the General category - - 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate £425 - -

All General Skills
Fife

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 Fife.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 20 10 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Fife 68.97% 45.45% 78.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 9 4
10th Percentile - £70 -
25th Percentile - £130 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £153 £140
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +9.29% -67.06%
75th Percentile - £488 £186
90th Percentile - - £270
Scotland median daily rate £465 £472 £450
% change year-on-year -1.38% +4.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.30 - £13.25
Median hourly rate £15.89 £65.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -75.56% +381.48% -77.13%
75th Percentile £17.47 - £13.75
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £16.11 £19.23 £16.92
% change year-on-year -16.22% +13.65% -43.60%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Fife

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in Fife