Biopharmaceutical Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Biopharmaceutical
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Biopharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in Gloucestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Biopharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	48	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Contract jobs citing Biopharmaceutical	2	0	0
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire	0.40%	-	-
As % of the Miscellaneous category	1.54%	-	-
Number of daily rates quoted	0	0	0
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	-	-	-
South West median daily rate	£205	-	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£21.25	-	-
Median hourly rate	£22.50	-	-
75^th Percentile	£23.75	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
South West median hourly rate	£22.50	-	-

All Generic Skills
Gloucestershire

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 citing generic IT skills in Gloucestershire.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing generic IT skills	130	131	92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire	25.84%	34.56%	22.66%
Number of daily rates quoted	88	95	64
10^th Percentile	£185	£278	£404
25^th Percentile	£380	£356	£464
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£525	£583
Median % change year-on-year	+4.76%	-9.87%	+5.91%
75^th Percentile	£578	£655	£682
90^th Percentile	£676	£700	£738
South West median daily rate	£540	£525	£550
% change year-on-year	+2.86%	-4.55%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	13	6	7
10^th Percentile	£13.79	£31.50	£22.50
25^th Percentile	£15.17	£31.52	£22.50
Median hourly rate	£21.50	£33.76	£70.00
Median % change year-on-year	-36.31%	-51.78%	-14.32%
75^th Percentile	£23.75	£52.90	-
90^th Percentile	£66.15	£77.50	-
South West median hourly rate	£26.14	£22.84	£70.00
% change year-on-year	+14.45%	-67.37%	-

Biopharmaceutical Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Biopharmaceutical within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 13 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Gloucester	-	2	-	-
Biopharmaceutical South West

Biopharmaceutical Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire

For the 6 months to 13 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Biopharmaceutical also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Gloucestershire region citing Biopharmaceutical.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	DBS Check	100.0%	2
1	Degree	100.0%	2
1	DevOps	100.0%	2
1	JIRA	100.0%	2
1	Problem-Solving	100.0%	2

Biopharmaceutical Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Development Applications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	JIRA	100.0%	2