Pharmaceutical Contracts in Hertfordshire

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 63 49
Rank change year-on-year +22 -14 +3
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 6 10 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.79% 1.21% 2.64%
As % of the General category 3.14% 1.95% 4.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 17
10th Percentile - - £235
25th Percentile - £475 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% -14.81%
75th Percentile - £525 £738
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £550 £514 £450
% change year-on-year +7.06% +14.17% -12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 2
10th Percentile - - £43.93
25th Percentile - - £46.81
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £52.25
Median % change year-on-year - +14.83% +6.63%
75th Percentile - - £58.31
90th Percentile - - £61.58
East of England median hourly rate - £60.00 £52.25
% change year-on-year - +14.83% +6.63%

All General Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 191 512 428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 57.01% 61.91% 56.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 133 206
10th Percentile £346 £200 £222
25th Percentile £452 £331 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £506
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -16.05% +10.05%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £675
90th Percentile £675 £700 £838
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 242 91
10th Percentile £17.38 - £45.00
25th Percentile £32.85 £38.12 £53.63
Median hourly rate £62.25 £50.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.50% -16.67% +22.45%
75th Percentile £73.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £65.00 £70.00
East of England median hourly rate £30.78 £38.12 £21.00
% change year-on-year -19.25% +81.52% +44.83%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing Pharmaceutical as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in Hertfordshire

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Pharmaceutical in Hertfordshire

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Pharmaceutical in Hertfordshire

Pharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Stevenage +14 4 - - 6
Pharmaceutical
East of England

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Big Data
1 1 (16.67%) Data Lake
1 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (16.67%) Metadata
1 1 (16.67%) NoSQL
1 1 (16.67%) RDBMS
1 1 (16.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) ER Studio
1 1 (16.67%) ERwin
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Data Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Data Modeller
2 1 (16.67%) IT Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Principal Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Principal Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (16.67%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Incident Management
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Coaching
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Security
2 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Data Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Data Ingestion
3 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Data Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Domain-Driven Design
3 1 (16.67%) ETL
3 1 (16.67%) Logical Data Model
3 1 (16.67%) Metadata Management
3 1 (16.67%) Ontologies
3 1 (16.67%) Physical Data Model
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) SLA
2 2 (33.33%) GxP
3 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Remedy
3 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow