Pharmaceutical Contract Job Trends in Kent

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
South East > Kent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in Kent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 1.40% - -
As % of the General category 2.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
South East median daily rate £534 £213 £500
% change year-on-year +151.29% -57.50% +11.11%

All General Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 86 78 72
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 60.14% 55.32% 36.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 37 58
10th Percentile £160 £130 £155
25th Percentile £289 £219 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £505 £411
Median % change year-on-year -20.79% +22.80% -13.42%
75th Percentile £538 £623 £538
90th Percentile £638 £688 £588
South East median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 7
10th Percentile £16.36 £25.92 £26.29
25th Percentile £19.42 £33.30 £39.37
Median hourly rate £20.40 £38.85 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.49% -29.36% +51.49%
75th Percentile £34.35 £50.25 £58.25
90th Percentile £39.00 £68.16 £68.35
South East median hourly rate £20.75 £42.50 £49.87
% change year-on-year -51.18% -14.77% +63.09%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in Kent

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Pharmaceutical.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Pharmaceutical.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the Kent region over the 6 months to 20 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
Sittingbourne - 2 £400 -
Pharmaceutical
South East

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 (100.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Network Load Balancing
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Meraki
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto