Pharmaceutical Contract Job Trends in London

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 261 316 351
Rank change year-on-year +55 +35 +11
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 113 65 81
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.83% 0.42% 0.40%
As % of the General category 1.21% 0.66% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 29 53
10th Percentile £350 £393 £270
25th Percentile £500 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £718 £600 £613
90th Percentile £875 £715 £666
England median daily rate £575 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
England median hourly rate £62.25 £32.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +91.54% +62.50% -25.93%

All General Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,336 9,822 13,267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 68.37% 62.73% 64.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,096 6,281 9,635
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £575 £587
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% -2.12% -2.09%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 114 168
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.65 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.42 £27.13 £20.38
Median hourly rate £30.75 £37.79 £35.13
Median % change year-on-year -18.63% +7.57% +12.40%
75th Percentile £47.00 £54.69 £56.21
90th Percentile £66.90 £75.88 £76.63
England median hourly rate £25.00 £32.29 £30.00
% change year-on-year -22.56% +7.62% +18.81%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in London

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in London over the 6 months to 1 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in London

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the London region over the 6 months to 1 November 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
Central London -1 11 £713 +42.50% 36
West London -15 2 £285 -48.18% 3
North London - 1 £400 -
South London - 1 £513 - 1
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.54%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (2.65%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.65%) CMS
3 2 (1.77%) Confluence
3 2 (1.77%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.88%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.77%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.77%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (15.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (4.42%) SAP CO
3 4 (3.54%) SAP FI
3 4 (3.54%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (3.54%) SAP IBP
4 3 (2.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (2.65%) SAP PLM
5 2 (1.77%) SAP MDG
5 2 (1.77%) SAP VC
5 2 (1.77%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.88%) SAP APO
6 1 (0.88%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.88%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.88%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.88%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.88%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.88%) SAP R/3
6 1 (0.88%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.88%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 22 (19.47%) GCP
2 17 (15.04%) Azure
3 16 (14.16%) GitHub
4 15 (13.27%) AWS
5 12 (10.62%) Cloud Run
6 8 (7.08%) Power Platform
7 6 (5.31%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (5.31%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 4 (3.54%) dbt
8 4 (3.54%) Figma
8 4 (3.54%) IaaS
9 3 (2.65%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (2.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.77%) Azure Pipelines
10 2 (1.77%) Lucidchart
10 2 (1.77%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.77%) OpenShift
10 2 (1.77%) SaaS
10 2 (1.77%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.77%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.77%) Firewall
1 2 (1.77%) Network Security
1 2 (1.77%) Wireless
2 1 (0.88%) Cisco ICM
2 1 (0.88%) DHCP
2 1 (0.88%) DNS
2 1 (0.88%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.88%) VPN
2 1 (0.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.08%) Power BI
1 8 (7.08%) SAP HANA
2 3 (2.65%) Data Lake
2 3 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.65%) Tableau
3 2 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.77%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.77%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.88%) KNIME
4 1 (0.88%) Metadata
4 1 (0.88%) Neo4j
4 1 (0.88%) Power Query
4 1 (0.88%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.88%) QlikView
4 1 (0.88%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.88%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (0.88%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 14 (12.39%) Git
2 3 (2.65%) Cypress.io
2 3 (2.65%) JIRA
3 2 (1.77%) CircleCI
3 2 (1.77%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.88%) ERwin
General
1 33 (29.20%) Social Skills
2 25 (22.12%) Finance
3 17 (15.04%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.62%) Manufacturing
5 8 (7.08%) Marketing
6 7 (6.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.42%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.77%) Digital Health
9 2 (1.77%) Digital Healthcare
9 2 (1.77%) Health Technology
9 2 (1.77%) Legal
9 2 (1.77%) Wearables
10 1 (0.88%) Banking
10 1 (0.88%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.88%) Law
10 1 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (9.73%) Consultant
2 10 (8.85%) SAP Consultant
3 9 (7.96%) Data Engineer
3 9 (7.96%) Project Manager
4 8 (7.08%) Architect
4 8 (7.08%) Lead
4 8 (7.08%) Software Engineer
5 7 (6.19%) Accountant
5 7 (6.19%) Analyst
5 7 (6.19%) Senior
5 7 (6.19%) Systems Accountant
6 6 (5.31%) Business Analyst
6 6 (5.31%) Data Scientist
7 5 (4.42%) Cloud Engineer
7 5 (4.42%) Developer
7 5 (4.42%) Enterprise Architect
7 5 (4.42%) SAP Manager
8 4 (3.54%) Cloud Software Engineer
8 4 (3.54%) IT Manager
8 4 (3.54%) SAP CO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (11.50%) FastAPI
2 11 (9.73%) LangGraph
2 11 (9.73%) pytest
3 4 (3.54%) React
4 3 (2.65%) MACH
4 3 (2.65%) Playwright
4 3 (2.65%) pydantic
5 1 (0.88%) FHIR
5 1 (0.88%) PySpark
5 1 (0.88%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.88%) SAP Core Interface
5 1 (0.88%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.88%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.88%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 38 (33.63%) Life Science
2 14 (12.39%) Cloud Native
3 13 (11.50%) Genomics
4 5 (4.42%) FMCG
4 5 (4.42%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (4.42%) NHS
5 4 (3.54%) Biopharmaceutical
5 4 (3.54%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (3.54%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.65%) Marketing Technology
6 3 (2.65%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.77%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.77%) LIMS
7 2 (1.77%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.77%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.88%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.88%) IVR
8 1 (0.88%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.42%) Apple iOS
2 3 (2.65%) Android
2 3 (2.65%) Windows
3 2 (1.77%) Linux
4 1 (0.88%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (25.66%) Agile
1 29 (25.66%) AI
2 26 (23.01%) Machine Learning
3 20 (17.70%) DevOps
3 20 (17.70%) Stakeholder Management
4 19 (16.81%) Project Management
4 19 (16.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 18 (15.93%) Analytics
5 18 (15.93%) ERP
6 16 (14.16%) Biotechnology
7 15 (13.27%) Change Management
7 15 (13.27%) Data Science
7 15 (13.27%) Software Engineering
7 15 (13.27%) Test Automation
8 14 (12.39%) Validation
9 13 (11.50%) Data Pipeline
9 13 (11.50%) Natural Language Processing
9 13 (11.50%) Unit Testing
10 12 (10.62%) Data Governance
10 12 (10.62%) Proteomics
Programming Languages
1 32 (28.32%) Python
2 12 (10.62%) SQL
3 6 (5.31%) R
4 5 (4.42%) JavaScript
4 5 (4.42%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.77%) ABAP
5 2 (1.77%) Ruby
6 1 (0.88%) Korn
6 1 (0.88%) Scala
6 1 (0.88%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 26 (23.01%) Degree
2 7 (6.19%) PMI Certification
2 7 (6.19%) PMP
3 6 (5.31%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.77%) ACCA
5 2 (1.77%) CIMA
5 2 (1.77%) CISA
5 2 (1.77%) CISM
5 2 (1.77%) CISSP
5 2 (1.77%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.88%) CBAP
6 1 (0.88%) CCA
6 1 (0.88%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.88%) MBA
6 1 (0.88%) PgMP
6 1 (0.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.73%) GxP
2 8 (7.08%) GDPR
3 7 (6.19%) APQC
4 5 (4.42%) GMP
5 4 (3.54%) Data Quality
5 4 (3.54%) PMO
5 4 (3.54%) QA
6 3 (2.65%) Accessibility
6 3 (2.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.77%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.77%) IFRS
7 2 (1.77%) SLA
8 1 (0.88%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.88%) GAMP
8 1 (0.88%) GRC
8 1 (0.88%) HL7
8 1 (0.88%) IEC 62304
8 1 (0.88%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.88%) MiFID
System Software
1 17 (15.04%) Docker
2 1 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (7.08%) Kubernetes
2 7 (6.19%) Terraform
3 1 (0.88%) Cisco UCCE
3 1 (0.88%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.88%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.88%) SCCM
3 1 (0.88%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 32 (28.32%) SAP
2 17 (15.04%) Google
3 11 (9.73%) Microsoft
4 3 (2.65%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.77%) Databricks
5 2 (1.77%) Oracle
5 2 (1.77%) Remedy
5 2 (1.77%) Sparx
5 2 (1.77%) Zscaler
6 1 (0.88%) Adobe
6 1 (0.88%) Apple
6 1 (0.88%) Avaya
6 1 (0.88%) Cisco
6 1 (0.88%) EMC
6 1 (0.88%) Genesys
6 1 (0.88%) MEDITECH
6 1 (0.88%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.88%) Siemens
6 1 (0.88%) Veritas
6 1 (0.88%) VMware