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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 271 306 364
Rank change year-on-year +35 +58 +28
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 91 78 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.68% 0.48% 0.35%
As % of the General category 0.98% 0.77% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 37 47
10th Percentile £309 £385 £273
25th Percentile £500 £450 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year - +2.80% +3.48%
75th Percentile £723 £619 £613
90th Percentile £950 £775 £682
England median daily rate £550 £550 £513
% change year-on-year - +7.32% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
England median hourly rate £95.00 £40.00 £22.53
% change year-on-year +137.50% +77.54% -35.63%

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 9,311 10,130 14,019
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 69.24% 62.19% 64.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,148 6,727 10,238
10th Percentile £325 £330 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £675 £700 £703
90th Percentile £790 £825 £810
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 121 174
10th Percentile £17.00 £18.00 £17.98
25th Percentile £24.65 £24.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £29.75
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +17.65% -16.20%
75th Percentile £49.75 £53.75 £54.88
90th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.85 £27.50
% change year-on-year -35.26% +41.27% +10.93%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 0 8 £430 -31.47% 35
West London -13 2 £285 -48.18% 5
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.30%) CMS
2 1 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.10%) Headless CMS
2 1 (1.10%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.20%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.20%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (5.49%) SAP IBP
3 4 (4.40%) SAP CO
3 4 (4.40%) SAP PLM
3 4 (4.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (3.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (3.30%) SAP FI
4 3 (3.30%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (2.20%) SAP MDG
5 2 (2.20%) SAP PP
5 2 (2.20%) SAP VC
5 2 (2.20%) Teamcenter
6 1 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (1.10%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (1.10%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (1.10%) SAP APO
6 1 (1.10%) SAP MM
6 1 (1.10%) SAP R/3
6 1 (1.10%) SAP SD
6 1 (1.10%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 11 (12.09%) Azure
2 8 (8.79%) AWS
3 7 (7.69%) GCP
3 7 (7.69%) GitHub
4 6 (6.59%) GitHub Actions
5 5 (5.49%) Power Platform
6 4 (4.40%) Cloud Run
6 4 (4.40%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 3 (3.30%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (3.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (3.30%) SaaS
7 3 (3.30%) Veeva
8 2 (2.20%) Azure Pipelines
8 2 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (2.20%) IaaS
8 2 (2.20%) Lucidchart
8 2 (2.20%) OpenShift
9 1 (1.10%) Cohesity
9 1 (1.10%) Collibra
9 1 (1.10%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.10%) DHCP
1 1 (1.10%) DNS
1 1 (1.10%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.10%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.69%) SAP HANA
2 5 (5.49%) Power BI
3 3 (3.30%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (2.20%) Data Lake
4 2 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.20%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.10%) DTS
5 1 (1.10%) KNIME
5 1 (1.10%) Metadata
5 1 (1.10%) Neo4j
5 1 (1.10%) SAP BW
5 1 (1.10%) Spotfire
5 1 (1.10%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Git
2 2 (2.20%) CircleCI
2 2 (2.20%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.20%) JIRA
3 1 (1.10%) ERwin
General
1 30 (32.97%) Finance
2 25 (27.47%) Social Skills
3 14 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (12.09%) Manufacturing
5 7 (7.69%) Marketing
6 5 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.30%) Italian Language
8 2 (2.20%) Banking
8 2 (2.20%) Digital Health
8 2 (2.20%) Digital Healthcare
8 2 (2.20%) Health Technology
8 2 (2.20%) Legal
8 2 (2.20%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.20%) Wearables
9 1 (1.10%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.10%) Law
9 1 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.10%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (14.29%) Consultant
2 10 (10.99%) SAP Consultant
3 7 (7.69%) Accountant
3 7 (7.69%) Analyst
3 7 (7.69%) Project Manager
3 7 (7.69%) Systems Accountant
4 6 (6.59%) Architect
4 6 (6.59%) IT Manager
4 6 (6.59%) Lead
5 5 (5.49%) Business Analyst
5 5 (5.49%) Data Scientist
5 5 (5.49%) Enterprise Architect
6 4 (4.40%) Cloud Engineer
6 4 (4.40%) Data Engineer
6 4 (4.40%) SAP Manager
6 4 (4.40%) Software Engineer
7 3 (3.30%) Azure Engineer
7 3 (3.30%) Data Modeller
7 3 (3.30%) Programme Manager
7 3 (3.30%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.40%) FastAPI
1 4 (4.40%) pytest
2 3 (3.30%) LangGraph
2 3 (3.30%) MACH
2 3 (3.30%) pydantic
3 2 (2.20%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (1.10%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.10%) FHIR
4 1 (1.10%) PySpark
4 1 (1.10%) SAP Core Interface
4 1 (1.10%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 21 (23.08%) Life Science
2 6 (6.59%) Cloud Native
3 5 (5.49%) NHS
4 4 (4.40%) FMCG
4 4 (4.40%) Genomics
5 3 (3.30%) Algorithms
5 3 (3.30%) Biopharmaceutical
5 3 (3.30%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (3.30%) Marketing Technology
5 3 (3.30%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.20%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.20%) IoT
6 2 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.20%) LIMS
6 2 (2.20%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.20%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.10%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.49%) Apple iOS
2 3 (3.30%) Android
2 3 (3.30%) Windows
3 2 (2.20%) Linux
4 1 (1.10%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.10%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (20.88%) Project Management
2 16 (17.58%) Agile
2 16 (17.58%) ERP
3 14 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence
3 14 (15.38%) Change Management
3 14 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 13 (14.29%) Machine Learning
4 13 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (14.29%) Validation
5 11 (12.09%) Analytics
6 10 (10.99%) Decision-Making
6 10 (10.99%) DevOps
6 10 (10.99%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (9.89%) Data Governance
7 9 (9.89%) Data Science
7 9 (9.89%) Project Delivery
8 8 (8.79%) Programme Management
8 8 (8.79%) Regulatory Compliance
9 7 (7.69%) Migration
9 7 (7.69%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 19 (20.88%) Python
2 9 (9.89%) SQL
3 6 (6.59%) R
4 2 (2.20%) ABAP
4 2 (2.20%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.20%) Ruby
4 2 (2.20%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.10%) Bicep
5 1 (1.10%) Korn
5 1 (1.10%) Scala
5 1 (1.10%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 16 (17.58%) Degree
2 5 (5.49%) Master's Degree
3 4 (4.40%) PMI Certification
3 4 (4.40%) PMP
4 2 (2.20%) ACCA
4 2 (2.20%) CIMA
4 2 (2.20%) CISA
4 2 (2.20%) CISM
4 2 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.10%) CBAP
5 1 (1.10%) MBA
5 1 (1.10%) PgMP
5 1 (1.10%) SAP Certification
5 1 (1.10%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.10%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.99%) GxP
2 7 (7.69%) APQC
2 7 (7.69%) GDPR
3 6 (6.59%) QA
4 4 (4.40%) Accessibility
4 4 (4.40%) Data Quality
4 4 (4.40%) GMP
4 4 (4.40%) PMO
5 3 (3.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (2.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 2 (2.20%) HIPAA
6 2 (2.20%) IFRS
6 2 (2.20%) SLA
7 1 (1.10%) GAMP
7 1 (1.10%) GRC
7 1 (1.10%) HL7
7 1 (1.10%) IEC 62304
7 1 (1.10%) ISO 13485
7 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (7.69%) Docker
2 1 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (6.59%) Kubernetes
1 6 (6.59%) Terraform
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.10%) NetBackup
2 1 (1.10%) SCCM
2 1 (1.10%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 32 (35.16%) SAP
2 8 (8.79%) Microsoft
3 6 (6.59%) Google
4 4 (4.40%) Sparx
5 2 (2.20%) Databricks
5 2 (2.20%) Oracle
5 2 (2.20%) Remedy
5 2 (2.20%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.20%) Siemens
6 1 (1.10%) Apple
6 1 (1.10%) EMC
6 1 (1.10%) Foundry
6 1 (1.10%) IDERA
6 1 (1.10%) Isilon
6 1 (1.10%) MEDITECH
6 1 (1.10%) Palantir
6 1 (1.10%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.10%) Veritas
6 1 (1.10%) Workday