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 12 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 292 275
Rank change year-on-year +6 -17 +114
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 109 66 111
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.72% 0.49% 0.61%
As % of the General category 1.12% 0.74% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 42 59
10th Percentile £388 £402 £294
25th Percentile £506 £433 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £638 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% +10.87% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £1,008 £638
90th Percentile £848 £1,125 £780
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +4.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - - £23.75
25th Percentile £72.50 - £25.35
Median hourly rate £75.00 £35.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% +16.05% -65.03%
75th Percentile £77.50 - £36.60
90th Percentile - - £42.63
England median hourly rate £72.50 £32.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year +123.08% +20.37% +80.00%

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 general skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,752 8,876 11,602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 64.27% 65.29% 63.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,352 5,608 8,304
10th Percentile £350 £325 £335
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £669 £700 £688
90th Percentile £780 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 110 253
10th Percentile £17.50 £20.68 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.36 £26.06 £18.79
Median hourly rate £27.61 £38.56 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.40% +34.10% +0.88%
75th Percentile £47.56 £55.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.75 £78.44 £73.73
England median hourly rate £22.85 £30.43 £25.25
% change year-on-year -24.91% +20.51% -8.18%

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 12 February 2026.

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 12 February 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +2 14 £775 +96.83% 12
West London -21 1 £285 -35.01% 4
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 5 (4.59%) Apache Airflow
1 5 (4.59%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.75%) CMS
2 3 (2.75%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.83%) Confluence
4 1 (0.92%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.92%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (10.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.75%) SAP CO
3 2 (1.83%) SAP FI
3 2 (1.83%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (1.83%) SAP IBP
3 2 (1.83%) SAP PP
3 2 (1.83%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.92%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.92%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.92%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.92%) SAP PLM
4 1 (0.92%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.92%) SAP PP-PI
4 1 (0.92%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.92%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 21 (19.27%) GCP
2 16 (14.68%) AWS
2 16 (14.68%) Azure
3 14 (12.84%) GitHub
4 11 (10.09%) Cloud Run
5 6 (5.50%) Figma
6 5 (4.59%) dbt
6 5 (4.59%) Power Platform
7 4 (3.67%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 3 (2.75%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (2.75%) Amazon SageMaker
8 3 (2.75%) Azure AKS
8 3 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (2.75%) SaaS
9 2 (1.83%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.83%) IaaS
9 2 (1.83%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.83%) Veeva
10 1 (0.92%) Dagster
10 1 (0.92%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.83%) Firewall
1 2 (1.83%) Network Security
1 2 (1.83%) Wireless
2 1 (0.92%) Cisco ICM
2 1 (0.92%) DHCP
2 1 (0.92%) DNS
2 1 (0.92%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.92%) Modbus
2 1 (0.92%) RS-485
2 1 (0.92%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.92%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.92%) VPN
2 1 (0.92%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.59%) BigQuery
1 5 (4.59%) Power BI
2 2 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.83%) Tableau
3 1 (0.92%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.92%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.92%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.92%) KNIME
3 1 (0.92%) Metadata
3 1 (0.92%) Neo4j
3 1 (0.92%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.92%) Power Query
3 1 (0.92%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (0.92%) QlikView
3 1 (0.92%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.92%) Snowflake Schema
3 1 (0.92%) Spotfire
3 1 (0.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (14.68%) Git
2 3 (2.75%) Cypress.io
2 3 (2.75%) JIRA
2 3 (2.75%) MLflow
3 1 (0.92%) Hudson
General
1 28 (25.69%) Social Skills
2 20 (18.35%) Finance
3 13 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (9.17%) Manufacturing
5 8 (7.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (6.42%) Marketing
7 5 (4.59%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.75%) Retail
8 3 (2.75%) Wearables
9 2 (1.83%) Digital Health
9 2 (1.83%) Digital Healthcare
10 1 (0.92%) Advertising
10 1 (0.92%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.92%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.92%) Legal
10 1 (0.92%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.92%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (11.01%) Senior
2 10 (9.17%) Consultant
2 10 (9.17%) Data Engineer
3 8 (7.34%) Analyst
3 8 (7.34%) Project Manager
4 7 (6.42%) Compliance Manager
4 7 (6.42%) Developer
4 7 (6.42%) Lead
4 7 (6.42%) Quality Manager
4 7 (6.42%) Risk Manager
5 6 (5.50%) Accountant
5 6 (5.50%) Architect
5 6 (5.50%) SAP Consultant
5 6 (5.50%) Software Engineer
5 6 (5.50%) Systems Accountant
6 5 (4.59%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 5 (4.59%) Business Analyst
6 5 (4.59%) IT Manager
6 5 (4.59%) Python Developer
6 5 (4.59%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (12.84%) FastAPI
2 11 (10.09%) pytest
3 9 (8.26%) LangGraph
4 4 (3.67%) React
5 3 (2.75%) MACH
5 3 (2.75%) Playwright
5 3 (2.75%) Ray
6 2 (1.83%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.92%) Django
7 1 (0.92%) Flask
7 1 (0.92%) Kafka
7 1 (0.92%) pydantic
7 1 (0.92%) scikit-learn
7 1 (0.92%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 40 (36.70%) Life Science
2 14 (12.84%) Cloud Native
3 12 (11.01%) Genomics
4 9 (8.26%) FMCG
5 5 (4.59%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (4.59%) Product Ownership
6 4 (3.67%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (2.75%) LIMS
7 3 (2.75%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (2.75%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.75%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.83%) Biopharmaceutical
8 2 (1.83%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.83%) NHS
8 2 (1.83%) Omics
8 2 (1.83%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.92%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.67%) Apple iOS
2 3 (2.75%) Android
3 2 (1.83%) Windows
4 1 (0.92%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (32.11%) AI
2 31 (28.44%) Machine Learning
3 30 (27.52%) Agile
4 24 (22.02%) Biotechnology
5 21 (19.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 19 (17.43%) DevOps
7 17 (15.60%) Containerisation
7 17 (15.60%) Data Science
7 17 (15.60%) Test Automation
8 15 (13.76%) Analytics
8 15 (13.76%) Software Engineering
8 15 (13.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 13 (11.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (11.93%) Data Pipeline
9 13 (11.93%) ERP
9 13 (11.93%) Natural Language Processing
9 13 (11.93%) Unit Testing
10 12 (11.01%) Proteomics
11 11 (10.09%) Change Management
11 11 (10.09%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 31 (28.44%) Python
2 13 (11.93%) SQL
3 3 (2.75%) JavaScript
3 3 (2.75%) R
3 3 (2.75%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.92%) C
4 1 (0.92%) C++
4 1 (0.92%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 22 (20.18%) Degree
2 6 (5.50%) ACCA
2 6 (5.50%) CIMA
3 5 (4.59%) Master's Degree
4 4 (3.67%) PMI Certification
4 4 (3.67%) PMP
5 2 (1.83%) CISSP
5 2 (1.83%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.92%) CBAP
6 1 (0.92%) CCA
6 1 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.92%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.92%) MBA
6 1 (0.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.26%) GxP
2 6 (5.50%) GMP
3 5 (4.59%) Accessibility
4 4 (3.67%) Data Quality
4 4 (3.67%) QA
5 3 (2.75%) GDPR
6 2 (1.83%) PMO
7 1 (0.92%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.92%) GAMP
7 1 (0.92%) GRC
7 1 (0.92%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.92%) IEC 62304
7 1 (0.92%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.92%) ITGC
7 1 (0.92%) MiFID
7 1 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.92%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (16.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (6.42%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.67%) Terraform
3 1 (0.92%) Cisco UCCE
3 1 (0.92%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.92%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.92%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (17.43%) SAP
2 18 (16.51%) Google
3 9 (8.26%) Microsoft
4 4 (3.67%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.75%) Databricks
5 3 (2.75%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.83%) Zscaler
7 1 (0.92%) Adobe
7 1 (0.92%) Apple
7 1 (0.92%) Avaya
7 1 (0.92%) Cisco
7 1 (0.92%) Digital Fuel
7 1 (0.92%) Genesys
7 1 (0.92%) IBM
7 1 (0.92%) IDERA
7 1 (0.92%) LabWare
7 1 (0.92%) MEDITECH
7 1 (0.92%) Siemens
7 1 (0.92%) VMware