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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 289 269 306
Rank change year-on-year -20 +37 +59
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 154 100 73
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.77% 0.74% 0.45%
As % of the General category 1.26% 1.08% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 69 39
10th Percentile £296 £425 £363
25th Percentile £396 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £750 £653
90th Percentile £676 £950 £775
England median daily rate £475 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - £41.25
Median hourly rate £82.50 - £42.50
75th Percentile £97.50 - £43.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £42.50 £95.00 £46.25
% change year-on-year -55.26% +105.41% +105.28%

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 12,221 9,263 10,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.82% 68.80% 62.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,789 6,145 7,079
10th Percentile £350 £325 £338
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £510 £538
% change year-on-year +2.94% -5.20% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 187 145
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.41 £24.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £27.50 £29.07 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.40% -16.94% +5.20%
75th Percentile £43.75 £48.13 £51.75
90th Percentile £64.88 £63.45 £67.20
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +29.22% -34.02% +38.62%

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 18 August 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Pharmaceutical in London over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in London

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 August 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 -3 11 £525 +22.09% 20
West London -12 9 £400 - 5
East London - 1 £225 - 6
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 (3.25%) IIS
2 3 (1.95%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.30%) Apache
4 1 (0.65%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.65%) CMS
4 1 (0.65%) SAS
4 1 (0.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (1.95%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (1.30%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (1.30%) InDesign
2 2 (1.30%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.65%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 22 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.95%) SAP EWM
2 3 (1.95%) SAP IBP
2 3 (1.95%) SAP MDG
3 2 (1.30%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.30%) SAP MM
3 2 (1.30%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.65%) Bankmaster
4 1 (0.65%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.65%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.65%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.65%) SAP CS
4 1 (0.65%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.65%) SAP GTS
4 1 (0.65%) SAP LE
4 1 (0.65%) SAP MDM
4 1 (0.65%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.65%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.65%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 29 (18.83%) Azure
2 21 (13.64%) AWS
3 12 (7.79%) GCP
4 11 (7.14%) Power Platform
5 10 (6.49%) Snowflake
6 9 (5.84%) dbt
7 7 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (4.55%) GitHub
8 5 (3.25%) Cloud Run
8 5 (3.25%) Figma
8 5 (3.25%) SaaS
9 4 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (2.60%) Veeva
10 3 (1.95%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.95%) AWS Direct Connect
10 3 (1.95%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.30%) Azure API Management
11 2 (1.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (1.30%) Azure Pipelines
11 2 (1.30%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.25%) HTTPS
2 4 (2.60%) Firewall
3 3 (1.95%) DNS
3 3 (1.95%) WAN
4 2 (1.30%) VLAN
4 2 (1.30%) VPN
4 2 (1.30%) X.21
5 1 (0.65%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.14%) Power BI
2 3 (1.95%) BigQuery
2 3 (1.95%) Data Lake
2 3 (1.95%) Metadata
2 3 (1.95%) Neo4j
2 3 (1.95%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.95%) SAP HANA
2 3 (1.95%) Tableau
3 2 (1.30%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.30%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.30%) Pinecone
3 2 (1.30%) SAP BW
3 2 (1.30%) Semantic Layer
3 2 (1.30%) Snowflake Schema
3 2 (1.30%) Weaviate
4 1 (0.65%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (0.65%) Spark SQL
4 1 (0.65%) Stardog
4 1 (0.65%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 6 (3.90%) Git
2 4 (2.60%) JIRA
3 3 (1.95%) Cypress.io
3 3 (1.95%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.30%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.65%) LSMW
5 1 (0.65%) Selenium
General
1 50 (32.47%) Social Skills
2 35 (22.73%) Finance
3 26 (16.88%) Manufacturing
4 22 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (7.79%) Marketing
6 9 (5.84%) Retail
7 8 (5.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (3.90%) Legal
10 4 (2.60%) Banking
10 4 (2.60%) Health Technology
11 3 (1.95%) Law
12 2 (1.30%) Advertising
12 2 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.30%) Italian Language
12 2 (1.30%) Spanish Language
13 1 (0.65%) Aviation
13 1 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.65%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 23 (14.94%) Analyst
2 17 (11.04%) Consultant
3 16 (10.39%) Project Manager
3 16 (10.39%) Senior
4 14 (9.09%) Data Engineer
5 13 (8.44%) Business Analyst
6 12 (7.79%) Architect
7 11 (7.14%) Lead
8 10 (6.49%) SAP Consultant
9 6 (3.90%) Data Analyst
9 6 (3.90%) Product Owner
9 6 (3.90%) Snowflake Data Engineer
9 6 (3.90%) Snowflake Engineer
10 5 (3.25%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 5 (3.25%) SAP Manager
11 4 (2.60%) Business Process Analyst
11 4 (2.60%) Change Manager
11 4 (2.60%) Data Business Analyst
11 4 (2.60%) Process Analyst
11 4 (2.60%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.49%) REST
2 6 (3.90%) React
3 4 (2.60%) FastAPI
4 3 (1.95%) IDoc
4 3 (1.95%) PyTorch
4 3 (1.95%) SAP Core Interface
4 3 (1.95%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (1.95%) SOAP
5 2 (1.30%) .NET
5 2 (1.30%) .NET Core
5 2 (1.30%) LangGraph
5 2 (1.30%) Playwright
5 2 (1.30%) SAPUI5
6 1 (0.65%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.65%) LangChain
6 1 (0.65%) LlamaIndex
6 1 (0.65%) MACH
6 1 (0.65%) Node.js
6 1 (0.65%) pgvector
6 1 (0.65%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 53 (34.42%) Life Science
2 13 (8.44%) FMCG
2 13 (8.44%) Product Ownership
3 9 (5.84%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.90%) Data Structures
5 5 (3.25%) Genomics
6 4 (2.60%) Biopharmaceutical
6 4 (2.60%) LIMS
7 3 (1.95%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.95%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.95%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.30%) Learning Management System
8 2 (1.30%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.30%) Motion Graphics
8 2 (1.30%) NHS
8 2 (1.30%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.30%) Pharmacovigilance
8 2 (1.30%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.55%) Windows
2 1 (0.65%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (22.08%) AI
2 31 (20.13%) Agile
2 31 (20.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 23 (14.94%) Continuous Improvement
4 22 (14.29%) Migration
4 22 (14.29%) Validation
5 21 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (12.99%) Analytics
6 20 (12.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 17 (11.04%) Decision-Making
7 17 (11.04%) DevOps
7 17 (11.04%) Roadmaps
8 16 (10.39%) User Acceptance Testing
9 15 (9.74%) Change Management
9 15 (9.74%) CI/CD
10 14 (9.09%) Machine Learning
11 13 (8.44%) Data Modelling
11 13 (8.44%) Data Protection
12 12 (7.79%) Business Intelligence
12 12 (7.79%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 21 (13.64%) Python
2 20 (12.99%) SQL
3 4 (2.60%) ABAP
4 3 (1.95%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.95%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.30%) C#
5 2 (1.30%) Cypher
6 1 (0.65%) Bicep
6 1 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.65%) Gremlin
6 1 (0.65%) Java
6 1 (0.65%) SPARQL
6 1 (0.65%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (12.34%) Degree
2 11 (7.14%) PMI Certification
2 11 (7.14%) PMP
3 4 (2.60%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.95%) CISM
4 3 (1.95%) CISSP
4 3 (1.95%) Master's Degree
4 3 (1.95%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.30%) ACCA
5 2 (1.30%) CIMA
5 2 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.30%) CSPO
5 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.30%) Postgraduate
5 2 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (0.65%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.65%) CCSP
6 1 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (14.94%) GxP
2 12 (7.79%) Data Quality
3 11 (7.14%) QA
4 9 (5.84%) GRC
5 8 (5.19%) GDPR
6 7 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (3.90%) GMP
7 6 (3.90%) HIPAA
7 6 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (3.25%) PCI DSS
9 4 (2.60%) PMO
10 3 (1.95%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 2 (1.30%) NIST
12 1 (0.65%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.65%) NCSC
12 1 (0.65%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.65%) SLA
12 1 (0.65%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 8 (5.19%) Docker
2 2 (1.30%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (4.55%) Terraform
2 4 (2.60%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.65%) Apache Ranger
3 1 (0.65%) Grafana
3 1 (0.65%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.65%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 29 (18.83%) SAP
2 9 (5.84%) Microsoft
3 7 (4.55%) Google
4 6 (3.90%) Oracle
5 5 (3.25%) Databricks
6 4 (2.60%) Palo Alto
6 4 (2.60%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.60%) Zscaler
7 2 (1.30%) Adobe
7 2 (1.30%) Informatica
7 2 (1.30%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.30%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.65%) Ariba
8 1 (0.65%) Foundry
8 1 (0.65%) IFS
8 1 (0.65%) JD Edwards
8 1 (0.65%) LabWare
8 1 (0.65%) MapR
8 1 (0.65%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.65%) Splunk