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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 313 297
Rank change year-on-year +46 -16 +82
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 111 54 89
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.77% 0.38% 0.50%
As % of the General category 1.18% 0.58% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 29 50
10th Percentile £390 £396 £270
25th Percentile £500 £425 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.52%
75th Percentile £759 £775 £647
90th Percentile £884 £1,065 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.50 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £35.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% - -
75th Percentile £77.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £85.00 £32.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +161.54% +62.50% +23.08%

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 9,426 9,235 11,559
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 65.77% 64.78% 64.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,138 5,877 8,264
10th Percentile £350 £325 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £673 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 113 167
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.30 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £23.80 £20.24
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £45.38 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.72 £76.75
England median hourly rate £23.54 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.54% -9.09% +27.86%

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 8 January 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 8 January 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 +5 13 £775 +55.00% 10
West London -20 1 £285 -35.01% 3
North London - 1 £400 - 1
South London - 1 £513 - 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 6 (5.41%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (4.50%) Apache Spark
3 3 (2.70%) CMS
4 2 (1.80%) Confluence
4 2 (1.80%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.90%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.80%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.80%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (12.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (4.50%) SAP CO
3 4 (3.60%) SAP FI
3 4 (3.60%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (2.70%) SAP IBP
5 2 (1.80%) SAP EWM
5 2 (1.80%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.90%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.90%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.90%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.90%) SAP PLM
6 1 (0.90%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.90%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.90%) SAP WM
6 1 (0.90%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 25 (22.52%) GCP
2 18 (16.22%) GitHub
3 17 (15.32%) Azure
4 14 (12.61%) AWS
5 12 (10.81%) Cloud Run
6 7 (6.31%) Power Platform
7 6 (5.41%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (5.41%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 4 (3.60%) dbt
8 4 (3.60%) Figma
8 4 (3.60%) IaaS
9 3 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (2.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.80%) Azure Pipelines
10 2 (1.80%) Lucidchart
10 2 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.80%) OpenShift
10 2 (1.80%) SaaS
10 2 (1.80%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.80%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.80%) Firewall
1 2 (1.80%) Network Security
1 2 (1.80%) Wireless
2 1 (0.90%) Cisco ICM
2 1 (0.90%) DHCP
2 1 (0.90%) DNS
2 1 (0.90%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.90%) Modbus
2 1 (0.90%) RS-485
2 1 (0.90%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.90%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.90%) VPN
2 1 (0.90%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.31%) Power BI
2 4 (3.60%) BigQuery
2 4 (3.60%) SAP HANA
3 3 (2.70%) Data Lake
3 3 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.70%) Tableau
4 2 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.80%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.90%) KNIME
5 1 (0.90%) Metadata
5 1 (0.90%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.90%) Power Query
5 1 (0.90%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.90%) QlikView
5 1 (0.90%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.90%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.90%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 16 (14.41%) Git
2 3 (2.70%) Cypress.io
2 3 (2.70%) JIRA
3 2 (1.80%) CircleCI
3 2 (1.80%) Jenkins
General
1 26 (23.42%) Social Skills
2 20 (18.02%) Finance
3 12 (10.81%) Manufacturing
4 11 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (6.31%) Marketing
6 5 (4.50%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.80%) Digital Health
7 2 (1.80%) Digital Healthcare
7 2 (1.80%) Health Technology
7 2 (1.80%) Wearables
8 1 (0.90%) Dutch Language
8 1 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.90%) Publishing
8 1 (0.90%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (9.91%) Data Engineer
2 8 (7.21%) Architect
2 8 (7.21%) Compliance Manager
2 8 (7.21%) Consultant
2 8 (7.21%) Project Manager
2 8 (7.21%) Quality Manager
2 8 (7.21%) Risk Manager
2 8 (7.21%) Senior
2 8 (7.21%) Software Engineer
3 7 (6.31%) Analyst
3 7 (6.31%) Developer
3 7 (6.31%) IT Manager
3 7 (6.31%) Lead
3 7 (6.31%) SAP Consultant
4 6 (5.41%) SAP Manager
5 5 (4.50%) Accountant
5 5 (4.50%) Backend Developer
5 5 (4.50%) Business Analyst
5 5 (4.50%) Python Developer
5 5 (4.50%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (14.41%) FastAPI
2 13 (11.71%) pytest
3 11 (9.91%) LangGraph
4 4 (3.60%) React
5 3 (2.70%) MACH
5 3 (2.70%) Playwright
5 3 (2.70%) pydantic
6 1 (0.90%) Django
6 1 (0.90%) FHIR
6 1 (0.90%) Flask
6 1 (0.90%) PySpark
6 1 (0.90%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.90%) scikit-learn
6 1 (0.90%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 37 (33.33%) Life Science
2 16 (14.41%) Cloud Native
3 15 (13.51%) Genomics
4 8 (7.21%) FMCG
5 5 (4.50%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (3.60%) Biopharmaceutical
6 4 (3.60%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (3.60%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.70%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (2.70%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.70%) NHS
7 3 (2.70%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.80%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.80%) LIMS
8 2 (1.80%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.90%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.90%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.60%) Apple iOS
2 3 (2.70%) Android
3 2 (1.80%) Windows
4 1 (0.90%) Linux
4 1 (0.90%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (28.83%) AI
2 30 (27.03%) Agile
2 30 (27.03%) Machine Learning
3 24 (21.62%) DevOps
4 20 (18.02%) Analytics
4 20 (18.02%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (17.12%) Biotechnology
5 19 (17.12%) Test Automation
6 18 (16.22%) Software Engineering
7 17 (15.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 16 (14.41%) Containerisation
9 15 (13.51%) Data Pipeline
9 15 (13.51%) ERP
9 15 (13.51%) Natural Language Processing
9 15 (13.51%) Unit Testing
10 14 (12.61%) Proteomics
11 13 (11.71%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (11.71%) Data Science
12 12 (10.81%) Decision-Making
12 12 (10.81%) Transcriptomics
Programming Languages
1 35 (31.53%) Python
2 15 (13.51%) SQL
3 5 (4.50%) JavaScript
3 5 (4.50%) R
3 5 (4.50%) TypeScript
4 2 (1.80%) Ruby
5 1 (0.90%) Scala
5 1 (0.90%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 27 (24.32%) Degree
2 6 (5.41%) Master's Degree
2 6 (5.41%) PMI Certification
2 6 (5.41%) PMP
3 4 (3.60%) ACCA
3 4 (3.60%) CIMA
4 3 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.80%) CISA
5 2 (1.80%) CISM
5 2 (1.80%) CISSP
5 2 (1.80%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.90%) CBAP
6 1 (0.90%) CCA
6 1 (0.90%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.90%) MBA
6 1 (0.90%) PgMP
6 1 (0.90%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.81%) GxP
2 8 (7.21%) GMP
3 7 (6.31%) GDPR
4 4 (3.60%) Data Quality
5 3 (2.70%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.70%) APQC
5 3 (2.70%) QA
6 2 (1.80%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.80%) IFRS
6 2 (1.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.80%) SLA
7 1 (0.90%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.90%) GAMP
7 1 (0.90%) GRC
7 1 (0.90%) HL7
7 1 (0.90%) IEC 62304
7 1 (0.90%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.90%) MiFID
7 1 (0.90%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (19.82%) Docker
2 1 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (7.21%) Kubernetes
2 7 (6.31%) Terraform
3 1 (0.90%) Cisco UCCE
3 1 (0.90%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.90%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.90%) SCCM
3 1 (0.90%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 24 (21.62%) SAP
2 21 (18.92%) Google
3 11 (9.91%) Microsoft
4 3 (2.70%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.70%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.80%) Databricks
5 2 (1.80%) Zscaler
6 1 (0.90%) Adobe
6 1 (0.90%) Apple
6 1 (0.90%) Avaya
6 1 (0.90%) Cisco
6 1 (0.90%) Digital Fuel
6 1 (0.90%) EMC
6 1 (0.90%) Genesys
6 1 (0.90%) IBM
6 1 (0.90%) IDERA
6 1 (0.90%) Oracle
6 1 (0.90%) Remedy
6 1 (0.90%) Siemens
6 1 (0.90%) Veritas