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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 304 273 321
Rank change year-on-year -31 +48 +37
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 145 99 74
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.71% 0.73% 0.46%
As % of the General category 1.15% 1.07% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 57 35
10th Percentile £300 £337 £400
25th Percentile £400 £500 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +3.77%
75th Percentile £625 £718 £609
90th Percentile £698 £950 £751
England median daily rate £500 £555 £550
% change year-on-year -9.83% +0.82% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 2
10th Percentile £26.25 - -
25th Percentile £40.13 - -
Median hourly rate £68.50 - £35.00
75th Percentile £97.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £38.72 £75.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -48.37% +114.29% +66.67%

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 12,568 9,268 10,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.75% 68.70% 62.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,012 6,090 6,586
10th Percentile £350 £325 £330
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 £675 £700
90th Percentile £788 £788 £825
England median daily rate £525 £501 £533
% change year-on-year +4.90% -6.10% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 288 179 120
10th Percentile £16.09 £17.06 £17.95
25th Percentile £20.38 £24.56 £25.93
Median hourly rate £28.40 £31.50 £36.15
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% -12.86% +22.54%
75th Percentile £47.50 £48.50 £54.06
90th Percentile £73.23 £65.11 £68.33
England median hourly rate £29.50 £25.15 £36.00
% change year-on-year +17.30% -30.14% +25.22%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -17 15 £525 +22.09% 40
West London -18 9 £360 +26.32% 9
East London - 1 £225 - 7
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 (3.45%) IIS
2 3 (2.07%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.38%) Apache
4 1 (0.69%) SAS
4 1 (0.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.69%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.69%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.69%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 25 (17.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.07%) SAP IBP
2 3 (2.07%) SAP MDG
3 2 (1.38%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.69%) Bankmaster
4 1 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.69%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.69%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.69%) SAP APO
4 1 (0.69%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.69%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.69%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.69%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.69%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 28 (19.31%) Azure
2 21 (14.48%) AWS
3 14 (9.66%) GCP
4 13 (8.97%) Power Platform
5 12 (8.28%) GitHub
5 12 (8.28%) Snowflake
6 8 (5.52%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (5.52%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (4.83%) dbt
8 5 (3.45%) Cloud Run
9 4 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (2.76%) Serverless
10 3 (2.07%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.07%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (2.07%) AWS Direct Connect
10 3 (2.07%) Figma
10 3 (2.07%) Veeva
11 2 (1.38%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (1.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (1.38%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.45%) Firewall
1 5 (3.45%) HTTPS
2 3 (2.07%) DNS
2 3 (2.07%) WAN
3 2 (1.38%) Network Security
3 2 (1.38%) VLAN
3 2 (1.38%) VPN
3 2 (1.38%) X.21
4 1 (0.69%) CTI
4 1 (0.69%) NGFW
4 1 (0.69%) PBX
4 1 (0.69%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.69%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.97%) Power BI
2 6 (4.14%) SAP HANA
3 5 (3.45%) SAP BW
4 4 (2.76%) Metadata
4 4 (2.76%) Neo4j
5 3 (2.07%) BigQuery
5 3 (2.07%) Data Mining
5 3 (2.07%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.07%) Oracle Database
5 3 (2.07%) Tableau
6 2 (1.38%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.38%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.38%) Semantic Layer
6 2 (1.38%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.69%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.69%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.69%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.69%) Stardog
7 1 (0.69%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 5 (3.45%) Git
1 5 (3.45%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.38%) Bitbucket
2 2 (1.38%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.38%) GitLab
2 2 (1.38%) JIRA
2 2 (1.38%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.69%) LSMW
General
1 52 (35.86%) Social Skills
2 37 (25.52%) Finance
3 27 (18.62%) Manufacturing
4 20 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (7.59%) Marketing
5 11 (7.59%) Retail
6 10 (6.90%) Legal
7 7 (4.83%) Banking
8 6 (4.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.07%) Law
10 3 (2.07%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.38%) Back Office
11 2 (1.38%) Front Office
11 2 (1.38%) Health Technology
11 2 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.38%) Spanish Language
11 2 (1.38%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (19.31%) Analyst
2 20 (13.79%) Senior
3 16 (11.03%) Business Analyst
3 16 (11.03%) Project Manager
4 15 (10.34%) Consultant
5 13 (8.97%) Architect
5 13 (8.97%) Data Engineer
6 11 (7.59%) Lead
7 8 (5.52%) SAP Consultant
7 8 (5.52%) SAP Manager
8 7 (4.83%) Data Analyst
9 6 (4.14%) Senior Data Engineer
10 5 (3.45%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 5 (3.45%) SAP Architect
11 4 (2.76%) Business Process Analyst
11 4 (2.76%) Senior Analyst
11 4 (2.76%) Senior Manager
11 4 (2.76%) Snowflake Data Engineer
11 4 (2.76%) Snowflake Engineer
11 4 (2.76%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.28%) REST
2 7 (4.83%) Terraform
3 6 (4.14%) React
4 5 (3.45%) FastAPI
4 5 (3.45%) SAP Fiori
4 5 (3.45%) SAPUI5
4 5 (3.45%) SOAP
5 4 (2.76%) PyTorch
6 3 (2.07%) Kafka
6 3 (2.07%) SAP Basis
6 3 (2.07%) SAP PI
7 2 (1.38%) .NET
7 2 (1.38%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.38%) ActiveMQ
7 2 (1.38%) LangGraph
7 2 (1.38%) Playwright
7 2 (1.38%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.69%) Google JAX
8 1 (0.69%) JAX
8 1 (0.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (37.24%) Life Science
2 16 (11.03%) FMCG
3 15 (10.34%) Cloud Native
4 10 (6.90%) Product Ownership
5 7 (4.83%) Data Structures
6 5 (3.45%) Genomics
6 5 (3.45%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.76%) AI Agents
7 4 (2.76%) Biopharmaceutical
7 4 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.07%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (2.07%) LIMS
8 3 (2.07%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.07%) NHS
8 3 (2.07%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.07%) Taxonomies
9 2 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.38%) PropTech
9 2 (1.38%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.83%) Windows
2 1 (0.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (26.90%) Stakeholder Management
2 33 (22.76%) AI
3 31 (21.38%) Agile
4 25 (17.24%) Roadmaps
5 24 (16.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 23 (15.86%) Analytics
7 21 (14.48%) Migration
7 21 (14.48%) Validation
8 19 (13.10%) DevOps
8 19 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (12.41%) Decision-Making
10 17 (11.72%) CI/CD
11 16 (11.03%) Data Governance
11 16 (11.03%) Workflow
12 15 (10.34%) Change Management
12 15 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (10.34%) User Acceptance Testing
13 14 (9.66%) Business Intelligence
13 14 (9.66%) Data Protection
13 14 (9.66%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 21 (14.48%) SQL
2 20 (13.79%) Python
3 4 (2.76%) ABAP
4 3 (2.07%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.07%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.38%) C#
5 2 (1.38%) Cypher
6 1 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.69%) Gremlin
6 1 (0.69%) Java
6 1 (0.69%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 25 (17.24%) Degree
2 12 (8.28%) PMI Certification
3 11 (7.59%) PMP
4 4 (2.76%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.07%) CISM
5 3 (2.07%) CISSP
5 3 (2.07%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.07%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.38%) CAPM
6 2 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.38%) CSPO
6 2 (1.38%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.38%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.69%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.69%) CCSP
7 1 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.69%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.10%) GxP
2 18 (12.41%) Data Quality
3 9 (6.21%) GDPR
3 9 (6.21%) QA
4 8 (5.52%) GRC
5 6 (4.14%) HIPAA
5 6 (4.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (4.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (3.45%) PCI DSS
7 4 (2.76%) GMP
7 4 (2.76%) PMO
8 3 (2.07%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 2 (1.38%) NIST
10 1 (0.69%) NCSC
10 1 (0.69%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.69%) SLA
10 1 (0.69%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 7 (4.83%) Docker
2 2 (1.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (2.07%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.69%) Apache Ranger
2 1 (0.69%) Grafana
2 1 (0.69%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.69%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 31 (21.38%) SAP
2 14 (9.66%) Microsoft
3 7 (4.83%) Google
4 5 (3.45%) Oracle
4 5 (3.45%) Palo Alto
4 5 (3.45%) Zscaler
5 4 (2.76%) Ariba
5 4 (2.76%) Databricks
6 3 (2.07%) JD Edwards
7 2 (1.38%) Cisco
7 2 (1.38%) Informatica
7 2 (1.38%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.69%) Aquila
8 1 (0.69%) Avaya
8 1 (0.69%) Genesys
8 1 (0.69%) LabWare
8 1 (0.69%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.69%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.69%) OpenText
8 1 (0.69%) Siebel