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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 282 279
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 +110
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 109 76 115
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.70% 0.56% 0.62%
As % of the General category 1.10% 0.86% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 52 62
10th Percentile £383 £423 £350
25th Percentile £504 £488 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £656 £575
Median % change year-on-year -17.71% +14.13% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £898 £638
90th Percentile £845 £1,125 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +4.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - - £23.75
25th Percentile £72.50 - £26.96
Median hourly rate £75.00 £35.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% +16.05% -65.03%
75th Percentile £77.50 - £34.46
90th Percentile - - £41.85
England median hourly rate £75.00 £32.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year +130.77% +14.04% +90.00%

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 9,908 8,863 11,715
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 63.65% 65.64% 63.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,447 5,657 8,372
10th Percentile £350 £330 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £662 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 115 259
10th Percentile £17.50 £21.25 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.42 £27.85 £18.29
Median hourly rate £28.55 £39.00 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.79% +34.48% +1.75%
75th Percentile £48.75 £55.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.61 £73.67
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.79 £26.00
% change year-on-year -23.68% +18.43% -12.61%

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 22 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 22 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 -3 12 £775 +55.00% 10
South London - 2 £506 - 1
West London -26 1 £285 -35.01% 4
North London - 1 £400 -
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%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.83%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.75%) 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 12 (11.01%) SAP S/4HANA
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 MM
3 2 (1.83%) SAP PP
3 2 (1.83%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.92%) SAP EWM
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 14 (12.84%) Azure
2 14 (12.84%) GitHub
3 13 (11.93%) AWS
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
7 4 (3.67%) SaaS
8 3 (2.75%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (2.75%) Amazon SageMaker
8 3 (2.75%) Azure AKS
8 3 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.83%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.83%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.83%) IaaS
9 2 (1.83%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.83%) Veeva
10 1 (0.92%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.75%) Firewall
1 3 (2.75%) Network Security
2 2 (1.83%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.83%) VPN
2 2 (1.83%) Wireless
3 1 (0.92%) Cisco ICM
3 1 (0.92%) DHCP
3 1 (0.92%) DNS
3 1 (0.92%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.92%) Junos
3 1 (0.92%) Modbus
3 1 (0.92%) RS-485
3 1 (0.92%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.92%) VLAN
3 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%) Hadoop
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%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (14.68%) Git
2 3 (2.75%) Cypress.io
2 3 (2.75%) MLflow
3 2 (1.83%) JIRA
4 1 (0.92%) Hudson
General
1 28 (25.69%) Social Skills
2 22 (20.18%) Finance
3 14 (12.84%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (8.26%) Manufacturing
5 7 (6.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (6.42%) Marketing
6 5 (4.59%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.67%) Retail
7 4 (3.67%) Wearables
8 2 (1.83%) Advertising
8 2 (1.83%) Digital Health
8 2 (1.83%) Digital Healthcare
9 1 (0.92%) Dutch Language
9 1 (0.92%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.92%) Legal
9 1 (0.92%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.92%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (11.93%) Senior
2 11 (10.09%) Consultant
2 11 (10.09%) Data Engineer
3 8 (7.34%) Project Manager
4 7 (6.42%) Analyst
4 7 (6.42%) Compliance Manager
4 7 (6.42%) Developer
4 7 (6.42%) Quality Manager
4 7 (6.42%) Risk Manager
4 7 (6.42%) SAP Consultant
5 6 (5.50%) Accountant
5 6 (5.50%) Lead
5 6 (5.50%) Software Engineer
5 6 (5.50%) Systems Accountant
6 5 (4.59%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 5 (4.59%) Backend Developer
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%) 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 12 (11.01%) Cloud Native
2 12 (11.01%) Genomics
3 9 (8.26%) FMCG
4 6 (5.50%) Product Ownership
5 4 (3.67%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (2.75%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.75%) LIMS
6 3 (2.75%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.83%) Biopharmaceutical
7 2 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.83%) Omics
7 2 (1.83%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.92%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.92%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.92%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.92%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.83%) Windows
2 1 (0.92%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.92%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (33.94%) AI
2 32 (29.36%) Machine Learning
3 29 (26.61%) Agile
4 25 (22.94%) Biotechnology
5 21 (19.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 19 (17.43%) DevOps
7 17 (15.60%) Containerisation
7 17 (15.60%) Data Science
8 16 (14.68%) Test Automation
9 15 (13.76%) Analytics
9 15 (13.76%) Software Engineering
10 13 (11.93%) Natural Language Processing
10 13 (11.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 13 (11.93%) Unit Testing
11 12 (11.01%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (11.01%) Data Pipeline
11 12 (11.01%) ERP
11 12 (11.01%) Proteomics
11 12 (11.01%) Validation
12 11 (10.09%) Project Delivery
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++
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%) 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 10 (9.17%) GxP
2 7 (6.42%) GMP
3 5 (4.59%) Accessibility
4 4 (3.67%) QA
5 3 (2.75%) Data Quality
5 3 (2.75%) GDPR
6 1 (0.92%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.92%) GAMP
6 1 (0.92%) GRC
6 1 (0.92%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.92%) IEC 62304
6 1 (0.92%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.92%) ITGC
6 1 (0.92%) MiFID
6 1 (0.92%) PMO
6 1 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.92%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (16.51%) Docker
2 1 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.92%) vSphere
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%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.92%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.92%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (20.18%) SAP
2 19 (17.43%) Google
3 7 (6.42%) Microsoft
4 4 (3.67%) Databricks
4 4 (3.67%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.75%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.83%) LabWare
6 2 (1.83%) VMware
6 2 (1.83%) Zscaler
7 1 (0.92%) Adobe
7 1 (0.92%) Apple
7 1 (0.92%) Cisco
7 1 (0.92%) Citrix
7 1 (0.92%) Digital Fuel
7 1 (0.92%) Genesys
7 1 (0.92%) IBM
7 1 (0.92%) IFS
7 1 (0.92%) Juniper
7 1 (0.92%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.92%) Siemens