Pharmaceutical Contracts 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 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 273 303 377
Rank change year-on-year +30 +74 +5
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 93 96 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.70% 0.54% 0.43%
As % of the General category 1.03% 0.88% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 48 63
10th Percentile £423 £395 £358
25th Percentile £504 £495 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +19.65% +4.55% +8.91%
75th Percentile £820 £638 £628
90th Percentile £1,200 £808 £675
England median daily rate £550 £510 £505
% change year-on-year +7.84% +0.99% -3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 2
Median hourly rate - £30.16 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +0.53% -53.85%
England median hourly rate £57.50 £30.16 £22.53
% change year-on-year +90.65% +33.87% -54.02%

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 common skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,989 10,970 16,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 67.99% 62.26% 63.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,995 7,802 11,818
10th Percentile £330 £335 £370
25th Percentile £425 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +2.56%
75th Percentile £699 £700 £725
90th Percentile £813 £825 £825
England median daily rate £519 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -3.08% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 229 197
10th Percentile £15.84 £16.00 £16.61
25th Percentile £24.66 £18.79 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.00 £30.16 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% -7.20% -8.45%
75th Percentile £50.97 £48.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £64.25 £68.15 £71.00
England median hourly rate £27.21 £32.90 £30.00
% change year-on-year -17.28% +9.65% +27.13%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Pharmaceutical as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in London

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in London.

Daily rate trend for Pharmaceutical in London

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in London over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in London

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in London.

Hourly rate trend 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 4 July 2025. 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 8 £428 -49.20% 58
West London +1 2 - - 25
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.08%) Confluence
1 1 (1.08%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 4 (4.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 27 (29.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (4.30%) SAP PLM
2 4 (4.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (3.23%) SAP IBP
3 3 (3.23%) Teamcenter
4 2 (2.15%) SAP APO
4 2 (2.15%) SAP MDG
4 2 (2.15%) SAP PP
4 2 (2.15%) SAP VC
5 1 (1.08%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (1.08%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (1.08%) SAP ERP
5 1 (1.08%) SAP R/3
5 1 (1.08%) SAP SCM
5 1 (1.08%) SAP SD
5 1 (1.08%) Shopify
5 1 (1.08%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.38%) AWS
2 3 (3.23%) Power Platform
2 3 (3.23%) SaaS
2 3 (3.23%) Veeva
3 2 (2.15%) Azure
3 2 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.08%) GCP
4 1 (1.08%) GitHub
4 1 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (1.08%) Stripe
4 1 (1.08%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (1.08%) Typeform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.23%) Firewall
2 1 (1.08%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.08%) Network Security
2 1 (1.08%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.38%) SAP HANA
2 3 (3.23%) Metadata
2 3 (3.23%) Power BI
3 1 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.08%) DTS
3 1 (1.08%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (5.38%) JIRA
2 1 (1.08%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.08%) ERwin
2 1 (1.08%) Selenium
General
1 45 (48.39%) Finance
2 30 (32.26%) Social Skills
3 12 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (9.68%) Legal
4 9 (9.68%) Manufacturing
5 8 (8.60%) Marketing
6 6 (6.45%) Banking
7 5 (5.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (5.38%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (4.30%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (3.23%) Italian Language
10 2 (2.15%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.08%) Aerospace
11 1 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.08%) Law
11 1 (1.08%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (19.35%) Lead
2 14 (15.05%) Project Manager
3 10 (10.75%) Analyst
4 9 (9.68%) Consultant
4 9 (9.68%) IT Manager
5 8 (8.60%) Senior
6 7 (7.53%) Business Analyst
7 6 (6.45%) SAP Consultant
7 6 (6.45%) SAP Manager
7 6 (6.45%) Senior Manager
8 5 (5.38%) Procurement Manager
8 5 (5.38%) Senior Project Manager
9 4 (4.30%) Accountant
9 4 (4.30%) Developer
9 4 (4.30%) IT Project Manager
9 4 (4.30%) Procurement Project Manager
9 4 (4.30%) Programme Manager
9 4 (4.30%) Systems Accountant
10 3 (3.23%) Compliance Manager
10 3 (3.23%) Senior Procurement Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.15%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.08%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.08%) React
2 1 (1.08%) SAP Core Interface
2 1 (1.08%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.98%) Life Science
2 6 (6.45%) FMCG
3 3 (3.23%) NHS
3 3 (3.23%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.23%) Reference Data
4 2 (2.15%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.15%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.08%) Biopharmaceutical
5 1 (1.08%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.08%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.08%) IoT
5 1 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.08%) LIMS
5 1 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.08%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.08%) Linux
1 1 (1.08%) Windows
1 1 (1.08%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (18.28%) Process Improvement
3 16 (17.20%) Project Management
4 13 (13.98%) Record to Report
5 12 (12.90%) Agile
5 12 (12.90%) ERP
6 11 (11.83%) Migration
6 11 (11.83%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (11.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (10.75%) Change Management
8 8 (8.60%) Analytics
8 8 (8.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (8.60%) Data Governance
8 8 (8.60%) Procure-to-Pay
8 8 (8.60%) Project Delivery
8 8 (8.60%) Regulatory Compliance
9 7 (7.53%) Decision-Making
9 7 (7.53%) User Acceptance Testing
10 6 (6.45%) Data Management
10 6 (6.45%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.53%) Python
2 3 (3.23%) R
2 3 (3.23%) SQL
3 2 (2.15%) ABAP
4 1 (1.08%) Bicep
4 1 (1.08%) Java
4 1 (1.08%) Korn
4 1 (1.08%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (11.83%) Degree
2 4 (4.30%) Master's Degree
3 3 (3.23%) CISM
3 3 (3.23%) CISSP
4 2 (2.15%) CISA
4 2 (2.15%) SAP Certification
5 1 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.08%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.08%) PMP
5 1 (1.08%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.53%) QA
2 6 (6.45%) Data Quality
2 6 (6.45%) GxP
3 5 (5.38%) Accessibility
4 4 (4.30%) APQC
4 4 (4.30%) PMO
5 2 (2.15%) GDPR
5 2 (2.15%) NIST
5 2 (2.15%) NIST 800
5 2 (2.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (1.08%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.08%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1 (1.08%) Docker
1 1 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (2.15%) HP ALM
2 1 (1.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 53 (56.99%) SAP
2 4 (4.30%) Sparx
3 3 (3.23%) Ariba
3 3 (3.23%) Salesforce
3 3 (3.23%) Siemens
3 3 (3.23%) Workday
4 2 (2.15%) HP
4 2 (2.15%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.08%) Cegedim Rx
5 1 (1.08%) Cisco
5 1 (1.08%) Foundry
5 1 (1.08%) LabVantage
5 1 (1.08%) LabWare
5 1 (1.08%) Meraki
5 1 (1.08%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.08%) Oracle
5 1 (1.08%) Palantir
5 1 (1.08%) Remedy
5 1 (1.08%) ServiceNow