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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 272 296 384
Rank change year-on-year +24 +88 -2
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 83 105 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.66% 0.59% 0.40%
As % of the General category 0.98% 0.93% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 54 61
10th Percentile £450 £414 £400
25th Percentile £513 £506 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% +14.29% +2.94%
75th Percentile £1,000 £734 £630
90th Percentile £1,200 £872 £675
England median daily rate £563 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 2
Median hourly rate - £30.16 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +0.53% -51.81%
England median hourly rate £32.50 £30.16 £36.00
% change year-on-year +7.76% -16.22% -26.53%

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 8,493 11,231 17,029
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 67.55% 63.11% 63.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,737 8,008 12,323
10th Percentile £340 £335 £375
25th Percentile £450 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £713 £700 £725
90th Percentile £825 £813 £825
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 246 217
10th Percentile £15.84 £16.00 £16.52
25th Percentile £22.66 £18.25 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.00 £28.50 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.30% -10.94% -14.67%
75th Percentile £51.18 £43.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £65.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.82% -7.20% +51.16%

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 May 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 May 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 -6 5 £425 -46.88% 9
West London +8 2 £450 -18.18% 12
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 (1.20%) CMS
1 1 (1.20%) Confluence
1 1 (1.20%) Headless CMS
1 1 (1.20%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 27 (32.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (3.61%) Teamcenter
3 2 (2.41%) SAP IBP
3 2 (2.41%) SAP PLM
3 2 (2.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (1.20%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (1.20%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (1.20%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (1.20%) SAP APO
4 1 (1.20%) SAP ERP
4 1 (1.20%) SAP PP
4 1 (1.20%) SAP SCM
4 1 (1.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.23%) AWS
2 3 (3.61%) SaaS
2 3 (3.61%) Veeva
3 2 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.20%) Azure
4 1 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.20%) GitHub
4 1 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (1.20%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.20%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (1.20%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (1.20%) Stripe
4 1 (1.20%) Typeform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.61%) Firewall
2 1 (1.20%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.20%) Network Security
2 1 (1.20%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.61%) Metadata
2 1 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.20%) DTS
2 1 (1.20%) Power BI
2 1 (1.20%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (6.02%) JIRA
2 1 (1.20%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.20%) Selenium
General
1 38 (45.78%) Finance
2 25 (30.12%) Social Skills
3 10 (12.05%) Legal
4 9 (10.84%) Manufacturing
5 7 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (8.43%) Marketing
6 6 (7.23%) Banking
7 5 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.61%) Italian Language
8 3 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.41%) Publishing
10 1 (1.20%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.20%) Automotive
10 1 (1.20%) Digital Health
10 1 (1.20%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.20%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (27.71%) Lead
2 13 (15.66%) Project Manager
3 9 (10.84%) Analyst
4 8 (9.64%) Consultant
4 8 (9.64%) IT Manager
5 6 (7.23%) Business Analyst
5 6 (7.23%) Senior
5 6 (7.23%) Senior Manager
6 5 (6.02%) Developer
6 5 (6.02%) Procurement Manager
6 5 (6.02%) Senior Project Manager
7 4 (4.82%) IT Project Manager
7 4 (4.82%) Procurement Project Manager
7 4 (4.82%) React Developer
7 4 (4.82%) SAP Manager
7 4 (4.82%) Test Leader
8 3 (3.61%) AWS Developer
8 3 (3.61%) Digital Project Manager
8 3 (3.61%) Senior Digital Project Manager
8 3 (3.61%) Senior Procurement Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.61%) React
2 1 (1.20%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.20%) CSS
2 1 (1.20%) HTML
2 1 (1.20%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.20%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.05%) Life Science
2 6 (7.23%) FMCG
3 3 (3.61%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.61%) Reference Data
4 2 (2.41%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.41%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.20%) Biopharmaceutical
5 1 (1.20%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.20%) IoT
5 1 (1.20%) LIMS
5 1 (1.20%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.20%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.20%) NHS
5 1 (1.20%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (26.51%) Stakeholder Management
2 18 (21.69%) Process Improvement
3 15 (18.07%) Record to Report
4 13 (15.66%) Agile
5 10 (12.05%) Migration
5 10 (12.05%) Project Management
6 9 (10.84%) Analytics
6 9 (10.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (10.84%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (10.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (9.64%) Risk Management
8 7 (8.43%) Decision-Making
8 7 (8.43%) ERP
9 6 (7.23%) Data Governance
9 6 (7.23%) Procure-to-Pay
9 6 (7.23%) Project Delivery
9 6 (7.23%) User Acceptance Testing
10 5 (6.02%) Data Management
10 5 (6.02%) Test Strategy
10 5 (6.02%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.02%) Python
2 3 (3.61%) SQL
2 3 (3.61%) TypeScript
3 2 (2.41%) Java
4 1 (1.20%) Bicep
4 1 (1.20%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.20%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (12.05%) Degree
2 5 (6.02%) Master's Degree
3 3 (3.61%) CISM
3 3 (3.61%) CISSP
3 3 (3.61%) SAP Certification
4 2 (2.41%) CISA
5 1 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.20%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.20%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.23%) Accessibility
1 6 (7.23%) QA
2 5 (6.02%) Data Quality
3 4 (4.82%) GxP
4 2 (2.41%) NIST
4 2 (2.41%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.20%) GDPR
5 1 (1.20%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.20%) PMO
5 1 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.20%) Docker
1 1 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (4.82%) HP ALM
2 1 (1.20%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (54.22%) SAP
2 4 (4.82%) Ariba
2 4 (4.82%) HP
2 4 (4.82%) Salesforce
3 3 (3.61%) Siemens
4 2 (2.41%) Sparx
4 2 (2.41%) Workday
5 1 (1.20%) Cegedim Rx
5 1 (1.20%) Cisco
5 1 (1.20%) Foundry
5 1 (1.20%) LabVantage
5 1 (1.20%) LabWare
5 1 (1.20%) Meraki
5 1 (1.20%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.20%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.20%) Oracle
5 1 (1.20%) Palantir