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

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 271 313 377
Rank change year-on-year +42 +64 +16
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 90 89 113
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.66% 0.51% 0.44%
As % of the General category 0.97% 0.82% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 47 66
10th Percentile £438 £385 £359
25th Percentile £500 £472 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £657 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +14.17% +4.55% +8.91%
75th Percentile £820 £638 £629
90th Percentile £1,200 £822 £688
England median daily rate £550 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +7.84% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 2
Median hourly rate - £33.83 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +12.77% -53.85%
England median hourly rate £95.00 £30.16 £22.53
% change year-on-year +214.99% +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 9,233 10,788 16,286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 68.06% 62.21% 63.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,144 7,659 11,906
10th Percentile £330 £335 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £573 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% -4.58% +2.48%
75th Percentile £694 £700 £725
90th Percentile £813 £825 £825
England median daily rate £513 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -3.30% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 208 193
10th Percentile £15.84 £16.25 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.18 £22.49
Median hourly rate £32.70 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% -8.57% -1.41%
75th Percentile £50.75 £48.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £72.00
England median hourly rate £26.45 £33.75 £30.54
% change year-on-year -21.63% +10.51% +25.24%

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 16 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 16 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 +1 8 £428 -49.20% 28
West London -9 2 - - 8
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 (1.11%) Confluence
1 1 (1.11%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (26.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (4.44%) SAP PLM
2 4 (4.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (3.33%) SAP IBP
3 3 (3.33%) Teamcenter
4 2 (2.22%) SAP APO
4 2 (2.22%) SAP MDG
4 2 (2.22%) SAP PP
4 2 (2.22%) SAP VC
5 1 (1.11%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (1.11%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (1.11%) SAP ERP
5 1 (1.11%) SAP R/3
5 1 (1.11%) SAP SCM
5 1 (1.11%) SAP SD
5 1 (1.11%) Shopify
5 1 (1.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.56%) AWS
2 3 (3.33%) Power Platform
2 3 (3.33%) SaaS
2 3 (3.33%) Veeva
3 2 (2.22%) Azure
3 2 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.11%) GCP
4 1 (1.11%) GitHub
4 1 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (1.11%) Smartsheet
4 1 (1.11%) Stripe
4 1 (1.11%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (1.11%) Typeform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.33%) Firewall
2 1 (1.11%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.11%) Network Security
2 1 (1.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.78%) SAP HANA
2 3 (3.33%) Metadata
2 3 (3.33%) Power BI
3 1 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.11%) DTS
3 1 (1.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (5.56%) JIRA
2 1 (1.11%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.11%) ERwin
2 1 (1.11%) Selenium
General
1 45 (50.00%) Finance
2 27 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 12 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (11.11%) Manufacturing
5 8 (8.89%) Legal
5 8 (8.89%) Marketing
6 6 (6.67%) Banking
6 6 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (3.33%) Italian Language
10 2 (2.22%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.11%) Aerospace
11 1 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.11%) Law
11 1 (1.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (16.67%) Lead
2 13 (14.44%) Project Manager
3 10 (11.11%) IT Manager
4 9 (10.00%) Consultant
5 7 (7.78%) Analyst
5 7 (7.78%) Senior
6 6 (6.67%) Accountant
6 6 (6.67%) SAP Consultant
6 6 (6.67%) SAP Manager
6 6 (6.67%) Systems Accountant
7 5 (5.56%) Business Analyst
7 5 (5.56%) Procurement Manager
7 5 (5.56%) Senior Manager
8 4 (4.44%) Developer
8 4 (4.44%) IT Project Manager
8 4 (4.44%) Procurement Project Manager
8 4 (4.44%) Programme Manager
8 4 (4.44%) Senior Project Manager
9 3 (3.33%) Digital Project Manager
9 3 (3.33%) Senior Procurement Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.22%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.11%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.11%) React
2 1 (1.11%) SAP Core Interface
2 1 (1.11%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.56%) Life Science
2 5 (5.56%) FMCG
3 3 (3.33%) NHS
3 3 (3.33%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.33%) Reference Data
4 2 (2.22%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.22%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.11%) Biopharmaceutical
5 1 (1.11%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.11%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.11%) IoT
5 1 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.11%) LIMS
5 1 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.11%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.11%) Linux
1 1 (1.11%) Windows
1 1 (1.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (21.11%) Project Management
2 18 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (14.44%) ERP
4 12 (13.33%) Agile
4 12 (13.33%) Process Improvement
5 11 (12.22%) Migration
5 11 (12.22%) Record to Report
5 11 (12.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (11.11%) Change Management
7 9 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (8.89%) Analytics
8 8 (8.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (8.89%) Data Governance
8 8 (8.89%) Procure-to-Pay
8 8 (8.89%) Project Delivery
8 8 (8.89%) Regulatory Compliance
9 6 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence
9 6 (6.67%) Decision-Making
9 6 (6.67%) Risk Management
9 6 (6.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.78%) Python
2 3 (3.33%) R
2 3 (3.33%) SQL
3 2 (2.22%) ABAP
4 1 (1.11%) Bicep
4 1 (1.11%) Java
4 1 (1.11%) Korn
4 1 (1.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (13.33%) Degree
2 4 (4.44%) Master's Degree
3 3 (3.33%) CISM
3 3 (3.33%) CISSP
4 2 (2.22%) CISA
4 2 (2.22%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.22%) PMP
4 2 (2.22%) SAP Certification
5 1 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.11%) PgMP
5 1 (1.11%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.78%) QA
2 6 (6.67%) APQC
2 6 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 6 (6.67%) GxP
3 5 (5.56%) Accessibility
4 4 (4.44%) PMO
5 2 (2.22%) GDPR
5 2 (2.22%) NIST
5 2 (2.22%) NIST 800
5 2 (2.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (1.11%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.11%) GMP
6 1 (1.11%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1 (1.11%) Docker
1 1 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.11%) HP ALM
1 1 (1.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 51 (56.67%) SAP
2 4 (4.44%) Sparx
3 3 (3.33%) Salesforce
3 3 (3.33%) Siemens
3 3 (3.33%) Workday
4 2 (2.22%) Ariba
4 2 (2.22%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.11%) Cegedim Rx
5 1 (1.11%) Cisco
5 1 (1.11%) Foundry
5 1 (1.11%) HP
5 1 (1.11%) LabVantage
5 1 (1.11%) LabWare
5 1 (1.11%) Meraki
5 1 (1.11%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.11%) Oracle
5 1 (1.11%) Palantir
5 1 (1.11%) Remedy
5 1 (1.11%) ServiceNow