Pharmaceutical Contracts in Macclesfield

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Cheshire > Macclesfield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in Macclesfield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +3
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 35 65 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Macclesfield 71.43% 64.36% 50.00%
As % of the General category 76.09% 69.15% 62.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 52 18
10th Percentile - £405 £263
25th Percentile £500 £463 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £510 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% +13.33% +38.46%
75th Percentile £647 £541 £497
90th Percentile £700 £559 £580
Cheshire median daily rate £550 £510 £450
% change year-on-year +7.84% +13.33% +28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £17.72 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £20.00 £17.72 -
% change year-on-year +12.87% - -

All General Skills
Macclesfield

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 Macclesfield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 46 94 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Macclesfield 93.88% 93.07% 80.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 63 24
10th Percentile £450 £405 £276
25th Percentile £500 £463 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £510 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% +13.33% +21.62%
75th Percentile £595 £550 £488
90th Percentile £700 £585 £535
Cheshire median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 2
10th Percentile - £16.67 £14.30
25th Percentile - £17.02 £14.38
Median hourly rate - £17.72 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year - +16.20% -73.48%
75th Percentile - - £16.38
90th Percentile - £17.75 £16.60
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.50 £24.58 £30.54
% change year-on-year +32.22% -19.52% +45.43%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Macclesfield

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

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in Macclesfield

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Macclesfield

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

Daily rate trend for Pharmaceutical in Macclesfield

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Histogram in Macclesfield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in Macclesfield over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in Macclesfield

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Macclesfield

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

Hourly rate trend for Pharmaceutical in Macclesfield

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Macclesfield 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:

Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 19 (54.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.00%) Azure
2 4 (11.43%) Power Platform
2 4 (11.43%) Snowflake
3 3 (8.57%) Anthropic Claude
3 3 (8.57%) AWS
3 3 (8.57%) Azure AI
3 3 (8.57%) GCP
3 3 (8.57%) Google Gemini
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.43%) Data Lake
1 4 (11.43%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (11.43%) Power BI
2 3 (8.57%) Neo4j
3 2 (5.71%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Git
2 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 13 (37.14%) Manufacturing
1 13 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.71%) Finance
3 7 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (14.29%) Legal
5 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (17.14%) Lead
2 5 (14.29%) Analyst
2 5 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 5 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 4 (11.43%) Architect
3 4 (11.43%) Data Analytics Specialist
3 4 (11.43%) SAP Architect
3 4 (11.43%) Senior
4 3 (8.57%) Associate Director
4 3 (8.57%) Business IT Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) IT Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) IT Business Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) SAP Solutions Architect
4 3 (8.57%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (5.71%) SAP Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) SAP Business Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) SAP Financial Specialist
5 2 (5.71%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
5 2 (5.71%) SAP Supply Chain Architect
5 2 (5.71%) Supply Chain Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) Middleware
1 3 (8.57%) PyTorch
1 3 (8.57%) TensorFlow
2 1 (2.86%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Algorithms
1 5 (14.29%) Life Science
2 2 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (5.71%) Data Structures
2 2 (5.71%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (5.71%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (31.43%) Agile
2 8 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
3 7 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 7 (20.00%) Migration
3 7 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (17.14%) Data Modelling
5 5 (14.29%) Analytics
5 5 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
5 5 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 5 (14.29%) Containerisation
5 5 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 5 (14.29%) Generative AI
5 5 (14.29%) Information Architecture
5 5 (14.29%) LLM
5 5 (14.29%) Machine Learning
5 5 (14.29%) Natural Language Processing
5 5 (14.29%) SDLC
6 4 (11.43%) Compliance Management
6 4 (11.43%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.29%) Python
2 2 (5.71%) Scala
3 1 (2.86%) Java
3 1 (2.86%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (22.86%) Degree
2 4 (11.43%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.71%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 26 (74.29%) SAP
2 10 (28.57%) Ariba
3 2 (5.71%) Anaplan
3 2 (5.71%) Hyperion