Pharmaceutical Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 30 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.38% 1.32% -
As % of the General category 0.64% 2.46% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 - -
North West median daily rate £613 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +11.36% +4.76% +5.00%

All General Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 156 122 99
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 59.77% 53.74% 58.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 67 46
10th Percentile £133 £149 £193
25th Percentile £151 £188 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £320 £500
Median % change year-on-year -29.69% -36.00% -
75th Percentile £500 £488 £575
90th Percentile £630 £615 £613
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £510
% change year-on-year -5.26% -6.86% +4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 14
10th Percentile - £13.49 £11.64
25th Percentile - £17.44 £16.25
Median hourly rate £15.18 £18.07 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.97% +0.36% -0.61%
75th Percentile £31.36 £22.30 £21.50
90th Percentile £44.94 £23.53 £28.83
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £27.13 £24.05
% change year-on-year +9.12% +12.79% +20.25%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Pharmaceutical relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Pharmaceutical.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Pharmaceutical.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
Liverpool -7 1 £150 -
Pharmaceutical
North West

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) HP