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

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 25 33
Rank change year-on-year +1 +8 +6
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 1 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 0.56% 0.88% 0.84%
As % of the General category 1.01% 1.77% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £506 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - -
75th Percentile £519 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £675 £525 £469
% change year-on-year +28.57% +12.00% +9.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £63.00
North West median hourly rate £18.87 £22.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -16.13% +2.27% +6.02%

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 99 113 141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 55.62% 49.78% 59.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 53 87
10th Percentile £185 £155 £225
25th Percentile £378 £206 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £534 £515 £563
90th Percentile £705 £588 £600
North West median daily rate £456 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -7.45% -1.40% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 12
10th Percentile - £17.44 -
25th Percentile £12.21 £18.03 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £22.88 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +25.34% +4.29%
75th Percentile - £39.00 £27.73
90th Percentile £21.52 £54.00 £47.90
North West median hourly rate £22.63 £35.00 £22.53
% change year-on-year -35.34% +55.35% +0.13%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical 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 17 September 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 +3 1 £513 - 1
Pharmaceutical
North West

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) French Language
1 1 (100.00%) German Language
1 1 (100.00%) Italian Language
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Trainer
1 1 (100.00%) Trainer
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP