Pharmaceutical Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 125 141
Rank change year-on-year -15 +16 +50
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 3 6 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.12% 0.23% 0.14%
As % of the General category 0.19% 0.40% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile - - £504
25th Percentile £513 - £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £569
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +5.49% +23.64%
75th Percentile £538 £650 £681
90th Percentile - £680 £760
England median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £50.00 -
England median hourly rate £95.00 £41.44 £22.53
% change year-on-year +129.25% +83.93% -39.92%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,593 1,503 1,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 62.13% 56.57% 50.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,030 974 1,018
10th Percentile £220 £234 £248
25th Percentile £358 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £618 £613
90th Percentile £638 £725 £725
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 95 72
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.75 £13.30
25th Percentile £18.22 £15.00 £16.92
Median hourly rate £25.15 £21.50 £22.86
Median % change year-on-year +16.98% -5.95% +23.57%
75th Percentile £35.30 £33.74 £42.63
90th Percentile £50.00 £51.91 £63.65
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.31 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.35% +39.31% +10.00%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the Midlands

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Pharmaceutical.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Pharmaceutical.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 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
East Midlands -5 2 £525 -12.50% 12
West Midlands -9 1 £525 -19.23% 12
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) PRMS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (66.67%) SAP Manager
2 2 (66.67%) SAP Project Manager
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
3 1 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (33.33%) Senior
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) AS400
1 2 (66.67%) Life Science
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) ERP
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Rockwell
1 2 (66.67%) SAP