Pharmaceutical Contract Job Trends in Motherwell

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
North Lanarkshire > Motherwell

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in Motherwell. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - 1
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Motherwell 12.50% - 100.00%
As % of the General category 50.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £578 - £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 - £343
75th Percentile £633 - £364
90th Percentile - - -
North Lanarkshire median daily rate £605 - £343

All General Skills
Motherwell

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 general skills in Motherwell.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Motherwell 25.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £517 - -
25th Percentile £527 - £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 - £343
75th Percentile £602 - £364
90th Percentile £620 - -
North Lanarkshire median daily rate £510 £314 £471
% change year-on-year +62.68% -33.47% +114.20%

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Motherwell 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA