Pharmaceutical Contract Job Trends in the North East

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 29 -
Rank change year-on-year -32 - -
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 3 7 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.48% 2.25% -
As % of the General category 0.99% 3.91% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £270 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 - -
75th Percentile £310 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £510 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -7.36% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £72.50 £55.25 £30.16
% change year-on-year +31.22% +83.19% -28.19%

All General Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 303 179 163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 48.64% 57.56% 51.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 124 82
10th Percentile £316 £200 £269
25th Percentile £400 £355 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -12.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £541 £539 £625
90th Percentile £633 £596 £720
England median daily rate £513 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 11 37
10th Percentile £15.05 - £11.32
25th Percentile £17.00 £11.60 £12.13
Median hourly rate £56.25 £11.64 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +383.25% -33.49% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £19.12 £46.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £19.97 £48.75
England median hourly rate £31.00 £27.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +12.73% -8.33% -6.25%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in the North East

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the North East region over the 6 months to 22 May 2026. 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
Durham - 3 £290 - 1
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) WinCC
General
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
2 1 (33.33%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Support
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Robotics
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Clean Code
1 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Motion Control
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Application Packaging
2 1 (33.33%) Biotechnology
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) HNC
1 2 (66.67%) HND
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Rockwell
1 2 (66.67%) Siemens