Pharmaceutical Contract Job Trends in North Lanarkshire

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Scotland > North Lanarkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in North Lanarkshire. 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 6 - 1
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in North Lanarkshire 7.14% - 50.00%
As % of the General category 25.00% - 50.00%
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 - - -
Scotland median daily rate £515 £550 £343
% change year-on-year -6.36% +60.58% -37.73%

All General Skills
North Lanarkshire

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 North Lanarkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 4 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North Lanarkshire 28.57% 75.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £502 - £349
25th Percentile £505 £307 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £314 £471
Median % change year-on-year +62.68% -33.47% +114.20%
75th Percentile £571 £320 £541
90th Percentile £608 - £576
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £440
% change year-on-year -2.63% +7.95% -7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.46 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £16.11 £17.87 £16.71
% change year-on-year -9.85% +6.94% -12.88%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in North Lanarkshire

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in North Lanarkshire

Pharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in North Lanarkshire

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 Lanarkshire region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Motherwell - 1 £605 - 2
Pharmaceutical
Scotland

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Lanarkshire 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