Pharmaceutical Contracts in the North of England

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 91 157
Rank change year-on-year -17 +66 +33
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 62 92 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.88% 1.95% 0.95%
As % of the General category 3.17% 3.56% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 64 41
10th Percentile £491 £405 £300
25th Percentile £500 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £510 £488
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% +4.62% +10.80%
75th Percentile £663 £538 £575
90th Percentile £700 £585 £619
England median daily rate £563 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 0
10th Percentile £14.78 - -
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.72 -
Median hourly rate £32.50 £32.61 -
Median % change year-on-year -0.34% - -
75th Percentile £33.75 £48.75 -
90th Percentile £35.90 £58.82 -
England median hourly rate £32.50 £30.16 £36.00
% change year-on-year +7.76% -16.22% -26.53%

All General Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,953 2,587 3,203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 59.15% 54.76% 55.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,199 1,520 2,211
10th Percentile £256 £256 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £501
Median % change year-on-year -3.99% -1.15% +5.37%
75th Percentile £575 £582 £600
90th Percentile £663 £669 £688
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 311 92
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.13 £14.56
25th Percentile £16.25 £13.30 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.22 £16.06 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.00% -37.02% +36.18%
75th Percentile £41.97 £28.22 £38.75
90th Percentile £72.75 £48.75 £53.31
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.14 £33.39
% change year-on-year -8.76% -9.72% +56.74%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the North of England

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the North of England

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the North of England over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in the North of England

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the North of England

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the North of England over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in the North of England

Pharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
North West -16 53 £550 +7.84% 37
North East - 7 - - 10
Yorkshire +3 2 £343 -37.64% 18
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (14.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 18 (29.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.61%) SAP PP
2 1 (1.61%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.90%) Azure
2 4 (6.45%) Anthropic Claude
2 4 (6.45%) AWS
2 4 (6.45%) Azure AI
2 4 (6.45%) GCP
2 4 (6.45%) Google Gemini
2 4 (6.45%) Power Platform
2 4 (6.45%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.61%) IMAP
1 1 (1.61%) Network Security
1 1 (1.61%) POP3
1 1 (1.61%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.45%) Data Lake
1 4 (6.45%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (6.45%) Neo4j
1 4 (6.45%) Power BI
2 2 (3.23%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (6.45%) Git
2 2 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 22 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 19 (30.65%) Manufacturing
3 15 (24.19%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (22.58%) Finance
5 10 (16.13%) Legal
6 5 (8.06%) Local Government
6 5 (8.06%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.23%) Aerospace
7 2 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.23%) Italian Language
7 2 (3.23%) Law
8 1 (1.61%) French Language
8 1 (1.61%) Games
8 1 (1.61%) German Language
8 1 (1.61%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 7 (11.29%) Analyst
1 7 (11.29%) Senior
2 6 (9.68%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 6 (9.68%) Business Analyst
2 6 (9.68%) Lead
2 6 (9.68%) Project Manager
3 5 (8.06%) Architect
3 5 (8.06%) Facilities Manager
3 5 (8.06%) Facilities Project Manager
3 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 5 (8.06%) Security Engineer
4 4 (6.45%) Data Analytics Specialist
4 4 (6.45%) SAP Architect
5 3 (4.84%) Associate Director
5 3 (4.84%) Data Migration Expert
5 3 (4.84%) IT Analyst
5 3 (4.84%) IT Business Analyst
5 3 (4.84%) IT Engineer
5 3 (4.84%) SAP Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.45%) PyTorch
1 4 (6.45%) TensorFlow
2 3 (4.84%) Middleware
3 1 (1.61%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.29%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (9.68%) Algorithms
2 6 (9.68%) Life Science
3 5 (8.06%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (8.06%) NHS
4 2 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.23%) Data Structures
4 2 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.23%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.61%) LIMS
5 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.61%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.68%) Linux
2 1 (1.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (19.35%) Agile
2 12 (19.35%) Project Management
3 11 (17.74%) Data Migration
3 11 (17.74%) Migration
3 11 (17.74%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (12.90%) Business Analysis
4 8 (12.90%) Data Cleansing
4 8 (12.90%) Information Architecture
5 7 (11.29%) Data Design
5 7 (11.29%) Zero Trust
6 6 (9.68%) Analytics
6 6 (9.68%) Artificial Intelligence
6 6 (9.68%) Containerisation
6 6 (9.68%) Decision-Making
6 6 (9.68%) Generative AI
6 6 (9.68%) LLM
6 6 (9.68%) Machine Learning
6 6 (9.68%) Natural Language Processing
6 6 (9.68%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.68%) Python
2 3 (4.84%) Scala
3 1 (1.61%) Java
3 1 (1.61%) R
Qualifications
1 14 (22.58%) Degree
2 5 (8.06%) HNC
3 4 (6.45%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.61%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.84%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.84%) QA
3 2 (3.23%) PMO
4 1 (1.61%) GxP
4 1 (1.61%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.61%) IEC 61508
4 1 (1.61%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 6 (9.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (9.68%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 29 (46.77%) SAP
2 12 (19.35%) Microsoft
3 9 (14.52%) Ariba
4 5 (8.06%) Cisco
4 5 (8.06%) Fortinet
4 5 (8.06%) HP
4 5 (8.06%) Veeam
4 5 (8.06%) VMware
5 2 (3.23%) Anaplan
5 2 (3.23%) Hyperion
6 1 (1.61%) Splunk