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 28 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 102 121
Rank change year-on-year -15 +19 +102
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 61 76 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.56% 1.75% 1.52%
As % of the General category 2.59% 3.25% 2.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 40 55
10th Percentile £493 £448 £286
25th Percentile £500 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.78% -7.27% +29.41%
75th Percentile £700 £578 £603
90th Percentile £750 £589 £665
England median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 7
10th Percentile £13.48 £17.72 £17.36
25th Percentile £14.57 £19.49 £19.75
Median hourly rate £16.38 £40.00 £22.53
Median % change year-on-year -59.05% +77.54% -9.88%
75th Percentile £18.19 - £33.27
90th Percentile £19.28 £51.55 £51.60
England median hourly rate £95.00 £37.50 £22.53
% change year-on-year +153.33% +66.44% -54.02%

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 2,358 2,337 3,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 60.35% 53.93% 56.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,494 1,360 1,992
10th Percentile £261 £284 £263
25th Percentile £375 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% -1.96% +3.03%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £510 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.12% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 206 144
10th Percentile £12.80 £12.15 £14.37
25th Percentile £15.00 £14.06 £16.85
Median hourly rate £22.14 £19.00 £21.34
Median % change year-on-year +16.53% -10.94% +11.35%
75th Percentile £38.60 £40.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £70.06 £51.91 £52.69
England median hourly rate £25.32 £38.12 £30.03
% change year-on-year -33.58% +26.96% +23.31%

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 28 July 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
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 28 July 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 -9 58 £565 +10.78% 55
North East - 2 - - 5
Yorkshire -28 1 - - 29
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 (1.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 28 (45.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.28%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.64%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 8 (13.11%) Azure
2 5 (8.20%) AWS
3 4 (6.56%) Anthropic Claude
3 4 (6.56%) Azure AI
3 4 (6.56%) GCP
3 4 (6.56%) Google Gemini
3 4 (6.56%) Power Platform
3 4 (6.56%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.64%) Adobe Analytics
4 1 (1.64%) OCI
4 1 (1.64%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.92%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.56%) Data Lake
1 4 (6.56%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (6.56%) Neo4j
1 4 (6.56%) Power BI
2 2 (3.28%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (6.56%) Git
2 1 (1.64%) JIRA
General
1 26 (42.62%) Social Skills
2 24 (39.34%) Finance
3 17 (27.87%) Manufacturing
4 13 (21.31%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (16.39%) Legal
6 2 (3.28%) Billing
6 2 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.28%) Law
6 2 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.64%) French Language
7 1 (1.64%) Games
7 1 (1.64%) German Language
7 1 (1.64%) Italian Language
7 1 (1.64%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (16.39%) Analyst
1 10 (16.39%) Consultant
2 8 (13.11%) SAP Consultant
3 7 (11.48%) Business Analyst
3 7 (11.48%) SAP Financial Consultant
3 7 (11.48%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
4 6 (9.84%) Architect
4 6 (9.84%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 5 (8.20%) Data Consultant
5 5 (8.20%) Senior
6 4 (6.56%) Data Analytics Specialist
6 4 (6.56%) SAP Data Consultant
6 4 (6.56%) Security Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Business Process Analyst
7 3 (4.92%) Implementation Consultant
7 3 (4.92%) IT Business Analyst
7 3 (4.92%) SAP Analyst
7 3 (4.92%) SAP Architect
7 3 (4.92%) SAP Solutions Architect
7 3 (4.92%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.56%) PyTorch
1 4 (6.56%) Streamlit
1 4 (6.56%) TensorFlow
2 3 (4.92%) Middleware
3 1 (1.64%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.48%) Life Science
2 6 (9.84%) Algorithms
3 4 (6.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.28%) Data Fabric
4 2 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.28%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.64%) LIMS
5 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.64%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.28%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (32.79%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (26.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (19.67%) Agile
4 10 (16.39%) Analytics
4 10 (16.39%) Project Management
5 8 (13.11%) Business Analysis
5 8 (13.11%) Containerisation
5 8 (13.11%) Data Migration
5 8 (13.11%) Information Architecture
5 8 (13.11%) Migration
6 7 (11.48%) Data Design
6 7 (11.48%) ETL
7 6 (9.84%) CI/CD
7 6 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (9.84%) Generative AI
7 6 (9.84%) LLM
7 6 (9.84%) Machine Learning
7 6 (9.84%) Matrix Organization
7 6 (9.84%) Natural Language Processing
7 6 (9.84%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.84%) Python
2 3 (4.92%) Scala
3 1 (1.64%) R
3 1 (1.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (14.75%) Degree
2 5 (8.20%) ACCA
2 5 (8.20%) CIMA
3 4 (6.56%) Master's Degree
4 3 (4.92%) CCNP
4 3 (4.92%) CCSA
4 3 (4.92%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.64%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.84%) Data Quality
2 5 (8.20%) GxP
3 3 (4.92%) QA
3 3 (4.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (3.28%) HIPAA
4 2 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.28%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (9.84%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (9.84%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 38 (62.30%) SAP
2 10 (16.39%) Ariba
3 3 (4.92%) Cisco
3 3 (4.92%) Palo Alto
3 3 (4.92%) Zscaler
4 2 (3.28%) Anaplan
4 2 (3.28%) Fortinet
4 2 (3.28%) HP
4 2 (3.28%) Hyperion
4 2 (3.28%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.28%) Veeam
4 2 (3.28%) VMware
5 1 (1.64%) Adobe
5 1 (1.64%) Oracle
5 1 (1.64%) Salesforce