Pharmaceutical Contracts in Northern Ireland

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 0 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland - - 1.69%
As % of the General category - - 2.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £450
75th Percentile - - £475
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £505
% change year-on-year +4.76% +3.96% -3.81%

All General Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 147 83 109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 74.24% 49.70% 61.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 33 56
10th Percentile £199 £145 £164
25th Percentile £306 £170 £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £270 £433
Median % change year-on-year +62.04% -37.57% -3.89%
75th Percentile £560 £519 £511
90th Percentile £613 £634 £575
UK median daily rate £501 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 28 4
10th Percentile £13.29 - -
25th Percentile £14.78 £12.25 -
Median hourly rate £15.50 £18.24 £13.91
Median % change year-on-year -15.02% +31.13% +15.99%
75th Percentile £22.25 £24.00 £14.56
90th Percentile £33.25 £26.49 £15.72
UK median hourly rate £27.34 £31.71 £30.50
% change year-on-year -13.78% +3.97% +24.49%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Pharmaceutical as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in Northern Ireland

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Pharmaceutical in Northern Ireland