Pharmaceutical Contract Job Trends 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 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland - - 0.59%
As % of the General category - - 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -

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 163 117 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 67.63% 62.90% 71.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 48 63
10th Percentile £200 £143 £157
25th Percentile £322 £167 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £331 £400
Median % change year-on-year +43.40% -17.19% -19.15%
75th Percentile £575 £495 £516
90th Percentile £618 £580 £575
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 22 10
10th Percentile £12.31 - £11.08
25th Percentile £13.36 £15.48 £13.23
Median hourly rate £15.05 £22.56 £13.69
Median % change year-on-year -33.29% +64.85% +24.69%
75th Percentile £15.75 £24.18 £13.91
90th Percentile £24.50 - £18.08
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.36 £27.50
% change year-on-year -28.87% +28.58% +12.43%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Pharmaceutical.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Pharmaceutical