Pharmaceutical Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in Oxfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 0.60% - 0.45%
As % of the General category 1.03% - 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £725 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
75th Percentile £775 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £553 £725 £501
% change year-on-year -23.69% +44.71% +25.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £16.05 £21.50
% change year-on-year +242.79% -25.37% -36.12%

All General Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 194 81 104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 58.43% 69.23% 46.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 49 65
10th Percentile £225 £185 £150
25th Percentile £250 £250 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £500
90th Percentile £691 £641 £596
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 5 21
10th Percentile £13.38 - £16.12
25th Percentile £24.78 £13.08 £19.25
Median hourly rate £39.64 £21.90 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +81.00% +12.31% -27.99%
75th Percentile £53.13 £28.42 £55.00
90th Percentile £53.88 £39.15 £65.00
South East median hourly rate £48.72 £19.99 £45.00
% change year-on-year +143.78% -55.59% -6.41%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Pharmaceutical.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Pharmaceutical.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Oxford - 2 £750 - 1
Pharmaceutical
South East

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) MLOps
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform