Pharmaceutical Contract Job Trends in Preston

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in Preston. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 0.98% - -
As % of the General category 2.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £475 £523 -
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

All General Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 42 46 47
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 41.18% 65.71% 87.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 26 13
10th Percentile £319 £395 £263
25th Percentile £500 £425 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% +15.79%
75th Percentile £727 £630 £750
90th Percentile £900 £688 £945
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £540 £538
% change year-on-year +1.85% +0.47% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 33
10th Percentile £30.22 £23.77 £12.63
25th Percentile £34.86 £26.88 -
Median hourly rate £41.94 £28.75 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +45.88% +79.02% -67.60%
75th Percentile £50.02 £30.63 £28.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £44.98 £46.18
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £28.75 £16.06
% change year-on-year +58.12% +79.02% -66.39%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in Preston

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Integration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Extraction
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) SYSPRO