Pharmaceutical Contracts in Scotland

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 169 171
Rank change year-on-year +40 +2 -22
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 4 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.18% 0.10% 0.055%
As % of the General category 0.27% 0.16% 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £404 - £405
25th Percentile £409 - £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £431
Median % change year-on-year - - +32.46%
75th Percentile £447 - £460
90th Percentile £456 - £471
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All General Skills
Scotland

Pharmaceutical is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,488 1,905 2,588
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 65.29% 65.71% 71.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 898 1,399 1,874
10th Percentile £180 £250 £213
25th Percentile £363 £406 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +7.14%
75th Percentile £588 £571 £540
90th Percentile £683 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 31 44
10th Percentile £12.30 £12.75 £13.21
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.75 £17.44
Median hourly rate £19.50 £18.50 £25.91
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% -28.59% -9.10%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.75 £47.43
90th Percentile £69.00 £67.50 £52.86
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% +62.79% -4.44%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in Scotland

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Pharmaceutical in Scotland

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Pharmaceutical in Scotland

Pharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 April 2024. 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
Aberdeen - 2 - - 10
Glasgow - 2 £425 - 3
Pharmaceutical
UK

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Financial Institution
2 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Snowflake Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Biopharmaceutical
1 2 (50.00%) Hedge funds
1 2 (50.00%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
2 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Security
2 1 (25.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) ePrescribing
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) ETL Development
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) MCP
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft