Pharmaceutical Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
South West > Somerset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in Somerset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.39% - -
As % of the General category 0.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median daily rate £700 - £213
% change year-on-year - - -54.05%

All General Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 114 98 109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 44.19% 63.23% 55.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 61 60
10th Percentile £200 £205 £215
25th Percentile £225 £450 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £575 £528
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +9.00% -6.64%
75th Percentile £497 £649 £603
90th Percentile £575 £725 £639
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +0.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 27
10th Percentile £32.28 - £22.40
25th Percentile £46.56 - £25.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 - £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.00%
75th Percentile - - £40.00
90th Percentile £54.35 - £46.20
South West median hourly rate £33.25 £61.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.71% +36.11% -26.83%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in Somerset

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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%) SAP EWM
1 1 (100.00%) SAP MM
1 1 (100.00%) SAP WM
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Functional Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SAP MM Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SAP MM Functional Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SAP WM Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Design
1 1 (100.00%) Full Text Search
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP