Biopharmaceutical Contract Job Trends in the South East

Biopharmaceutical
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Biopharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Biopharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Biopharmaceutical 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.037% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £284 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £298 - -
75th Percentile £311 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £350 £600
% change year-on-year +57.14% -41.67% +26.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.72 - -
Median hourly rate £17.44 - -
75th Percentile £18.15 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £17.44 - £30.16

All Generic Skills
South East

Biopharmaceutical falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,629 1,013 1,677
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 30.14% 33.98% 29.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,071 620 958
10th Percentile £250 £220 £205
25th Percentile £400 £375 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +2.25% -2.91%
75th Percentile £600 £618 £608
90th Percentile £688 £666 £688
England median daily rate £513 £543 £545
% change year-on-year -5.53% -0.46% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 56 141
10th Percentile £15.10 £16.95 £11.79
25th Percentile £20.65 £24.01 £18.35
Median hourly rate £67.50 £33.75 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -4.93% -25.26%
75th Percentile £88.00 £62.62 £61.30
90th Percentile - £81.93 £65.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £34.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +8.70% +25.45% +15.59%

Biopharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Biopharmaceutical relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Biopharmaceutical job vacancy trend in the South East

Biopharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Biopharmaceutical.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Biopharmaceutical

Biopharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Biopharmaceutical.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Biopharmaceutical

Biopharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Biopharmaceutical within the South East region over the 6 months to 22 March 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
Berkshire - 2 £298 - 1
Thames Valley - 2 £298 - 1
Biopharmaceutical
England

Biopharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Information Scientist
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support Technician
1 1 (50.00%) IT Technician
1 1 (50.00%) Support Technician
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Biomedicine
1 1 (50.00%) Commercialisation
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Immunology
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft