Pharmaceutical Contracts in the South East

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 174 170 216
Rank change year-on-year -4 +46 -34
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 26 56 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.47% 0.96% 0.58%
As % of the General category 0.92% 1.64% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 38 38
10th Percentile £384 £252 £278
25th Percentile £501 £314 £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -5.26% -12.84%
75th Percentile £675 £521 £538
90th Percentile £735 £662 £573
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 1
10th Percentile £20.50 - -
25th Percentile £20.75 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 - £27.50
75th Percentile £64.61 - £28.75
90th Percentile £78.75 - -
England median hourly rate £30.16 £36.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -16.22% -26.53% +8.89%

All General Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,814 3,408 4,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 50.93% 58.47% 54.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,539 2,321 2,793
10th Percentile £205 £245 £213
25th Percentile £355 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +9.29%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £721 £660
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 166 220
10th Percentile £12.91 £18.50 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.67 £25.00 £14.45
Median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +137.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £32.56
90th Percentile £70.29 £73.11 £48.75
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.31 £21.30
% change year-on-year -12.56% +61.08% -5.33%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Pharmaceutical as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the South East

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the South East

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in the South East

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the South East

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in the South East

Pharmaceutical
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 Pharmaceutical within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 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
Thames Valley -19 19 £650 +44.44% 54
Berkshire -22 15 £650 +44.44% 24
West Sussex +5 4 - - 9
Buckinghamshire +15 3 £750 +66.67% 17
Hampshire - 1 £495 - 11
Kent - 1 - - 7
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 13
Home Counties - 1 £530 -
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.85%) SAS
1 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 6 (23.08%) Azure
2 5 (19.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 5 (19.23%) Azure Data Factory
2 5 (19.23%) Azure Monitor
2 5 (19.23%) Entra ID
3 4 (15.38%) Google Workspace
4 3 (11.54%) Veeva
5 2 (7.69%) AWS
5 2 (7.69%) SAP Fieldglass
6 1 (3.85%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (19.23%) NoSQL
2 1 (3.85%) Data Mining
2 1 (3.85%) EDMS
2 1 (3.85%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) Git
2 3 (11.54%) JIRA
3 1 (3.85%) LabVIEW
General
1 7 (26.92%) Finance
2 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Legal
4 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.69%) General Ledger
4 2 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Advertising
5 1 (3.85%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.85%) Marketing
5 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Analyst
2 7 (26.92%) Developer
3 5 (19.23%) Azure Developer
3 5 (19.23%) Full Stack Developer
4 4 (15.38%) Support Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Engineering Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Architect
6 2 (7.69%) Data Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (7.69%) Information Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) IT Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) IT Support
6 2 (7.69%) IT Support Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Consultant
7 1 (3.85%) Lead
7 1 (3.85%) Product Owner
7 1 (3.85%) Programmer
7 1 (3.85%) React Developer
7 1 (3.85%) Software Developer
7 1 (3.85%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (23.08%) React
2 2 (7.69%) PySpark
3 1 (3.85%) CSS
3 1 (3.85%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Product Ownership
2 4 (15.38%) Life Science
2 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
3 3 (11.54%) Biopharmaceutical
4 2 (7.69%) Data Structures
5 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.85%) Pharmacovigilance
5 1 (3.85%) Public Cloud
5 1 (3.85%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Microservices
2 5 (19.23%) CI/CD
2 5 (19.23%) DevOps
2 5 (19.23%) Full Stack Development
2 5 (19.23%) Product Backlog
2 5 (19.23%) SDLC
3 4 (15.38%) Agile
3 4 (15.38%) ITIL
3 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (11.54%) Biotechnology
4 3 (11.54%) Change Control
4 3 (11.54%) Regulatory Change
5 2 (7.69%) Analytics
5 2 (7.69%) ArchiMate
5 2 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (7.69%) Customer Service
5 2 (7.69%) Data Engineering
5 2 (7.69%) Data Enrichment
5 2 (7.69%) Data Governance
5 2 (7.69%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 8 (30.77%) Python
2 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.85%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
1 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
1 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.69%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) CDISC
1 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Google
1 4 (15.38%) ServiceNow
2 2 (7.69%) Concur
2 2 (7.69%) PeopleSoft
2 2 (7.69%) SAP
2 2 (7.69%) Workday