Biopharmaceutical Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Biopharmaceutical
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Biopharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Biopharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 - 125
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Contract jobs citing Biopharmaceutical 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.092% - 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.27% - 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £292 - £299
25th Percentile £304 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - +42.86%
75th Percentile £363 - £388
90th Percentile £370 - £478
South East median daily rate £350 - £375
% change year-on-year - - +42.86%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,112 586 751
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 34.19% 35.15% 29.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 683 341 445
10th Percentile £313 £303 £210
25th Percentile £408 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £608
90th Percentile £688 £650 £683
South East median daily rate £520 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +4.00% -2.91% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 37 50
10th Percentile £19.27 £13.25 £11.79
25th Percentile £31.38 £15.13 £18.91
Median hourly rate £81.50 £45.00 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year +81.11% +62.16% -53.26%
75th Percentile £88.00 £70.00 £59.36
90th Percentile - £88.05 £65.25
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £33.89 £57.35
% change year-on-year +77.07% -40.92% +14.70%

Biopharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Biopharmaceutical job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Biopharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Biopharmaceutical.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Biopharmaceutical

Biopharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Biopharmaceutical within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 24 July 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
Oxfordshire - 2 £350 -
Berkshire - 1 £298 - 1
Biopharmaceutical
South East

Biopharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Kerberos
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Information Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
1 2 (66.67%) Network Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Privileged Access Management
1 2 (66.67%) Ticket Management
1 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Biomedicine
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Password Management
2 1 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (33.33%) Software Deployment
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) BeyondTrust
1 2 (66.67%) CrowdStrike
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Progress