Pharmaceutical Contracts in the Thames Valley

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 106 133
Rank change year-on-year -15 +27 -4
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 19 44 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.71% 1.52% 0.91%
As % of the General category 1.29% 2.45% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 29 25
10th Percentile £363 £252 £156
25th Percentile £432 £320 £317
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% +2.86% -27.08%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £534
90th Percentile - £700 £573
South East median daily rate £530 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +17.78% -10.00% -8.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £20.50 - -
25th Percentile £29.13 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £61.41 - £27.50
75th Percentile £75.08 - £28.75
90th Percentile £83.75 - -
South East median hourly rate £21.50 £15.21 £27.50
% change year-on-year +41.35% -44.69% -18.52%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,476 1,795 2,111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 55.32% 61.94% 60.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 796 1,199 1,345
10th Percentile £205 £300 £205
25th Percentile £325 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +2.70%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £575
90th Percentile £675 £696 £650
South East median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 42 72
10th Percentile £17.64 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £22.60 £21.74 £12.31
Median hourly rate £47.95 £28.58 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +67.77% +63.31% -19.63%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.88 £22.10
90th Percentile £76.12 £75.58 £34.75
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £46.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year -2.70% +131.25% -21.57%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Pharmaceutical as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the Thames Valley

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the Thames Valley

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in the Thames Valley

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the Thames Valley

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in the Thames Valley

Pharmaceutical
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 Pharmaceutical within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
Berkshire -25 16 £576 +18.66% 25
Buckinghamshire +18 2 £750 +87.50% 16
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 24
Pharmaceutical
South East

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (5.26%) SAS
1 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) Azure
1 5 (26.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 5 (26.32%) Azure Data Factory
1 5 (26.32%) Azure Monitor
1 5 (26.32%) Entra ID
2 3 (15.79%) Veeva
3 2 (10.53%) Figma
4 1 (5.26%) AWS
4 1 (5.26%) SAP Fieldglass
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) NoSQL
2 1 (5.26%) Data Mining
2 1 (5.26%) EDMS
2 1 (5.26%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 6 (31.58%) Git
2 4 (21.05%) JIRA
3 1 (5.26%) LabVIEW
General
1 6 (31.58%) Finance
2 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Legal
2 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Advertising
3 1 (5.26%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.26%) General Ledger
3 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.26%) Marketing
3 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Developer
2 5 (26.32%) Azure Developer
2 5 (26.32%) Full Stack Developer
3 4 (21.05%) Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Engineering Manager
5 2 (10.53%) Data Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Information Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) JavaScript Developer
5 2 (10.53%) React Developer
5 2 (10.53%) UX Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Consultant
6 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Programmer
6 1 (5.26%) SAS Programmer
6 1 (5.26%) Software Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (36.84%) React
2 3 (15.79%) PySpark
3 2 (10.53%) CSS
3 2 (10.53%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Product Ownership
2 4 (21.05%) Life Science
3 3 (15.79%) Biopharmaceutical
3 3 (15.79%) Data Structures
3 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.26%) Pharmacovigilance
4 1 (5.26%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Microservices
2 5 (26.32%) CI/CD
2 5 (26.32%) DevOps
2 5 (26.32%) Full Stack Development
2 5 (26.32%) Product Backlog
2 5 (26.32%) SDLC
3 4 (21.05%) Agile
4 3 (15.79%) Analytics
4 3 (15.79%) Change Control
4 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (15.79%) Data Engineering
4 3 (15.79%) Data Governance
4 3 (15.79%) Data Modelling
4 3 (15.79%) Data Pipeline
4 3 (15.79%) Data Validation
4 3 (15.79%) Regulatory Change
4 3 (15.79%) Use Case
4 3 (15.79%) Validation
4 3 (15.79%) Visualisation
5 2 (10.53%) Data Enrichment
Programming Languages
1 9 (47.37%) Python
2 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.26%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
1 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) Degree
3 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) CDISC
1 1 (5.26%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (26.32%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Concur
1 1 (5.26%) PeopleSoft
1 1 (5.26%) SAP
1 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow
1 1 (5.26%) Workday