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 in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 127 106
Rank change year-on-year +32 -21 +29
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 7 18 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.46% 0.67% 1.54%
As % of the General category 0.73% 1.21% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 29
10th Percentile - £352 £252
25th Percentile £163 £501 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £650 £450
Median % change year-on-year -67.31% +44.44% +2.56%
75th Percentile £250 £675 £515
90th Percentile - £683 £678
South East median daily rate £231 £590 £450
% change year-on-year -60.81% +31.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £61.41 -
South East median hourly rate - £21.50 -

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 common skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 963 1,485 1,831
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 63.73% 55.29% 62.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 584 787 1,231
10th Percentile £265 £205 £303
25th Percentile £409 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.68% -5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £613 £588 £601
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 137 41
10th Percentile - £17.86 £18.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £22.61 £22.50
Median hourly rate £26.38 £48.40 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year -45.50% +49.85% +84.57%
75th Percentile £61.37 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.71 £75.24 £75.75
South East median hourly rate £23.34 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -48.13% -5.26% +137.50%

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
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
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 1 May 2025. 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 +23 7 £213 -67.31% 33
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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Veeva
2 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
General
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Dutch Language
1 1 (14.29%) German Language
1 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Desktop Support
1 2 (28.57%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Developer
1 2 (28.57%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
1 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) CSS
1 2 (28.57%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Structures
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) Pharmacovigilance
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Clean Code
2 2 (28.57%) Front End Development
2 2 (28.57%) User Experience
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (14.29%) Data Extraction
3 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Data Integration
3 1 (14.29%) Data Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data Mapping
3 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Data Validation
3 1 (14.29%) ETL
3 1 (14.29%) Logistics
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Time Management
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow