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 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 114 125
Rank change year-on-year +5 +11 +31
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 7 11 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.42% 0.49% 0.79%
As % of the General category 0.66% 0.93% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 11
10th Percentile - £309 £375
25th Percentile £240 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 £375 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% -31.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £545 £473 £719
90th Percentile - £519 £750
South East median daily rate £530 £375 £525
% change year-on-year +41.33% -28.57% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £36.20 -
25th Percentile - £48.88 £51.05
Median hourly rate £18.87 £75.00 £52.10
Median % change year-on-year -74.84% +43.95% -15.28%
75th Percentile - £83.75 £53.15
90th Percentile - £87.50 -
South East median hourly rate £17.46 £75.00 £33.66
% change year-on-year -76.72% +122.85% -45.28%

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 1,055 1,177 1,690
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 63.14% 52.50% 60.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 647 620 1,072
10th Percentile £250 £235 £257
25th Percentile £380 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.56%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £623
90th Percentile £700 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £494 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.25% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 74 52
10th Percentile £14.20 £19.74 £16.31
25th Percentile £14.48 £30.10 £23.69
Median hourly rate £19.88 £61.33 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year -67.59% +89.76% +53.90%
75th Percentile £53.56 £71.85 £62.50
90th Percentile £87.33 £87.46 £70.22
South East median hourly rate £18.85 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -67.14% +9.24% +138.96%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in the Thames Valley

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Pharmaceutical.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Pharmaceutical

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 29 August 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 +6 7 £385 +2.67% 20
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 2 (28.57%) Adobe After Effects
1 2 (28.57%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (28.57%) Photoshop
2 1 (14.29%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (14.29%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP QM
1 1 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Veeva
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) EDMS
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Legal
2 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) German Language
3 2 (28.57%) Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) Agriculture
4 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Lead
1 2 (28.57%) Project Leader
2 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Animator
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Designer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) SAP QM Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Video Editor
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) AI Agents
1 1 (14.29%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Biotechnology
1 2 (28.57%) Contract Management
1 2 (28.57%) Matrix Organization
1 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) 3D Animation
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (14.29%) Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
2 1 (14.29%) Data Management
2 1 (14.29%) Discrete Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Document Management
2 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
2 1 (14.29%) Infographics
2 1 (14.29%) Inventory Management
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
2 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (14.29%) Storyboarding
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) PMI Certification
1 2 (28.57%) PMP
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 1 (14.29%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) SAP