Pharmaceutical Contracts in the UK excluding London

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 270 323
Rank change year-on-year +86 +53 -21
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 222 181 197
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.09% 0.79% 0.65%
As % of the General category 2.01% 1.39% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 121 133
10th Percentile £363 £252 £270
25th Percentile £405 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -6.22%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £652 £725 £690
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 5 12
10th Percentile £17.72 £13.28 £25.30
25th Percentile £20.75 £15.21 £40.38
Median hourly rate £40.00 £22.53 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.54% -54.02% +35.17%
75th Percentile £60.00 £42.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £67.92 £55.05 -
UK median hourly rate £33.83 £36.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -6.03% -26.53% +15.29%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,038 13,006 16,989
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.38% 56.52% 55.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,309 8,866 11,696
10th Percentile £208 £230 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +5.26% +8.94%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,650 739 1,034
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.31 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.90 £14.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £29.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +52.63% -2.56%
75th Percentile £53.75 £61.16 £36.12
90th Percentile £67.04 £70.00 £55.81
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% +44.44% -

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Pharmaceutical as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the UK excluding London

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the UK excluding London

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in the UK excluding London

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the UK excluding London

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in the UK excluding London

Pharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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
North of England +78 99 £510 +2.00% 194
East of England +26 98 £514 +14.17% 123
North West +66 88 £510 +13.33% 108
South East +6 27 £516 +14.56% 144
South West +16 10 - - 74
Yorkshire +11 9 £550 - 66
Midlands +23 5 £338 -28.95% 94
West Midlands +23 5 £338 -28.95% 49
Scotland +39 1 £400 - 29
Pharmaceutical
UK

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (3.15%) SAS
2 6 (2.70%) Confluence
2 6 (2.70%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.25%) Apache
3 5 (2.25%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (2.25%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (5.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.90%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.90%) Sketch
5 1 (0.45%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 44 (19.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.70%) SAP MDG
3 4 (1.80%) TrackWise
4 3 (1.35%) SAP BPC
4 3 (1.35%) SAP EWM
4 3 (1.35%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.90%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.45%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.45%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.45%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.45%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 20 (9.01%) Power Platform
2 13 (5.86%) Snowflake
3 12 (5.41%) Collibra
4 10 (4.50%) Azure
5 7 (3.15%) AWS
5 7 (3.15%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.70%) Power Automate
7 5 (2.25%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (2.25%) Amazon EMR
7 5 (2.25%) Amazon S3
7 5 (2.25%) Amazon SQS
7 5 (2.25%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (2.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 5 (2.25%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (2.25%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (2.25%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.25%) Serverless
8 4 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.80%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.80%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.25%) FTP
2 3 (1.35%) LAN
2 3 (1.35%) WAN
3 2 (0.90%) MQTT
4 1 (0.45%) VPN
4 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.01%) Power BI
2 15 (6.76%) Data Lake
3 11 (4.95%) Metadata
4 7 (3.15%) Big Data
4 7 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (3.15%) NoSQL
5 6 (2.70%) Ataccama
5 6 (2.70%) Data Mining
5 6 (2.70%) Qlik Sense
5 6 (2.70%) SQL Server
6 5 (2.25%) EDMS
7 3 (1.35%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.90%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.90%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.45%) Data Hub
9 1 (0.45%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.45%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 21 (9.46%) JIRA
2 11 (4.95%) Git
3 6 (2.70%) Eclipse
3 6 (2.70%) PyCharm
3 6 (2.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.45%) LabVIEW
General
1 66 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 48 (21.62%) Manufacturing
3 33 (14.86%) Finance
4 23 (10.36%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (6.76%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (3.60%) Aerospace
8 7 (3.15%) Banking
8 7 (3.15%) Electronics
9 6 (2.70%) Marketing
10 4 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.90%) Back Office
11 2 (0.90%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.90%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.90%) Publishing
12 1 (0.45%) Advertising
12 1 (0.45%) German Language
12 1 (0.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 59 (26.58%) Analyst
2 30 (13.51%) Business Analyst
3 28 (12.61%) Project Manager
4 24 (10.81%) Senior
5 23 (10.36%) Data Analyst
6 21 (9.46%) Lead
7 17 (7.66%) Senior Analyst
8 16 (7.21%) Consultant
8 16 (7.21%) Data Manager
9 11 (4.95%) Data Governance Analyst
9 11 (4.95%) Data Governance Manager
9 11 (4.95%) Governance Manager
10 10 (4.50%) Engineering Manager
11 9 (4.05%) Developer
11 9 (4.05%) QA Specialist
12 8 (3.60%) Data Quality Analyst
12 8 (3.60%) QA Analyst
12 8 (3.60%) Quality Analyst
12 8 (3.60%) SAP Analyst
13 7 (3.15%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.15%) React
2 6 (2.70%) XML
3 5 (2.25%) JSON
4 3 (1.35%) PySpark
5 2 (0.90%) CSS
5 2 (0.90%) HTML
6 1 (0.45%) IDoc
6 1 (0.45%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 36 (16.22%) Life Science
2 18 (8.11%) Product Ownership
3 9 (4.05%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.60%) Data Structures
5 7 (3.15%) Reference Data
6 5 (2.25%) Biopharmaceutical
6 5 (2.25%) PMI
7 4 (1.80%) IoT
7 4 (1.80%) LIMS
7 4 (1.80%) Robotics
8 3 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.35%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.35%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.90%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.90%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 2 (0.90%) Industry 4.0
9 2 (0.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.45%) Pharmacovigilance
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.70%) Windows
2 2 (0.90%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.90%) Mac OS
2 2 (0.90%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (29.28%) Stakeholder Management
2 44 (19.82%) Data Governance
3 39 (17.57%) Project Management
4 28 (12.61%) Agile
5 27 (12.16%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (11.71%) Data Management
7 24 (10.81%) Decision-Making
8 21 (9.46%) Business Analysis
9 20 (9.01%) Data Modelling
10 19 (8.56%) Lean Six Sigma
10 19 (8.56%) Project Delivery
10 19 (8.56%) Six Sigma
11 18 (8.11%) Analytics
12 17 (7.66%) ETL
12 17 (7.66%) Requirements Gathering
12 17 (7.66%) Visualisation
13 16 (7.21%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (7.21%) Change Management
14 15 (6.76%) Data Engineering
14 15 (6.76%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 28 (12.61%) Python
2 18 (8.11%) SQL
3 11 (4.95%) Java
4 8 (3.60%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.70%) Groovy
6 5 (2.25%) C#
7 2 (0.90%) R
Qualifications
1 47 (21.17%) Degree
2 12 (5.41%) IIBA
3 7 (3.15%) Master's Degree
3 7 (3.15%) PMP
4 6 (2.70%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.25%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.25%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.80%) CCNA
6 4 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.80%) MCSA
6 4 (1.80%) MCSE
6 4 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.35%) PhD
8 2 (0.90%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.45%) CISA
9 1 (0.45%) CISM
9 1 (0.45%) CISSP
9 1 (0.45%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (11.26%) GDPR
2 24 (10.81%) GxP
3 23 (10.36%) QA
4 20 (9.01%) Data Quality
5 18 (8.11%) Good Clinical Practice
6 11 (4.95%) GMP
7 7 (3.15%) PMO
8 4 (1.80%) SLA
9 3 (1.35%) GAMP
10 2 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.45%) CDISC
11 1 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.45%) NIST
11 1 (0.45%) NIST 800
System Software
1 11 (4.95%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.35%) HP Quality Center
1 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.90%) SCCM
2 2 (0.90%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 61 (27.48%) SAP
2 29 (13.06%) Ariba
3 16 (7.21%) Microsoft
4 10 (4.50%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.15%) Adobe
6 6 (2.70%) Alteryx
6 6 (2.70%) Dataiku
6 6 (2.70%) Trillium
7 5 (2.25%) Informatica
7 5 (2.25%) Talend
8 4 (1.80%) Google
9 3 (1.35%) HP
9 3 (1.35%) Hyperion
9 3 (1.35%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.90%) Allen-Bradley
10 2 (0.90%) Apple
10 2 (0.90%) Snow
11 1 (0.45%) Cadence
11 1 (0.45%) CyberArk
11 1 (0.45%) FIS