Pharmaceutical Contracts in the West Midlands

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 108 132
Rank change year-on-year +15 +24 +29
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 4 5 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.30% 0.26% 0.25%
As % of the General category 0.48% 0.46% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £504 - £211
25th Percentile £509 £331 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £338 £475
Median % change year-on-year +55.56% -28.95% -29.63%
75th Percentile £553 £344 £489
90th Percentile £581 - £492
England median daily rate £563 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £12.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £30.16 £36.00
% change year-on-year +7.76% -16.22% -26.53%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 840 1,096 1,363
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 62.31% 56.64% 57.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 548 757 959
10th Percentile £185 £263 £247
25th Percentile £350 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £510 £512
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% -0.29% +7.68%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £750 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 111 43
10th Percentile - £11.06 £11.20
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.90 £12.50
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £28.18 £38.13 £27.57
90th Percentile £33.91 £56.25 £55.75
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.82% -7.20% +51.16%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Pharmaceutical as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the West Midlands

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the West Midlands

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the West Midlands

Pharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 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
Birmingham - 2 £525 - 7
Warwickshire - 2 £550 - 8
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (50.00%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Aerospace
3 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Legal
4 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Business Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Business Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Operational Risk Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Project Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (25.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Benchmarking
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Business Process Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Change Control
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) PMO