Pharmaceutical Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
South West > Wiltshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in Wiltshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.16% - -
As % of the General category 0.31% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £379 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £383 - -
75th Percentile £386 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £700 - £213
% change year-on-year - - -54.05%

All General Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 325 283 381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 52.50% 58.71% 48.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 178 288
10th Percentile £404 £215 £263
25th Percentile £513 £425 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -
75th Percentile £734 £650 £641
90th Percentile £762 £737 £725
South West median daily rate £507 £503 £550
% change year-on-year +0.70% -8.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 3 11
10th Percentile £15.62 £22.23 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £36.40 £15.15
Median hourly rate £22.38 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.70% +20.00% -23.72%
75th Percentile £24.50 - £69.50
90th Percentile - - £77.00
South West median hourly rate £24.00 £63.00 £55.65
% change year-on-year -61.90% +13.22% -9.54%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Pharmaceutical relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Pharmaceutical.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Pharmaceutical.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 26 December 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
Swindon - 1 £383 - 5
Pharmaceutical
South West

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cerner Millennium
1 1 (100.00%) SystmOne
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ECDL
1 1 (100.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cerner
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle