Hybrid/Remote Biopharmaceutical Contract Job Trends

Biopharmaceutical
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Biopharmaceutical in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Biopharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 319 372
Rank change year-on-year - +53 +184
Contract jobs citing Biopharmaceutical 0 6 1
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options - 0.051% 0.006%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 0.16% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £413 £200
Median % change year-on-year - +106.25% -57.33%
UK median daily rate £614 £413 £575
% change year-on-year +48.85% -28.26% +9.63%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Biopharmaceutical falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,543 3,654 5,207
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.85% 31.03% 30.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,215 2,329 3,594
10th Percentile £331 £325 £325
25th Percentile £420 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £673
90th Percentile £750 £800 £760
UK median daily rate £501 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.88% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 65 120
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £19.99
25th Percentile £21.38 £22.50 £22.00
Median hourly rate £45.46 £38.00 £45.63
Median % change year-on-year +19.63% -16.73% -23.95%
75th Percentile £66.75 £66.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.03 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £33.27 £42.40
% change year-on-year -18.21% -21.54% +21.15%

Biopharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Biopharmaceutical and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Biopharmaceutical job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Biopharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Biopharmaceutical.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Biopharmaceutical

Biopharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Biopharmaceutical.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Biopharmaceutical