Pharmaceutical Contracts with Work from Home Options

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 261 287
Rank change year-on-year +77 +26 -17
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 157 217 393
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.04% 0.85% 0.88%
As % of the General category 1.76% 1.45% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 134 266
10th Percentile £358 £350 £355
25th Percentile £472 £431 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £725 £684 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 3 14
10th Percentile £26.45 - £47.23
25th Percentile £29.31 - £47.94
Median hourly rate £56.25 £30.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +87.50% -38.78% +8.89%
75th Percentile £60.00 £36.00 £59.00
90th Percentile £68.78 £39.60 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £36.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -16.22% -26.53% +8.89%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,909 14,937 24,184
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.81% 58.40% 54.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,840 10,533 17,530
10th Percentile £325 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.25%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 473 344 348
10th Percentile £14.01 £19.12 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.61 £26.19 £19.35
Median hourly rate £38.12 £50.00 £32.18
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +55.40% +34.06%
75th Percentile £53.00 £67.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £64.83
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.39 £22.00
% change year-on-year -10.14% +51.75% -2.22%

Pharmaceutical
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Pharmaceutical as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Pharmaceutical trend for jobs with a WFH option

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Pharmaceutical.

Pharmaceutical daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Pharmaceutical daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Pharmaceutical.

Pharmaceutical hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Pharmaceutical hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (3.82%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.91%) SAS
3 2 (1.27%) Confluence
4 1 (0.64%) Apache
4 1 (0.64%) CMS
4 1 (0.64%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 6 (3.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (2.55%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.64%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.64%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 25 (15.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.82%) SAP EWM
3 3 (1.91%) SAP MDG
3 3 (1.91%) SAP SD
4 2 (1.27%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (1.27%) SAP ERP
4 2 (1.27%) SAP IBP
4 2 (1.27%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.64%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.64%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.64%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.64%) SAP GTS
5 1 (0.64%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.64%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.64%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.64%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 15 (9.55%) AWS
2 9 (5.73%) Azure
3 6 (3.82%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (3.18%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 5 (3.18%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (3.18%) Entra ID
5 4 (2.55%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.91%) SaaS
7 2 (1.27%) Cloud Run
7 2 (1.27%) Slack
8 1 (0.64%) Alation
8 1 (0.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.64%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.64%) Amazon SageMaker
8 1 (0.64%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.64%) AWS Step Functions
8 1 (0.64%) Serverless
8 1 (0.64%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.64%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.27%) Cisco Firepower
1 2 (1.27%) Firewall
1 2 (1.27%) Internet
2 1 (0.64%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.82%) SAP HANA
2 5 (3.18%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.55%) Power BI
4 3 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.91%) EDMS
4 3 (1.91%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.27%) Metadata
5 2 (1.27%) MySQL
5 2 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.27%) Tableau
6 1 (0.64%) Big Data
6 1 (0.64%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.64%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.64%) Looker
6 1 (0.64%) MS Access
6 1 (0.64%) Redis
6 1 (0.64%) SQL Navigator
6 1 (0.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (5.73%) JIRA
2 7 (4.46%) Git
3 1 (0.64%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.64%) LSMW
3 1 (0.64%) Toad
General
1 39 (24.84%) Social Skills
2 28 (17.83%) Finance
3 9 (5.73%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (5.73%) Manufacturing
4 7 (4.46%) Aerospace
4 7 (4.46%) Electronics
4 7 (4.46%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (3.18%) Banking
6 3 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.27%) General Ledger
7 2 (1.27%) Health Technology
7 2 (1.27%) Legal
7 2 (1.27%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.64%) Advertising
8 1 (0.64%) Aviation
8 1 (0.64%) Environmental Health
8 1 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (13.38%) Project Manager
2 18 (11.46%) Consultant
3 16 (10.19%) Analyst
3 16 (10.19%) Lead
4 13 (8.28%) Developer
5 12 (7.64%) SAP Consultant
6 10 (6.37%) Senior
7 9 (5.73%) Business Analyst
7 9 (5.73%) Engineering Manager
8 6 (3.82%) Data Manager
8 6 (3.82%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (3.18%) Architect
9 5 (3.18%) Data Analyst
9 5 (3.18%) Data Governance Manager
9 5 (3.18%) Full Stack Developer
9 5 (3.18%) Governance Manager
9 5 (3.18%) Python Engineer
9 5 (3.18%) SAP Manager
9 5 (3.18%) SAP Technical Consultant
9 5 (3.18%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.10%) React
2 7 (4.46%) Web Services
3 5 (3.18%) AWS CDK
4 2 (1.27%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.64%) .NET
5 1 (0.64%) BAPI
5 1 (0.64%) CSS
5 1 (0.64%) D3.js
5 1 (0.64%) EDI
5 1 (0.64%) HTML
5 1 (0.64%) IDoc
5 1 (0.64%) Nuxt
5 1 (0.64%) PySpark
5 1 (0.64%) Redux
5 1 (0.64%) SAP ALE
5 1 (0.64%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.64%) Shiny
5 1 (0.64%) Svelte
5 1 (0.64%) SvelteKit
5 1 (0.64%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.28%) Life Science
2 11 (7.01%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.10%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.82%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.55%) Biopharmaceutical
5 4 (2.55%) LIMS
6 2 (1.27%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.27%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.27%) Genomics
6 2 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.27%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.64%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.64%) FMCG
7 1 (0.64%) Industry 4.0
7 1 (0.64%) Omics
7 1 (0.64%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.64%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (21.02%) Project Management
2 27 (17.20%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (9.55%) Machine Learning
4 14 (8.92%) Agile
4 14 (8.92%) Analytics
4 14 (8.92%) CI/CD
5 12 (7.64%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (7.01%) DevOps
7 10 (6.37%) Data Governance
8 9 (5.73%) Change Management
8 9 (5.73%) Data Design
8 9 (5.73%) ERP
9 8 (5.10%) Risk Management
9 8 (5.10%) User Experience
10 7 (4.46%) Compliance Management
10 7 (4.46%) Configuration Management
10 7 (4.46%) Data Management
10 7 (4.46%) Earned Value Management
10 7 (4.46%) Migration
10 7 (4.46%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 30 (19.11%) Python
2 10 (6.37%) SQL
3 8 (5.10%) ABAP
3 8 (5.10%) R
4 2 (1.27%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.27%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.64%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.64%) Scala
5 1 (0.64%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (9.55%) Degree
2 5 (3.18%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.55%) PMP
3 4 (2.55%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.27%) CISSP
4 2 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.27%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.27%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.64%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.64%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.46%) QA
2 6 (3.82%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.18%) GxP
4 3 (1.91%) PMO
5 2 (1.27%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.27%) CDISC
6 1 (0.64%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.64%) GAMP
6 1 (0.64%) GDPR
6 1 (0.64%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (3.82%) Docker
2 5 (3.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (3.18%) Kubernetes
1 5 (3.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (28.66%) SAP
2 15 (9.55%) Ariba
3 7 (4.46%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.18%) Oracle
5 4 (2.55%) Adobe
6 2 (1.27%) Cisco
6 2 (1.27%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (1.27%) CyberArk
6 2 (1.27%) Databricks
6 2 (1.27%) Google
6 2 (1.27%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.27%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.27%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.27%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.64%) Ahrefs
7 1 (0.64%) Cadence
7 1 (0.64%) Genesys
7 1 (0.64%) Snow