Hybrid/Remote Pharmaceutical Contract Job Trends

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 199 208 223
Rank change year-on-year +9 +15 +75
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 126 110 161
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.24% 0.95% 0.95%
As % of the General category 1.99% 1.56% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 75 109
10th Percentile £376 £350 £354
25th Percentile £456 £426 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £675 £678
UK median daily rate £575 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +9.52% - +3.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 8
10th Percentile - £20.35 £17.14
25th Percentile £92.50 £21.25 £17.22
Median hourly rate £95.00 £55.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.95% -7.92% +42.86%
75th Percentile £97.50 £97.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £95.00 £32.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +192.31% +62.50% +23.08%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Pharmaceutical falls under the General 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 common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,328 7,055 9,963
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 62.06% 60.95% 58.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,059 4,332 6,716
10th Percentile £331 £313 £320
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -2.37% -2.23%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £650
90th Percentile £740 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 152 252
10th Percentile £15.64 £18.50 £17.65
25th Percentile £20.91 £21.88 £24.19
Median hourly rate £41.50 £33.52 £46.22
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -27.48% -11.96%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £62.03
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £23.54 £27.30 £33.00
% change year-on-year -13.78% -17.27% +32.00%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Pharmaceutical daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.59%) Confluence
1 2 (1.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.59%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (1.59%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (1.59%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.79%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.79%) InDesign
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 39 (30.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.97%) SAP MDG
3 4 (3.17%) SAP CO
3 4 (3.17%) SAP FI
3 4 (3.17%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (2.38%) SAP MM
5 2 (1.59%) SAP ERP
5 2 (1.59%) SAP EWM
5 2 (1.59%) SAP PLM
5 2 (1.59%) SAP PP
5 2 (1.59%) SAP QM
5 2 (1.59%) SAP VC
6 1 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.79%) PRMS
6 1 (0.79%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.79%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.79%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.79%) SAP Travel Management
6 1 (0.79%) SAP WM
6 1 (0.79%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 22 (17.46%) AWS
2 17 (13.49%) Azure
3 13 (10.32%) Power Platform
4 10 (7.94%) Snowflake
5 4 (3.17%) GCP
6 3 (2.38%) SaaS
7 2 (1.59%) dbt
7 2 (1.59%) Veeva
8 1 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.79%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.79%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.79%) Figma
8 1 (0.79%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.79%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.79%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.79%) Ethernet
1 1 (0.79%) Modbus
1 1 (0.79%) Network Security
1 1 (0.79%) RFID
1 1 (0.79%) RS-485
1 1 (0.79%) Telepresence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.32%) Power BI
2 8 (6.35%) Data Lake
2 8 (6.35%) SAP HANA
3 2 (1.59%) Ataccama
3 2 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.59%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.79%) Power Query
4 1 (0.79%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (0.79%) QlikView
4 1 (0.79%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (0.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (3.17%) JIRA
2 2 (1.59%) Git
2 2 (1.59%) LSMW
General
1 31 (24.60%) Social Skills
2 24 (19.05%) Manufacturing
3 23 (18.25%) Finance
4 14 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.94%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (5.56%) Marketing
7 5 (3.97%) Aerospace
8 4 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.59%) Legal
11 1 (0.79%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.79%) Digital Healthcare
11 1 (0.79%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.79%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.79%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 17 (13.49%) Consultant
2 14 (11.11%) SAP Consultant
3 13 (10.32%) Lead
4 8 (6.35%) Data Analytics Specialist
4 8 (6.35%) Data Scientist
4 8 (6.35%) SAP Financial Specialist
5 7 (5.56%) Analyst
5 7 (5.56%) Project Manager
6 6 (4.76%) Designer
6 6 (4.76%) Developer
7 5 (3.97%) Accountant
7 5 (3.97%) Systems Accountant
8 4 (3.17%) Architect
8 4 (3.17%) Digital Designer
8 4 (3.17%) Lean Consultant
8 4 (3.17%) Process Consultant
8 4 (3.17%) Process Mapping Consultant
8 4 (3.17%) Python Developer
8 4 (3.17%) Six Sigma Consultant
9 3 (2.38%) Supply Chain Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.76%) SAP Fiori
2 5 (3.97%) pytest
3 3 (2.38%) EDI
3 3 (2.38%) FastAPI
3 3 (2.38%) IDoc
3 3 (2.38%) Playwright
4 2 (1.59%) React
4 2 (1.59%) SailPoint
4 2 (1.59%) XML
5 1 (0.79%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.79%) Flask
5 1 (0.79%) Jest
5 1 (0.79%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.79%) Middleware
5 1 (0.79%) Next.js
5 1 (0.79%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.79%) scikit-learn
5 1 (0.79%) SOAP
5 1 (0.79%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.73%) Life Science
2 7 (5.56%) Genomics
3 3 (2.38%) AI Agents
3 3 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (2.38%) NHS
3 3 (2.38%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.38%) Operational Technology
3 3 (2.38%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.59%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.59%) FMCG
4 2 (1.59%) LIMS
4 2 (1.59%) SCADA
5 1 (0.79%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.79%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.79%) IoT
5 1 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 1 (0.79%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.59%) Linux
2 1 (0.79%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (16.67%) Validation
2 20 (15.87%) ERP
2 20 (15.87%) Project Management
3 19 (15.08%) Analytics
4 18 (14.29%) AI
4 18 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
5 17 (13.49%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (11.90%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (11.11%) Data Science
7 14 (11.11%) Machine Learning
8 13 (10.32%) Migration
8 13 (10.32%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (10.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 12 (9.52%) Decision-Making
10 11 (8.73%) Agile
11 10 (7.94%) Roadmaps
11 10 (7.94%) Visualisation
12 9 (7.14%) Change Management
12 9 (7.14%) Matrix Organization
12 9 (7.14%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 23 (18.25%) Python
2 7 (5.56%) R
3 4 (3.17%) ABAP
3 4 (3.17%) SQL
4 2 (1.59%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.79%) Java
5 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 22 (17.46%) Degree
2 10 (7.94%) Master's Degree
3 4 (3.17%) PMI Certification
3 4 (3.17%) PMP
3 4 (3.17%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.38%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.59%) ACCA
5 2 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.59%) CIMA
5 2 (1.59%) CISA
5 2 (1.59%) CISM
6 1 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.79%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.79%) MBA
6 1 (0.79%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (15.08%) GxP
2 5 (3.97%) APQC
2 5 (3.97%) GDPR
2 5 (3.97%) QA
3 4 (3.17%) GMP
3 4 (3.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (2.38%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.38%) PMO
5 2 (1.59%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 2 (1.59%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.59%) IFRS
6 1 (0.79%) GAMP
6 1 (0.79%) GRC
6 1 (0.79%) HL7
System Software
1 4 (3.17%) Docker
2 2 (1.59%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 3 (2.38%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.59%) Ansible
2 2 (1.59%) Packer
2 2 (1.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 57 (45.24%) SAP
2 8 (6.35%) Ariba
3 7 (5.56%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.59%) CyberArk
5 1 (0.79%) Adobe
5 1 (0.79%) Cisco
5 1 (0.79%) Foundry
5 1 (0.79%) Google
5 1 (0.79%) IFS
5 1 (0.79%) Oracle
5 1 (0.79%) Palantir
5 1 (0.79%) Palo Alto
5 1 (0.79%) Rockwell
5 1 (0.79%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.79%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.79%) Spotify