Pharmaceutical Job Trends in Bridgwater

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Somerset > Bridgwater

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies in Bridgwater. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	13	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical	1	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bridgwater	1.30%	-	-
As % of the General category	3.33%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	-
Somerset median annual salary	£33,750	-	-

All General Skills
Bridgwater

Pharmaceutical falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing general skills in Bridgwater.

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing general skills	30	8	48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bridgwater	38.96%	72.73%	70.59%
Number of salaries quoted	7	1	1
10^th Percentile	£38,867	-	-
25^th Percentile	£40,434	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£42,000	£45,000	£35,000
Median % change year-on-year	-6.67%	+28.57%	-22.22%
75^th Percentile	£45,000	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
Somerset median annual salary	£43,000	£35,500	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+21.13%	-35.45%	+22.22%

Pharmaceutical Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgwater

For the 6 months to 1 November 2026, job vacancies citing Pharmaceutical also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bridgwater region citing Pharmaceutical.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Biotechnology	100.0%	1
1	C#	100.0%	1
1	Computer Science	100.0%	1
1	Continuous Improvement	100.0%	1
1	Degree	100.0%	1
1	DELMIA	100.0%	1
1	ERP	100.0%	1
1	PLM	100.0%	1
1	Project Delivery	100.0%	1
1	QMS	100.0%	1
1	SQL	100.0%	1
1	Workflow	100.0%	1

Pharmaceutical Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgwater by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Manufacturing	100.0%	1