Pharmaceutical Job Trends in Cambridge

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies in Cambridge. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 55 56
Rank change year-on-year +12 +1 -13
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 8 2 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 1.58% 0.43% 1.65%
As % of the General category 3.49% 0.74% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 7
10th Percentile - - £37,100
25th Percentile - - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -33.33%
75th Percentile £52,813 - £47,500
90th Percentile £61,875 - £50,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 - £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -33.33%

All General Skills
Cambridge

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 229 271 268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 45.17% 58.28% 55.26%
Number of salaries quoted 144 123 156
10th Percentile £30,370 £38,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £49,750 £38,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -0.90%
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £69,438
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £83,125
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Pharmaceutical.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in Cambridge over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Pharmaceutical in Cambridge

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) DHCP
1 2 (25.00%) DNS
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) IPsec
1 2 (25.00%) LAN
1 2 (25.00%) SSL
1 2 (25.00%) VLAN
1 2 (25.00%) WAN
1 2 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (12.50%) RS-232
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Support
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Business Development Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Business Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Development Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Field Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Field Service Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 4 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (37.50%) Biopharmaceutical
3 1 (12.50%) Life Science
3 1 (12.50%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) CAPA
2 4 (50.00%) Compliance Audit
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Maintenance
3 2 (25.00%) Validation
4 1 (12.50%) Biotechnology
4 1 (12.50%) Business Development
4 1 (12.50%) Motion Control
4 1 (12.50%) Presales
4 1 (12.50%) Preventative Maintenance
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) HNC
2 2 (25.00%) CCNA
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (25.00%) MCSE
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) GxP
2 2 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 2 (25.00%) Virtual Servers
1 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (25.00%) VMware