Pharmaceutical Job Trends in Cardiff

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies in Cardiff. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 45 46
Rank change year-on-year +11 +1 +22
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 2 4 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.56% 1.13% 0.27%
As % of the General category 1.13% 1.91% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £30,075 - -
25th Percentile £30,188 £37,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,750 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.13% +14.29% -20.45%
75th Percentile £31,688 £42,500 -
90th Percentile £32,025 - -
South Wales median annual salary £30,750 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -23.13% +14.29% -20.45%

All General Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 177 209 203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 49.86% 59.21% 53.99%
Number of salaries quoted 117 136 179
10th Percentile £27,075 £30,000 £30,900
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,750 £51,528
Median % change year-on-year +16.96% -17.04% +3.06%
75th Percentile £69,576 £60,000 £69,400
90th Percentile £84,625 £71,000 £73,750
South Wales median annual salary £45,000 £47,307 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.88% -5.39% +9.90%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Pharmaceutical.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 1 (50.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) FTP
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) BCP
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility