Pharmaceutical Job Trends in Chester

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Cheshire > Chester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies in Chester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 23 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Chester 0.59% - 0.53%
As % of the General category 1.56% - 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £90,000 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - £65,000
75th Percentile £110,000 - £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median annual salary £30,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.41% -15.00% +33.33%

All General Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 64 18 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester 37.87% 51.43% 63.10%
Number of salaries quoted 49 10 93
10th Percentile £24,000 £30,875 £23,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £32,625 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% - -10.83%
75th Percentile £59,500 £42,688 £56,250
90th Percentile £72,000 £60,450 £62,500
Cheshire median annual salary £41,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -13.68% +11.76% -2.86%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in Chester

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in Chester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Pharmaceutical.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Director
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Post-Merger Integration
1 1 (100.00%) QMS
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) GxP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft