Pharmaceutical Job Trends in Dorset

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
South West > Dorset

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 0.14% - -
As % of the General category 0.32% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £56,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £53,750 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.27% +15.79% +18.75%

All General Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 312 137 719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 45.09% 59.83% 60.98%
Number of salaries quoted 153 93 315
10th Percentile £27,706 £30,000 £27,020
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £65,300
South West median annual salary £45,000 £51,058 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.86% +7.49% -5.00%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in Dorset

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Pharmaceutical.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 6 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bournemouth - 1 £52,500 - 1
Pharmaceutical
South West

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Health Technology
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Issue Tracking
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Good Clinical Practice