Pharmaceutical Job Trends in the East Midlands

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 126 111
Rank change year-on-year +1 -15 +12
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 39 7 72
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.86% 0.38% 1.70%
As % of the General category 1.85% 0.53% 3.08%
Number of salaries quoted 29 6 16
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -37.10%
75th Percentile £63,750 £48,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £55,625 -
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -23.08%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,108 1,323 2,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 46.44% 72.22% 55.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,091 688 1,616
10th Percentile £27,000 £24,940 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -15.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £65,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Pharmaceutical.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Pharmaceutical in the East Midlands

Pharmaceutical
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
Nottinghamshire +2 16 £50,000 +5.26% 1
Derbyshire -5 9 £30,000 +27.66% 3
Leicestershire - 9 £29,000 - 1
Northamptonshire - 3 £62,500 - 3
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Q-Pulse
2 2 (5.13%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 8 (20.51%) AWS
1 8 (20.51%) Azure
2 7 (17.95%) Power Platform
3 6 (15.38%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (17.95%) Power BI
2 2 (5.13%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (2.56%) GIS
General
1 12 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
1 12 (30.77%) Retail
2 5 (12.82%) Manufacturing
2 5 (12.82%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.13%) Finance
3 2 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.56%) Automotive
4 1 (2.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (30.77%) Business Development Manager
1 12 (30.77%) Business Manager
1 12 (30.77%) Development Manager
2 6 (15.38%) Data Scientist
2 6 (15.38%) Machine Learning Scientist
2 6 (15.38%) QA Specialist
2 6 (15.38%) Validation Specialist
3 5 (12.82%) Analyst
3 5 (12.82%) Support Engineer
3 5 (12.82%) Technical Engineer
3 5 (12.82%) Technical Support
3 5 (12.82%) Technical Support Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) Architect
4 2 (5.13%) Data Analyst
4 2 (5.13%) Enterprise Architect
4 2 (5.13%) Geospatial Analyst
4 2 (5.13%) IT Analyst
4 2 (5.13%) IT Manager
4 2 (5.13%) New Business Development Manager
4 2 (5.13%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.38%) Pandas
1 6 (15.38%) PyTorch
1 6 (15.38%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Life Science
2 2 (5.13%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.77%) Business Development
2 8 (20.51%) Analytics
3 7 (17.95%) Data Science
3 7 (17.95%) Data Visualisation
3 7 (17.95%) Physics
3 7 (17.95%) Statistics
3 7 (17.95%) Visualisation
4 6 (15.38%) Computer Science
4 6 (15.38%) Customer Segmentation
4 6 (15.38%) E-Commerce
4 6 (15.38%) Economics
4 6 (15.38%) Machine Learning
4 6 (15.38%) Mathematics
4 6 (15.38%) MLOps
4 6 (15.38%) Predictive Modelling
4 6 (15.38%) Validation
5 5 (12.82%) Proactive Maintenance
5 5 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (12.82%) QMS
5 5 (12.82%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.95%) Python
1 7 (17.95%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (17.95%) Degree
2 6 (15.38%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (33.33%) GMP
2 7 (17.95%) QA
3 5 (12.82%) COSHH
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) Databricks
2 6 (15.38%) Google
3 5 (12.82%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.56%) Alteryx
4 1 (2.56%) ESRI
4 1 (2.56%) SAP