Pharmaceutical Jobs in the East of England

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 155 109
Rank change year-on-year +29 -46 -67
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 56 76 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 1.67% 1.18% 2.56%
As % of the General category 2.44% 2.20% 3.64%
Number of salaries quoted 22 52 18
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 -
25th Percentile £35,313 £31,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +2.56% -8.02%
75th Percentile - £73,125 £61,250
90th Percentile - £85,000 £69,375
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £64,402
% change year-on-year - -22.36% +7.34%

All General Skills
East of England

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 common skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,294 3,455 3,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 68.60% 53.66% 70.23%
Number of salaries quoted 944 2,488 1,274
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,809 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,753
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £45,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% -16.67% +13.68%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,565 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.84% -12.50% -

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Pharmaceutical as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the East of England

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the East of England.

Salary trend for Pharmaceutical in the East of England

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the East of England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Pharmaceutical in the East of England

Pharmaceutical
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the East of England region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Cambridgeshire +29 17 £53,750 -23.21% 35
Hertfordshire +29 16 £32,500 - 15
Norfolk - 12 £55,000 -
Essex +8 11 £45,000 +34.33% 13
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (1.79%) AutoCAD
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 9 (16.07%) Amazon SageMaker
1 9 (16.07%) AWS
2 3 (5.36%) Azure
3 2 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (3.57%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.79%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.57%) Firewall
1 2 (3.57%) LAN
1 2 (3.57%) VLAN
1 2 (3.57%) VPN
1 2 (3.57%) WAN
1 2 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.57%) Tableau
2 1 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.79%) Power BI
2 1 (1.79%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (3.57%) JIRA
2 1 (1.79%) Moq
2 1 (1.79%) SpecFlow
General
1 22 (39.29%) Manufacturing
2 13 (23.21%) Social Skills
3 11 (19.64%) Banking
4 8 (14.29%) Automotive
4 8 (14.29%) Retail
5 7 (12.50%) Publishing
6 4 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (7.14%) Dutch Language
6 4 (7.14%) French Language
6 4 (7.14%) Marketing
7 3 (5.36%) Law
8 2 (3.57%) Legal
9 1 (1.79%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.79%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 21 (37.50%) Automation Engineer
2 12 (21.43%) Field Engineer
2 12 (21.43%) Field Service Engineer
3 9 (16.07%) Lead
4 5 (8.93%) Analyst
4 5 (8.93%) Senior
5 3 (5.36%) IT Analyst
5 3 (5.36%) IT Support
5 3 (5.36%) IT Support Analyst
5 3 (5.36%) QA Specialist
5 3 (5.36%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 3 (5.36%) Support Analyst
5 3 (5.36%) Systems Manager
6 2 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Security Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Software Engineer
6 2 (3.57%) Team Leader
6 2 (3.57%) Technical Leader
6 2 (3.57%) Technical Team Leader
7 1 (1.79%) Project Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.07%) Keras
1 9 (16.07%) NumPy
1 9 (16.07%) PyTorch
1 9 (16.07%) scikit-learn
1 9 (16.07%) TensorFlow
2 4 (7.14%) .NET
3 1 (1.79%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.79%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.79%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.79%) FHIR
3 1 (1.79%) MFC
3 1 (1.79%) OAuth
3 1 (1.79%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.79%) REST
3 1 (1.79%) STL
3 1 (1.79%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 15 (26.79%) SCADA
2 9 (16.07%) Algorithms
3 8 (14.29%) Biopharmaceutical
4 7 (12.50%) FMCG
5 4 (7.14%) Life Science
6 3 (5.36%) iPad
6 3 (5.36%) iPhone
7 2 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (3.57%) Management Information System
7 2 (3.57%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.79%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (1.79%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.71%) Windows
2 3 (5.36%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.57%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.57%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.57%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 12 (21.43%) Analytics
2 12 (21.43%) Roadmaps
3 11 (19.64%) Artificial Intelligence
3 11 (19.64%) Machine Learning
3 11 (19.64%) Software Engineering
4 9 (16.07%) Bioinformatics
4 9 (16.07%) Biology
4 9 (16.07%) Data Analytics
4 9 (16.07%) Data Science
4 9 (16.07%) Data Transformation
4 9 (16.07%) Data Visualisation
4 9 (16.07%) Deep Learning
4 9 (16.07%) Dimensionality Reduction
4 9 (16.07%) Mathematics
4 9 (16.07%) Physics
4 9 (16.07%) PLM
4 9 (16.07%) Statistics
4 9 (16.07%) UX Design
4 9 (16.07%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 11 (19.64%) Python
2 3 (5.36%) SQL
3 2 (3.57%) C#
4 1 (1.79%) C++
4 1 (1.79%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (53.57%) Degree
2 12 (21.43%) HNC
2 12 (21.43%) HND
2 12 (21.43%) SC Cleared
2 12 (21.43%) Security Cleared
3 9 (16.07%) PhD
4 4 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (5.36%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.79%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.79%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.93%) GDPR
2 4 (7.14%) QA
3 3 (5.36%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 3 (5.36%) GMP
3 3 (5.36%) Good Clinical Practice
3 3 (5.36%) GxP
3 3 (5.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (5.36%) SLA
4 2 (3.57%) NIST
5 1 (1.79%) CDISC
5 1 (1.79%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (3.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (5.36%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.79%) Instagram
2 1 (1.79%) Twitter