Pharmaceutical Jobs in England

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 358 295 349
Rank change year-on-year -63 +54 -26
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 331 792 888
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.72% 0.93% 0.96%
As % of the General category 1.07% 1.57% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 120 299 377
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £42,100
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -23.08% +12.55%
75th Percentile £93,750 £69,813 £80,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £85,500 £94,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -19.23% +13.04%

All General Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 31,047 50,509 63,464
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 67.42% 59.28% 68.59%
Number of salaries quoted 16,351 35,638 34,346
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,445 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.86% +0.42%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £83,426
90th Percentile £102,500 £93,750 £103,750
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in England

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Pharmaceutical in England

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Pharmaceutical in England

Pharmaceutical
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
London +12 104 £95,000 +57.02% 280
South East +15 83 £50,000 +5.26% 132
North of England +11 69 £30,000 -25.00% 71
East of England +28 48 £55,000 +10.00% 81
North West +4 42 £33,000 -23.26% 46
Yorkshire +21 18 £30,000 -25.00% 18
South West +73 17 £55,000 +15.79% 30
North East +54 9 £57,500 +4.55% 8
Midlands -9 9 £47,500 -20.83% 40
East Midlands -13 6 £47,500 -2.56% 18
West Midlands +22 3 £65,000 +8.33% 20
Pharmaceutical
UK

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.21%) CMS
1 4 (1.21%) SAS
2 3 (0.91%) Apache Spark
2 3 (0.91%) WinCC
2 3 (0.91%) WordPress
3 2 (0.60%) Apache
3 2 (0.60%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.30%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 14 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.60%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.30%) Pipeline Pilot
Business Applications
1 15 (4.53%) TrackWise
2 5 (1.51%) SAP GTS
3 2 (0.60%) Maximo
3 2 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 31 (9.37%) AWS
2 18 (5.44%) Azure
3 16 (4.83%) GitHub
4 13 (3.93%) SaaS
4 13 (3.93%) Veeva
5 10 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (2.72%) Amazon SageMaker
7 6 (1.81%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (1.51%) GCP
9 4 (1.21%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.21%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.21%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.21%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.21%) Serverless
10 3 (0.91%) Google Ads
10 3 (0.91%) Google Analytics
10 3 (0.91%) Google Data Studio
10 3 (0.91%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.30%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.02%) DNS
1 10 (3.02%) TCP/IP
2 9 (2.72%) HTTP
2 9 (2.72%) SMTP
3 8 (2.42%) Firewall
3 8 (2.42%) VPN
4 6 (1.81%) Network Security
5 4 (1.21%) Internet
5 4 (1.21%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (1.21%) VLAN
6 3 (0.91%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.91%) LAN
6 3 (0.91%) Profibus
6 3 (0.91%) WAN
6 3 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.30%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.30%) Cisco Wireless
7 1 (0.30%) MPLS
7 1 (0.30%) Spanning Tree
7 1 (0.30%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.44%) MySQL
2 12 (3.63%) Relational Database
3 11 (3.32%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (2.72%) SQL Server
4 9 (2.72%) SQLite
5 6 (1.81%) Electronic Patient Records
6 5 (1.51%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.21%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.91%) Power BI
9 2 (0.60%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.60%) DB2
9 2 (0.60%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.30%) Big Data
10 1 (0.30%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 10 (3.02%) Jenkins
2 8 (2.42%) Moq
2 8 (2.42%) SpecFlow
3 5 (1.51%) JIRA
4 3 (0.91%) Git
5 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 91 (27.49%) Manufacturing
2 80 (24.17%) Social Skills
3 64 (19.34%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (17.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 50 (15.11%) Law
6 28 (8.46%) Telecoms
7 21 (6.34%) Marketing
8 14 (4.23%) Retail
9 12 (3.63%) Finance
10 11 (3.32%) Legal
11 8 (2.42%) Automotive
11 8 (2.42%) Banking
11 8 (2.42%) Health Technology
12 6 (1.81%) French Language
12 6 (1.81%) Public Sector
13 5 (1.51%) Electronics
13 5 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.51%) Publishing
14 4 (1.21%) Digital Healthcare
14 4 (1.21%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 57 (17.22%) Senior
2 42 (12.69%) Analyst
3 30 (9.06%) Automation Engineer
4 23 (6.95%) QA Officer
5 21 (6.34%) Lead
6 17 (5.14%) Security Engineer
7 16 (4.83%) Developer
7 16 (4.83%) IT Manager
8 15 (4.53%) IT Support
9 14 (4.23%) IT Analyst
10 13 (3.93%) Field Engineer
10 13 (3.93%) Full-Stack Developer
11 12 (3.63%) Business Systems Analyst
11 12 (3.63%) Delivery Manager
11 12 (3.63%) IT Support Analyst
11 12 (3.63%) Senior Manager
11 12 (3.63%) Support Analyst
11 12 (3.63%) Systems Analyst
12 11 (3.32%) Field Service Engineer
12 11 (3.32%) Information Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.93%) Laravel
2 12 (3.63%) FHIR
3 11 (3.32%) PyTorch
3 11 (3.32%) scikit-learn
3 11 (3.32%) TensorFlow
4 10 (3.02%) .NET
5 9 (2.72%) Keras
5 9 (2.72%) NumPy
5 9 (2.72%) Vue
6 8 (2.42%) .NET Core
6 8 (2.42%) .NET Framework
6 8 (2.42%) Entity Framework
6 8 (2.42%) OAuth
6 8 (2.42%) OAuth2
6 8 (2.42%) REST
7 6 (1.81%) Swagger
8 5 (1.51%) Lightning Web Components
9 4 (1.21%) JSON
9 4 (1.21%) React
9 4 (1.21%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 46 (13.90%) Life Science
2 25 (7.55%) Algorithms
3 24 (7.25%) Biopharmaceutical
4 17 (5.14%) SCADA
5 15 (4.53%) NHS
5 15 (4.53%) PACS
6 12 (3.63%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (3.32%) Onboarding
8 10 (3.02%) Management Information System
9 8 (2.42%) EPoS
10 5 (1.51%) LIMS
10 5 (1.51%) Pharmacovigilance
11 4 (1.21%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (1.21%) Digital Media
11 4 (1.21%) FMCG
11 4 (1.21%) IoT
11 4 (1.21%) Security Posture
12 3 (0.91%) Fibre Optics
12 3 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.63%) Windows
2 4 (1.21%) Windows 10
2 4 (1.21%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.60%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.30%) Android
4 1 (0.30%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (20.24%) Validation
2 62 (18.73%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (16.92%) Biotechnology
4 49 (14.80%) Project Management
5 46 (13.90%) Analytics
6 45 (13.60%) Computer Science
6 45 (13.60%) Software Engineering
7 38 (11.48%) QMS
8 37 (11.18%) Data Science
9 33 (9.97%) Cybersecurity
10 31 (9.37%) Process Improvement
10 31 (9.37%) Roadmaps
11 30 (9.06%) Continuous Improvement
11 30 (9.06%) Data Security
12 27 (8.16%) Agile
12 27 (8.16%) Project Delivery
12 27 (8.16%) Visualisation
13 26 (7.85%) Artificial Intelligence
13 26 (7.85%) Data Visualisation
13 26 (7.85%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 38 (11.48%) Python
2 19 (5.74%) SQL
3 13 (3.93%) PHP
4 9 (2.72%) C#
5 8 (2.42%) TypeScript
6 6 (1.81%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.51%) Java
7 5 (1.51%) R
8 4 (1.21%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.60%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.60%) C
9 2 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.60%) Ruby
9 2 (0.60%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 137 (41.39%) Degree
2 30 (9.06%) Master's Degree
3 28 (8.46%) PhD
4 17 (5.14%) HNC
4 17 (5.14%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.14%) Security Cleared
5 16 (4.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (3.32%) HND
7 10 (3.02%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.81%) Numerate Degree
9 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.91%) Chartered Engineer
10 3 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.60%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.60%) CCFP
11 2 (0.60%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.60%) EnCE
11 2 (0.60%) GCFE
11 2 (0.60%) GREM
11 2 (0.60%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (19.03%) QA
2 58 (17.52%) GMP
3 28 (8.46%) Good Clinical Practice
4 25 (7.55%) GxP
5 11 (3.32%) Data Quality
6 9 (2.72%) GDPR
6 9 (2.72%) GLP
7 6 (1.81%) CDISC
7 6 (1.81%) NIST
8 5 (1.51%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 4 (1.21%) HL7
9 4 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.91%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.60%) SLA
12 1 (0.30%) IEC 62304
12 1 (0.30%) IFRS
12 1 (0.30%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 16 (4.83%) Docker
2 5 (1.51%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.91%) Firmware
4 2 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (1.21%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.60%) EnCase
2 2 (0.60%) FTK
2 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.60%) RSA Security Analytics
2 2 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 33 (9.97%) SAP
2 30 (9.06%) Google
3 26 (7.85%) Microsoft
4 11 (3.32%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.21%) Splunk
6 3 (0.91%) AVEVA
6 3 (0.91%) Cisco
6 3 (0.91%) Minitab
6 3 (0.91%) Rockwell
6 3 (0.91%) Siemens
7 2 (0.60%) FireEye
7 2 (0.60%) IBM
7 2 (0.60%) NetWitness
7 2 (0.60%) Veeam
7 2 (0.60%) VMware
8 1 (0.30%) Databricks
8 1 (0.30%) MobileIron
8 1 (0.30%) Nexthink
8 1 (0.30%) Palantir
8 1 (0.30%) ServiceNow