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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 283 395 296
Rank change year-on-year +112 -99 +13
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 769 549 2,095
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.98% 0.77% 1.42%
As % of the General category 1.72% 1.17% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 227 332 451
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +8.70% +4.55%

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 44,799 46,891 99,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 57.17% 65.97% 67.50%
Number of salaries quoted 28,228 29,742 48,838
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £73,886 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.19%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
South East +78 202 £50,000 -18.37% 85
London +33 190 £54,500 -22.14% 69
North of England +111 177 £47,000 -5.05% 100
Yorkshire +113 92 £41,250 -8.33% 18
Midlands +21 78 £57,500 +4.55% 51
North West +37 74 £65,000 +31.31% 75
East of England -11 61 £47,500 +18.75% 32
South West +44 56 £60,000 - 29
East Midlands +1 54 £42,500 -45.16% 24
West Midlands +10 24 £57,500 +9.52% 27
North East - 11 - - 9
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 17 (2.21%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.56%) Documentum
3 9 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.17%) WinCC
4 8 (1.04%) SAS
5 6 (0.78%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.39%) Confluence
7 2 (0.26%) CMS
8 1 (0.13%) TPMS
Applications
1 89 (11.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (5.20%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (4.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.82%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.26%) SPSS
7 2 (0.26%) Stata
Business Applications
1 15 (1.95%) TrackWise
2 9 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.39%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.39%) SAP IBP
4 3 (0.39%) SAP PLM
5 2 (0.26%) Maximo
5 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.26%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.26%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.13%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.13%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.13%) SAP GTM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 68 (8.84%) Power Platform
2 58 (7.54%) Azure
3 49 (6.37%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (4.42%) AWS
5 27 (3.51%) SaaS
6 17 (2.21%) PowerApps
7 13 (1.69%) Power Automate
8 11 (1.43%) OneDrive
8 11 (1.43%) ShareGate
9 10 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (1.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 10 (1.30%) Veeva
10 8 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (0.91%) GitHub
12 6 (0.78%) BigCommerce
12 6 (0.78%) Google Analytics
12 6 (0.78%) Serverless
13 5 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (0.65%) Google Tag Manager
14 4 (0.52%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.69%) Firewall
2 11 (1.43%) Ethernet
3 7 (0.91%) Profibus
4 6 (0.78%) Cisco IOS
4 6 (0.78%) Skype
4 6 (0.78%) Telepresence
5 5 (0.65%) Network Security
6 4 (0.52%) Intranet
7 3 (0.39%) Internet
7 3 (0.39%) LAN
7 3 (0.39%) SAN
7 3 (0.39%) VSAN
8 2 (0.26%) WAN
8 2 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.13%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (0.13%) DNS
9 1 (0.13%) HTTP
9 1 (0.13%) Modbus
9 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (8.32%) Power BI
2 33 (4.29%) Tableau
3 27 (3.51%) SQL Server
4 18 (2.34%) Relational Database
5 17 (2.21%) Big Data
6 12 (1.56%) Data Lake
6 12 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (1.56%) MySQL
7 10 (1.30%) Metadata
7 10 (1.30%) SAP HANA
8 9 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (1.17%) SQLite
9 8 (1.04%) Data Mining
9 8 (1.04%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 8 (1.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
11 4 (0.52%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.52%) Looker
12 3 (0.39%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.39%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 9 (1.17%) Jenkins
2 8 (1.04%) Git
3 7 (0.91%) MSTest
3 7 (0.91%) NUnit
3 7 (0.91%) Postman
4 6 (0.78%) Selenium
5 5 (0.65%) JMeter
5 5 (0.65%) Newman
5 5 (0.65%) REST Assured
6 4 (0.52%) GitLab
6 4 (0.52%) JIRA
7 2 (0.26%) gulp
7 2 (0.26%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (0.13%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.13%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.13%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
8 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 309 (40.18%) Social Skills
2 248 (32.25%) Analytical Skills
3 196 (25.49%) Manufacturing
4 113 (14.69%) Finance
4 113 (14.69%) Marketing
5 79 (10.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 46 (5.98%) Law
7 39 (5.07%) Retail
8 33 (4.29%) Automotive
9 25 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (3.12%) Aerospace
10 24 (3.12%) Legal
11 20 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (2.60%) Telecoms
12 14 (1.82%) Electronics
13 11 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.17%) Banking
14 9 (1.17%) German Language
14 9 (1.17%) Health Technology
15 8 (1.04%) French Language
Job Titles
1 189 (24.58%) Senior
2 129 (16.78%) Analyst
3 86 (11.18%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 79 (10.27%) QA Specialist
5 60 (7.80%) Project Manager
6 50 (6.50%) Lead
7 36 (4.68%) Analytics Manager
8 33 (4.29%) QA Manager
8 33 (4.29%) Senior Manager
9 31 (4.03%) IT Manager
10 30 (3.90%) Software Engineer
11 27 (3.51%) Data Scientist
11 27 (3.51%) Developer
11 27 (3.51%) Senior Data Scientist
12 26 (3.38%) Data Analytics Manager
13 22 (2.86%) Business Manager
14 20 (2.60%) Associate Director
15 19 (2.47%) Business Development Manager
15 19 (2.47%) Development Manager
16 18 (2.34%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.73%) .NET
2 15 (1.95%) Vue
3 12 (1.56%) REST
4 11 (1.43%) .NET Core
4 11 (1.43%) Node.js
5 9 (1.17%) .NET Framework
6 8 (1.04%) Django
7 7 (0.91%) Blazor
7 7 (0.91%) Entity Framework
7 7 (0.91%) RESTful
8 6 (0.78%) Flask
8 6 (0.78%) Laravel
9 5 (0.65%) Swagger
9 5 (0.65%) Web Services
10 4 (0.52%) ASP.NET
10 4 (0.52%) EDI
10 4 (0.52%) HTML
10 4 (0.52%) React
11 3 (0.39%) CSS
11 3 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 153 (19.90%) Life Science
2 66 (8.58%) NHS
3 60 (7.80%) Algorithms
4 48 (6.24%) Biopharmaceutical
4 48 (6.24%) Management Information System
5 35 (4.55%) Driving Licence
6 32 (4.16%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (2.34%) Pharmacovigilance
8 15 (1.95%) LIMS
8 15 (1.95%) SCADA
9 14 (1.82%) Virtual Team
10 10 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (1.17%) FMCG
12 8 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
13 7 (0.91%) Operational Technology
14 6 (0.78%) Fibre Optics
14 6 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
15 5 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
15 5 (0.65%) Learning Management System
15 5 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 34 (4.42%) Windows
2 10 (1.30%) Windows Server
3 9 (1.17%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.78%) Windows 7
5 2 (0.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (18.99%) QMS
2 125 (16.25%) Problem-Solving
3 121 (15.73%) Biotechnology
4 114 (14.82%) Analytics
5 110 (14.30%) CAPA
6 106 (13.78%) Mentoring
7 99 (12.87%) Project Management
8 96 (12.48%) Continuous Improvement
9 93 (12.09%) Validation
10 92 (11.96%) Line Management
11 83 (10.79%) Computer Science
11 83 (10.79%) Software Engineering
12 82 (10.66%) Business Intelligence
13 81 (10.53%) Coaching
14 80 (10.40%) Supplier Management
15 71 (9.23%) Quality Management
16 70 (9.10%) Process Improvement
17 68 (8.84%) Business Development
18 66 (8.58%) Data Modelling
19 62 (8.06%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 87 (11.31%) SQL
2 29 (3.77%) C#
3 28 (3.64%) VBA
4 26 (3.38%) Python
5 11 (1.43%) R
6 8 (1.04%) T-SQL
6 8 (1.04%) TypeScript
7 7 (0.91%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.91%) PHP
8 5 (0.65%) Java
9 4 (0.52%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.26%) C
10 2 (0.26%) Groovy
11 1 (0.13%) ABAP
11 1 (0.13%) C++
11 1 (0.13%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.13%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.13%) JSX
11 1 (0.13%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 373 (48.50%) Degree
2 97 (12.61%) Master's Degree
3 57 (7.41%) PhD
4 18 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (2.34%) DBS Check
5 17 (2.21%) CIPD
5 17 (2.21%) MBA
6 12 (1.56%) NVQ Level 3
7 11 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
8 10 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.17%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.91%) A+ Certification
10 7 (0.91%) Security Cleared
11 6 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (0.78%) PMP
12 5 (0.65%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.65%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.52%) CCNA
13 4 (0.52%) Numerate Degree
13 4 (0.52%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 227 (29.52%) QA
2 157 (20.42%) GMP
3 39 (5.07%) Good Clinical Practice
4 37 (4.81%) GLP
5 32 (4.16%) GxP
6 27 (3.51%) GDPR
7 19 (2.47%) ISO 9001
8 16 (2.08%) Data Quality
8 16 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 15 (1.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.91%) GAMP
11 6 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 4 (0.52%) SLA
13 3 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.39%) CDISC
14 2 (0.26%) 21 CFR Part 11
14 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.26%) ISO 13485
15 1 (0.13%) NIST
15 1 (0.13%) TickIT
System Software
1 20 (2.60%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.65%) Docker
3 5 (0.65%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.26%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 12 (1.56%) Terraform
2 9 (1.17%) SCOM
3 4 (0.52%) Ansible
3 4 (0.52%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.39%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (0.39%) FortiGate
4 3 (0.39%) QRadar
4 3 (0.39%) SCCM
4 3 (0.39%) Wonderware InTouch
5 2 (0.26%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.13%) DatAdvantage
6 1 (0.13%) Grafana
6 1 (0.13%) Kibana
6 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.13%) Stealthwatch
6 1 (0.13%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 1 (0.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 126 (16.38%) Microsoft
2 39 (5.07%) SAP
3 21 (2.73%) Google
4 12 (1.56%) Databricks
4 12 (1.56%) MuleSoft
4 12 (1.56%) Salesforce
4 12 (1.56%) Siemens
4 12 (1.56%) VMware
5 11 (1.43%) Cisco
5 11 (1.43%) Nintex
5 11 (1.43%) Rockwell
6 10 (1.30%) AVEVA
7 8 (1.04%) QAD
7 8 (1.04%) ServiceNow
8 6 (0.78%) Apple
8 6 (0.78%) Polycom
9 5 (0.65%) Oracle
10 4 (0.52%) HP
10 4 (0.52%) IBM
10 4 (0.52%) SolarWinds