Pharmaceutical Jobs in England

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 300 357 322
Rank change year-on-year +57 -35 +9
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 803 861 1,664
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.94% 0.93% 1.25%
As % of the General category 1.59% 1.37% 1.97%
Number of salaries quoted 302 383 374
10th Percentile £29,100 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £48,750 £48,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £69,406 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £57,750
% change year-on-year -19.23% +12.55% +5.00%

All General Skills
England

Pharmaceutical is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 50,511 62,882 84,633
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 59.27% 68.25% 63.82%
Number of salaries quoted 35,585 34,091 45,336
10th Percentile £27,418 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £103,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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 5 May 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 5 May 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
London +37 217 £60,500 -6.92% 214
South East +49 195 £47,500 -24.00% 166
North of England +68 149 £40,000 -19.19% 204
Midlands +65 104 £60,000 +9.09% 102
East of England -36 78 £50,000 -7.83% 119
Yorkshire +64 74 £40,000 -36.00% 73
East Midlands +21 72 £48,750 -37.10% 46
North West +52 70 £43,000 -13.13% 111
South West +23 52 £47,500 +18.75% 77
West Midlands +35 32 £60,000 +14.29% 56
North East - 5 £55,000 - 26
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 25 (3.11%) Skype for Business
2 21 (2.62%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.74%) SAS
4 13 (1.62%) Documentum
5 12 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.62%) WinCC
7 4 (0.50%) NServiceBus
8 3 (0.37%) CMS
8 3 (0.37%) Confluence
9 1 (0.12%) Apache
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.12%) IIS
9 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 80 (9.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (7.35%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (4.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.74%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.25%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.25%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.25%) SPSS
7 2 (0.25%) Stata
Business Applications
1 17 (2.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.99%) TrackWise
3 7 (0.87%) SAP IBP
3 7 (0.87%) SAP PLM
4 6 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.75%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 6 (0.75%) SAP PP
5 5 (0.62%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.62%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.62%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.50%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 4 (0.50%) SAP BPC
7 3 (0.37%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.37%) SAP SCM
8 2 (0.25%) Misys Midas
9 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 68 (8.47%) Azure
1 68 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
2 51 (6.35%) Power Platform
3 33 (4.11%) SaaS
4 21 (2.62%) PowerApps
5 20 (2.49%) AWS
6 17 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (1.62%) Power Automate
8 11 (1.37%) OneDrive
8 11 (1.37%) ShareGate
9 9 (1.12%) Google Analytics
9 9 (1.12%) Google Tag Manager
10 8 (1.00%) GCP
11 7 (0.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 7 (0.87%) PaaS
12 6 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (0.75%) GitHub
13 5 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
14 4 (0.50%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (0.50%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.11%) Cisco IOS
1 25 (3.11%) Skype
1 25 (3.11%) Telepresence
2 9 (1.12%) Firewall
3 8 (1.00%) Network Security
4 7 (0.87%) Intranet
5 6 (0.75%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.62%) DHCP
6 5 (0.62%) DNS
6 5 (0.62%) RS-232
6 5 (0.62%) Wireless
7 4 (0.50%) Bluetooth
7 4 (0.50%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.50%) Internet
8 3 (0.37%) LAN
8 3 (0.37%) SAN
8 3 (0.37%) VSAN
9 2 (0.25%) VPN
9 2 (0.25%) WAN
9 2 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (5.48%) Power BI
2 31 (3.86%) SQL Server
3 14 (1.74%) Tableau
4 13 (1.62%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.49%) MySQL
6 10 (1.25%) Big Data
6 10 (1.25%) Metadata
7 9 (1.12%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (1.00%) SAP HANA
9 7 (0.87%) BigQuery
9 7 (0.87%) Looker
9 7 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 6 (0.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 5 (0.62%) Base SAS
12 4 (0.50%) GIS
12 4 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (0.50%) SAP BW
12 4 (0.50%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 14 (1.74%) Git
2 13 (1.62%) JIRA
3 9 (1.12%) Postman
4 7 (0.87%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.87%) Subversion
5 5 (0.62%) JMeter
5 5 (0.62%) Newman
5 5 (0.62%) REST Assured
5 5 (0.62%) Selenium
6 4 (0.50%) Katalon Studio
6 4 (0.50%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.37%) MSTest
7 3 (0.37%) NUnit
8 2 (0.25%) GitLab
8 2 (0.25%) gulp
8 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.12%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.12%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 329 (40.97%) Social Skills
2 263 (32.75%) Manufacturing
3 164 (20.42%) Finance
4 162 (20.17%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (9.59%) Automotive
6 73 (9.09%) Marketing
7 65 (8.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 50 (6.23%) Telecoms
9 47 (5.85%) Law
10 42 (5.23%) Legal
10 42 (5.23%) Retail
11 32 (3.99%) Aerospace
12 24 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (2.74%) Electronics
14 18 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
15 17 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
16 15 (1.87%) Health Technology
17 12 (1.49%) French Language
17 12 (1.49%) German Language
18 10 (1.25%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 129 (16.06%) Senior
2 103 (12.83%) Analyst
3 69 (8.59%) Project Manager
4 67 (8.34%) Lead
5 57 (7.10%) QA Manager
6 34 (4.23%) IT Manager
7 33 (4.11%) Senior Manager
7 33 (4.11%) Support Engineer
8 30 (3.74%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 25 (3.11%) Software Engineer
9 25 (3.11%) Technical Leader
10 24 (2.99%) QA Specialist
11 21 (2.62%) Business Manager
11 21 (2.62%) Developer
12 19 (2.37%) Development Manager
13 18 (2.24%) Business Development Manager
13 18 (2.24%) Financial Analyst
13 18 (2.24%) Research Analyst
14 17 (2.12%) Data Scientist
14 17 (2.12%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.62%) .NET
2 12 (1.49%) XML
3 8 (1.00%) Web Services
4 7 (0.87%) JSON
4 7 (0.87%) SAP TM
5 6 (0.75%) HTML
6 5 (0.62%) .NET Framework
6 5 (0.62%) Swagger
7 4 (0.50%) Gherkin
7 4 (0.50%) Node.js
7 4 (0.50%) OAuth
7 4 (0.50%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (0.50%) React
7 4 (0.50%) SAML
7 4 (0.50%) XSLT
7 4 (0.50%) Yocto
8 3 (0.37%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.37%) Django
8 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (0.37%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 132 (16.44%) Life Science
2 122 (15.19%) Management Information System
3 55 (6.85%) Biopharmaceutical
4 54 (6.72%) NHS
5 35 (4.36%) Algorithms
6 28 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
7 25 (3.11%) Video Conferencing
8 20 (2.49%) FMCG
9 17 (2.12%) LIMS
10 15 (1.87%) Virtual Team
11 14 (1.74%) Operational Technology
12 13 (1.62%) Client/Server
12 13 (1.62%) Driving Licence
13 10 (1.25%) Renewable Energy
14 9 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (1.12%) SCADA
15 8 (1.00%) Public Cloud
16 6 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
16 6 (0.75%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 49 (6.10%) Windows
2 28 (3.49%) Windows 10
3 25 (3.11%) Windows 7
4 14 (1.74%) Windows Server
5 13 (1.62%) Linux
6 4 (0.50%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (0.50%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (21.67%) QMS
2 141 (17.56%) Validation
3 114 (14.20%) Biotechnology
4 98 (12.20%) Project Management
5 96 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
6 77 (9.59%) Mentoring
7 69 (8.59%) Business Development
8 66 (8.22%) CAPA
8 66 (8.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 64 (7.97%) Project Delivery
10 60 (7.47%) DevOps
11 59 (7.35%) Business Intelligence
12 56 (6.97%) Quality Management
13 55 (6.85%) Agile
14 54 (6.72%) Chemistry
15 48 (5.98%) ITIL
16 47 (5.85%) Analytics
16 47 (5.85%) Roadmaps
17 44 (5.48%) Coaching
17 44 (5.48%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 69 (8.59%) SQL
2 40 (4.98%) Python
3 32 (3.99%) C#
4 27 (3.36%) R
5 14 (1.74%) C
6 10 (1.25%) PowerShell
7 9 (1.12%) JavaScript
7 9 (1.12%) T-SQL
8 6 (0.75%) Java
9 4 (0.50%) Bash
9 4 (0.50%) Bicep
9 4 (0.50%) Embedded C
9 4 (0.50%) Groovy
9 4 (0.50%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.50%) VB
10 3 (0.37%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.25%) C++
11 2 (0.25%) JSX
11 2 (0.25%) PHP
11 2 (0.25%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 328 (40.85%) Degree
2 95 (11.83%) Master's Degree
3 46 (5.73%) PhD
4 42 (5.23%) MBA
5 25 (3.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 22 (2.74%) DBS Check
7 20 (2.49%) CIPD
8 14 (1.74%) Security Cleared
9 13 (1.62%) Numerate Degree
10 11 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (1.37%) NVQ Level 3
11 10 (1.25%) CFA
11 10 (1.25%) CIMA
11 10 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.87%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.87%) HNC
14 6 (0.75%) SC Cleared
15 5 (0.62%) A+ Certification
15 5 (0.62%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 235 (29.27%) QA
2 201 (25.03%) GMP
3 54 (6.72%) Good Clinical Practice
4 33 (4.11%) GxP
5 25 (3.11%) GLP
6 22 (2.74%) GDPR
7 19 (2.37%) ISO 9001
8 17 (2.12%) ISO 13485
9 16 (1.99%) CDISC
9 16 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 14 (1.74%) Data Quality
11 13 (1.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 10 (1.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 10 (1.25%) GAMP
13 9 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 7 (0.87%) SLA
15 4 (0.50%) COSHH
15 4 (0.50%) IEC 62304
15 4 (0.50%) PMO
16 3 (0.37%) Accessibility
System Software
1 24 (2.99%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.25%) Docker
4 5 (0.62%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.50%) VMware Server
6 3 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (2.24%) Terraform
2 13 (1.62%) SCOM
3 7 (0.87%) Ansible
3 7 (0.87%) QRadar
4 6 (0.75%) Functional Safety
4 6 (0.75%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.62%) Wonderware InTouch
6 3 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (0.37%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.37%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.37%) SCCM
7 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.12%) DatAdvantage
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.12%) Puppet
7 1 (0.12%) Stealthwatch
7 1 (0.12%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 158 (19.68%) Microsoft
2 42 (5.23%) SAP
3 30 (3.74%) Cisco
4 25 (3.11%) Apple
4 25 (3.11%) Polycom
5 22 (2.74%) Google
6 14 (1.74%) VMware
7 11 (1.37%) Nintex
8 9 (1.12%) Databricks
8 9 (1.12%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.00%) QAD
9 8 (1.00%) Siemens
10 7 (0.87%) Rockwell
11 6 (0.75%) AVEVA
11 6 (0.75%) IBM
11 6 (0.75%) Splunk
12 5 (0.62%) Oracle
12 5 (0.62%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.62%) Wonderware
13 4 (0.50%) MuleSoft