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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 408 281 369
Rank change year-on-year -127 +88 -62
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 312 854 791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.63% 0.99% 0.90%
As % of the General category 0.90% 1.67% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 127 312 370
10th Percentile £23,250 £29,100 £42,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £39,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -23.08% +8.33%
75th Percentile £88,125 £67,813 £78,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £85,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -19.23% +8.33%

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 34,525 51,101 60,227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 69.65% 59.15% 68.21%
Number of salaries quoted 16,517 35,740 32,781
10th Percentile £28,146 £27,500 £32,315
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £77,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £95,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -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 18 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 18 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 -14 85 £95,000 +57.02% 294
North of England -41 75 £30,000 -29.41% 103
South East -27 70 £50,000 +5.26% 138
East of England +16 54 £55,000 +10.00% 92
North West -31 48 £23,500 -47.78% 58
Yorkshire 0 18 £30,000 -25.00% 32
South West +65 17 £55,000 +15.79% 22
Midlands -33 10 £47,500 -20.83% 55
North East +38 9 £57,500 +4.55% 20
East Midlands -42 7 £47,500 -17.39% 30
West Midlands +16 3 £65,000 +8.33% 25
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 (1.28%) CMS
1 4 (1.28%) SAS
2 3 (0.96%) Apache Spark
2 3 (0.96%) WinCC
2 3 (0.96%) WordPress
3 2 (0.64%) Apache
3 2 (0.64%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.32%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 17 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.96%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.32%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.32%) Pipeline Pilot
Business Applications
1 10 (3.21%) TrackWise
2 4 (1.28%) Maximo
3 3 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.64%) SAP GTS
5 1 (0.32%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 30 (9.62%) AWS
2 18 (5.77%) Azure
3 13 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (3.53%) GitHub
4 11 (3.53%) SaaS
4 11 (3.53%) Veeva
5 9 (2.88%) Amazon SageMaker
6 5 (1.60%) GCP
7 4 (1.28%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (1.28%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (1.28%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.28%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (1.28%) Serverless
8 3 (0.96%) Google Ads
8 3 (0.96%) Google Analytics
8 3 (0.96%) Google Data Studio
8 3 (0.96%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.64%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.32%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.21%) DNS
1 10 (3.21%) TCP/IP
2 9 (2.88%) HTTP
2 9 (2.88%) SMTP
3 8 (2.56%) Firewall
3 8 (2.56%) VPN
4 6 (1.92%) Network Security
5 4 (1.28%) Internet
5 4 (1.28%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (1.28%) VLAN
6 3 (0.96%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.96%) LAN
6 3 (0.96%) Profibus
6 3 (0.96%) WAN
6 3 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.32%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.32%) Cisco Wireless
7 1 (0.32%) NAS
7 1 (0.32%) Spanning Tree
7 1 (0.32%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.45%) MySQL
2 13 (4.17%) Relational Database
3 11 (3.53%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (2.24%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.24%) SQLite
5 6 (1.92%) Electronic Patient Records
6 5 (1.60%) RDBMS
7 4 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.28%) DB2
7 4 (1.28%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.96%) Power BI
9 2 (0.64%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.32%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 8 (2.56%) Jenkins
1 8 (2.56%) Moq
1 8 (2.56%) SpecFlow
2 6 (1.92%) JIRA
3 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 86 (27.56%) Manufacturing
2 85 (27.24%) Social Skills
3 62 (19.87%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 45 (14.42%) Law
6 27 (8.65%) Telecoms
7 19 (6.09%) Marketing
8 15 (4.81%) Retail
9 11 (3.53%) Finance
10 8 (2.56%) Banking
10 8 (2.56%) Legal
11 7 (2.24%) Automotive
12 5 (1.60%) Digital Healthcare
12 5 (1.60%) Electronics
12 5 (1.60%) Health Technology
12 5 (1.60%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.60%) Publishing
13 4 (1.28%) Dutch Language
13 4 (1.28%) French Language
13 4 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (16.67%) Analyst
2 49 (15.71%) Senior
3 31 (9.94%) Automation Engineer
4 24 (7.69%) IT Support
5 23 (7.37%) IT Analyst
6 21 (6.73%) IT Support Analyst
6 21 (6.73%) Support Analyst
7 18 (5.77%) QA Officer
8 17 (5.45%) Lead
9 16 (5.13%) IT Manager
10 15 (4.81%) Security Engineer
11 14 (4.49%) Developer
11 14 (4.49%) Field Engineer
12 13 (4.17%) Business Systems Analyst
12 13 (4.17%) Systems Analyst
13 12 (3.85%) Delivery Manager
13 12 (3.85%) Field Service Engineer
14 11 (3.53%) 1st Line Support
14 11 (3.53%) 1st Line Support Analyst
14 11 (3.53%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.17%) FHIR
2 11 (3.53%) Laravel
2 11 (3.53%) PyTorch
2 11 (3.53%) scikit-learn
2 11 (3.53%) TensorFlow
3 9 (2.88%) .NET
3 9 (2.88%) Keras
3 9 (2.88%) NumPy
4 8 (2.56%) .NET Core
4 8 (2.56%) .NET Framework
4 8 (2.56%) Entity Framework
4 8 (2.56%) OAuth
4 8 (2.56%) OAuth2
4 8 (2.56%) REST
5 7 (2.24%) Vue
6 6 (1.92%) Swagger
7 5 (1.60%) JSON
7 5 (1.60%) Lightning Web Components
8 4 (1.28%) React
8 4 (1.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (10.90%) Life Science
2 25 (8.01%) Algorithms
3 22 (7.05%) Biopharmaceutical
4 18 (5.77%) SCADA
5 15 (4.81%) PACS
6 14 (4.49%) EPoS
7 13 (4.17%) NHS
8 11 (3.53%) Onboarding
9 10 (3.21%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.92%) LIMS
11 5 (1.60%) FMCG
11 5 (1.60%) IoT
12 4 (1.28%) Cloud Native
12 4 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (1.28%) Digital Media
12 4 (1.28%) iPad
12 4 (1.28%) iPhone
12 4 (1.28%) Security Posture
12 4 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.45%) Windows
2 4 (1.28%) Apple iOS
2 4 (1.28%) Windows 10
2 4 (1.28%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.32%) Android
4 1 (0.32%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (21.47%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (19.87%) Validation
3 45 (14.42%) Analytics
4 44 (14.10%) Biotechnology
4 44 (14.10%) Computer Science
5 41 (13.14%) Software Engineering
6 38 (12.18%) QMS
7 35 (11.22%) Project Management
8 33 (10.58%) Data Science
9 32 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
10 30 (9.62%) Roadmaps
11 29 (9.29%) Agile
11 29 (9.29%) Customer Service
11 29 (9.29%) Data Security
12 28 (8.97%) Process Improvement
13 26 (8.33%) Statistics
13 26 (8.33%) Visualisation
14 25 (8.01%) Artificial Intelligence
14 25 (8.01%) CAPA
14 25 (8.01%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 36 (11.54%) Python
2 16 (5.13%) SQL
3 11 (3.53%) PHP
4 8 (2.56%) C#
4 8 (2.56%) TypeScript
5 7 (2.24%) Java
6 6 (1.92%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.60%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.60%) R
8 2 (0.64%) C
8 2 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.64%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.32%) C++
9 1 (0.32%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 127 (40.71%) Degree
2 29 (9.29%) Master's Degree
3 28 (8.97%) PhD
4 19 (6.09%) SC Cleared
4 19 (6.09%) Security Cleared
5 18 (5.77%) HNC
6 14 (4.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (3.85%) DBS Check
7 12 (3.85%) HND
8 6 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.28%) A+ Certification
9 4 (1.28%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.28%) MCP
10 3 (0.96%) Chartered Engineer
10 3 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.96%) MBA
11 2 (0.64%) GCFA
11 2 (0.64%) MCSE
11 2 (0.64%) Postgraduate
11 2 (0.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (17.31%) QA
2 47 (15.06%) GMP
3 23 (7.37%) GxP
4 14 (4.49%) Good Clinical Practice
5 9 (2.88%) GDPR
5 9 (2.88%) GLP
6 8 (2.56%) Data Quality
7 6 (1.92%) CDISC
7 6 (1.92%) NIST
8 5 (1.60%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 5 (1.60%) HL7
9 4 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (1.28%) SLA
10 3 (0.96%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.32%) IEC 62304
11 1 (0.32%) IFRS
11 1 (0.32%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 16 (5.13%) Docker
2 5 (1.60%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.96%) Firmware
4 2 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (1.28%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.64%) EnCase
2 2 (0.64%) FTK
2 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.64%) RSA Security Analytics
2 2 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.32%) SCCM
Vendors
1 31 (9.94%) SAP
2 30 (9.62%) Google
3 27 (8.65%) Microsoft
4 9 (2.88%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.28%) IBM
5 4 (1.28%) Splunk
6 3 (0.96%) AVEVA
6 3 (0.96%) Cisco
6 3 (0.96%) Minitab
6 3 (0.96%) Rockwell
6 3 (0.96%) Siemens
7 2 (0.64%) FireEye
7 2 (0.64%) NetWitness
7 2 (0.64%) Veeam
7 2 (0.64%) VMware
8 1 (0.32%) Foundry
8 1 (0.32%) MobileIron
8 1 (0.32%) Palantir
8 1 (0.32%) Riverbed
8 1 (0.32%) Twitter