Pharmaceutical Jobs in London

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 329 281 352
Rank change year-on-year -48 +71 -7
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 77 251 265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.60% 1.01% 0.85%
As % of the General category 0.78% 1.52% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 38 83 212
10th Percentile £64,500 £40,000 £46,025
25th Percentile £71,563 £46,250 £50,404
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £60,000 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year +58.33% -12.73% +5.77%
75th Percentile £110,000 £76,000 £81,750
90th Percentile - £105,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £64,402
% change year-on-year - -22.36% +7.34%

All General Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,925 16,537 21,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 77.09% 66.74% 68.39%
Number of salaries quoted 5,298 11,503 15,104
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,063 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £101,250 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £125,000 £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in London

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Pharmaceutical in London

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in London over the 6 months to 13 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Pharmaceutical in London

Pharmaceutical
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the London region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
Central London -37 20 £67,500 -2.53% 36
West London -1 6 £95,000 - 9
North London - 3 £55,000 -
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 3 (3.90%) Apache Spark
2 2 (2.60%) Apache
3 1 (1.30%) Confluence
3 1 (1.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (5.19%) Maximo
2 1 (1.30%) SAP MM
2 1 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.30%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.39%) Azure
2 4 (5.19%) GitHub
2 4 (5.19%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (3.90%) AWS
3 3 (3.90%) GCP
4 2 (2.60%) SaaS
5 1 (1.30%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.79%) DNS
1 6 (7.79%) HTTP
1 6 (7.79%) SMTP
1 6 (7.79%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.49%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (6.49%) Relational Database
2 4 (5.19%) DB2
3 2 (2.60%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (2.60%) Hadoop
3 2 (2.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (6.49%) Moq
1 5 (6.49%) SpecFlow
2 1 (1.30%) JIRA
General
1 27 (35.06%) Social Skills
2 21 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (12.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (10.39%) Law
5 7 (9.09%) Telecoms
6 4 (5.19%) Manufacturing
6 4 (5.19%) Retail
7 3 (3.90%) Automotive
7 3 (3.90%) Banking
7 3 (3.90%) Publishing
8 2 (2.60%) Marketing
9 1 (1.30%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.30%) Finance
9 1 (1.30%) Health Technology
9 1 (1.30%) Legal
9 1 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.30%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.30%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 19 (24.68%) Senior
2 14 (18.18%) Delivery Manager
2 14 (18.18%) IT Manager
3 9 (11.69%) Analyst
3 9 (11.69%) Data Scientist
3 9 (11.69%) Senior Data Scientist
4 6 (7.79%) Automation Engineer
4 6 (7.79%) Developer
4 6 (7.79%) Development Engineer
4 6 (7.79%) Information Security Engineer
4 6 (7.79%) Security Engineer
5 5 (6.49%) Consultant
6 4 (5.19%) Django Developer
6 4 (5.19%) Full-Stack Developer
6 4 (5.19%) Head of IT
6 4 (5.19%) Maximo Consultant
6 4 (5.19%) Senior Manager
6 4 (5.19%) Software Engineer
7 3 (3.90%) IT Programme Manager
7 3 (3.90%) Programme Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (11.69%) .NET
2 6 (7.79%) REST
3 5 (6.49%) .NET Core
3 5 (6.49%) .NET Framework
3 5 (6.49%) Entity Framework
3 5 (6.49%) FHIR
3 5 (6.49%) OAuth
3 5 (6.49%) OAuth2
4 4 (5.19%) Django
4 4 (5.19%) React
4 4 (5.19%) Swagger
4 4 (5.19%) Web Services
5 2 (2.60%) FastAPI
5 2 (2.60%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (2.60%) PyTorch
5 2 (2.60%) scikit-learn
5 2 (2.60%) TensorFlow
6 1 (1.30%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (1.30%) pydantic
6 1 (1.30%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 23 (29.87%) Life Science
2 16 (20.78%) Algorithms
3 4 (5.19%) NHS
4 3 (3.90%) FMCG
4 3 (3.90%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.60%) PACS
6 1 (1.30%) Biopharmaceutical
6 1 (1.30%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.30%) Pharmacovigilance
6 1 (1.30%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (32.47%) Biotechnology
1 25 (32.47%) Software Engineering
2 24 (31.17%) Computer Science
2 24 (31.17%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (31.17%) Data Security
3 23 (29.87%) Validation
4 21 (27.27%) Project Management
5 20 (25.97%) Analytics
6 19 (24.68%) Data Science
7 18 (23.38%) IT Strategy
7 18 (23.38%) Service Management
7 18 (23.38%) Technical Leadership
8 17 (22.08%) Statistics
8 17 (22.08%) Visualisation
9 16 (20.78%) Analytical Thinking
9 16 (20.78%) Business Analytics
9 16 (20.78%) Data Visualisation
9 16 (20.78%) Informatics
9 16 (20.78%) Process Improvement
9 16 (20.78%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 19 (24.68%) Python
2 7 (9.09%) C#
3 6 (7.79%) Java
4 5 (6.49%) TypeScript
5 4 (5.19%) SQL
6 2 (2.60%) C
Qualifications
1 39 (50.65%) Degree
2 25 (32.47%) Master's Degree
3 18 (23.38%) PhD
4 6 (7.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (5.19%) DV Cleared
5 4 (5.19%) SC Cleared
5 4 (5.19%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.60%) MBA
7 1 (1.30%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.30%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (25.97%) GxP
2 11 (14.29%) QA
3 4 (5.19%) CDISC
4 3 (3.90%) Data Quality
5 2 (2.60%) GDPR
5 2 (2.60%) GMP
5 2 (2.60%) Good Clinical Practice
6 1 (1.30%) AICPA
6 1 (1.30%) GRC
6 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (12.99%) Docker
Vendors
1 6 (7.79%) Google
2 4 (5.19%) IBM
3 3 (3.90%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.60%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.30%) Foundry
5 1 (1.30%) Palantir
5 1 (1.30%) SAP