Pharmaceutical Job Trends 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 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 304 239 322
Rank change year-on-year -65 +83 +104
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 70 198 131
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.50% 1.28% 0.72%
As % of the General category 0.74% 1.75% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 17 26 75
10th Percentile £45,250 £45,625 £52,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £90,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £88,125
90th Percentile £105,000 - £105,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% -11.11%

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 general skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,408 11,303 12,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 67.20% 73.34% 65.93%
Number of salaries quoted 5,774 6,017 9,357
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £39,900
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,028 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% - +3.34%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.00%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Pharmaceutical relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in London

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Pharmaceutical.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

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 January 2026. 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 London +32 3 £80,000 +88.24% 6
West London -25 2 - - 4
Central London -57 2 £65,000 -11.56% 7
North London - 1 £52,500 - 1
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.29%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.86%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.43%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.43%) Confluence
3 1 (1.43%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (5.71%) Maximo
1 4 (5.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.43%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 27 (38.57%) Azure
2 23 (32.86%) AWS
3 22 (31.43%) Vertex AI
4 21 (30.00%) Amazon SageMaker
4 21 (30.00%) Azure AI
5 5 (7.14%) SaaS
6 4 (5.71%) GCP
6 4 (5.71%) GitHub
6 4 (5.71%) IaaS
6 4 (5.71%) Power Platform
7 3 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.86%) Cloud Run
8 2 (2.86%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (2.86%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 2 (2.86%) PaaS
9 1 (1.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (1.43%) Collibra
9 1 (1.43%) Smartsheet
9 1 (1.43%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.43%) Ethernet
1 1 (1.43%) Modbus
1 1 (1.43%) Network Security
1 1 (1.43%) Profibus
1 1 (1.43%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.71%) DB2
1 4 (5.71%) Power BI
2 2 (2.86%) Power Query
2 2 (2.86%) Qlik Sense
2 2 (2.86%) QlikView
2 2 (2.86%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.86%) Tableau
3 1 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.43%) Big Data
3 1 (1.43%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.43%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.43%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 1 (1.43%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.43%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.43%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.43%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (7.14%) Git
2 4 (5.71%) JIRA
3 2 (2.86%) Jenkins
General
1 28 (40.00%) Finance
2 25 (35.71%) Retail
3 23 (32.86%) Marketing
4 22 (31.43%) Banking
5 10 (14.29%) Social Skills
6 9 (12.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (11.43%) Law
7 8 (11.43%) Telecoms
8 6 (8.57%) Public Sector
9 5 (7.14%) Legal
10 4 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
11 3 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (2.86%) Manufacturing
13 1 (1.43%) Aerospace
13 1 (1.43%) Automotive
13 1 (1.43%) Italian Language
13 1 (1.43%) Military
13 1 (1.43%) Publishing
13 1 (1.43%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 23 (32.86%) Lead
2 7 (10.00%) Senior
3 6 (8.57%) Consultant
4 4 (5.71%) Maximo Consultant
4 4 (5.71%) Software Engineer
5 3 (4.29%) Analyst
5 3 (4.29%) Business Development Manager
5 3 (4.29%) Business Manager
5 3 (4.29%) Development Manager
6 2 (2.86%) Account Manager
6 2 (2.86%) Analyst Developer
6 2 (2.86%) Architect
6 2 (2.86%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (2.86%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 2 (2.86%) Developer
6 2 (2.86%) Presales Consultant
6 2 (2.86%) Product Manager
6 2 (2.86%) Project Manager
6 2 (2.86%) Senior Manager
6 2 (2.86%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.71%) Web Services
2 3 (4.29%) .NET
2 3 (4.29%) pytest
3 2 (2.86%) .NET Core
3 2 (2.86%) CSS
3 2 (2.86%) FastAPI
3 2 (2.86%) HTML
3 2 (2.86%) React
Miscellaneous
1 24 (34.29%) Life Science
2 21 (30.00%) Pharmacovigilance
3 4 (5.71%) FMCG
4 3 (4.29%) Genomics
5 2 (2.86%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.86%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.86%) IoT
5 2 (2.86%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.86%) SCADA
6 1 (1.43%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.43%) Biopharmaceutical
6 1 (1.43%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.43%) LIMS
6 1 (1.43%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.43%) NHS
6 1 (1.43%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (45.71%) Analytics
2 30 (42.86%) AI
3 28 (40.00%) Machine Learning
4 26 (37.14%) Computer Science
5 25 (35.71%) Presales
6 23 (32.86%) AI Transformation
6 23 (32.86%) Data Science
6 23 (32.86%) Workshop Facilitation
7 22 (31.43%) Collaborative Working
7 22 (31.43%) Customer Engagement
7 22 (31.43%) Use Case
8 21 (30.00%) Co-Creation
8 21 (30.00%) Conversational AI
8 21 (30.00%) Conversational UI
8 21 (30.00%) Demand Forecasting
8 21 (30.00%) Enterprise Architecture
8 21 (30.00%) Fraud Detection
8 21 (30.00%) Matrix Organization
8 21 (30.00%) Personalization
8 21 (30.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.14%) Python
2 4 (5.71%) Java
2 4 (5.71%) SQL
3 2 (2.86%) C#
3 2 (2.86%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 35 (50.00%) Degree
2 24 (34.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 24 (34.29%) Master's Degree
3 6 (8.57%) Security Cleared
4 5 (7.14%) SC Cleared
5 4 (5.71%) DV Cleared
6 3 (4.29%) MBA
7 1 (1.43%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.43%) HNC
7 1 (1.43%) HND
7 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (40.00%) GDPR
2 26 (37.14%) EU AI Act
3 22 (31.43%) HIPAA
4 21 (30.00%) PSD2
4 21 (30.00%) Solvency II
5 4 (5.71%) GRC
6 2 (2.86%) GxP
7 1 (1.43%) COBIT
7 1 (1.43%) GMP
7 1 (1.43%) NIST
7 1 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (1.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (4.29%) Docker
2 1 (1.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (5.71%) Terraform
2 2 (2.86%) Ansible
2 2 (2.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 25 (35.71%) Google
2 9 (12.86%) Microsoft
3 8 (11.43%) SAP
4 4 (5.71%) IBM
5 3 (4.29%) Oracle
6 2 (2.86%) Anaplan
6 2 (2.86%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (1.43%) Databricks
7 1 (1.43%) DataRobot
7 1 (1.43%) Informatica
7 1 (1.43%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.43%) Siemens
7 1 (1.43%) Talend