Pharmaceutical Jobs in Manchester

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies in Manchester. 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 156 195 232
Rank change year-on-year +39 +37 +7
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 12 21 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.52% 0.40% 0.17%
As % of the General category 0.72% 0.73% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 4 15 3
10th Percentile - £33,150 £70,450
25th Percentile £31,500 £36,250 £72,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £37,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -51.61% +113.35%
75th Percentile £41,500 £50,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £54,100 £63,250 -
North West median annual salary £23,500 £45,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year -47.78% -9.09% +16.47%

All General Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,666 2,881 3,233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 72.62% 54.91% 67.31%
Number of salaries quoted 889 2,146 1,505
10th Percentile £29,450 £26,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +3.55%
75th Percentile £76,840 £66,438 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,778 £81,250 £81,800
North West median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% -

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in Manchester

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Pharmaceutical in Manchester

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in Manchester over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Pharmaceutical in Manchester

Pharmaceutical
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the Manchester 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
Cheadle - 5 - -
Salford - 3 £33,000 -
Pharmaceutical
North West

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (25.00%) CMS
1 3 (25.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) AWS
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (25.00%) Google Ads
2 3 (25.00%) Google Analytics
2 3 (25.00%) Google Data Studio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) MySQL
1 5 (41.67%) RDBMS
1 5 (41.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Bitbucket
1 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 5 (41.67%) Digital Healthcare
2 3 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (8.33%) Electronics
3 1 (8.33%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Analyst
1 5 (41.67%) Digital Analyst
1 5 (41.67%) Integration Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) QA Officer
3 1 (8.33%) Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Lead
3 1 (8.33%) Lead Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Lead Software Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Product Owner
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Software Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Software Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Software Team Leader
3 1 (8.33%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (41.67%) FHIR
1 5 (41.67%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) LIMS
2 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (25.00%) Analytics
2 3 (25.00%) B2B
2 3 (25.00%) B2B Marketing
2 3 (25.00%) Data Analytics
2 3 (25.00%) Logistics
2 3 (25.00%) Marketing Automation
2 3 (25.00%) Marketing Strategy
2 3 (25.00%) Paid Search
2 3 (25.00%) Pay per click
2 3 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
2 3 (25.00%) User Experience
2 3 (25.00%) Validation
3 2 (16.67%) CAPA
3 2 (16.67%) QMS
4 1 (8.33%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (8.33%) Product Management
4 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) JavaScript
1 5 (41.67%) PowerShell
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) Java
2 1 (8.33%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) HL7
2 2 (16.67%) GMP
2 2 (16.67%) QA
3 1 (8.33%) GxP
3 1 (8.33%) IEC 62304
3 1 (8.33%) ISO 13485
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Google
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Intel
2 1 (8.33%) Salesforce