Pharmaceutical Job Trends in the Midlands

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 209 220
Rank change year-on-year +12 +11 +39
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 59 11 110
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.47% 0.22% 0.83%
As % of the General category 1.05% 0.33% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 45 6 35
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £38,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -20.83% +14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £48,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £88,500 £55,625 £65,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -23.08%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 5,634 3,339 7,199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 44.83% 66.00% 54.38%
Number of salaries quoted 3,209 1,723 4,829
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,208 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,335 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £64,500 £63,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £71,725
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Pharmaceutical.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Pharmaceutical in the Midlands

Pharmaceutical
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
East Midlands +6 40 £50,000 +5.26% 10
West Midlands -7 19 £55,000 - 10
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 6 (10.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (8.47%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 8 (13.56%) AWS
1 8 (13.56%) Azure
2 7 (11.86%) Power Platform
3 6 (10.17%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.86%) Power BI
2 2 (3.39%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (1.69%) GIS
General
1 14 (23.73%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (16.95%) Retail
3 6 (10.17%) Manufacturing
4 5 (8.47%) Social Skills
5 2 (3.39%) Automotive
5 2 (3.39%) Finance
5 2 (3.39%) Health Technology
5 2 (3.39%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (28.81%) Business Development Manager
1 17 (28.81%) Business Manager
1 17 (28.81%) Development Manager
2 9 (15.25%) Software Engineer
3 8 (13.56%) QA Specialist
4 7 (11.86%) Senior
4 7 (11.86%) Senior Software Engineer
5 6 (10.17%) Data Scientist
5 6 (10.17%) Machine Learning Scientist
5 6 (10.17%) Validation Specialist
6 5 (8.47%) Support Engineer
6 5 (8.47%) Technical Engineer
6 5 (8.47%) Technical Support
6 5 (8.47%) Technical Support Engineer
7 2 (3.39%) Analyst
7 2 (3.39%) Architect
7 2 (3.39%) Data Analyst
7 2 (3.39%) Enterprise Architect
7 2 (3.39%) Programmer
7 2 (3.39%) Test Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.17%) Pandas
1 6 (10.17%) PyTorch
1 6 (10.17%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.34%) FMCG
2 4 (6.78%) Life Science
2 4 (6.78%) Robotics
3 3 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.39%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (28.81%) Business Development
2 9 (15.25%) Software Engineering
3 8 (13.56%) Analytics
4 7 (11.86%) Data Science
4 7 (11.86%) Data Visualisation
4 7 (11.86%) Mathematics
4 7 (11.86%) Physics
4 7 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (11.86%) QMS
4 7 (11.86%) Quality Management
4 7 (11.86%) Statistics
4 7 (11.86%) Visualisation
5 6 (10.17%) Computer Science
5 6 (10.17%) Customer Segmentation
5 6 (10.17%) E-Commerce
5 6 (10.17%) Economics
5 6 (10.17%) Machine Learning
5 6 (10.17%) MLOps
5 6 (10.17%) Predictive Modelling
5 6 (10.17%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.86%) Python
1 7 (11.86%) SQL
2 2 (3.39%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (11.86%) Degree
2 6 (10.17%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (33.90%) QA
2 11 (18.64%) GMP
3 5 (8.47%) COSHH
Vendors
1 7 (11.86%) Databricks
2 6 (10.17%) Google
2 6 (10.17%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.69%) Alteryx
3 1 (1.69%) ESRI