Pharmaceutical Jobs 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 21 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 235 220 252
Rank change year-on-year -15 +32 +66
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 9 93 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.14% 0.81% 0.79%
As % of the General category 0.24% 1.43% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 6 30 15
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,800 £36,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £59,063 £63,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £65,250 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -19.23% +13.04%

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 common skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3,690 6,504 7,203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 55.61% 56.72% 73.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,840 4,680 3,139
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £28,450
25th Percentile £34,681 £31,250 £37,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £76,700
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% -13.22% +0.83%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the Midlands

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Pharmaceutical in the Midlands

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 April 2025.

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 21 April 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
East Midlands +8 6 £47,500 -2.56% 23
West Midlands +10 3 £65,000 +8.33% 12
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (11.11%) WinCC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Ethernet
1 1 (11.11%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Data Lake
1 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Electronics
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
4 1 (11.11%) Advertising
4 1 (11.11%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Reliability Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Senior
1 3 (33.33%) Senior Reliability Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) IT Manager
2 2 (22.22%) QA Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Applications Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Applications Support
3 1 (11.11%) Applications Support Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Control Systems Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Services Manager
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Product Owner
3 1 (11.11%) Service Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Support Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
1 1 (11.11%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Validation
2 3 (33.33%) Case Management
2 3 (33.33%) FMEA
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) System Testing
2 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 2 (22.22%) CAPA
3 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
3 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 2 (22.22%) OpenUP
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) QMS
3 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
4 1 (11.11%) Scrum
4 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) QA
2 2 (22.22%) GMP
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Minitab
2 1 (11.11%) AVEVA
2 1 (11.11%) Rockwell
2 1 (11.11%) Siemens