Pharmaceutical Jobs in the North of England

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 249 206 323
Rank change year-on-year -43 +117 -73
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 101 189 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.76% 1.06% 0.51%
As % of the General category 1.18% 1.97% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 72 57 29
10th Percentile £22,425 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £23,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £45,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.89% -9.09% +23.75%
75th Percentile £50,156 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £66,250 £79,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -20.00% +4.17%

All General Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,527 9,599 9,224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 63.98% 53.78% 67.52%
Number of salaries quoted 3,851 6,485 4,885
10th Percentile £25,084 £26,250 £28,550
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,840 £76,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% -

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the North of England

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the North of England.

Salary trend for Pharmaceutical in the North of England

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Pharmaceutical in the North of England

Pharmaceutical
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the North of England region over the 6 months to 20 July 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
North West 0 76 £27,000 -56.80% 64
Yorkshire -42 13 £30,000 -25.00% 31
North East +34 12 £48,750 - 7
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (2.97%) CMS
1 3 (2.97%) WordPress
2 2 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.99%) WinCC
Applications
1 7 (6.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.87%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (4.95%) AWS
3 4 (3.96%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.97%) Google Ads
4 3 (2.97%) Google Analytics
4 3 (2.97%) Google Data Studio
5 2 (1.98%) SaaS
6 1 (0.99%) Azure
6 1 (0.99%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.99%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 12 (11.88%) VPN
2 10 (9.90%) Firewall
3 9 (8.91%) Intrusion Detection
3 9 (8.91%) Network Security
4 4 (3.96%) Modbus
5 3 (2.97%) DHCP
5 3 (2.97%) DNS
5 3 (2.97%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (1.98%) LoRaWAN
6 2 (1.98%) MQTT
7 1 (0.99%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.99%) NAS
7 1 (0.99%) Profibus
7 1 (0.99%) SAN
7 1 (0.99%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.95%) MySQL
1 5 (4.95%) RDBMS
1 5 (4.95%) Relational Database
2 4 (3.96%) Power BI
General
1 42 (41.58%) Manufacturing
2 28 (27.72%) Social Skills
3 14 (13.86%) Retail
4 11 (10.89%) Marketing
5 7 (6.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (5.94%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (5.94%) Finance
7 5 (4.95%) Digital Healthcare
8 3 (2.97%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.98%) Billing
10 1 (0.99%) Advertising
10 1 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (30.69%) Analyst
2 27 (26.73%) IT Support
3 23 (22.77%) IT Analyst
4 22 (21.78%) IT Support Analyst
4 22 (21.78%) Support Analyst
5 14 (13.86%) 1st Line Support
5 14 (13.86%) 1st Line Support Analyst
5 14 (13.86%) Senior
6 9 (8.91%) Security Engineer
7 7 (6.93%) Network Engineer
7 7 (6.93%) Network Security Engineer
7 7 (6.93%) Test Engineer
8 6 (5.94%) IT Engineer
8 6 (5.94%) IT Security Engineer
8 6 (5.94%) Programmer
8 6 (5.94%) Senior Programmer
8 6 (5.94%) Senior Statistical Programmer
8 6 (5.94%) Statistical Programmer
8 6 (5.94%) Systems Engineer
9 5 (4.95%) Digital Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.95%) FHIR
1 5 (4.95%) JSON
2 2 (1.98%) Node-RED
3 1 (0.99%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 19 (18.81%) EPoS
2 9 (8.91%) Biopharmaceutical
2 9 (8.91%) Renewable Energy
3 6 (5.94%) Life Science
3 6 (5.94%) LIMS
3 6 (5.94%) SCADA
4 4 (3.96%) Digital Media
4 4 (3.96%) IoT
4 4 (3.96%) NHS
4 4 (3.96%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.98%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.98%) Social Media
7 1 (0.99%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.99%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.95%) Windows
2 2 (1.98%) Windows 10
2 2 (1.98%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (24.75%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (20.79%) CRM
3 20 (19.80%) Time Management
4 19 (18.81%) Customer Service
5 15 (14.85%) Logistics
6 14 (13.86%) Customer-Centricity
6 14 (13.86%) Service Delivery
7 12 (11.88%) Business Continuity
7 12 (11.88%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (11.88%) Project Delivery
8 9 (8.91%) BCP
8 9 (8.91%) Business Continuity Planning
8 9 (8.91%) Identity Access Management
8 9 (8.91%) Root Cause Analysis
8 9 (8.91%) SIEM
8 9 (8.91%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 7 (6.93%) Analytics
9 7 (6.93%) Decision-Making
10 6 (5.94%) Biometrics
10 6 (5.94%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.91%) SQL
2 5 (4.95%) JavaScript
2 5 (4.95%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (17.82%) Degree
2 5 (4.95%) Chartered Engineer
2 5 (4.95%) HNC
2 5 (4.95%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.97%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.98%) CCNA
4 2 (1.98%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.98%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.98%) HND
4 2 (1.98%) ISTQB
4 2 (1.98%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (1.98%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.98%) MCSA
4 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.99%) A+ Certification
5 1 (0.99%) MCSE
5 1 (0.99%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (0.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.91%) GDPR
1 9 (8.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (8.91%) NIST
2 5 (4.95%) HL7
3 3 (2.97%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 3 (2.97%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.97%) SLA
4 2 (1.98%) GMP
4 2 (1.98%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.98%) QA
5 1 (0.99%) GxP
5 1 (0.99%) IFRS
System Software
1 5 (4.95%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.96%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 13 (12.87%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.91%) SAP
3 6 (5.94%) Google
4 3 (2.97%) AVEVA
4 3 (2.97%) Rockwell
4 3 (2.97%) Siemens
5 2 (1.98%) Cisco
5 2 (1.98%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.99%) Veeam
6 1 (0.99%) VMware