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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 267 236 327
Rank change year-on-year -31 +91 -89
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 80 170 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.69% 0.93% 0.63%
As % of the General category 0.97% 1.70% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 42 70 28
10th Percentile - £26,975 £35,125
25th Percentile £22,425 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £41,250 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% -16.67% +23.75%
75th Percentile £40,000 £60,625 £67,875
90th Percentile £56,813 £66,250 £79,875
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £64,402
% change year-on-year - -22.36% +7.34%

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 8,219 9,987 11,478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.46% 54.40% 69.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,716 7,472 5,006
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,000 £33,715 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £51,603
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -7.95% +3.21%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,772 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

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 30 May 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 30 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
North West -17 52 £23,500 -47.78% 204
Yorkshire -6 18 £30,000 -25.00% 155
North East +50 10 £57,500 +4.55% 51
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 (3.75%) CMS
1 3 (3.75%) WordPress
2 2 (2.50%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.25%) WinCC
Applications
1 7 (8.75%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.25%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (6.25%) AWS
3 3 (3.75%) Google Ads
3 3 (3.75%) Google Analytics
3 3 (3.75%) Google Data Studio
4 1 (1.25%) Azure
4 1 (1.25%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.25%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.25%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.75%) Firewall
2 6 (7.50%) Intrusion Detection
2 6 (7.50%) Network Security
2 6 (7.50%) VPN
3 2 (2.50%) Modbus
4 1 (1.25%) Bluetooth
4 1 (1.25%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.25%) MQTT
4 1 (1.25%) NAS
4 1 (1.25%) Profibus
4 1 (1.25%) SAN
4 1 (1.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.25%) MySQL
1 5 (6.25%) RDBMS
1 5 (6.25%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.25%) Bitbucket
1 1 (1.25%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.25%) JIRA
General
1 38 (47.50%) Manufacturing
2 24 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 10 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (11.25%) Marketing
4 9 (11.25%) Retail
5 6 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (6.25%) Digital Healthcare
7 3 (3.75%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.50%) Finance
8 2 (2.50%) Law
9 1 (1.25%) Advertising
9 1 (1.25%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 21 (26.25%) Analyst
2 18 (22.50%) IT Support
3 16 (20.00%) IT Analyst
4 15 (18.75%) IT Support Analyst
4 15 (18.75%) Support Analyst
5 12 (15.00%) 1st Line Support
5 12 (15.00%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 10 (12.50%) QA Officer
7 6 (7.50%) QC Technician
7 6 (7.50%) Security Engineer
8 5 (6.25%) Digital Analyst
8 5 (6.25%) Integration Analyst
8 5 (6.25%) Network Engineer
8 5 (6.25%) Network Security Engineer
8 5 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
9 4 (5.00%) Lead
10 3 (3.75%) IT Engineer
10 3 (3.75%) IT Security Engineer
10 3 (3.75%) Senior
10 3 (3.75%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.25%) FHIR
1 5 (6.25%) JSON
2 1 (1.25%) Middleware
2 1 (1.25%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.75%) EPoS
2 7 (8.75%) Life Science
3 6 (7.50%) Biopharmaceutical
4 5 (6.25%) LIMS
5 4 (5.00%) Digital Media
5 4 (5.00%) NHS
5 4 (5.00%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (3.75%) SCADA
7 2 (2.50%) Operational Technology
7 2 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.25%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (1.25%) Industry 4.0
8 1 (1.25%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.25%) Android
1 1 (1.25%) Windows
1 1 (1.25%) Windows 10
1 1 (1.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (26.25%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (20.00%) Time Management
3 15 (18.75%) CRM
3 15 (18.75%) Validation
4 13 (16.25%) Customer Service
5 12 (15.00%) Customer-Centricity
5 12 (15.00%) Logistics
5 12 (15.00%) Service Delivery
6 10 (12.50%) CAPA
6 10 (12.50%) QMS
7 9 (11.25%) Root Cause Analysis
8 8 (10.00%) Project Delivery
9 6 (7.50%) BCP
9 6 (7.50%) Business Continuity
9 6 (7.50%) Business Continuity Planning
9 6 (7.50%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (7.50%) Identity Access Management
9 6 (7.50%) Internal Audit
9 6 (7.50%) SIEM
9 6 (7.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.50%) SQL
2 5 (6.25%) JavaScript
2 5 (6.25%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.25%) Java
3 1 (1.25%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 20 (25.00%) Degree
2 7 (8.75%) HNC
3 4 (5.00%) Chartered Engineer
3 4 (5.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.75%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.50%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.25%) CCNA
6 1 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.25%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.25%) HND
6 1 (1.25%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.25%) MCSA
6 1 (1.25%) MCSE
6 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.00%) GMP
2 11 (13.75%) QA
3 6 (7.50%) GDPR
3 6 (7.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (7.50%) NIST
4 5 (6.25%) HL7
5 2 (2.50%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 2 (2.50%) Accessibility
5 2 (2.50%) GLP
5 2 (2.50%) Good Clinical Practice
6 1 (1.25%) IEC 62304
6 1 (1.25%) IFRS
6 1 (1.25%) ISO 13485
6 1 (1.25%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (1.25%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.50%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 9 (11.25%) Google
2 8 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.00%) SAP
3 2 (2.50%) AVEVA
3 2 (2.50%) Rockwell
3 2 (2.50%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.50%) Siemens
4 1 (1.25%) Cisco
4 1 (1.25%) Intel
4 1 (1.25%) Veeam
4 1 (1.25%) VMware