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

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 266 237 318
Rank change year-on-year -29 +81 -63
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 75 164 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.65% 0.94% 0.65%
As % of the General category 0.91% 1.68% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 39 65 28
10th Percentile - £26,850 £34,250
25th Percentile £22,425 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £40,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -19.19% +23.75%
75th Percentile £41,250 £55,000 £69,500
90th Percentile £61,250 £67,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -23.08% +8.33%

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 8,204 9,733 12,046
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 71.12% 55.64% 70.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,839 7,363 5,114
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £52,180
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -8.97% +4.36%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,320 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -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 15 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 15 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 -29 48 £23,500 -47.78% 79
Yorkshire +2 18 £30,000 -25.00% 34
North East +44 9 £57,500 +4.55% 26
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 (4.00%) CMS
1 3 (4.00%) WordPress
2 2 (2.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.33%) WinCC
Applications
1 7 (9.33%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.67%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (6.67%) AWS
3 3 (4.00%) Google Ads
3 3 (4.00%) Google Analytics
3 3 (4.00%) Google Data Studio
4 2 (2.67%) Azure
4 2 (2.67%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.33%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.33%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.67%) Firewall
2 4 (5.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (5.33%) Network Security
2 4 (5.33%) VPN
3 1 (1.33%) Bluetooth
3 1 (1.33%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.33%) NAS
3 1 (1.33%) Profibus
3 1 (1.33%) SAN
3 1 (1.33%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.67%) MySQL
1 5 (6.67%) RDBMS
1 5 (6.67%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.33%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.33%) Bitbucket
1 1 (1.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.33%) JIRA
General
1 36 (48.00%) Manufacturing
2 23 (30.67%) Social Skills
3 10 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (12.00%) Marketing
4 9 (12.00%) Retail
5 6 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (6.67%) Digital Healthcare
7 3 (4.00%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.67%) Finance
8 2 (2.67%) Law
9 1 (1.33%) Advertising
9 1 (1.33%) Agriculture
9 1 (1.33%) Electronics
9 1 (1.33%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 18 (24.00%) Analyst
2 14 (18.67%) IT Support
3 13 (17.33%) IT Analyst
4 12 (16.00%) IT Support Analyst
4 12 (16.00%) Support Analyst
5 11 (14.67%) 1st Line Support
5 11 (14.67%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 10 (13.33%) QA Officer
7 6 (8.00%) QC Technician
8 5 (6.67%) Digital Analyst
8 5 (6.67%) Integration Analyst
9 4 (5.33%) Security Engineer
9 4 (5.33%) Systems Engineer
10 3 (4.00%) Lead
10 3 (4.00%) Network Engineer
10 3 (4.00%) Network Security Engineer
11 2 (2.67%) Automation Engineer
11 2 (2.67%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 2 (2.67%) Senior
11 2 (2.67%) Trainee IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.67%) FHIR
1 5 (6.67%) JSON
2 1 (1.33%) .NET
2 1 (1.33%) CSS
2 1 (1.33%) HTML
2 1 (1.33%) Kafka
2 1 (1.33%) Middleware
2 1 (1.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.33%) EPoS
2 5 (6.67%) Life Science
2 5 (6.67%) LIMS
3 4 (5.33%) Biopharmaceutical
3 4 (5.33%) Digital Media
3 4 (5.33%) NHS
4 2 (2.67%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.33%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.33%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.67%) Windows
1 2 (2.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.33%) Android
2 1 (1.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (25.33%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (21.33%) Validation
3 14 (18.67%) Time Management
4 13 (17.33%) CRM
5 12 (16.00%) Customer Service
5 12 (16.00%) Logistics
6 11 (14.67%) Customer-Centricity
6 11 (14.67%) Service Delivery
7 10 (13.33%) CAPA
7 10 (13.33%) QMS
8 8 (10.67%) Project Delivery
9 7 (9.33%) Agile
9 7 (9.33%) Root Cause Analysis
10 6 (8.00%) Internal Audit
11 5 (6.67%) Biotechnology
12 4 (5.33%) BCP
12 4 (5.33%) Business Continuity
12 4 (5.33%) Disaster Recovery
12 4 (5.33%) Software Engineering
12 4 (5.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.67%) SQL
2 6 (8.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (6.67%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.33%) C#
4 1 (1.33%) Java
4 1 (1.33%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 16 (21.33%) Degree
2 6 (8.00%) HNC
3 3 (4.00%) Chartered Engineer
3 3 (4.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.67%) CCNA
4 2 (2.67%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.67%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.67%) MCSA
4 2 (2.67%) MCSE
4 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (16.00%) GMP
2 10 (13.33%) QA
3 5 (6.67%) HL7
4 4 (5.33%) GDPR
4 4 (5.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (5.33%) NIST
5 2 (2.67%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 2 (2.67%) Accessibility
5 2 (2.67%) GLP
5 2 (2.67%) Good Clinical Practice
6 1 (1.33%) GxP
6 1 (1.33%) IEC 62304
6 1 (1.33%) IFRS
6 1 (1.33%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 2 (2.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 9 (12.00%) Google
2 8 (10.67%) SAP
3 6 (8.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (4.00%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.67%) Cisco
5 2 (2.67%) Veeam
5 2 (2.67%) VMware
6 1 (1.33%) AVEVA
6 1 (1.33%) Intel
6 1 (1.33%) Rockwell
6 1 (1.33%) Siemens