Pharmaceutical Jobs in the North West

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 235 217 270
Rank change year-on-year -18 +53 -59
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 46 76 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.57% 0.77% 0.36%
As % of the General category 0.81% 1.44% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 21 31 23
10th Percentile - £18,000 -
25th Percentile £22,425 £36,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £23,500 £45,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -47.78% -9.09% +7.03%
75th Percentile £40,000 £65,000 £73,875
90th Percentile £50,000 £67,500 £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 West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,670 5,284 5,340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 70.62% 53.57% 67.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,532 3,910 2,458
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £27,850
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the North West

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Pharmaceutical in the North West

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the North West over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Pharmaceutical in the North West

Pharmaceutical
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the North West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Lancashire -69 17 £22,850 -63.44% 9
Manchester +49 13 £33,000 -12.00% 20
Merseyside +35 9 £32,750 +81.94% 10
Cheshire -8 7 £50,000 -13.04% 22
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (6.52%) CMS
1 3 (6.52%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (15.22%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (10.87%) AWS
3 3 (6.52%) Google Ads
3 3 (6.52%) Google Analytics
3 3 (6.52%) Google Data Studio
4 1 (2.17%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.17%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.17%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.87%) MySQL
1 5 (10.87%) RDBMS
1 5 (10.87%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.17%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.17%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.17%) JIRA
General
1 16 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 13 (28.26%) Manufacturing
3 7 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (15.22%) Marketing
4 5 (10.87%) Digital Healthcare
5 4 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (6.52%) Public Sector
7 2 (4.35%) Tech for Good
8 1 (2.17%) Agriculture
8 1 (2.17%) Electronics
8 1 (2.17%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (34.78%) Analyst
2 12 (26.09%) IT Support
3 11 (23.91%) IT Analyst
3 11 (23.91%) IT Support Analyst
3 11 (23.91%) Support Analyst
4 10 (21.74%) 1st Line Support
4 10 (21.74%) 1st Line Support Analyst
5 6 (13.04%) QC Technician
6 5 (10.87%) Digital Analyst
6 5 (10.87%) Integration Analyst
7 4 (8.70%) QA Officer
8 3 (6.52%) Lead
8 3 (6.52%) Systems Engineer
9 2 (4.35%) Product Owner
9 2 (4.35%) Senior
10 1 (2.17%) Analytics Manager
10 1 (2.17%) Lead Software Developer
10 1 (2.17%) Senior Architect
10 1 (2.17%) Software Team Leader
10 1 (2.17%) Trainee IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.87%) FHIR
1 5 (10.87%) JSON
2 1 (2.17%) .NET
2 1 (2.17%) CSS
2 1 (2.17%) HTML
2 1 (2.17%) Kafka
2 1 (2.17%) Middleware
2 1 (2.17%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 11 (23.91%) EPoS
2 5 (10.87%) LIMS
3 4 (8.70%) Digital Media
3 4 (8.70%) NHS
4 3 (6.52%) Biopharmaceutical
5 2 (4.35%) Product Ownership
5 2 (4.35%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (2.17%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.17%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (28.26%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (26.09%) Time Management
3 11 (23.91%) CRM
4 10 (21.74%) Customer Service
4 10 (21.74%) Customer-Centricity
4 10 (21.74%) Service Delivery
5 8 (17.39%) Validation
6 7 (15.22%) Agile
6 7 (15.22%) Project Delivery
7 6 (13.04%) Internal Audit
8 4 (8.70%) Analytics
8 4 (8.70%) CAPA
8 4 (8.70%) Co-Creation
8 4 (8.70%) Critical Thinking
8 4 (8.70%) Customer Insight
8 4 (8.70%) Decision-Making
8 4 (8.70%) QMS
9 3 (6.52%) Paid Search
9 3 (6.52%) Systems Engineering
9 3 (6.52%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.04%) JavaScript
1 6 (13.04%) SQL
2 5 (10.87%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.17%) C#
3 1 (2.17%) Java
3 1 (2.17%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 12 (26.09%) Degree
2 6 (13.04%) HNC
3 3 (6.52%) Chartered Engineer
3 3 (6.52%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.87%) HL7
2 4 (8.70%) GMP
2 4 (8.70%) QA
3 2 (4.35%) GxP
4 1 (2.17%) IEC 62304
4 1 (2.17%) IFRS
4 1 (2.17%) ISO 13485
Vendors
1 9 (19.57%) Google
2 8 (17.39%) SAP
3 5 (10.87%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.35%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.17%) Intel