Pharmaceutical Job Trends in Rochdale

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Manchester > Rochdale

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies in Rochdale. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Rochdale 5.00% - -
As % of the General category 6.67% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
75th Percentile £42,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +22.22% -41.94%

All General Skills
Rochdale

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 general skills in Rochdale.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 15 13 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Rochdale 75.00% 72.22% 74.51%
Number of salaries quoted 14 7 4
10th Percentile £26,875 - -
25th Percentile £31,938 £33,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -11.11% +44.52%
75th Percentile £45,000 £44,167 £48,500
90th Percentile - £46,000 £50,300
Manchester median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -9.48%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Rochdale

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Pharmaceutical relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Rochdale.

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in Rochdale

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in Rochdale

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Rochdale citing Pharmaceutical.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Rochdale citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Rochdale by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (100.00%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Electrical Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Electrical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CCTV
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Biotechnology
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Autodesk
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft