Pharmaceutical Job Trends in Slough

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
Berkshire > Slough

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies in Slough. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 8 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 42 19
Rank change year-on-year +16 -23 -
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 10 6 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Slough 3.38% 2.53% 6.37%
As % of the General category 7.25% 3.08% 11.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile £40,125 - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £45,000
75th Percentile - - £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -20.00%

All General Skills
Slough

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 Slough.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 138 195 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Slough 46.62% 82.28% 57.32%
Number of salaries quoted 81 19 71
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,600 £27,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £29,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +50.00% -30.43%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £68,750 £68,750
Berkshire median annual salary £49,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.50% +20.00% -2.63%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in Slough

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in Slough

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Slough citing Pharmaceutical.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Slough citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Slough 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:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) AutoCAD
1 2 (20.00%) EPLAN
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) MQTT
1 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (20.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Junior
2 1 (10.00%) Junior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Middleware
1 2 (20.00%) REST
1 2 (20.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Driving Licence
1 3 (30.00%) SCADA
2 2 (20.00%) Life Science
2 2 (20.00%) LIMS
2 2 (20.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (20.00%) Analytics
2 2 (20.00%) Biotechnology
2 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (20.00%) Data Integration
2 2 (20.00%) Data Management
2 2 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (20.00%) Data Science
2 2 (20.00%) Digital Strategy
2 2 (20.00%) Informatics
2 2 (20.00%) Information Management
2 2 (20.00%) Storage Management
2 2 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Python
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) HNC
2 3 (30.00%) HND
3 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (20.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (20.00%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 2 (20.00%) GDPR
1 2 (20.00%) GxP
1 2 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Allen-Bradley
1 3 (30.00%) Siemens
1 3 (30.00%) Wonderware
2 2 (20.00%) Agilent