Pharmaceutical Job Trends in the South East

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 152 221
Rank change year-on-year -10 +69 +22
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 135 92 167
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.96% 1.34% 1.03%
As % of the General category 2.04% 2.00% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 34 21 39
10th Percentile £42,375 £42,500 £35,762
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% -24.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £78,500 £103,750 £88,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -19.23%

All General Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 6,624 4,596 9,236
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 47.01% 67.15% 57.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3,685 2,024 6,056
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,466 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +12.17% -10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £75,772
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -13.22%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in the South East

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Pharmaceutical.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the South East over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Pharmaceutical in the South East

Pharmaceutical
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 April 2026. 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
Thames Valley +50 80 £55,000 +4.76% 9
Berkshire +49 74 £45,000 -10.00% 4
Surrey -6 36 £80,000 -21.95% 5
Hampshire -37 8 £55,000 +10.00% 3
West Sussex -30 6 £75,000 -
Oxfordshire -11 5 £65,000 -1.89% 4
Kent -36 5 £30,000 - 4
Buckinghamshire -21 1 £52,500 +16.67% 1
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (3.70%) IIS
2 1 (0.74%) Confluence
2 1 (0.74%) SharePoint
Applications
1 26 (19.26%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (10.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (8.89%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.48%) AutoCAD
5 2 (1.48%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 5 (3.70%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 8 (5.93%) AWS
2 5 (3.70%) Snowflake
3 3 (2.22%) Azure
3 3 (2.22%) GCP
3 3 (2.22%) Veeva
4 2 (1.48%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.74%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (0.74%) Google Ads
5 1 (0.74%) Google Analytics
5 1 (0.74%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (0.74%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.74%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.74%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.48%) MQTT
1 2 (1.48%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.41%) Spotfire
2 7 (5.19%) Tableau
3 5 (3.70%) Big Data
3 5 (3.70%) Data Mining
3 5 (3.70%) Hadoop
3 5 (3.70%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.48%) Power BI
5 1 (0.74%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (1.48%) Git
2 1 (0.74%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.74%) JIRA
General
1 71 (52.59%) Social Skills
2 32 (23.70%) Finance
3 27 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
4 24 (17.78%) Marketing
5 19 (14.07%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (8.89%) Manufacturing
7 11 (8.15%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.70%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.22%) Publishing
11 2 (1.48%) Games
11 2 (1.48%) Law
11 2 (1.48%) Legal
11 2 (1.48%) Retail
12 1 (0.74%) Advertising
12 1 (0.74%) Automotive
12 1 (0.74%) Banking
12 1 (0.74%) Digital Healthcare
Job Titles
1 39 (28.89%) Senior
2 37 (27.41%) Development Manager
2 37 (27.41%) Senior Manager
3 25 (18.52%) Development Project Manager
3 25 (18.52%) Project Manager
3 25 (18.52%) Senior Development Manager
3 25 (18.52%) Senior Project Manager
4 22 (16.30%) Lead
5 12 (8.89%) Business Development Manager
5 12 (8.89%) Business Manager
6 11 (8.15%) Junior
7 10 (7.41%) Data Manager
7 10 (7.41%) Software Engineer
8 5 (3.70%) Compliance Manager
8 5 (3.70%) Data Science Manager
9 4 (2.96%) QA Manager
9 4 (2.96%) Quality Manager
9 4 (2.96%) Senior QA Manager
9 4 (2.96%) Senior Quality Manager
9 4 (2.96%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.70%) Play Framework
2 2 (1.48%) Middleware
2 2 (1.48%) REST
2 2 (1.48%) SOAP
3 1 (0.74%) .NET
3 1 (0.74%) CSS
3 1 (0.74%) DOM
3 1 (0.74%) HTML
3 1 (0.74%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 33 (24.44%) Life Science
2 14 (10.37%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (8.15%) Management Information System
4 8 (5.93%) NHS
5 6 (4.44%) Pharmacovigilance
6 5 (3.70%) Algorithms
6 5 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (3.70%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.96%) Cloud Native
8 3 (2.22%) Driving Licence
8 3 (2.22%) SCADA
9 2 (1.48%) LIMS
9 2 (1.48%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.74%) FMCG
10 1 (0.74%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.74%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (36.30%) Hematology
1 49 (36.30%) Immunology
2 47 (34.81%) Agile
3 37 (27.41%) Project Management
4 36 (26.67%) Biotechnology
4 36 (26.67%) Decision-Making
5 33 (24.44%) Digital Transformation Strategy
6 29 (21.48%) Analytics
7 28 (20.74%) Computer Science
7 28 (20.74%) Roadmaps
8 25 (18.52%) Risk Management
9 24 (17.78%) Data Science
10 22 (16.30%) AI
11 21 (15.56%) Machine Learning
12 20 (14.81%) Thought Leadership
13 19 (14.07%) Enterprise Architecture
13 19 (14.07%) Visualisation
14 15 (11.11%) Data Visualisation
14 15 (11.11%) Use Case
14 15 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.41%) SQL
2 9 (6.67%) Python
3 6 (4.44%) R
4 5 (3.70%) Java
4 5 (3.70%) Scala
5 1 (0.74%) Bash
5 1 (0.74%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.74%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 98 (72.59%) Degree
2 30 (22.22%) Master's Degree
3 25 (18.52%) PMI Certification
3 25 (18.52%) PMP
4 16 (11.85%) PhD
5 8 (5.93%) MBA
6 7 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.22%) HNC
7 3 (2.22%) HND
8 2 (1.48%) NVQ Level 3
8 2 (1.48%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.74%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.74%) CISM
9 1 (0.74%) CISSP
9 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (17.78%) Accessibility
2 19 (14.07%) GxP
3 12 (8.89%) Good Clinical Practice
3 12 (8.89%) QA
4 7 (5.19%) GMP
5 5 (3.70%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (2.22%) GDPR
7 2 (1.48%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.74%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.74%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.74%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.74%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (0.74%) CASB
1 1 (0.74%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (28.15%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.44%) SAP
3 5 (3.70%) BT
3 5 (3.70%) Databricks
4 3 (2.22%) Allen-Bradley
4 3 (2.22%) Siemens
4 3 (2.22%) Wonderware
5 2 (1.48%) Agilent
6 1 (0.74%) Adobe
6 1 (0.74%) Foundry
6 1 (0.74%) Google
6 1 (0.74%) Palantir