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 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 153 148
Rank change year-on-year -11 -5 +96
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 107 162 161
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.03% 1.80% 1.83%
As % of the General category 1.85% 2.89% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18 34 23
10th Percentile £46,125 - £34,100
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.50% +11.11% -35.71%
75th Percentile £66,875 £52,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £71,500 £81,625 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% -11.11%

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 5,785 5,598 5,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 55.74% 62.35% 57.70%
Number of salaries quoted 3,119 2,198 3,179
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £35,795
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,619 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% - -4.00%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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 +31 67 £61,000 +19.04% 29
Berkshire +15 61 £55,000 -37.14% 15
Surrey -24 32 £65,000 -36.59% 8
Oxfordshire +16 5 £65,000 +26.85% 12
Kent - 4 - - 7
Hampshire +4 2 £65,000 +30.00% 8
West Sussex -7 1 £55,000 - 6
Buckinghamshire - 1 £52,500 - 4
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 (4.67%) IIS
2 1 (0.93%) WinCC
Applications
1 15 (14.02%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (13.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (9.35%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (3.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.48%) AWS
2 5 (4.67%) Snowflake
3 3 (2.80%) Veeva
4 2 (1.87%) Azure
4 2 (1.87%) GCP
5 1 (0.93%) GitHub
5 1 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (0.93%) OCI
5 1 (0.93%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.80%) MQTT
1 3 (2.80%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.93%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.93%) LAN
2 1 (0.93%) Network Security
2 1 (0.93%) Profibus
2 1 (0.93%) VoIP
2 1 (0.93%) WAN
2 1 (0.93%) Wireless
2 1 (0.93%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.35%) Spotfire
2 7 (6.54%) Tableau
3 5 (4.67%) Big Data
3 5 (4.67%) Data Mining
3 5 (4.67%) Hadoop
3 5 (4.67%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.93%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.93%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.87%) Git
2 1 (0.93%) Burp Suite
General
1 46 (42.99%) Finance
2 41 (38.32%) Social Skills
3 16 (14.95%) Marketing
4 15 (14.02%) Influencing Skills
5 13 (12.15%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (10.28%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.80%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.87%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.87%) Publishing
9 1 (0.93%) Advertising
9 1 (0.93%) Automotive
9 1 (0.93%) Banking
9 1 (0.93%) Digital Healthcare
9 1 (0.93%) Games
9 1 (0.93%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.93%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (32.71%) Lead
2 30 (28.04%) Senior
3 24 (22.43%) Development Manager
4 23 (21.50%) Senior Manager
5 15 (14.02%) Development Project Manager
5 15 (14.02%) Project Manager
5 15 (14.02%) Senior Development Manager
5 15 (14.02%) Senior Project Manager
6 10 (9.35%) Data Manager
6 10 (9.35%) Junior
7 9 (8.41%) Business Development Manager
7 9 (8.41%) Business Manager
8 5 (4.67%) Data Science Manager
9 1 (0.93%) Control Systems Engineer
9 1 (0.93%) Data Science Director
9 1 (0.93%) Data Scientist
9 1 (0.93%) DevSecOps Engineer
9 1 (0.93%) Full-Stack Developer
9 1 (0.93%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 1 (0.93%) Tableau Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.67%) Play Framework
2 3 (2.80%) Middleware
2 3 (2.80%) REST
2 3 (2.80%) SOAP
3 1 (0.93%) .NET
3 1 (0.93%) React
3 1 (0.93%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 44 (41.12%) Life Science
2 11 (10.28%) Management Information System
3 9 (8.41%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (7.48%) NHS
5 6 (5.61%) Pharmacovigilance
6 5 (4.67%) Algorithms
6 5 (4.67%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (4.67%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.80%) LIMS
7 3 (2.80%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.87%) Biopharmaceutical
9 1 (0.93%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (0.93%) FMCG
9 1 (0.93%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (48.60%) Agile
2 50 (46.73%) Hematology
2 50 (46.73%) Immunology
3 44 (41.12%) Analytics
4 41 (38.32%) Data Science
5 40 (37.38%) AI
6 39 (36.45%) Computer Science
6 39 (36.45%) Roadmaps
7 36 (33.64%) Machine Learning
8 35 (32.71%) Thought Leadership
9 33 (30.84%) Digital Transformation Strategy
10 31 (28.97%) Deployment Automation
11 30 (28.04%) Digital Twin
11 30 (28.04%) Disruptive Innovation
11 30 (28.04%) Enterprise Architecture
11 30 (28.04%) Generative AI
11 30 (28.04%) Intelligent Automation
11 30 (28.04%) Use Case
12 26 (24.30%) Project Management
13 25 (23.36%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.28%) SQL
2 9 (8.41%) Python
3 6 (5.61%) Java
3 6 (5.61%) R
4 5 (4.67%) Scala
5 1 (0.93%) Go
Qualifications
1 85 (79.44%) Degree
2 42 (39.25%) Master's Degree
3 31 (28.97%) PhD
4 15 (14.02%) PMI Certification
4 15 (14.02%) PMP
5 6 (5.61%) MBA
6 3 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.87%) HNC
8 1 (0.93%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (30.84%) GxP
2 10 (9.35%) Good Clinical Practice
3 6 (5.61%) QA
4 5 (4.67%) Accessibility
4 5 (4.67%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (2.80%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.93%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.93%) GDPR
6 1 (0.93%) GMP
6 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.93%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (0.93%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.87%) BMC PATROL
2 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.93%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (24.30%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.67%) BT
2 5 (4.67%) Databricks
3 3 (2.80%) Agilent
4 1 (0.93%) AVEVA
4 1 (0.93%) Foundry
4 1 (0.93%) Oracle
4 1 (0.93%) Palantir
4 1 (0.93%) Rockwell
4 1 (0.93%) SAP
4 1 (0.93%) Siemens