Pharmaceutical Job Trends in the South West

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
England > South West

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 156 201
Rank change year-on-year -9 +45 +66
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 17 35 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.34% 0.82% 0.33%
As % of the General category 0.72% 1.44% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 14 3 7
10th Percentile - £51,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +22.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £82,500 - £47,500
90th Percentile £87,750 - £55,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% -7.69%

All General Skills
South 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 general skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,373 2,428 2,416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 47.12% 57.09% 53.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,539 1,145 1,754
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £38,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +0.96% +4.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £68,750 £68,531
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £84,056
England median annual salary £53,234 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.28% - -4.00%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in the South West

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the South West over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Pharmaceutical in the South West

Pharmaceutical
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the South West region over the 6 months to 6 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
Bristol -10 9 £80,000 +45.45% 8
Wiltshire - 4 £57,500 - 3
Devon - 2 - - 2
Somerset - 1 - - 3
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) AWS
General
1 7 (41.18%) Manufacturing
2 6 (35.29%) Finance
3 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
4 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
4 4 (23.53%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.88%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Lead
2 5 (29.41%) Developer
2 5 (29.41%) Senior
2 5 (29.41%) Software Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Lead Project Manager
3 4 (23.53%) Project Leader
3 4 (23.53%) Project Manager
3 4 (23.53%) Technical Leader
3 4 (23.53%) Technical Manager
3 4 (23.53%) Technical Project Leader
3 4 (23.53%) Technical Project Manager
4 3 (17.65%) Design Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Electrical Design Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Electrical Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Senior Design Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Senior Electrical Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Senior Software Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Software Developer
5 2 (11.76%) Lead Developer
5 2 (11.76%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) React
1 1 (5.88%) Spring Boot
1 1 (5.88%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.88%) Life Science
2 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Software Engineering
2 4 (23.53%) Agile
2 4 (23.53%) AI
2 4 (23.53%) Analytics
2 4 (23.53%) Collaborative Culture
2 4 (23.53%) Commercial Awareness
2 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (23.53%) Logistics
2 4 (23.53%) Machine Learning
2 4 (23.53%) Project Delivery
2 4 (23.53%) Project Management
2 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
3 2 (11.76%) E-Commerce
4 1 (5.88%) ERP
4 1 (5.88%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (5.88%) High Availability
4 1 (5.88%) PLM
4 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.88%) Security Patching
4 1 (5.88%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) C#
1 1 (5.88%) Go
1 1 (5.88%) Java
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft