Biopharmaceutical Jobs in the UK excluding London

Biopharmaceutical
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Biopharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Biopharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 547 701 698
Rank change year-on-year +154 -3 -169
Permanent jobs citing Biopharmaceutical 30 70 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.076% 0.094% 0.098%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.22% 0.29% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 6
10th Percentile - - £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -31.82% +4.27%
75th Percentile £50,000 £43,000 £57,500
90th Percentile - £44,400 £59,375
UK median annual salary £40,000 £41,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.44% -25.45% +5.77%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Biopharmaceutical falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,443 24,459 24,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.14% 32.80% 42.31%
Number of salaries quoted 5,886 15,283 10,904
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,925 £35,000 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Biopharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Biopharmaceutical as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Biopharmaceutical in the UK excluding London

Biopharmaceutical
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Biopharmaceutical in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Biopharmaceutical in the UK excluding London

Biopharmaceutical
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Biopharmaceutical within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
South East +45 13 - - 37
East of England - 8 - - 26
North of England +52 6 £45,000 +20.00% 33
North West +9 6 £45,000 +20.00% 15
South West +99 1 - - 18
East Midlands - 1 - - 12
Midlands - 1 - - 30
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 5
Biopharmaceutical
UK

Biopharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (13.33%) SAS
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.67%) Azure
1 2 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (6.67%) Entra ID
1 2 (6.67%) GitHub
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.67%) Modbus
2 4 (13.33%) MQTT
3 3 (10.00%) Ethernet
4 2 (6.67%) Firewall
4 2 (6.67%) LAN
4 2 (6.67%) VLAN
4 2 (6.67%) VPN
4 2 (6.67%) WAN
4 2 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Jenkins
1 2 (6.67%) JIRA
1 2 (6.67%) JMeter
1 2 (6.67%) Robot Framework
2 1 (3.33%) Git
General
1 26 (86.67%) Pharmaceutical
2 15 (50.00%) Manufacturing
3 6 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (16.67%) Law
5 4 (13.33%) Social Skills
6 3 (10.00%) Banking
7 2 (6.67%) Digital Health
7 2 (6.67%) Health Technology
7 2 (6.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (26.67%) Lead
2 6 (20.00%) Analyst
3 5 (16.67%) Senior
3 5 (16.67%) Test Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) IT Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) IT Support
4 4 (13.33%) IT Support Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Programmer
4 4 (13.33%) SAS Programmer
4 4 (13.33%) Support Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Automation Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) QA Specialist
5 3 (10.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 2 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Security Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Software Test Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Product Specialist
7 1 (3.33%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) .NET
1 2 (6.67%) CSS
1 2 (6.67%) Playwright
2 1 (3.33%) Node-RED
2 1 (3.33%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 7 (23.33%) Renewable Energy
2 5 (16.67%) Operational Technology
2 5 (16.67%) SCADA
3 4 (13.33%) Industry 4.0
3 4 (13.33%) IoT
3 4 (13.33%) iPad
3 4 (13.33%) iPhone
4 3 (10.00%) Data Centre
4 3 (10.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (6.67%) Security Posture
6 1 (3.33%) Algorithms
6 1 (3.33%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.00%) Windows
2 4 (13.33%) Apple iOS
3 2 (6.67%) Windows 10
3 2 (6.67%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) Validation
2 8 (26.67%) Immunology
3 7 (23.33%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 5 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (16.67%) Network Design
4 5 (16.67%) Neuroscience
4 5 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
4 5 (16.67%) System Testing
5 4 (13.33%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (13.33%) Biotechnology
5 4 (13.33%) Chemistry
5 4 (13.33%) Internal Audit
5 4 (13.33%) Machine Learning
5 4 (13.33%) Mentoring
5 4 (13.33%) Proactive Maintenance
5 4 (13.33%) Prototyping
5 4 (13.33%) Regulatory Compliance
5 4 (13.33%) Statistical Analysis
5 4 (13.33%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) R
2 3 (10.00%) Python
3 2 (6.67%) C#
3 2 (6.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (36.67%) DBS Check
2 9 (30.00%) Degree
3 4 (13.33%) Chartered Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) HNC
3 4 (13.33%) HND
4 3 (10.00%) ISTQB
4 3 (10.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.00%) GxP
1 6 (20.00%) QA
2 5 (16.67%) GMP
3 4 (13.33%) SLA
4 2 (6.67%) GDPR
4 2 (6.67%) ISO 9001
4 2 (6.67%) NIST
4 2 (6.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (3.33%) GLP
5 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (3.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Functional Safety
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (13.33%) AVEVA
1 4 (13.33%) Rockwell
1 4 (13.33%) Siemens
2 3 (10.00%) VMware
3 2 (6.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.33%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.33%) SAP