Pharmaceutical Jobs in the UK excluding London

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 261 400 229
Rank change year-on-year +139 -171 +29
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 633 309 1,262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.97% 0.64% 1.61%
As % of the General category 1.80% 0.98% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 186 135 199
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,750 £40,750 £39,801
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £64,688 £65,625 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £79,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +8.70% +4.55%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 common skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 35,229 31,627 50,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 53.97% 65.69% 64.67%
Number of salaries quoted 20,712 17,348 26,425
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,557 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.42% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,720
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.19%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the UK excluding London

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Pharmaceutical in the UK excluding London

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Pharmaceutical in the UK excluding London

Pharmaceutical
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 Pharmaceutical within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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 +78 202 £50,000 -18.37% 85
North of England +111 177 £47,000 -5.05% 100
Yorkshire +113 92 £41,250 -8.33% 18
Midlands +21 78 £57,500 +4.55% 51
North West +37 74 £65,000 +31.31% 75
East of England -11 61 £47,500 +18.75% 32
South West +44 56 £60,000 - 29
East Midlands +1 54 £42,500 -45.16% 24
Northern Ireland +44 31 £50,000 +25.00% 5
West Midlands +10 24 £57,500 +9.52% 27
Scotland -33 22 £60,000 -7.69% 15
North East - 11 - - 9
Wales +28 6 £49,571 +23.93% 14
Pharmaceutical
UK

Pharmaceutical
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 15 (2.37%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.90%) Documentum
3 9 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.42%) WinCC
4 8 (1.26%) SAS
5 3 (0.47%) Confluence
6 2 (0.32%) CMS
7 1 (0.16%) TPMS
Applications
1 76 (12.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (5.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 31 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.90%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.32%) SPSS
7 2 (0.32%) Stata
Business Applications
1 15 (2.37%) TrackWise
2 3 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.32%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.16%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.16%) SAP GTM
Cloud Services
1 60 (9.48%) Power Platform
2 51 (8.06%) Azure
3 32 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (4.42%) AWS
5 22 (3.48%) SaaS
6 17 (2.69%) PowerApps
7 12 (1.90%) Power Automate
8 11 (1.74%) OneDrive
8 11 (1.74%) ShareGate
9 10 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (1.58%) Veeva
10 8 (1.26%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (1.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 7 (1.11%) GitHub
12 6 (0.95%) BigCommerce
13 5 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (0.79%) Google Analytics
13 5 (0.79%) Google Tag Manager
13 5 (0.79%) Serverless
14 4 (0.63%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.21%) Ethernet
2 12 (1.90%) Firewall
3 7 (1.11%) Profibus
4 4 (0.63%) Intranet
4 4 (0.63%) Network Security
5 3 (0.47%) Internet
5 3 (0.47%) LAN
5 3 (0.47%) SAN
5 3 (0.47%) VSAN
6 2 (0.32%) WAN
6 2 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.16%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.16%) DHCP
7 1 (0.16%) DNS
7 1 (0.16%) HTTP
7 1 (0.16%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.16%) Modbus
7 1 (0.16%) RS-232
7 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (8.85%) Power BI
2 35 (5.53%) Tableau
3 18 (2.84%) SQL Server
4 17 (2.69%) Big Data
5 15 (2.37%) Relational Database
6 11 (1.74%) Data Lake
6 11 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (1.42%) Metadata
7 9 (1.42%) MySQL
7 9 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (1.26%) Data Mining
8 8 (1.26%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 8 (1.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 6 (0.95%) SQLite
10 5 (0.79%) BusinessObjects
11 4 (0.63%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.63%) Looker
12 2 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.32%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 9 (1.42%) Jenkins
2 8 (1.26%) Git
3 7 (1.11%) MSTest
3 7 (1.11%) NUnit
3 7 (1.11%) Postman
4 5 (0.79%) JMeter
4 5 (0.79%) Newman
4 5 (0.79%) REST Assured
4 5 (0.79%) Selenium
5 4 (0.63%) GitLab
6 3 (0.47%) JIRA
7 2 (0.32%) gulp
7 2 (0.32%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (0.16%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.16%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.16%) Tricentis qTest
8 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 227 (35.86%) Social Skills
2 214 (33.81%) Manufacturing
3 168 (26.54%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (13.90%) Marketing
5 82 (12.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 68 (10.74%) Finance
7 41 (6.48%) Retail
8 26 (4.11%) Automotive
8 26 (4.11%) Legal
9 24 (3.79%) Aerospace
9 24 (3.79%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (3.63%) Law
11 15 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (2.21%) Electronics
13 13 (2.05%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.95%) Aviation
15 6 (0.95%) Banking
16 5 (0.79%) German Language
16 5 (0.79%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 140 (22.12%) Senior
2 90 (14.22%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 88 (13.90%) Analyst
4 85 (13.43%) QA Specialist
5 46 (7.27%) Lead
6 40 (6.32%) Project Manager
7 38 (6.00%) Analytics Manager
8 32 (5.06%) Software Engineer
9 28 (4.42%) Data Analytics Manager
10 26 (4.11%) Developer
11 23 (3.63%) IT Manager
11 23 (3.63%) QA Manager
12 21 (3.32%) Business Manager
13 20 (3.16%) Associate Director
14 18 (2.84%) Business Development Manager
14 18 (2.84%) Development Manager
14 18 (2.84%) Research Analyst
15 16 (2.53%) Project Engineer
15 16 (2.53%) Systems Manager
16 14 (2.21%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.16%) .NET
2 14 (2.21%) Vue
3 10 (1.58%) .NET Core
3 10 (1.58%) .NET Framework
3 10 (1.58%) Node.js
3 10 (1.58%) REST
4 7 (1.11%) Blazor
4 7 (1.11%) Django
4 7 (1.11%) Entity Framework
5 6 (0.95%) Laravel
5 6 (0.95%) RESTful
6 5 (0.79%) Flask
6 5 (0.79%) Swagger
6 5 (0.79%) Web Services
7 4 (0.63%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.63%) EDI
8 3 (0.47%) HTML
8 3 (0.47%) React
8 3 (0.47%) XML
9 2 (0.32%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 66 (10.43%) Life Science
2 60 (9.48%) NHS
3 49 (7.74%) Management Information System
4 43 (6.79%) Biopharmaceutical
5 32 (5.06%) Driving Licence
6 20 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (2.21%) Algorithms
7 14 (2.21%) Virtual Team
8 13 (2.05%) SCADA
9 12 (1.90%) LIMS
10 11 (1.74%) FMCG
10 11 (1.74%) Pharmacovigilance
11 10 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (0.95%) Fibre Optics
14 5 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
15 4 (0.63%) CMDB
15 4 (0.63%) Operational Technology
16 3 (0.47%) Clustering
16 3 (0.47%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.63%) Windows
2 6 (0.95%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.47%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.32%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (24.33%) QMS
2 107 (16.90%) CAPA
3 103 (16.27%) Mentoring
4 102 (16.11%) Line Management
4 102 (16.11%) Problem-Solving
5 92 (14.53%) Project Management
6 88 (13.90%) Coaching
6 88 (13.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 86 (13.59%) Supplier Management
7 86 (13.59%) Validation
8 65 (10.27%) Analytics
9 64 (10.11%) Business Intelligence
10 59 (9.32%) Business Development
11 55 (8.69%) Biotechnology
12 50 (7.90%) Agile
13 49 (7.74%) Roadmaps
14 46 (7.27%) Quality Management
15 39 (6.16%) DevOps
16 38 (6.00%) Contract Management
16 38 (6.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 78 (12.32%) SQL
2 30 (4.74%) VBA
3 28 (4.42%) C#
4 19 (3.00%) Python
5 9 (1.42%) R
6 8 (1.26%) T-SQL
6 8 (1.26%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.11%) PHP
8 5 (0.79%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.63%) C
10 3 (0.47%) Java
11 2 (0.32%) Groovy
12 1 (0.16%) ABAP
12 1 (0.16%) C++
12 1 (0.16%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.16%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.16%) JSX
12 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 291 (45.97%) Degree
2 41 (6.48%) Master's Degree
3 18 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (2.84%) DBS Check
4 17 (2.69%) CIPD
5 12 (1.90%) NVQ Level 3
6 11 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
6 11 (1.74%) MBA
7 8 (1.26%) AWS Certification
7 8 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.26%) PhD
8 7 (1.11%) A+ Certification
9 6 (0.95%) PMP
10 4 (0.63%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.63%) CCNA
10 4 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.63%) MCITP
10 4 (0.63%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.32%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.16%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 222 (35.07%) QA
2 159 (25.12%) GMP
3 33 (5.21%) GLP
4 31 (4.90%) GxP
5 20 (3.16%) GDPR
6 19 (3.00%) Good Clinical Practice
7 15 (2.37%) Data Quality
7 15 (2.37%) ISO 9001
7 15 (2.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 5 (0.79%) GAMP
10 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.47%) SLA
11 2 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.32%) DICOM
11 2 (0.32%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.32%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.16%) CDISC
12 1 (0.16%) PMO
12 1 (0.16%) TickIT
System Software
1 20 (3.16%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.79%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.32%) Docker
5 2 (0.32%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 11 (1.74%) Terraform
2 9 (1.42%) SCOM
3 4 (0.63%) Ansible
4 3 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (0.47%) FortiGate
4 3 (0.47%) SCCM
4 3 (0.47%) Wonderware InTouch
5 2 (0.32%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.32%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.16%) DatAdvantage
6 1 (0.16%) QRadar
6 1 (0.16%) Stealthwatch
6 1 (0.16%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.16%) WSUS
Vendors
1 94 (14.85%) Microsoft
2 29 (4.58%) Google
3 27 (4.27%) SAP
4 12 (1.90%) Siemens
5 11 (1.74%) MuleSoft
5 11 (1.74%) Nintex
5 11 (1.74%) Rockwell
5 11 (1.74%) VMware
6 10 (1.58%) AVEVA
6 10 (1.58%) Databricks
6 10 (1.58%) Salesforce
7 5 (0.79%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.63%) Cisco
8 4 (0.63%) HP
8 4 (0.63%) Meraki
8 4 (0.63%) SolarWinds
9 3 (0.47%) Nimble Storage
9 3 (0.47%) Veeam
9 3 (0.47%) Wonderware
10 2 (0.32%) Openreach