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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 363 291 360
Rank change year-on-year -72 +69 -118
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 230 666 505
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.59% 0.94% 0.84%
As % of the General category 0.88% 1.64% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 93 232 146
10th Percentile £22,490 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £42,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £55,000 £63,125 £73,625
90th Percentile £67,000 £78,625 £87,500
UK median annual salary £51,250 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.38% -19.23% +8.33%

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 25,991 40,667 41,255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 66.66% 57.40% 68.63%
Number of salaries quoted 11,992 26,395 18,794
10th Percentile £25,313 £26,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £34,500 £32,500 £37,418
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 14 May 2025.

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 14 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
North of England -32 74 £30,000 -25.00% 106
South East -13 73 £50,000 +5.26% 138
East of England +20 51 £55,000 +10.00% 132
North West -23 47 £24,500 -45.56% 61
Yorkshire +13 18 £30,000 -25.00% 32
South West +65 16 £47,500 - 26
Midlands -36 10 £47,500 -20.83% 52
North East +46 9 £57,500 +4.55% 20
East Midlands -32 7 £47,500 -2.56% 30
West Midlands +22 3 £65,000 +8.33% 21
Northern Ireland +19 3 - - 8
Scotland +96 2 - - 19
Wales +37 1 £65,000 - 17
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 4 (1.74%) SAS
2 3 (1.30%) CMS
2 3 (1.30%) WinCC
2 3 (1.30%) WordPress
3 2 (0.87%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (6.09%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.30%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.43%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.43%) Pipeline Pilot
Business Applications
1 10 (4.35%) TrackWise
2 3 (1.30%) SAP GTS
3 2 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.43%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 28 (12.17%) AWS
2 12 (5.22%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (4.78%) SaaS
3 11 (4.78%) Veeva
4 10 (4.35%) Azure
5 9 (3.91%) Amazon SageMaker
6 8 (3.48%) GitHub
7 4 (1.74%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (1.74%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.74%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (1.74%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.74%) Serverless
8 3 (1.30%) Google Ads
8 3 (1.30%) Google Analytics
8 3 (1.30%) Google Data Studio
8 3 (1.30%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.87%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.87%) GCP
10 1 (0.43%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.48%) Firewall
1 8 (3.48%) VPN
2 6 (2.61%) Network Security
3 4 (1.74%) DNS
3 4 (1.74%) Internet
3 4 (1.74%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (1.74%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.74%) VLAN
4 3 (1.30%) Ethernet
4 3 (1.30%) HTTP
4 3 (1.30%) LAN
4 3 (1.30%) Profibus
4 3 (1.30%) SMTP
4 3 (1.30%) WAN
4 3 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.43%) Cisco Wireless
5 1 (0.43%) NAS
5 1 (0.43%) Spanning Tree
5 1 (0.43%) Wireless Security
5 1 (0.43%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.83%) MySQL
2 8 (3.48%) Relational Database
2 8 (3.48%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.48%) SQLite
3 7 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.17%) NoSQL
4 5 (2.17%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.74%) Electronic Patient Records
6 3 (1.30%) Power BI
7 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.43%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 9 (3.91%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.74%) JIRA
3 3 (1.30%) Moq
3 3 (1.30%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 87 (37.83%) Manufacturing
2 58 (25.22%) Social Skills
3 40 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (16.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (13.04%) Law
6 17 (7.39%) Marketing
7 15 (6.52%) Retail
8 14 (6.09%) Telecoms
9 10 (4.35%) Finance
10 9 (3.91%) Legal
11 8 (3.48%) Automotive
11 8 (3.48%) Banking
12 6 (2.61%) Public Sector
13 5 (2.17%) Digital Healthcare
13 5 (2.17%) Electronics
13 5 (2.17%) Health Technology
14 4 (1.74%) Dutch Language
14 4 (1.74%) French Language
14 4 (1.74%) Publishing
15 3 (1.30%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 32 (13.91%) Analyst
2 25 (10.87%) Automation Engineer
3 24 (10.43%) Senior
4 20 (8.70%) QA Officer
5 18 (7.83%) IT Analyst
5 18 (7.83%) IT Support
6 16 (6.96%) IT Support Analyst
6 16 (6.96%) Support Analyst
7 14 (6.09%) Field Engineer
8 12 (5.22%) Field Service Engineer
8 12 (5.22%) Lead
9 10 (4.35%) 1st Line Support
9 10 (4.35%) 1st Line Support Analyst
9 10 (4.35%) Developer
10 9 (3.91%) Security Engineer
11 8 (3.48%) Full-Stack Developer
12 7 (3.04%) Project Manager
12 7 (3.04%) QA Manager
12 7 (3.04%) Quality Manager
12 7 (3.04%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.22%) Laravel
2 9 (3.91%) Keras
2 9 (3.91%) NumPy
2 9 (3.91%) PyTorch
2 9 (3.91%) scikit-learn
2 9 (3.91%) TensorFlow
3 8 (3.48%) FHIR
3 8 (3.48%) Vue
4 5 (2.17%) JSON
5 4 (1.74%) .NET
5 4 (1.74%) Symfony
6 3 (1.30%) .NET Core
6 3 (1.30%) .NET Framework
6 3 (1.30%) Entity Framework
6 3 (1.30%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (1.30%) OAuth
6 3 (1.30%) OAuth2
6 3 (1.30%) REST
7 2 (0.87%) Swagger
8 1 (0.43%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.26%) Biopharmaceutical
2 18 (7.83%) SCADA
3 12 (5.22%) EPoS
3 12 (5.22%) Life Science
4 11 (4.78%) NHS
5 10 (4.35%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.91%) Algorithms
7 7 (3.04%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.61%) LIMS
8 6 (2.61%) PACS
8 6 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.74%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.74%) Digital Media
9 4 (1.74%) FMCG
9 4 (1.74%) IoT
9 4 (1.74%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.30%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.30%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.09%) Windows
2 4 (1.74%) Windows 10
2 4 (1.74%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.87%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.43%) Android
4 1 (0.43%) Linux
4 1 (0.43%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (22.17%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (17.39%) Validation
3 30 (13.04%) QMS
4 27 (11.74%) CAPA
5 24 (10.43%) Analytics
6 22 (9.57%) Computer Science
7 21 (9.13%) Logistics
8 20 (8.70%) User Experience
9 19 (8.26%) Customer Service
10 18 (7.83%) Agile
10 18 (7.83%) Artificial Intelligence
10 18 (7.83%) Roadmaps
10 18 (7.83%) Software Engineering
11 17 (7.39%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (7.39%) Workflow
12 16 (6.96%) CRM
12 16 (6.96%) Machine Learning
12 16 (6.96%) Time Management
13 14 (6.09%) Biotechnology
13 14 (6.09%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.83%) Python
2 17 (7.39%) SQL
3 12 (5.22%) PHP
4 6 (2.61%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.17%) PowerShell
5 5 (2.17%) R
6 4 (1.74%) C#
7 3 (1.30%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.87%) C++
8 2 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.87%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.43%) Ada
9 1 (0.43%) C
9 1 (0.43%) Java
9 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 84 (36.52%) Degree
2 18 (7.83%) HNC
3 16 (6.96%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.96%) Security Cleared
4 12 (5.22%) HND
5 10 (4.35%) PhD
6 9 (3.91%) DBS Check
7 8 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.74%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.30%) A+ Certification
10 3 (1.30%) Chartered Engineer
10 3 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.30%) MCP
11 2 (0.87%) CCNA
11 2 (0.87%) CISSP
11 2 (0.87%) EnCE
11 2 (0.87%) MCSA
11 2 (0.87%) MCSE
11 2 (0.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (20.87%) GMP
2 47 (20.43%) QA
3 9 (3.91%) GDPR
3 9 (3.91%) GLP
4 6 (2.61%) GxP
4 6 (2.61%) NIST
5 5 (2.17%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 5 (2.17%) Good Clinical Practice
5 5 (2.17%) HL7
6 4 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.30%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.87%) CDISC
8 2 (0.87%) SLA
9 1 (0.43%) IEC 62304
9 1 (0.43%) IFRS
9 1 (0.43%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 7 (3.04%) Docker
2 5 (2.17%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.30%) Firmware
4 2 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (1.74%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.87%) EnCase
2 2 (0.87%) FTK
2 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.87%) RSA Security Analytics
2 2 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 31 (13.48%) SAP
2 24 (10.43%) Google
3 23 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 7 (3.04%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.74%) Splunk
6 3 (1.30%) AVEVA
6 3 (1.30%) Cisco
6 3 (1.30%) Minitab
6 3 (1.30%) Rockwell
6 3 (1.30%) Siemens
7 2 (0.87%) FireEye
7 2 (0.87%) NetWitness
7 2 (0.87%) Veeam
7 2 (0.87%) VMware
8 1 (0.43%) Instagram
8 1 (0.43%) Intel
8 1 (0.43%) MobileIron
8 1 (0.43%) Riverbed
8 1 (0.43%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.43%) Twitter