Pharmacovigilance Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Pharmacovigilance
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmacovigilance in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Pharmacovigilance over the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 629 - 636
Rank change year-on-year - - -58
Permanent jobs citing Pharmacovigilance 23 0 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.028% - 0.021%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% - 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £42,500
75th Percentile £53,750 - £43,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £73,750 £92,500 £46,250
% change year-on-year -20.27% +100.00% -15.91%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Pharmacovigilance 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 19,593 13,498 16,512
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.56% 39.03% 29.54%
Number of salaries quoted 12,678 6,235 7,953
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £32,500 £38,572
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%

Pharmacovigilance
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Pharmacovigilance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Pharmacovigilance job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Pharmacovigilance
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Pharmacovigilance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Pharmacovigilance

Pharmacovigilance
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 Pharmacovigilance within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 September 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
South East - 22 - - 2
North of England - 1 £52,500 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £52,500 -
Pharmacovigilance
UK

Pharmacovigilance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (4.35%) Azure
1 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 23 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 22 (95.65%) Influencing Skills
2 22 (95.65%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (13.04%) Lead
1 3 (13.04%) QA Leader
2 1 (4.35%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (82.61%) Life Science
2 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (95.65%) CAPA
1 22 (95.65%) Continuous Improvement
2 19 (82.61%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
2 19 (82.61%) Change Management
2 19 (82.61%) Customer Service
2 19 (82.61%) Resource Allocation
2 19 (82.61%) Roadmaps
3 3 (13.04%) Change Control
3 3 (13.04%) QMS
3 3 (13.04%) Storyboarding
4 1 (4.35%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (4.35%) Data Protection
4 1 (4.35%) ERP
4 1 (4.35%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (4.35%) Performance Testing
4 1 (4.35%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (4.35%) SQL Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (95.65%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (95.65%) QA
2 19 (82.61%) Good Clinical Practice
2 19 (82.61%) GxP
3 17 (73.91%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft