Biopharmaceutical Jobs

Biopharmaceutical
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Biopharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies. 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 669 832 897
Rank change year-on-year +163 +65 -147
Permanent jobs citing Biopharmaceutical 40 80 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.072% 0.077% 0.067%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.19% 0.22% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 7 15 11
10th Percentile - - £36,250
25th Percentile - £36,250 £49,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -25.45% +5.77%
75th Percentile £45,000 £57,000 £64,375
90th Percentile £50,000 £87,500 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £37,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -31.82% +4.27%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,604 35,638 42,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.19% 34.51% 43.55%
Number of salaries quoted 9,493 23,121 22,633
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,084 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Biopharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Biopharmaceutical as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Biopharmaceutical in the UK

Biopharmaceutical
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Biopharmaceutical.

Salary trend for Biopharmaceutical in the UK

Biopharmaceutical
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Biopharmaceutical within the UK 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
UK excluding London +154 30 £45,000 +20.00% 156
England +109 30 £45,000 +9.76% 143
Work from Home +114 16 - - 86
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
London +105 1 - - 7
South West +99 1 - - 18
East Midlands - 1 - - 12
Midlands - 1 - - 30
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 5

Biopharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (10.00%) SAS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.00%) Azure
2 2 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (5.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (5.00%) GitHub
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.50%) Modbus
2 4 (10.00%) MQTT
3 3 (7.50%) Ethernet
4 2 (5.00%) Firewall
4 2 (5.00%) LAN
4 2 (5.00%) VLAN
4 2 (5.00%) VPN
4 2 (5.00%) WAN
4 2 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (5.00%) JIRA
1 2 (5.00%) JMeter
1 2 (5.00%) Robot Framework
2 1 (2.50%) Git
General
1 32 (80.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 20 (50.00%) Manufacturing
3 8 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (15.00%) Law
5 5 (12.50%) Social Skills
6 3 (7.50%) Banking
6 3 (7.50%) Digital Health
6 3 (7.50%) Health Technology
7 2 (5.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (25.00%) Senior
2 8 (20.00%) Lead
2 8 (20.00%) Test Engineer
3 6 (15.00%) Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) Data Scientist
4 4 (10.00%) IT Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) IT Support
4 4 (10.00%) IT Support Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) Programmer
4 4 (10.00%) SAS Programmer
4 4 (10.00%) Senior Data Scientist
4 4 (10.00%) Support Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Automation Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) QA Specialist
5 3 (7.50%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 2 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Security Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Software Test Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) .NET
1 2 (5.00%) CSS
1 2 (5.00%) Playwright
2 1 (2.50%) Node-RED
2 1 (2.50%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.50%) Renewable Energy
2 6 (15.00%) SCADA
3 5 (12.50%) Operational Technology
4 4 (10.00%) Industry 4.0
4 4 (10.00%) IoT
4 4 (10.00%) iPad
4 4 (10.00%) iPhone
5 3 (7.50%) Data Centre
5 3 (7.50%) Management Information System
6 2 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (5.00%) Security Posture
7 1 (2.50%) Algorithms
7 1 (2.50%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.00%) Windows
2 4 (10.00%) Apple iOS
3 2 (5.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (5.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.00%) Validation
2 9 (22.50%) Immunology
3 8 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 7 (17.50%) Agile
4 7 (17.50%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (15.00%) Analytics
5 6 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (15.00%) Neuroscience
6 5 (12.50%) Asset Management
6 5 (12.50%) Chemistry
6 5 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (12.50%) Functional Testing
6 5 (12.50%) Network Design
6 5 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
6 5 (12.50%) System Testing
6 5 (12.50%) Tech Ops
7 4 (10.00%) Biostatistics
7 4 (10.00%) Biotechnology
7 4 (10.00%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.00%) R
2 3 (7.50%) Python
3 2 (5.00%) C#
3 2 (5.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (30.00%) DBS Check
2 10 (25.00%) Degree
3 4 (10.00%) Chartered Engineer
3 4 (10.00%) HNC
3 4 (10.00%) HND
4 3 (7.50%) ISTQB
4 3 (7.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (2.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.50%) GMP
1 7 (17.50%) QA
2 6 (15.00%) GxP
3 4 (10.00%) SLA
4 2 (5.00%) GDPR
4 2 (5.00%) ISO 9001
4 2 (5.00%) NIST
4 2 (5.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (2.50%) GLP
5 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (2.50%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (7.50%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (7.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (12.50%) Functional Safety
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (12.50%) Siemens
2 4 (10.00%) AVEVA
2 4 (10.00%) Databricks
2 4 (10.00%) Rockwell
3 3 (7.50%) VMware
4 2 (5.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.50%) Allen-Bradley
5 1 (2.50%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.50%) SAP