Biopharmaceutical Job Trends

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 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 618 689 698
Rank change year-on-year +71 +9 +237
Permanent jobs citing Biopharmaceutical 24 18 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.040% 0.034% 0.066%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% 0.091% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 3
10th Percentile - - £33,000
25th Percentile - - £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +82.93% -18.81%
75th Percentile £72,500 - £65,250
90th Percentile £80,000 - £78,600
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +82.93% -17.59%

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 20,345 19,868 20,471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.31% 37.15% 36.52%
Number of salaries quoted 10,183 9,316 14,895
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,628 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,793 £53,000
% change year-on-year -13.31% +3.38% -3.64%

Biopharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Biopharmaceutical relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Biopharmaceutical job vacancy trend in the UK

Biopharmaceutical
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Biopharmaceutical.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Biopharmaceutical

Biopharmaceutical
Top 7 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 12 January 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
England +88 24 £70,000 -6.67% 67
UK excluding London +55 21 £70,000 -6.67% 68
South East - 14 £70,000 - 21
East of England +17 4 £70,000 -6.67% 13
London +55 3 £80,000 - 5
South West - 3 £70,000 - 9
Work from Home +53 1 - - 25

Biopharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 9 (37.50%) Veeva
2 3 (12.50%) Benchling
3 2 (8.33%) Azure
3 2 (8.33%) Entra ID
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) DHCP
1 2 (8.33%) DNS
1 2 (8.33%) Firewall
1 2 (8.33%) IPsec
1 2 (8.33%) LAN
1 2 (8.33%) SSL
1 2 (8.33%) VLAN
1 2 (8.33%) WAN
1 2 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (37.50%) Metadata
General
1 7 (29.17%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (8.33%) Marketing
3 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Data Steward
2 5 (20.83%) Lead
2 5 (20.83%) Team Leader
3 4 (16.67%) Data Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Business Development Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Business Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Development Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Product Owner
4 3 (12.50%) Site Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) IT Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Sales Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Data Scientist
6 1 (4.17%) Product Management Director
Miscellaneous
1 15 (62.50%) Life Science
2 9 (37.50%) Management Information System
3 4 (16.67%) LIMS
4 3 (12.50%) Product Ownership
5 1 (4.17%) IoT
5 1 (4.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Windows
1 2 (8.33%) Windows Server
1 2 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Data Governance
2 9 (37.50%) Business Strategy
2 9 (37.50%) Data Management
2 9 (37.50%) Data Modelling
2 9 (37.50%) Digital Transformation Strategy
2 9 (37.50%) Master Data Management
2 9 (37.50%) Matrix Organization
3 4 (16.67%) Agile
3 4 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 3 (12.50%) Biochemistry
4 3 (12.50%) Biology
4 3 (12.50%) Biotechnology
4 3 (12.50%) Business Analysis
4 3 (12.50%) Business Development
4 3 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (12.50%) Information Management
4 3 (12.50%) Product Vision
4 3 (12.50%) User Stories
5 2 (8.33%) Analytics
5 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (54.17%) Degree
2 10 (41.67%) Master's Degree
3 2 (8.33%) CCNA
3 2 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (8.33%) MCSE
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.17%) DBS Check
4 1 (4.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (37.50%) Data Quality
2 2 (8.33%) GxP
2 2 (8.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (4.17%) GMP
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 2 (8.33%) Virtual Servers
1 2 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) LabVantage
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) VMware