Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 29 July 2021

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 29 July 2021 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
UK
6 months to
29 Jul 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 230 485 599
Rank change year-on-year +255 +114 +72
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 1,687 327 622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.49% 0.47% 0.43%
As % of the General category 2.63% 0.88% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 372 229 472
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £42,438 £38,750 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,400 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +11.11%

Pharmaceutical is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

All General Skills
UK
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 64,063 36,967 81,108
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK 56.74% 53.57% 56.32%
Number of salaries quoted 40,480 28,863 61,769
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the UK

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Pharmaceutical in the UK

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 29 July 2021.

Salary histogram for Pharmaceutical in the UK

Pharmaceutical
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the UK over the 6 months to 29 July 2021. 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
Job
Vacancies
England +208 1,181 £55,000 -4.35% 249
UK excluding London +183 782 £50,000 +17.65% 177
Work from Home +50 433 £53,750 -14.00% 55
London +92 411 £65,000 -13.33% 83
East of England +117 296 £50,000 +11.11% 37
South East +58 238 £60,000 +20.00% 46
North of England +16 101 £46,250 +15.63% 43
North West +6 76 £47,500 +15.15% 32
South West -55 50 £42,500 - 14
Midlands -48 48 £50,000 - 24
Scotland -56 30 £41,500 +3.75% 9
East Midlands -31 27 £42,750 - 11
Yorkshire -49 22 £32,500 -13.33% 5
West Midlands -47 21 £55,000 - 13
Wales - 18 £40,000 - 4
North East -21 3 - - 6
Northern Ireland -46 1 £50,000 +11.11% 1

For the 6 months to 29 July 2021, IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for Pharmaceutical.

1 770 (45.64%) Degree
2 665 (39.42%) Social Skills
3 577 (34.20%) Life Science
4 410 (24.30%) Agile Software Development
5 398 (23.59%) Data Management
6 392 (23.24%) Computer Science
7 356 (21.10%) Project Management
8 323 (19.15%) SAS
9 270 (16.00%) Validation
10 267 (15.83%) Analytics
11 257 (15.23%) Mathematics
12 256 (15.17%) Statistics
13 254 (15.06%) Problem-Solving
14 221 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
15 220 (13.04%) CDISC
16 207 (12.27%) Biotechnology
17 187 (11.08%) Mentoring
18 185 (10.97%) Marketing
18 185 (10.97%) Microsoft
19 178 (10.55%) SQL
20 175 (10.37%) Finance
21 172 (10.20%) Python
22 169 (10.02%) Data Science
23 153 (9.07%) Biostatistics
24 146 (8.65%) Data Analysis
25 143 (8.48%) Clinical Data Management
26 138 (8.18%) Manufacturing
27 133 (7.88%) Software Engineering
27 133 (7.88%) Visualisation
28 132 (7.82%) Management Information System

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 323 (19.15%) SAS
2 68 (4.03%) CMS
3 67 (3.97%) SharePoint
4 36 (2.13%) Documentum
5 21 (1.24%) WordPress
6 15 (0.89%) IIS
7 12 (0.71%) Confluence
8 11 (0.65%) Drupal
8 11 (0.65%) Headless CMS
9 9 (0.53%) Apache Spark
10 7 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (0.41%) Joomla!
10 7 (0.41%) Sitecore CMS
10 7 (0.41%) Umbraco
11 6 (0.36%) MS Exchange
12 3 (0.18%) Ethereum
12 3 (0.18%) SugarCRM
13 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.12%) WinCC
14 1 (0.059%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 103 (6.11%) Microsoft Office
2 79 (4.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 42 (2.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 32 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
6 13 (0.77%) MS Visio
7 9 (0.53%) Figma
7 9 (0.53%) SPSS
8 8 (0.47%) Sketch
9 6 (0.36%) Adobe XD
10 4 (0.24%) Chatbot
11 3 (0.18%) InVision
12 2 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
12 2 (0.12%) InDesign
12 2 (0.12%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.059%) OmniGraffle
13 1 (0.059%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 21 (1.24%) TrackWise
2 16 (0.95%) Oracle Clinical
3 13 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (0.71%) BambooHR
5 6 (0.36%) Sage 200
6 4 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.24%) Salesforce.com CRM
6 4 (0.24%) SAP IBP
6 4 (0.24%) SAP SD
7 3 (0.18%) Primavera
7 3 (0.18%) Sage 1000
7 3 (0.18%) SAP HR
7 3 (0.18%) SAP MM
7 3 (0.18%) SAP PM
7 3 (0.18%) SAP PS
7 3 (0.18%) WebTrends
8 2 (0.12%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.12%) SAP PP
8 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 126 (7.47%) Azure
2 110 (6.52%) SaaS
3 108 (6.40%) AWS
4 92 (5.45%) Veeva
5 48 (2.85%) Power Platform
6 37 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
7 33 (1.96%) GCP
8 18 (1.07%) Serverless
9 16 (0.95%) Azure Service Bus
10 15 (0.89%) PaaS
11 14 (0.83%) GitHub
12 10 (0.59%) Cloud Computing
12 10 (0.59%) Cloudflare
13 9 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (0.53%) Google Analytics
13 9 (0.53%) Heroku
14 8 (0.47%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (0.47%) IaaS
15 7 (0.41%) AWS CloudFormation
15 7 (0.41%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.65%) Firewall
1 11 (0.65%) TCP/IP
1 11 (0.65%) VPN
2 8 (0.47%) DNS
2 8 (0.47%) FTP
2 8 (0.47%) SSL
2 8 (0.47%) VoIP
3 7 (0.41%) IPsec
4 6 (0.36%) DHCP
4 6 (0.36%) VLAN
5 5 (0.30%) Intranet
6 4 (0.24%) Internet
6 4 (0.24%) RFID
7 3 (0.18%) Network Security
8 2 (0.12%) LAN
8 2 (0.12%) SMS
8 2 (0.12%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.059%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.059%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (3.79%) Metadata
2 56 (3.32%) MySQL
2 56 (3.32%) SQL Server
3 53 (3.14%) Base SAS
4 48 (2.85%) Power BI
5 47 (2.79%) Relational Database
6 45 (2.67%) Tableau
7 31 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
7 31 (1.84%) Spotfire
8 26 (1.54%) Electronic Patient Records
9 25 (1.48%) NoSQL
10 24 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
11 22 (1.30%) Hadoop
12 20 (1.19%) RDBMS
13 16 (0.95%) Big Data
14 14 (0.83%) OLTP
15 10 (0.59%) BusinessObjects
15 10 (0.59%) Data Lake
16 9 (0.53%) Redis
17 8 (0.47%) GIS
Development Applications
1 70 (4.15%) JIRA
2 37 (2.19%) Git (software)
3 26 (1.54%) webpack
4 19 (1.13%) Axure RP
5 16 (0.95%) Team Foundation Server
6 14 (0.83%) Oracle Forms
7 13 (0.77%) Cypress.io
7 13 (0.77%) Visual Studio
8 12 (0.71%) Mocha
9 10 (0.59%) Cucumber
10 9 (0.53%) CircleCI
10 9 (0.53%) RSpec
10 9 (0.53%) Selenium
11 8 (0.47%) Jenkins
12 5 (0.30%) Maven
12 5 (0.30%) TestRail
13 4 (0.24%) Babel
13 4 (0.24%) PostCSS
14 3 (0.18%) Jasmine
14 3 (0.18%) TeamCity
General
1 665 (39.42%) Social Skills
2 221 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
3 185 (10.97%) Marketing
4 175 (10.37%) Finance
5 138 (8.18%) Manufacturing
6 90 (5.33%) Influencing Skills
6 90 (5.33%) Retail
7 75 (4.45%) Organisational Skills
8 74 (4.39%) Presentation Skills
9 64 (3.79%) Law
10 62 (3.68%) Legal
11 55 (3.26%) Games
12 26 (1.54%) Public Sector
12 26 (1.54%) Publishing
13 22 (1.30%) Social Science
14 21 (1.24%) Advertising
14 21 (1.24%) Banking
15 19 (1.13%) German Language
16 18 (1.07%) French Language
17 17 (1.01%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 287 (17.01%) Programmer
2 203 (12.03%) Data Manager
3 175 (10.37%) Statistical Programmer
4 158 (9.37%) Analyst
5 146 (8.65%) Senior Programmer
6 140 (8.30%) Developer
7 117 (6.94%) Consultant
8 95 (5.63%) Senior Statistical Programmer
9 93 (5.51%) Project Manager
10 83 (4.92%) Senior Manager
11 59 (3.50%) Software Engineer
12 55 (3.26%) SAS Programmer
13 46 (2.73%) Architect
14 37 (2.19%) Implementation Consultant
15 36 (2.13%) .NET Developer
16 33 (1.96%) Business Analyst
17 32 (1.90%) Senior Consultant
18 31 (1.84%) Data Scientist
19 29 (1.72%) Data Consultant
19 29 (1.72%) Digital Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (7.23%) .NET
2 58 (3.44%) HTML
3 50 (2.96%) CSS
4 42 (2.49%) React
5 40 (2.37%) Node.js
6 32 (1.90%) XML
7 28 (1.66%) HTML5
8 27 (1.60%) ASP.NET
8 27 (1.60%) Web Services
9 25 (1.48%) REST
9 25 (1.48%) Vue.js
10 24 (1.42%) Sass
11 22 (1.30%) AngularJS
12 20 (1.19%) .NET Core
12 20 (1.19%) Laravel
13 17 (1.01%) Django
13 17 (1.01%) GraphQL
14 16 (0.95%) ASP.NET MVC
14 16 (0.95%) Flask
15 15 (0.89%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 577 (34.20%) Life Science
2 207 (12.27%) Biotechnology
3 132 (7.82%) Management Information System
4 88 (5.22%) Self-Motivation
5 87 (5.16%) Social Media
6 69 (4.09%) User Experience
7 61 (3.62%) Algorithms
8 44 (2.61%) Pharmacovigilance
9 36 (2.13%) Virtual Team
10 34 (2.02%) Data Structures
11 29 (1.72%) NHS
12 26 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
13 21 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
14 19 (1.13%) FMCG
14 19 (1.13%) Reference Data
15 18 (1.07%) Animation
15 18 (1.07%) Digital Media
15 18 (1.07%) PMI
16 17 (1.01%) Data Centre
17 16 (0.95%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 68 (4.03%) Windows
2 32 (1.90%) Apple iOS
3 31 (1.84%) Android
4 24 (1.42%) Windows Server
5 15 (0.89%) Windows 10
6 9 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (0.41%) Linux
7 7 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.30%) Windows 8
8 5 (0.30%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.059%) CentOS
9 1 (0.059%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.059%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.059%) Unix
9 1 (0.059%) VMS
9 1 (0.059%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (24.30%) Agile Software Development
2 398 (23.59%) Data Management
3 392 (23.24%) Computer Science
4 356 (21.10%) Project Management
5 270 (16.00%) Validation
6 267 (15.83%) Analytics
7 257 (15.23%) Mathematics
8 256 (15.17%) Statistics
9 254 (15.06%) Problem-Solving
10 187 (11.08%) Mentoring
11 169 (10.02%) Data Science
12 153 (9.07%) Biostatistics
13 146 (8.65%) Data Analysis
14 143 (8.48%) Clinical Data Management
15 133 (7.88%) Software Engineering
15 133 (7.88%) Visualisation
16 116 (6.88%) Machine Learning
17 104 (6.16%) Coaching
18 101 (5.99%) Artificial Intelligence
19 100 (5.93%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 178 (10.55%) SQL
2 172 (10.20%) Python
3 121 (7.17%) JavaScript
4 120 (7.11%) C#
5 104 (6.16%) R
6 79 (4.68%) Java
7 49 (2.90%) SAS Macro
8 40 (2.37%) C
9 32 (1.90%) PHP
10 28 (1.66%) ES6
11 24 (1.42%) TypeScript
11 24 (1.42%) VBA
12 23 (1.36%) PL/SQL
13 18 (1.07%) C++
13 18 (1.07%) PowerShell
14 15 (0.89%) Go
15 14 (0.83%) Apple Swift
16 13 (0.77%) ES7
17 10 (0.59%) Scala
18 9 (0.53%) Clojure
Qualifications
1 770 (45.64%) Degree
2 114 (6.76%) PhD
3 99 (5.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 51 (3.02%) Master's Degree
5 37 (2.19%) Numerate Degree
6 31 (1.84%) MBA
7 30 (1.78%) PMI Certification
8 16 (0.95%) APMP
9 12 (0.71%) PMP
10 9 (0.53%) HND
11 8 (0.47%) Security Cleared
12 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.36%) Postgraduate
14 5 (0.30%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 4 (0.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 3 (0.18%) ITIL Certification
17 2 (0.12%) AWS Certification
17 2 (0.12%) IRCA
17 2 (0.12%) TOGAF Certification
18 1 (0.059%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 220 (13.04%) CDISC
2 125 (7.41%) QA
3 124 (7.35%) Good Clinical Practice
4 64 (3.79%) Data Quality
5 46 (2.73%) GMP
6 44 (2.61%) GxP
7 31 (1.84%) GDPR
8 29 (1.72%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 20 (1.19%) GLP
10 14 (0.83%) HIPAA
11 7 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 5 (0.30%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.30%) GAMP
13 4 (0.24%) ISO 9001
13 4 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.24%) SLA
14 3 (0.18%) HL7
15 2 (0.12%) ITGC
16 1 (0.059%) Cyber Essentials
16 1 (0.059%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 39 (2.31%) Docker
2 29 (1.72%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.53%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.41%) vSphere
6 5 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.12%) Firmware
8 1 (0.059%) HDFS
8 1 (0.059%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.059%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.059%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 30 (1.78%) Kubernetes
2 11 (0.65%) Terraform
3 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.36%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.18%) Ansible
5 3 (0.18%) Puppet
6 2 (0.12%) Opscode Chef
6 2 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.059%) CASB
7 1 (0.059%) Control-M
7 1 (0.059%) Grafana
7 1 (0.059%) Nagios
7 1 (0.059%) SCCM
Vendors
1 185 (10.97%) Microsoft
2 80 (4.74%) Oracle
3 73 (4.33%) Facebook
4 69 (4.09%) SAP
5 58 (3.44%) Instagram
6 34 (2.02%) Salesforce.com
7 27 (1.60%) OpenText
8 21 (1.24%) Google
9 17 (1.01%) Informatica
9 17 (1.01%) VMware
10 16 (0.95%) CA Agile Central
11 15 (0.89%) Adobe
11 15 (0.89%) Apple
12 11 (0.65%) Workday
13 10 (0.59%) IBM
13 10 (0.59%) Sage
13 10 (0.59%) Twitter
14 9 (0.53%) Databricks
14 9 (0.53%) New Relic
15 8 (0.47%) Talend
271 Pharmaceutical job vacancies Nationwide