Pharmaceutical Job Trends in Wales

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 66 83
Rank change year-on-year -55 +17 +12
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 9 1 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.33% 0.12% 0.43%
As % of the General category 0.62% 0.19% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 1
10th Percentile £27,100 - -
25th Percentile £28,000 £57,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £65,000 £49,571
Median % change year-on-year -33.08% +31.13% +16.64%
75th Percentile £72,625 £72,500 -
90th Percentile £100,000 - -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -20.00%

All General Skills
Wales

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 general skills in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,442 528 707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 52.55% 64.31% 43.51%
Number of salaries quoted 708 380 521
10th Percentile £29,525 £23,404 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £26,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £42,750
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -6.43% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,368 £74,039 £70,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -8.33%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in Wales

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Pharmaceutical.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in Wales over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Pharmaceutical in Wales

Pharmaceutical
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the Wales region over the 6 months to 17 August 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 Wales -36 6 £28,000 -56.92% 6
North Wales - 2 £100,000 - 5
Dyfed - 1 - - 1
Pharmaceutical
UK

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) SaaS
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Coordinator
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Business Development Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Business Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Development Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Field Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Field Service Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
3 1 (11.11%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Customer Service
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
2 1 (11.11%) B2B
2 1 (11.11%) Biotechnology
2 1 (11.11%) Business Development
2 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (11.11%) CRM
2 1 (11.11%) EAM
2 1 (11.11%) FMEA
2 1 (11.11%) Predictive Maintenance
2 1 (11.11%) Preventative Maintenance
2 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (11.11%) Telesales
2 1 (11.11%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) GMP
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Adobe
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Salesforce
1 1 (11.11%) SAP