Pharmaceutical Job Trends in the West Midlands

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 182 167
Rank change year-on-year +29 -15 +97
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 21 16 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.40% 0.39% 0.45%
As % of the General category 0.67% 0.61% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 19 7 6
10th Percentile - - £43,750
25th Percentile - £31,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -45.83% -14.29%
75th Percentile £73,125 £38,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £53,250 -
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% -11.11%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 3,142 2,643 2,308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 59.67% 63.93% 60.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,415 1,155 1,909
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,518 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £52,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,943 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,840 £75,818
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.00%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Pharmaceutical.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Pharmaceutical in the West Midlands

Pharmaceutical
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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
Shropshire - 11 £40,000 - 3
Birmingham +19 6 £100,000 +207.69% 3
Coventry - 1 £55,000 -
Solihull - 1 - -
Staffordshire - 1 - - 2
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) WinCC
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) AWS
1 2 (9.52%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Ethernet
1 1 (4.76%) Profibus
General
1 13 (61.90%) Automotive
2 11 (52.38%) Aerospace
2 11 (52.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (19.05%) Health Technology
4 1 (4.76%) Advertising
4 1 (4.76%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.76%) Retail
4 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Support Engineer
1 11 (52.38%) Technical Engineer
1 11 (52.38%) Technical Support
1 11 (52.38%) Technical Support Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Lead
2 4 (19.05%) Lead Software Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Software Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Architect
3 2 (9.52%) Business Development Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Business Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Development Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Control Systems Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (4.76%) QA Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Quality Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Security Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (52.38%) FMCG
1 11 (52.38%) Renewable Energy
2 4 (19.05%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.76%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.76%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Logistics
2 4 (19.05%) Software Engineering
3 2 (9.52%) Business Development
3 2 (9.52%) Roadmaps
4 1 (4.76%) Architecture Roadmap
4 1 (4.76%) Business Continuity Planning
4 1 (4.76%) Business Strategy
4 1 (4.76%) Business Transformation
4 1 (4.76%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (4.76%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (4.76%) Data Protection
4 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (4.76%) Incident Response
4 1 (4.76%) IT Strategy
4 1 (4.76%) Presales
4 1 (4.76%) SABSA
4 1 (4.76%) Security Architecture
4 1 (4.76%) SIEM
4 1 (4.76%) Software Testing
4 1 (4.76%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) PHP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) NCSC
1 1 (4.76%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (4.76%) AVEVA
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.76%) Rockwell
1 1 (4.76%) Siemens
1 1 (4.76%) Splunk
1 1 (4.76%) Varonis