Pharmaceutical Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 388 341 372
Rank change year-on-year -47 +31 -53
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 85 277 289
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.45% 0.80% 0.75%
As % of the General category 0.57% 1.31% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 40 146 189
10th Percentile - £35,000 £44,500
25th Percentile £22,425 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £52,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% -16.00% -
75th Percentile £78,125 £63,438 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,875 £86,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year - -21.88% +6.67%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Pharmaceutical falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 14,921 21,072 25,291
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 78.39% 60.66% 65.76%
Number of salaries quoted 7,471 15,129 17,155
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £82,548
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £103,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Pharmaceutical
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Pharmaceutical as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Pharmaceutical trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Pharmaceutical.

Pharmaceutical salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 2 June 2025.

Pharmaceutical salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (4.71%) SAS
2 3 (3.53%) CMS
2 3 (3.53%) WordPress
3 2 (2.35%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.18%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (11.76%) TrackWise
2 2 (2.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.18%) SAP SCM
3 1 (1.18%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 13 (15.29%) AWS
2 12 (14.12%) Azure
3 10 (11.76%) Veeva
4 9 (10.59%) Amazon SageMaker
5 6 (7.06%) SaaS
6 3 (3.53%) Google Ads
6 3 (3.53%) Google Analytics
6 3 (3.53%) Google Data Studio
7 2 (2.35%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.35%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.35%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (1.18%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.18%) GCP
8 1 (1.18%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.35%) Firewall
1 2 (2.35%) LAN
1 2 (2.35%) VLAN
1 2 (2.35%) VPN
1 2 (2.35%) WAN
1 2 (2.35%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.18%) Bluetooth
2 1 (1.18%) Broadband
2 1 (1.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.41%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (9.41%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.35%) MySQL
2 2 (2.35%) Power BI
2 2 (2.35%) Tableau
3 1 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.18%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.18%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.18%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (9.41%) Moq
1 8 (9.41%) SpecFlow
2 2 (2.35%) JIRA
3 1 (1.18%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.18%) Jenkins
General
1 34 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 19 (22.35%) Manufacturing
3 13 (15.29%) Law
4 9 (10.59%) Finance
5 8 (9.41%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (9.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (9.41%) Marketing
6 6 (7.06%) Legal
7 4 (4.71%) Health Technology
8 3 (3.53%) Digital Health
8 3 (3.53%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.35%) French Language
9 2 (2.35%) German Language
9 2 (2.35%) Publishing
10 1 (1.18%) Automotive
10 1 (1.18%) Banking
10 1 (1.18%) Billing
10 1 (1.18%) Electronics
10 1 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (20.00%) IT Support
2 15 (17.65%) Analyst
3 13 (15.29%) 1st Line Support
3 13 (15.29%) 1st Line Support Analyst
3 13 (15.29%) IT Analyst
3 13 (15.29%) IT Support Analyst
3 13 (15.29%) Support Analyst
4 10 (11.76%) Senior
5 7 (8.24%) Software Engineer
6 6 (7.06%) Project Manager
7 4 (4.71%) C# Software Engineer
7 4 (4.71%) Developer
7 4 (4.71%) Lead
7 4 (4.71%) Programmer
7 4 (4.71%) SAS Programmer
7 4 (4.71%) Senior Software Engineer
7 4 (4.71%) Trainee
7 4 (4.71%) Trainee IT Support
8 3 (3.53%) .NET Software Engineer
8 3 (3.53%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.59%) .NET
1 9 (10.59%) Keras
1 9 (10.59%) NumPy
1 9 (10.59%) PyTorch
1 9 (10.59%) REST
1 9 (10.59%) scikit-learn
1 9 (10.59%) TensorFlow
2 8 (9.41%) .NET Core
2 8 (9.41%) .NET Framework
2 8 (9.41%) Entity Framework
2 8 (9.41%) FHIR
2 8 (9.41%) OAuth
2 8 (9.41%) OAuth2
3 6 (7.06%) Swagger
4 2 (2.35%) EDI
5 1 (1.18%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.18%) Laravel
5 1 (1.18%) pydantic
5 1 (1.18%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (1.18%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.00%) EPoS
2 12 (14.12%) Biopharmaceutical
3 10 (11.76%) Onboarding
4 9 (10.59%) Algorithms
5 8 (9.41%) Life Science
6 3 (3.53%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.35%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.35%) FMCG
7 2 (2.35%) IoT
7 2 (2.35%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.35%) NHS
7 2 (2.35%) Security Posture
7 2 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.35%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.18%) Blockchain
8 1 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.18%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.35%) Windows
1 2 (2.35%) Windows 10
1 2 (2.35%) Windows Server
1 2 (2.35%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (1.18%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (31.76%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (29.41%) Computer Science
3 21 (24.71%) Software Engineering
4 20 (23.53%) CRM
5 19 (22.35%) Agile
6 18 (21.18%) Time Management
7 17 (20.00%) Analytics
8 13 (15.29%) Artificial Intelligence
8 13 (15.29%) Customer Service
8 13 (15.29%) Customer-Centricity
8 13 (15.29%) Data Analytics
8 13 (15.29%) Service Delivery
9 12 (14.12%) Biotechnology
9 12 (14.12%) Change Control
9 12 (14.12%) Machine Learning
9 12 (14.12%) PLM
9 12 (14.12%) Roadmaps
9 12 (14.12%) Supplier Management
9 12 (14.12%) User Experience
10 11 (12.94%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 19 (22.35%) Python
2 8 (9.41%) C#
2 8 (9.41%) TypeScript
3 4 (4.71%) R
3 4 (4.71%) SQL
4 1 (1.18%) Java
4 1 (1.18%) Kotlin
4 1 (1.18%) PHP
Qualifications
1 42 (49.41%) Degree
2 14 (16.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (10.59%) Master's Degree
3 9 (10.59%) PhD
4 8 (9.41%) DBS Check
5 3 (3.53%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (3.53%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.53%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.18%) MBA
6 1 (1.18%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (1.18%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.18%) Postgraduate
6 1 (1.18%) Tableau Certification
6 1 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (25.88%) QA
2 16 (18.82%) GMP
3 6 (7.06%) CDISC
4 2 (2.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 2 (2.35%) GDPR
4 2 (2.35%) NIST
4 2 (2.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.18%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.18%) GxP
5 1 (1.18%) IEC 62304
5 1 (1.18%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 10 (11.76%) Docker
2 2 (2.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.18%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (15.29%) SAP
2 8 (9.41%) Microsoft
3 5 (5.88%) Salesforce
4 3 (3.53%) Google
5 2 (2.35%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.18%) Ariba
6 1 (1.18%) Foundry
6 1 (1.18%) Informatica
6 1 (1.18%) Intel
6 1 (1.18%) Palantir
6 1 (1.18%) Sparx