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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 350 380
Rank change year-on-year -27 +30 -56
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 79 264 302
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.43% 0.78% 0.75%
As % of the General category 0.55% 1.27% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 35 143 203
10th Percentile - £33,500 £45,050
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 £83,125 £62,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £85,000 £84,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £64,701
% change year-on-year - -22.72% +10.13%

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 14,492 20,849 26,559
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 78.26% 61.65% 65.99%
Number of salaries quoted 7,222 15,084 17,679
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,800 £36,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,500 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,840 £75,000 £82,899
90th Percentile £105,000 £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 23 May 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 (5.06%) SAS
2 3 (3.80%) CMS
2 3 (3.80%) WordPress
3 2 (2.53%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.27%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (12.66%) TrackWise
2 1 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.46%) AWS
2 11 (13.92%) Azure
3 10 (12.66%) Veeva
4 9 (11.39%) Amazon SageMaker
5 5 (6.33%) SaaS
6 3 (3.80%) Google Ads
6 3 (3.80%) Google Analytics
6 3 (3.80%) Google Data Studio
7 2 (2.53%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (2.53%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.53%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.27%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (1.27%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.27%) GCP
8 1 (1.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.53%) Firewall
1 2 (2.53%) LAN
1 2 (2.53%) VLAN
1 2 (2.53%) VPN
1 2 (2.53%) WAN
1 2 (2.53%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.27%) Bluetooth
2 1 (1.27%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.13%) Relational Database
2 7 (8.86%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.27%) MySQL
3 1 (1.27%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (10.13%) Moq
1 8 (10.13%) SpecFlow
2 1 (1.27%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.27%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.27%) JIRA
General
1 31 (39.24%) Social Skills
2 20 (25.32%) Manufacturing
3 13 (16.46%) Law
4 9 (11.39%) Marketing
5 8 (10.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (7.59%) Finance
6 6 (7.59%) Legal
7 4 (5.06%) Health Technology
8 3 (3.80%) Digital Health
8 3 (3.80%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.53%) Automotive
9 2 (2.53%) French Language
9 2 (2.53%) German Language
9 2 (2.53%) Publishing
10 1 (1.27%) Banking
10 1 (1.27%) Electronics
10 1 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.27%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 15 (18.99%) IT Support
2 14 (17.72%) Analyst
3 12 (15.19%) 1st Line Support
3 12 (15.19%) 1st Line Support Analyst
3 12 (15.19%) IT Analyst
3 12 (15.19%) IT Support Analyst
3 12 (15.19%) Support Analyst
4 9 (11.39%) Senior
5 7 (8.86%) Software Engineer
6 5 (6.33%) Project Manager
7 4 (5.06%) C# Software Engineer
7 4 (5.06%) Lead
7 4 (5.06%) Programmer
7 4 (5.06%) SAS Programmer
7 4 (5.06%) Senior Software Engineer
8 3 (3.80%) .NET Software Engineer
8 3 (3.80%) Systems Engineer
8 3 (3.80%) Trainee
8 3 (3.80%) Trainee IT Support
9 2 (2.53%) Development Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (11.39%) .NET
1 9 (11.39%) Keras
1 9 (11.39%) NumPy
1 9 (11.39%) PyTorch
1 9 (11.39%) scikit-learn
1 9 (11.39%) TensorFlow
2 8 (10.13%) .NET Core
2 8 (10.13%) .NET Framework
2 8 (10.13%) Entity Framework
2 8 (10.13%) FHIR
2 8 (10.13%) OAuth
2 8 (10.13%) OAuth2
2 8 (10.13%) REST
3 6 (7.59%) Swagger
4 1 (1.27%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.27%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (1.27%) EDI
4 1 (1.27%) Laravel
4 1 (1.27%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.99%) EPoS
2 12 (15.19%) Biopharmaceutical
3 10 (12.66%) Onboarding
4 9 (11.39%) Algorithms
5 7 (8.86%) Life Science
6 3 (3.80%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.53%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.53%) IoT
7 2 (2.53%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.53%) NHS
7 2 (2.53%) Security Posture
7 2 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.53%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.27%) Blockchain
8 1 (1.27%) FMCG
8 1 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.27%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.53%) Windows
1 2 (2.53%) Windows 10
1 2 (2.53%) Windows Server
1 2 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (1.27%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (30.38%) Computer Science
1 24 (30.38%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (26.58%) Software Engineering
3 18 (22.78%) CRM
4 16 (20.25%) Time Management
5 15 (18.99%) Agile
5 15 (18.99%) Analytics
6 13 (16.46%) Data Analytics
7 12 (15.19%) Artificial Intelligence
7 12 (15.19%) Biotechnology
7 12 (15.19%) Change Control
7 12 (15.19%) Customer Service
7 12 (15.19%) Customer-Centricity
7 12 (15.19%) Machine Learning
7 12 (15.19%) PLM
7 12 (15.19%) Roadmaps
7 12 (15.19%) Service Delivery
7 12 (15.19%) Supplier Management
7 12 (15.19%) User Experience
8 11 (13.92%) Biology
Programming Languages
1 18 (22.78%) Python
2 8 (10.13%) C#
2 8 (10.13%) TypeScript
3 4 (5.06%) R
4 1 (1.27%) Java
4 1 (1.27%) Kotlin
4 1 (1.27%) PHP
4 1 (1.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (51.90%) Degree
2 13 (16.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (11.39%) Master's Degree
3 9 (11.39%) PhD
4 8 (10.13%) DBS Check
5 3 (3.80%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (3.80%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.80%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.27%) MBA
6 1 (1.27%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.27%) Postgraduate
6 1 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (26.58%) QA
2 16 (20.25%) GMP
3 6 (7.59%) CDISC
4 2 (2.53%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 2 (2.53%) GDPR
4 2 (2.53%) NIST
4 2 (2.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.27%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.27%) GxP
5 1 (1.27%) IEC 62304
5 1 (1.27%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 9 (11.39%) Docker
2 2 (2.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.53%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (16.46%) SAP
2 7 (8.86%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.33%) Salesforce
4 3 (3.80%) Google
5 2 (2.53%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.27%) Ariba
6 1 (1.27%) Foundry
6 1 (1.27%) Informatica
6 1 (1.27%) Intel
6 1 (1.27%) Palantir
6 1 (1.27%) Sparx