Pharmaceutical Job Trends in Yorkshire

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
England > Yorkshire

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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 142 89
Rank change year-on-year -16 -53 +112
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 39 11 102
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.51% 0.33% 2.06%
As % of the General category 1.29% 0.51% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 38 9 12
10th Percentile £31,250 - £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 - £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £30,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +79.17% -35.14% +19.35%
75th Percentile £60,000 - £52,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £48,250 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -21.88%

All General Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 3,017 2,167 2,881
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 39.74% 65.31% 58.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,933 1,015 1,302
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,267 £29,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £29,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,000 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -15.98% -0.02%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £64,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Pharmaceutical job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Pharmaceutical.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Pharmaceutical in Yorkshire

Pharmaceutical
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 13 September 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
West Yorkshire -4 32 £36,000 +20.00% 14
South Yorkshire -28 6 £75,000 - 4
North Yorkshire - 1 £24,000 - 5
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (35.90%) AWS
2 4 (10.26%) SaaS
3 1 (2.56%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (2.56%) Azure
3 1 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.56%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (2.56%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 11 (28.21%) Manufacturing
2 10 (25.64%) Retail
3 5 (12.82%) Social Skills
4 4 (10.26%) German Language
5 1 (2.56%) Finance
5 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (33.33%) Analyst
1 13 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 10 (25.64%) Graduate
2 10 (25.64%) Graduate Software Engineer
2 10 (25.64%) Software Engineer
3 7 (17.95%) Application Security Analyst
3 7 (17.95%) Senior
4 6 (15.38%) Information Analyst
4 6 (15.38%) Information Security Analyst
4 6 (15.38%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (15.38%) Senior Information Analyst
4 6 (15.38%) Senior Information Security Analyst
4 6 (15.38%) Senior Security Analyst
5 5 (12.82%) Business Development Manager
5 5 (12.82%) Business Manager
5 5 (12.82%) Development Manager
6 3 (7.69%) Linux Engineer
6 3 (7.69%) Logistics Engineer
6 3 (7.69%) Software Engineering Graduate
7 2 (5.13%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) CSS
1 1 (2.56%) HTML
1 1 (2.56%) NestJS
1 1 (2.56%) Pulumi
1 1 (2.56%) SvelteKit
1 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Life Science
2 3 (7.69%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.56%) ASTM
3 1 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.56%) FMCG
3 1 (2.56%) Hackathon
3 1 (2.56%) Legacy Code
3 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.56%) Pharmacovigilance
3 1 (2.56%) SCADA
3 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (25.64%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.21%) Logistics
2 10 (25.64%) E-Commerce
2 10 (25.64%) Software Engineering
3 9 (23.08%) Business Development
4 7 (17.95%) Application Security
4 7 (17.95%) Secure Coding
4 7 (17.95%) Vulnerability Management
5 6 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (15.38%) Information Security
5 6 (15.38%) Penetration Testing
5 6 (15.38%) SIEM
6 4 (10.26%) B2B
6 4 (10.26%) B2B Sales
6 4 (10.26%) B2C
6 4 (10.26%) GTM Strategy
7 3 (7.69%) Computer Science
8 2 (5.13%) Problem-Solving
9 1 (2.56%) Critical Thinking
9 1 (2.56%) Decision-Making
9 1 (2.56%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 12 (30.77%) SQL
2 3 (7.69%) C
2 3 (7.69%) C++
2 3 (7.69%) Java
2 3 (7.69%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.56%) Perl
3 1 (2.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (15.38%) CISM
1 6 (15.38%) CISSP
2 4 (10.26%) Degree
3 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.56%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.95%) GDPR
2 6 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.56%) NEBOSH
3 1 (2.56%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (2.56%) Allen-Bradley
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft
1 1 (2.56%) Siemens