Pharmaceutical Contracts in the Thames Valley

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 112 149
Rank change year-on-year -5 +37 -18
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 20 35 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.75% 1.22% 0.67%
As % of the General category 1.35% 1.98% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 18 18
10th Percentile - £313 £103
25th Percentile £363 £328 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £498 £470
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% +5.85% -21.67%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £545
90th Percentile - £750 £573
South East median daily rate £501 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.30% -3.00% -8.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £20.50 - -
25th Percentile £29.13 £51.05 £60.75
Median hourly rate £61.41 £52.10 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.86% -15.28% +29.47%
75th Percentile £75.08 £53.15 £62.25
90th Percentile £83.75 - -
South East median hourly rate £21.50 £33.66 £61.50
% change year-on-year -36.12% -45.28% +123.64%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

Pharmaceutical falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,477 1,767 2,161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 55.07% 61.42% 60.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 783 1,134 1,395
10th Percentile £205 £270 £225
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £491 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +3.42% +3.26%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £575
90th Percentile £660 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.70% - +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 40 64
10th Percentile £17.62 £16.03 £11.40
25th Percentile £22.50 £20.63 £13.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £30.23 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.67% +72.74% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.69 £64.93 £23.75
90th Percentile £81.48 £76.20 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £52.30 £20.00
% change year-on-year -13.96% +161.50% -20.00%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Pharmaceutical as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the Thames Valley

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the Thames Valley

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in the Thames Valley

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the Thames Valley

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in the Thames Valley

Pharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -23 18 £501 -5.47% 32
Buckinghamshire +25 1 - - 18
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 19
Pharmaceutical
South East

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (5.00%) SAS
1 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Azure
1 4 (20.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 4 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 4 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
1 4 (20.00%) Entra ID
1 4 (20.00%) Figma
2 3 (15.00%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (5.00%) Data Mining
2 1 (5.00%) EDMS
2 1 (5.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 6 (30.00%) JIRA
2 5 (25.00%) Git
3 1 (5.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Advertising
3 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.00%) Legal
3 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.00%) Marketing
3 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Developer
2 4 (20.00%) Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Azure Developer
2 4 (20.00%) Engineering Manager
2 4 (20.00%) Full Stack Developer
2 4 (20.00%) React Developer
2 4 (20.00%) UX Developer
3 2 (10.00%) Data Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Information Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) JavaScript Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Programmer
4 1 (5.00%) SAS Programmer
4 1 (5.00%) Software Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (40.00%) React
2 5 (25.00%) PySpark
3 4 (20.00%) CSS
3 4 (20.00%) HTML
4 2 (10.00%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Biopharmaceutical
1 5 (25.00%) Data Structures
2 4 (20.00%) Life Science
2 4 (20.00%) Product Ownership
3 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.00%) Pharmacovigilance
4 1 (5.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Agile
2 5 (25.00%) Analytics
2 5 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (25.00%) Data Engineering
2 5 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 5 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 5 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
2 5 (25.00%) Data Validation
2 5 (25.00%) Use Case
2 5 (25.00%) Validation
2 5 (25.00%) Visualisation
3 4 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 4 (20.00%) Data Interpretation
3 4 (20.00%) DevOps
3 4 (20.00%) Full Stack Development
3 4 (20.00%) Microservices
3 4 (20.00%) Product Backlog
3 4 (20.00%) SDLC
3 4 (20.00%) User Experience
3 4 (20.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 10 (50.00%) Python
2 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.00%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) CDISC
1 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Active Directory