Biopharmaceutical Contracts

Biopharmaceutical
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Biopharmaceutical in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Biopharmaceutical over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 569 691 822
Rank change year-on-year +122 +131 -142
Contract jobs citing Biopharmaceutical 13 12 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.021% 0.019%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.100% 0.062% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 9
10th Percentile £288 £316 £300
25th Percentile £336 £359 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £447 £548 £603
90th Percentile £554 £634 £639
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £475 £413
% change year-on-year -21.05% +15.15% -17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £30.16 - -
75th Percentile £42.31 - -
90th Percentile £64.17 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Generic Skills
UK

Biopharmaceutical is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,029 19,287 28,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.30% 33.32% 33.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,387 13,249 20,174
10th Percentile £268 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 901 634 712
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.25 £22.45 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.21% -18.37% +4.47%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.13 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +29.55% +4.76% -12.50%

Biopharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Biopharmaceutical as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Biopharmaceutical in the UK

Biopharmaceutical
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Biopharmaceutical.

Daily rate trend for Biopharmaceutical in the UK

Biopharmaceutical
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Biopharmaceutical over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Biopharmaceutical in the UK

Biopharmaceutical
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Biopharmaceutical.

Hourly rate trend for Biopharmaceutical in the UK

Biopharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Biopharmaceutical over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Biopharmaceutical in the UK

Biopharmaceutical
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Biopharmaceutical within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 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
England +98 12 £375 -21.05% 73
London +97 6 £600 -14.29% 27
UK excluding London +57 6 £375 -21.05% 55
Work from Home +117 4 - - 22
South East - 4 £375 - 10
North of England +33 1 - - 7
Scotland - 1 - - 7

Biopharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (30.77%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.69%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Sketch
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (23.08%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Data Mining
1 1 (7.69%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
General
1 11 (84.62%) Pharmaceutical
2 8 (61.54%) Manufacturing
3 4 (30.77%) Finance
4 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
6 1 (7.69%) Financial Institution
6 1 (7.69%) French Language
6 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Analyst
1 3 (23.08%) Project Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Developer
2 2 (15.38%) JavaScript Developer
2 2 (15.38%) React Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (15.38%) UX Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Data Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Functional Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Lead
3 1 (7.69%) Project Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) SAP Architect
3 1 (7.69%) SAP Functional Architect
3 1 (7.69%) SAP HANA Architect
3 1 (7.69%) SAP MM Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) SAP PP Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
3 1 (7.69%) SAS Programmer
3 1 (7.69%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) PySpark
2 2 (15.38%) CSS
2 2 (15.38%) HTML
2 2 (15.38%) React
3 1 (7.69%) EDI
3 1 (7.69%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Data Structures
2 1 (7.69%) Hedge funds
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
1 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Project Management
2 4 (30.77%) Agile
2 4 (30.77%) Validation
3 3 (23.08%) Analytics
3 3 (23.08%) Biology
3 3 (23.08%) Data Engineering
3 3 (23.08%) Data Governance
3 3 (23.08%) Data Modelling
3 3 (23.08%) Data Pipeline
3 3 (23.08%) Data Validation
3 3 (23.08%) Resource Allocation
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (23.08%) Use Case
3 3 (23.08%) Visualisation
4 2 (15.38%) Business Analytics
4 2 (15.38%) Business Transformation
4 2 (15.38%) Change Management
4 2 (15.38%) Data Interpretation
4 2 (15.38%) User Experience
4 2 (15.38%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Python
2 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.69%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) MCP
2 1 (7.69%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
1 1 (7.69%) GxP
1 1 (7.69%) QA
1 1 (7.69%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) Ariba
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft