Pharmaceutical Jobs in the North West

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 224 263 201
Rank change year-on-year +39 -62 -15
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 80 28 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.75% 0.38% 1.46%
As % of the General category 1.43% 0.57% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 35 23 10
10th Percentile £18,000 - £28,025
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £32,831
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +16.47% -10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,250 £61,313
90th Percentile £67,000 £81,750 £81,625
England median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% +14.29%

All General Skills
North West

Pharmaceutical is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,608 4,905 5,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 52.36% 66.54% 61.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4,027 2,371 3,080
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,200
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +4.58% +5.68%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,035
90th Percentile £75,772 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Pharmaceutical as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the North West

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the North West.

Salary trend for Pharmaceutical in the North West

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the North West over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Pharmaceutical in the North West

Pharmaceutical
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cheshire -3 24 £65,000 +73.33% 27
Manchester +28 20 £37,500 -51.61% 51
Lancashire - 20 £62,500 - 18
Merseyside +15 16 £55,000 +11.11% 12
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (6.25%) SAS
2 1 (1.25%) Apache
2 1 (1.25%) IIS
2 1 (1.25%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.50%) SPSS
3 2 (2.50%) Stata
4 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (5.00%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 1 (1.25%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.25%) AWS
1 1 (1.25%) GitHub
1 1 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (1.25%) Kong
1 1 (1.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.75%) DHCP
1 3 (3.75%) DNS
2 2 (2.50%) Firewall
3 1 (1.25%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.25%) Network Security
3 1 (1.25%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.75%) MySQL
1 3 (3.75%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.50%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (1.25%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (1.25%) GitLab
General
1 36 (45.00%) Manufacturing
2 30 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 13 (16.25%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.00%) Marketing
5 5 (6.25%) Aerospace
5 5 (6.25%) Automotive
6 4 (5.00%) Retail
7 3 (3.75%) Finance
7 3 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.50%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.25%) Banking
9 1 (1.25%) Electronics
9 1 (1.25%) German Language
9 1 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.25%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (16.25%) Project Manager
2 12 (15.00%) Senior
3 9 (11.25%) QA Specialist
3 9 (11.25%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 6 (7.50%) Software Engineer
5 5 (6.25%) Administrator
5 5 (6.25%) Lead
6 4 (5.00%) ERP Specialist
6 4 (5.00%) IT Engineer
6 4 (5.00%) Systems Administrator
7 3 (3.75%) IT Manager
7 3 (3.75%) IT Project Manager
7 3 (3.75%) Manufacturing Engineer
7 3 (3.75%) Programmer
8 2 (2.50%) Business Manager
8 2 (2.50%) Compliance Officer
8 2 (2.50%) Statistical Programmer
9 1 (1.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 1 (1.25%) Security Manager
9 1 (1.25%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 6 (7.50%) Biopharmaceutical
2 6 (7.50%) FMCG
3 5 (6.25%) Renewable Energy
4 4 (5.00%) Life Science
4 4 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.75%) Fat Client
5 3 (3.75%) NHS
5 3 (3.75%) Thin Client
6 2 (2.50%) Derivative
6 2 (2.50%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.25%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.25%) PKI
7 1 (1.25%) PMI
7 1 (1.25%) Reference Data
7 1 (1.25%) Replication
7 1 (1.25%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.75%) Windows
1 3 (3.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (31.25%) QMS
2 14 (17.50%) Project Management
3 13 (16.25%) CAPA
3 13 (16.25%) Supplier Management
4 10 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 9 (11.25%) Coaching
5 9 (11.25%) Line Management
5 9 (11.25%) Validation
6 6 (7.50%) Logistics
6 6 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (7.50%) Software Engineering
7 5 (6.25%) Quality Management
7 5 (6.25%) Time Management
8 4 (5.00%) Analytical Thinking
8 4 (5.00%) Business Transformation
8 4 (5.00%) Change Control
8 4 (5.00%) Chemistry
8 4 (5.00%) ERP
8 4 (5.00%) ITIL
8 4 (5.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.00%) SQL
2 3 (3.75%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.25%) Python
3 1 (1.25%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (21.25%) Degree
2 2 (2.50%) PMI Certification
2 2 (2.50%) PMP
3 1 (1.25%) CISA
3 1 (1.25%) CISSP
3 1 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.25%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.25%) NVQ Level 3
3 1 (1.25%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (33.75%) QA
2 25 (31.25%) GMP
3 7 (8.75%) Good Clinical Practice
3 7 (8.75%) GxP
4 6 (7.50%) GLP
5 2 (2.50%) ISO 9001
6 1 (1.25%) CDISC
6 1 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.25%) Data Quality
6 1 (1.25%) FISMA
6 1 (1.25%) GDPR
6 1 (1.25%) HIPAA
6 1 (1.25%) ISO 13485
6 1 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 1 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.25%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.25%) PMO
6 1 (1.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (1.25%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.25%) Ansible
1 1 (1.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (8.75%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.50%) SAP
3 3 (3.75%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.50%) BT
4 2 (2.50%) Openreach