Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
UK
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 15 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 233 | 347 | 372 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +114 | +25 | -10 |
| Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical | 420 | 401 | 617 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.99% | 0.70% | 0.71% |
| As % of the General category | 1.70% | 1.20% | 1.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 260 | 255 | 418 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £281 | £354 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £400 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £485 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.25% | -7.62% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £601 | £625 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £688 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £450 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -7.69% | -2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 38 | 9 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.72 | £14.57 | £26.08 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.75 | £30.00 | £46.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £33.83 | £42.00 | £49.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.45% | -14.29% | +8.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.00 | £59.44 |
| 90th Percentile | £62.34 | - | £70.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £28.61 | £49.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +39.84% | -41.62% | +15.29% |
All General Skills
UK
Pharmaceutical is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills | 24,707 | 33,460 | 49,314 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 58.06% | 58.60% | 56.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 15,592 | 23,193 | 34,217 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £320 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £440 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +2.33% | +7.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | +9.20% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,917 | 1,020 | 1,414 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £13.41 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.46 | £17.99 | £15.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £33.60 | £22.45 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.72% | +49.68% | -0.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £52.50 | £61.25 | £47.43 |
| 90th Percentile | £66.25 | £72.55 | £60.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.25 | £29.00 | £19.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.59% | +52.63% | -4.76% |
Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Pharmaceutical as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Pharmaceutical
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical.
Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.
Pharmaceutical
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical.
Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.
Pharmaceutical
Top 13 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 | +88 | 372 | £525 | +7.69% | 742 |
| UK excluding London | +76 | 220 | £500 | +11.11% | 592 |
| Work from Home | +74 | 151 | £550 | +4.76% | 200 |
| London | +103 | 102 | £600 | +15.16% | 173 |
| North of England | +62 | 98 | £510 | +6.25% | 179 |
| East of England | +33 | 97 | £514 | +14.17% | 99 |
| North West | +62 | 88 | £510 | +13.33% | 107 |
| South East | -5 | 27 | £516 | +14.56% | 119 |
| South West | +27 | 10 | - | - | 77 |
| Yorkshire | +15 | 8 | £550 | - | 60 |
| Midlands | +32 | 5 | £338 | -28.95% | 89 |
| West Midlands | +19 | 5 | £338 | -28.95% | 46 |
| Scotland | +45 | 1 | £400 | - | 29 |
Pharmaceutical
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:
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