Pharmaceutical Jobs in England

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 287 368 301
Rank change year-on-year +81 -67 +13
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 855 789 1,847
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.99% 0.89% 1.35%
As % of the General category 1.67% 1.31% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 312 372 386
10th Percentile £29,100 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £67,813 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £86,875
UK median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -19.23% +13.04% +9.52%

All General Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 51,144 60,335 88,452
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 59.14% 68.19% 64.57%
Number of salaries quoted 35,727 32,893 45,490
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Pharmaceutical as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in England

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in England.

Salary trend for Pharmaceutical in England

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Pharmaceutical in England

Pharmaceutical
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +50 229 £60,500 -6.92% 196
South East +52 205 £47,500 -24.00% 155
North of England +90 169 £42,500 -14.14% 192
Midlands +57 108 £60,000 +9.09% 96
Yorkshire +85 85 £40,000 -36.00% 63
North West +48 77 £45,000 -9.09% 110
East of England -46 76 £50,000 +2.56% 126
East Midlands +23 73 £57,500 -25.81% 45
South West +34 61 £47,500 -13.64% 66
West Midlands +37 35 £60,000 +14.29% 51
North East - 7 £55,000 - 21
Pharmaceutical
UK

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 25 (2.92%) Skype for Business
2 21 (2.46%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.64%) SAS
4 13 (1.52%) Documentum
5 12 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.82%) WinCC
7 5 (0.58%) CMS
7 5 (0.58%) Confluence
8 1 (0.12%) Apache
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.12%) IIS
8 1 (0.12%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 80 (9.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (3.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.64%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.23%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.23%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.23%) SPSS
7 2 (0.23%) Stata
Business Applications
1 17 (1.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.87%) TrackWise
3 7 (0.82%) SAP IBP
3 7 (0.82%) SAP PLM
4 6 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.70%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 6 (0.70%) SAP PP
5 5 (0.58%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.58%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.58%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.47%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 4 (0.47%) SAP BPC
7 3 (0.35%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.35%) SAP SCM
8 2 (0.23%) Misys Midas
8 2 (0.23%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.12%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 69 (8.07%) Azure
2 68 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (6.20%) Power Platform
4 30 (3.51%) SaaS
5 23 (2.69%) AWS
6 21 (2.46%) PowerApps
7 14 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (1.52%) Power Automate
9 11 (1.29%) OneDrive
9 11 (1.29%) ShareGate
10 10 (1.17%) Google Analytics
10 10 (1.17%) Google Tag Manager
11 9 (1.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (0.94%) GCP
13 7 (0.82%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (0.70%) GitHub
15 5 (0.58%) BigCommerce
15 5 (0.58%) Cloud Computing
16 4 (0.47%) npm
16 4 (0.47%) Storyblok
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.92%) Cisco IOS
1 25 (2.92%) Skype
1 25 (2.92%) Telepresence
2 12 (1.40%) Firewall
3 9 (1.05%) Network Security
4 7 (0.82%) Ethernet
4 7 (0.82%) Intranet
5 6 (0.70%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.58%) Internet
6 5 (0.58%) RS-232
6 5 (0.58%) Wireless
7 4 (0.47%) Bluetooth
7 4 (0.47%) DHCP
7 4 (0.47%) DNS
8 3 (0.35%) LAN
8 3 (0.35%) Profibus
8 3 (0.35%) SAN
8 3 (0.35%) VSAN
9 2 (0.23%) VPN
9 2 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (5.38%) Power BI
2 31 (3.63%) SQL Server
3 15 (1.75%) Relational Database
4 14 (1.64%) Tableau
5 12 (1.40%) Metadata
6 11 (1.29%) Big Data
6 11 (1.29%) MySQL
7 10 (1.17%) Data Lake
7 10 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (1.05%) SAP HANA
9 8 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (0.82%) BigQuery
10 7 (0.82%) Looker
10 7 (0.82%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 7 (0.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 5 (0.58%) Base SAS
11 5 (0.58%) SAP BW
12 4 (0.47%) GIS
12 4 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (0.47%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 16 (1.87%) Git
2 14 (1.64%) JIRA
3 9 (1.05%) Postman
4 8 (0.94%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.82%) Subversion
6 5 (0.58%) JMeter
6 5 (0.58%) Newman
6 5 (0.58%) REST Assured
6 5 (0.58%) Selenium
7 4 (0.47%) gulp
7 4 (0.47%) Katalon Studio
7 4 (0.47%) MSTest
7 4 (0.47%) NUnit
7 4 (0.47%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.35%) GitLab
8 3 (0.35%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.12%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.12%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 348 (40.70%) Social Skills
2 292 (34.15%) Manufacturing
3 175 (20.47%) Analytical Skills
4 162 (18.95%) Finance
5 81 (9.47%) Marketing
6 77 (9.01%) Automotive
7 64 (7.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 47 (5.50%) Telecoms
9 45 (5.26%) Law
10 43 (5.03%) Retail
11 38 (4.44%) Legal
12 34 (3.98%) Aerospace
13 27 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
14 24 (2.81%) Electronics
15 18 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
16 17 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
17 15 (1.75%) Health Technology
18 11 (1.29%) Aviation
18 11 (1.29%) French Language
18 11 (1.29%) German Language
Job Titles
1 161 (18.83%) Senior
2 112 (13.10%) Analyst
3 67 (7.84%) Lead
3 67 (7.84%) Project Manager
4 58 (6.78%) QA Manager
5 55 (6.43%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 49 (5.73%) QA Specialist
7 34 (3.98%) IT Manager
8 32 (3.74%) Senior Manager
8 32 (3.74%) Support Engineer
9 31 (3.63%) Software Engineer
10 25 (2.92%) Technical Leader
11 24 (2.81%) Developer
12 21 (2.46%) Data Scientist
12 21 (2.46%) Senior Data Scientist
13 19 (2.22%) Associate Director
13 19 (2.22%) Business Manager
13 19 (2.22%) Senior Analyst
14 18 (2.11%) Financial Analyst
14 18 (2.11%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.99%) .NET
2 9 (1.05%) XML
3 7 (0.82%) .NET Framework
3 7 (0.82%) Node.js
3 7 (0.82%) SAP TM
4 6 (0.70%) React
5 5 (0.58%) Django
5 5 (0.58%) HTML
5 5 (0.58%) REST
5 5 (0.58%) Swagger
5 5 (0.58%) Web Services
6 4 (0.47%) .NET Core
6 4 (0.47%) Entity Framework
6 4 (0.47%) Gherkin
6 4 (0.47%) JSON
6 4 (0.47%) OAuth
6 4 (0.47%) SAML
6 4 (0.47%) Vue
6 4 (0.47%) XSLT
6 4 (0.47%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 145 (16.96%) Life Science
2 124 (14.50%) Management Information System
3 60 (7.02%) Biopharmaceutical
3 60 (7.02%) NHS
4 45 (5.26%) Algorithms
5 29 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
6 25 (2.92%) Video Conferencing
7 20 (2.34%) FMCG
8 17 (1.99%) LIMS
8 17 (1.99%) Virtual Team
9 15 (1.75%) Driving Licence
10 14 (1.64%) Operational Technology
11 13 (1.52%) Client/Server
12 11 (1.29%) Renewable Energy
12 11 (1.29%) SCADA
13 10 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
15 8 (0.94%) Pharmacovigilance
15 8 (0.94%) Public Cloud
16 7 (0.82%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.73%) Windows
2 28 (3.27%) Windows 10
3 25 (2.92%) Windows 7
4 13 (1.52%) Linux
4 13 (1.52%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.47%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (0.47%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (23.63%) QMS
2 140 (16.37%) Validation
3 123 (14.39%) Biotechnology
4 102 (11.93%) Mentoring
4 102 (11.93%) Problem-Solving
5 93 (10.88%) Project Management
6 92 (10.76%) CAPA
7 68 (7.95%) Business Development
7 68 (7.95%) Coaching
7 68 (7.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 67 (7.84%) Project Delivery
9 61 (7.13%) Business Intelligence
9 61 (7.13%) Supplier Management
10 60 (7.02%) Analytics
10 60 (7.02%) Quality Management
11 59 (6.90%) DevOps
12 57 (6.67%) Line Management
13 53 (6.20%) Agile
13 53 (6.20%) Chemistry
14 52 (6.08%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 72 (8.42%) SQL
2 43 (5.03%) Python
3 35 (4.09%) C#
4 27 (3.16%) R
5 15 (1.75%) C
6 10 (1.17%) JavaScript
6 10 (1.17%) T-SQL
7 6 (0.70%) Java
7 6 (0.70%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.70%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.58%) Embedded C
9 4 (0.47%) Bash
9 4 (0.47%) Groovy
9 4 (0.47%) VB
10 3 (0.35%) C++
10 3 (0.35%) JSX
10 3 (0.35%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.23%) PHP
11 2 (0.23%) SAS Macro
12 1 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 369 (43.16%) Degree
2 100 (11.70%) Master's Degree
3 54 (6.32%) PhD
4 39 (4.56%) MBA
5 27 (3.16%) DBS Check
6 25 (2.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 24 (2.81%) CIPD
8 14 (1.64%) Security Cleared
9 13 (1.52%) Numerate Degree
10 12 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (1.40%) NVQ Level 3
11 11 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
12 10 (1.17%) CFA
12 10 (1.17%) CIMA
13 9 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (0.94%) Azure Certification
15 7 (0.82%) HNC
16 6 (0.70%) SC Cleared
17 5 (0.58%) A+ Certification
17 5 (0.58%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 266 (31.11%) QA
2 225 (26.32%) GMP
3 55 (6.43%) Good Clinical Practice
4 34 (3.98%) GxP
5 25 (2.92%) GDPR
5 25 (2.92%) GLP
6 20 (2.34%) ISO 9001
7 17 (1.99%) ISO 13485
7 17 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 16 (1.87%) CDISC
9 15 (1.75%) Data Quality
10 14 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 10 (1.17%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 10 (1.17%) GAMP
12 9 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 7 (0.82%) SLA
14 4 (0.47%) COSHH
14 4 (0.47%) IEC 62304
14 4 (0.47%) PMO
15 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 23 (2.69%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.17%) Docker
4 5 (0.58%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.47%) VMware Server
6 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (2.22%) Terraform
2 13 (1.52%) SCOM
3 7 (0.82%) Ansible
3 7 (0.82%) QRadar
4 6 (0.70%) Functional Safety
4 6 (0.70%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.58%) Wonderware InTouch
6 3 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (0.35%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.35%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.35%) SCCM
7 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.12%) DatAdvantage
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.12%) Puppet
7 1 (0.12%) Stealthwatch
7 1 (0.12%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 160 (18.71%) Microsoft
2 45 (5.26%) SAP
3 30 (3.51%) Cisco
4 25 (2.92%) Apple
4 25 (2.92%) Polycom
5 23 (2.69%) Google
6 14 (1.64%) VMware
7 11 (1.29%) Nintex
7 11 (1.29%) Salesforce
8 10 (1.17%) Databricks
8 10 (1.17%) Siemens
9 9 (1.05%) Rockwell
10 8 (0.94%) AVEVA
10 8 (0.94%) QAD
11 6 (0.70%) IBM
11 6 (0.70%) Oracle
11 6 (0.70%) Splunk
12 5 (0.58%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.58%) Wonderware
13 4 (0.47%) HP