Pharmaceutical Jobs in the UK excluding London

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 281 354 242
Rank change year-on-year +73 -112 +24
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 676 497 1,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.94% 0.84% 1.55%
As % of the General category 1.65% 1.22% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 239 146 179
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £36,875 £42,500 £39,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +13.21% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £73,063 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £83,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -19.23% +13.04% +9.52%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 40,938 40,588 44,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 57.15% 68.63% 60.68%
Number of salaries quoted 26,499 18,514 24,456
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,462 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Pharmaceutical as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the UK excluding London

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Pharmaceutical in the UK excluding London

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Pharmaceutical in the UK excluding London

Pharmaceutical
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the UK excluding London 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
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
Northern Ireland +31 28 £50,000 +9.29% 4
Scotland -58 24 £65,000 - 28
North East - 7 £55,000 - 21
Wales +8 5 - - 24
Pharmaceutical
UK

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 18 (2.66%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.92%) Documentum
3 12 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.18%) SAS
5 5 (0.74%) Confluence
5 5 (0.74%) WinCC
6 4 (0.59%) CMS
7 1 (0.15%) Apache
7 1 (0.15%) IIS
7 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 65 (9.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.78%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.30%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.30%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.30%) SPSS
7 2 (0.30%) Stata
Business Applications
1 16 (2.37%) TrackWise
2 4 (0.59%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 3 (0.44%) Q-Pulse
4 2 (0.30%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.15%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 57 (8.43%) Azure
2 43 (6.36%) Power Platform
3 33 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (3.11%) PowerApps
5 18 (2.66%) SaaS
6 13 (1.92%) AWS
6 13 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (1.78%) Power Automate
8 11 (1.63%) OneDrive
8 11 (1.63%) ShareGate
9 10 (1.48%) Google Analytics
9 10 (1.48%) Google Tag Manager
10 7 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (1.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 7 (1.04%) GCP
11 6 (0.89%) GitHub
12 5 (0.74%) BigCommerce
12 5 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (0.59%) npm
13 4 (0.59%) Storyblok
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.63%) Firewall
2 10 (1.48%) Ethernet
3 7 (1.04%) Intranet
4 6 (0.89%) Network Security
4 6 (0.89%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.74%) Internet
5 5 (0.74%) RS-232
6 4 (0.59%) Bluetooth
6 4 (0.59%) DHCP
6 4 (0.59%) DNS
6 4 (0.59%) Wireless
7 3 (0.44%) LAN
7 3 (0.44%) Profibus
7 3 (0.44%) SAN
7 3 (0.44%) VSAN
8 2 (0.30%) WAN
8 2 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.15%) HTTP
9 1 (0.15%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (5.33%) Power BI
2 22 (3.25%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.07%) Tableau
4 12 (1.78%) Relational Database
5 10 (1.48%) Big Data
5 10 (1.48%) Metadata
6 9 (1.33%) Data Lake
6 9 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.18%) MySQL
7 8 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (1.04%) BigQuery
8 7 (1.04%) Looker
8 7 (1.04%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 7 (1.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.59%) GIS
10 3 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
12 1 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.15%) DynamoDB
12 1 (0.15%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 16 (2.37%) Git
2 12 (1.78%) JIRA
3 9 (1.33%) Postman
4 7 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.04%) Subversion
5 5 (0.74%) JMeter
5 5 (0.74%) Newman
5 5 (0.74%) REST Assured
5 5 (0.74%) Selenium
6 4 (0.59%) gulp
6 4 (0.59%) Katalon Studio
6 4 (0.59%) MSTest
6 4 (0.59%) NUnit
6 4 (0.59%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.44%) GitLab
7 3 (0.44%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.15%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.15%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.15%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 295 (43.64%) Manufacturing
2 275 (40.68%) Social Skills
3 127 (18.79%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (9.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 61 (9.02%) Finance
6 49 (7.25%) Marketing
7 46 (6.80%) Automotive
8 37 (5.47%) Legal
8 37 (5.47%) Retail
9 30 (4.44%) Aerospace
10 25 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (3.55%) Electronics
12 17 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (2.07%) Telecoms
14 13 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (1.48%) Aviation
16 7 (1.04%) Banking
17 6 (0.89%) Law
18 5 (0.74%) Military
18 5 (0.74%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 117 (17.31%) Senior
2 77 (11.39%) Analyst
3 70 (10.36%) Lead
4 58 (8.58%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 54 (7.99%) QA Specialist
6 40 (5.92%) Project Manager
7 39 (5.77%) QA Manager
8 28 (4.14%) Software Engineer
9 25 (3.70%) Technical Leader
10 24 (3.55%) IT Manager
11 23 (3.40%) Developer
12 18 (2.66%) Associate Director
12 18 (2.66%) Research Analyst
12 18 (2.66%) Systems Manager
13 17 (2.51%) QA Leader
14 16 (2.37%) Business Manager
14 16 (2.37%) QA Officer
15 14 (2.07%) Data Scientist
15 14 (2.07%) Senior Data Scientist
16 13 (1.92%) Data Integrity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.96%) .NET
2 10 (1.48%) .NET Framework
3 6 (0.89%) Node.js
3 6 (0.89%) React
3 6 (0.89%) Web Services
4 5 (0.74%) HTML
4 5 (0.74%) Swagger
4 5 (0.74%) XML
5 4 (0.59%) .NET Core
5 4 (0.59%) Blazor
5 4 (0.59%) Entity Framework
5 4 (0.59%) Gherkin
5 4 (0.59%) Tailwind CSS
5 4 (0.59%) Vue
5 4 (0.59%) XSLT
5 4 (0.59%) Yocto
6 3 (0.44%) LESS
6 3 (0.44%) Razor View Engine
6 3 (0.44%) REST
6 3 (0.44%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 122 (18.05%) Management Information System
2 80 (11.83%) Life Science
3 54 (7.99%) Biopharmaceutical
4 51 (7.54%) NHS
5 27 (3.99%) Algorithms
6 21 (3.11%) FMCG
7 17 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (2.07%) LIMS
9 13 (1.92%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.78%) Driving Licence
11 11 (1.63%) Renewable Energy
12 10 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (1.18%) SCADA
15 7 (1.04%) Operational Technology
16 6 (0.89%) Onboarding
17 5 (0.74%) IoT
17 5 (0.74%) Pharmacovigilance
18 4 (0.59%) Device Driver
18 4 (0.59%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.66%) Windows
2 10 (1.48%) Linux
3 9 (1.33%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.59%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (0.59%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (29.59%) QMS
2 125 (18.49%) Validation
3 97 (14.35%) Mentoring
4 87 (12.87%) Problem-Solving
5 86 (12.72%) CAPA
6 73 (10.80%) Coaching
7 66 (9.76%) Line Management
7 66 (9.76%) Supplier Management
8 65 (9.62%) Project Management
9 64 (9.47%) Biotechnology
10 51 (7.54%) Continuous Improvement
11 50 (7.40%) DevOps
12 47 (6.95%) Business Development
13 45 (6.66%) Chemistry
14 42 (6.21%) Quality Management
15 41 (6.07%) Business Intelligence
16 39 (5.77%) Roadmaps
17 38 (5.62%) Analytics
18 37 (5.47%) Change Control
18 37 (5.47%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 53 (7.84%) SQL
2 36 (5.33%) C#
3 27 (3.99%) Python
4 20 (2.96%) R
5 16 (2.37%) C
6 10 (1.48%) T-SQL
7 9 (1.33%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.89%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.74%) Embedded C
10 4 (0.59%) Bash
10 4 (0.59%) Groovy
10 4 (0.59%) Java
10 4 (0.59%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.44%) JSX
12 2 (0.30%) PHP
12 2 (0.30%) VB
13 1 (0.15%) C++
13 1 (0.15%) Embedded C++
13 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 264 (39.05%) Degree
2 46 (6.80%) Master's Degree
3 29 (4.29%) PhD
4 27 (3.99%) DBS Check
5 24 (3.55%) CIPD
6 12 (1.78%) NVQ Level 3
7 11 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
7 11 (1.63%) MBA
8 10 (1.48%) CFA
8 10 (1.48%) CIMA
8 10 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.04%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.74%) A+ Certification
11 5 (0.74%) CISSP
11 5 (0.74%) HNC
12 4 (0.59%) CISA
12 4 (0.59%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.59%) PMP
13 3 (0.44%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 253 (37.43%) QA
2 224 (33.14%) GMP
3 34 (5.03%) GxP
4 28 (4.14%) GLP
4 28 (4.14%) Good Clinical Practice
5 19 (2.81%) GDPR
6 17 (2.51%) ISO 13485
7 15 (2.22%) ISO 9001
8 14 (2.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 13 (1.92%) Data Quality
10 12 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 5 (0.74%) GAMP
11 5 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 4 (0.59%) COSHH
12 4 (0.59%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.59%) IEC 62304
12 4 (0.59%) PMO
12 4 (0.59%) SLA
13 3 (0.44%) NIST
14 2 (0.30%) Accessibility
System Software
1 23 (3.40%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.74%) Docker
3 5 (0.74%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.59%) VMware Server
5 3 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (2.07%) Terraform
2 13 (1.92%) SCOM
3 6 (0.89%) Ansible
4 4 (0.59%) Functional Safety
5 3 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (0.44%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.44%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.44%) SCCM
5 3 (0.44%) Wonderware InTouch
6 2 (0.30%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.15%) DatAdvantage
7 1 (0.15%) Puppet
7 1 (0.15%) QRadar
7 1 (0.15%) Stealthwatch
7 1 (0.15%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 97 (14.35%) Microsoft
2 33 (4.88%) Google
3 28 (4.14%) SAP
4 13 (1.92%) VMware
5 11 (1.63%) Nintex
6 9 (1.33%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.18%) Databricks
7 8 (1.18%) Siemens
8 7 (1.04%) Rockwell
9 6 (0.89%) AVEVA
10 5 (0.74%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.59%) Cisco
11 4 (0.59%) HP
11 4 (0.59%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.59%) SYSPRO
12 3 (0.44%) Adobe
12 3 (0.44%) Allen-Bradley
12 3 (0.44%) RedGate
12 3 (0.44%) Veeam
12 3 (0.44%) Wonderware