Biopharmaceutical
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Biopharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Biopharmaceutical 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 802 908 766
Rank change year-on-year +106 -142 +33
Permanent jobs citing Biopharmaceutical 82 67 530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.082% 0.067% 0.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.23% 0.16% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 14 13 28
10th Percentile - £38,500 £44,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.45% +5.77% -30.67%
75th Percentile £57,000 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,350 £68,500 £66,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £55,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year -31.82% +4.27% -29.67%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,155 42,392 77,992
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.18% 42.62% 47.91%
Number of salaries quoted 23,026 23,184 34,267
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,483 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £109,865 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Biopharmaceutical.

Salary trend for Biopharmaceutical in the UK

Biopharmaceutical
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Biopharmaceutical over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Biopharmaceutical in the UK

Biopharmaceutical
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Biopharmaceutical within the UK 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
England +99 81 £41,000 -25.45% 52
UK excluding London +8 73 £37,500 -31.82% 32
South East +35 56 £41,000 +9.33% 14
Work from Home +93 20 £54,000 -0.46% 19
London +110 9 £54,000 +4.85% 20
South West - 9 - - 1
North of England +22 6 £37,500 - 2
North West - 6 £37,500 - 1
East of England - 1 - - 10
Scotland - 1 £50,000 - 1

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 7 (8.54%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (8.54%) SAS
1 7 (8.54%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 29 (35.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (14.63%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (10.98%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 11 (13.41%) Azure
2 7 (8.54%) AWS
2 7 (8.54%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (8.54%) Power Platform
2 7 (8.54%) PowerApps
3 3 (3.66%) GCP
3 3 (3.66%) SaaS
4 1 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.22%) GitHub
4 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.54%) Intranet
2 2 (2.44%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.20%) Relational Database
2 3 (3.66%) MySQL
2 3 (3.66%) Oracle Database
2 3 (3.66%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (3.66%) RDBMS
2 3 (3.66%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.66%) SQLite
3 2 (2.44%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (1.22%) CircleCI
1 1 (1.22%) Git
1 1 (1.22%) GitLab
1 1 (1.22%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.22%) JIRA
General
1 60 (73.17%) Pharmaceutical
2 43 (52.44%) Social Skills
3 38 (46.34%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (32.93%) Manufacturing
5 19 (23.17%) Presentation Skills
6 18 (21.95%) Finance
7 14 (17.07%) Legal
8 9 (10.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (10.98%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (8.54%) Marketing
9 7 (8.54%) Military
10 1 (1.22%) French Language
Job Titles
1 26 (31.71%) Senior
2 21 (25.61%) Analyst
3 12 (14.63%) Operations Analyst
4 11 (13.41%) Business Development Manager
4 11 (13.41%) Business Manager
4 11 (13.41%) Development Manager
5 10 (12.20%) Business Analyst
5 10 (12.20%) Operations Business Analyst
5 10 (12.20%) Senior Manager
6 9 (10.98%) Senior Analyst
6 9 (10.98%) Technologist
7 8 (9.76%) Project Manager
8 7 (8.54%) Architect
8 7 (8.54%) Digital Architect
8 7 (8.54%) Digital Solutions Architect
8 7 (8.54%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (7.32%) ERP Analyst
9 6 (7.32%) ERP Business Analyst
10 5 (6.10%) Associate Director
11 4 (4.88%) QA Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.54%) XML
2 1 (1.22%) ATL
2 1 (1.22%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (41.46%) Life Science
2 13 (15.85%) Virtual Team
3 8 (9.76%) Management Information System
4 7 (8.54%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (8.54%) Data Structures
5 5 (6.10%) Pharmacovigilance
6 3 (3.66%) Driving Licence
6 3 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (3.66%) Learning Management System
6 3 (3.66%) LIMS
7 2 (2.44%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.44%) NHS
8 1 (1.22%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.22%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.66%) Windows
1 3 (3.66%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (40.24%) Neuroscience
2 28 (34.15%) Project Management
3 22 (26.83%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (24.39%) Validation
5 18 (21.95%) Decision-Making
6 17 (20.73%) Biotechnology
6 17 (20.73%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (18.29%) Analytics
8 14 (17.07%) Change Management
9 13 (15.85%) Data Analysis
9 13 (15.85%) Project Delivery
10 12 (14.63%) Change Control
10 12 (14.63%) ERP
10 12 (14.63%) Market Research
10 12 (14.63%) Scenario Testing
10 12 (14.63%) Tech Ops
11 11 (13.41%) Artificial Intelligence
11 11 (13.41%) Business Development
12 10 (12.20%) Business Analysis
12 10 (12.20%) Competitive Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.66%) Java
1 3 (3.66%) PL/SQL
1 3 (3.66%) Python
1 3 (3.66%) Scala
1 3 (3.66%) SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (78.05%) Degree
2 13 (15.85%) Master's Degree
2 13 (15.85%) PhD
3 10 (12.20%) CFA
3 10 (12.20%) CIMA
3 10 (12.20%) MBA
4 7 (8.54%) Azure Certification
4 7 (8.54%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (8.54%) Numerate Degree
5 2 (2.44%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (36.59%) QA
2 13 (15.85%) GxP
2 13 (15.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 7 (8.54%) CDISC
3 7 (8.54%) Good Clinical Practice
4 6 (7.32%) Accessibility
4 6 (7.32%) GLP
4 6 (7.32%) GMP
Systems Management
1 2 (2.44%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (23.17%) Microsoft
2 15 (18.29%) SAP
3 6 (7.32%) iManage
4 3 (3.66%) Oracle
5 1 (1.22%) Google