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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 253 | 328 | 358 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +75 | +30 | +11 |
| Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical | 397 | 409 | 648 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.92% | 0.73% | 0.74% |
| As % of the General category | 1.60% | 1.25% | 1.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 242 | 259 | 437 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £286 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £453 | £405 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £628 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £723 | £690 | £713 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -5.00% | -0.05% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 39 | 13 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £19.74 | £16.57 | £24.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.75 | £22.53 | £32.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £30.00 | £49.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.00% | -38.78% | +35.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | £63.75 | £61.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £61.56 | £65.00 | £70.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £22.53 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +77.54% | -43.68% | +10.34% |
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 | 24,753 | 32,807 | 49,724 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 57.49% | 58.53% | 56.77% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 15,550 | 22,755 | 34,565 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £430 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +1.85% | +8.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +8.45% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,984 | 981 | 1,390 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.78 | £13.41 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.50 | £17.50 | £15.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £32.30 | £22.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.12% | +43.56% | +4.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £52.50 | £61.25 | £47.36 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.38 | £72.50 | £60.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.42 | £27.84 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.08% | +42.77% | +2.63% |
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 1 June 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 1 June 2024.
Pharmaceutical
Top 12 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 1 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +71 | 354 | £525 | +5.00% | 818 |
| UK excluding London | +53 | 209 | £500 | +5.26% | 632 |
| Work from Home | +54 | 139 | £550 | +4.76% | 218 |
| London | +99 | 104 | £575 | +9.52% | 217 |
| North of England | +55 | 96 | £500 | - | 186 |
| East of England | +13 | 87 | £500 | +11.11% | 111 |
| North West | +54 | 84 | £500 | +11.11% | 114 |
| South East | -10 | 26 | £501 | +17.88% | 162 |
| Yorkshire | +14 | 10 | £550 | - | 52 |
| South West | +14 | 9 | - | - | 55 |
| Midlands | +23 | 5 | £338 | -28.95% | 88 |
| West Midlands | +14 | 5 | £338 | -28.95% | 43 |
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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