Pharmaceutical Jobs

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 311 385 266
Rank change year-on-year +74 -119 +5
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 963 786 2,678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.92% 0.83% 1.59%
As % of the General category 1.58% 1.23% 2.44%
Number of salaries quoted 348 375 425
10th Percentile £30,875 £40,100 £37,500
25th Percentile £39,197 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% +6.67% +14.29%
75th Percentile £68,969 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,375 £93,250 £87,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £58,750 £53,000
% change year-on-year -14.89% +10.85% +6.00%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 61,046 64,137 109,886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 58.17% 67.76% 65.12%
Number of salaries quoted 40,257 35,476 51,779
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,350 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,799 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the UK

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Pharmaceutical in the UK

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Pharmaceutical in the UK

Pharmaceutical
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +90 890 £50,000 -22.72% 801
UK excluding London +95 707 £50,000 -14.89% 620
Work from Home +31 277 £52,500 -16.00% 217
London +76 236 £60,000 -11.11% 211
South East +45 220 £47,500 -24.00% 156
North of England +97 175 £42,500 -14.14% 186
Midlands +55 110 £60,000 +14.29% 85
Yorkshire +75 88 £40,000 -36.00% 52
North West +47 80 £50,000 +1.01% 114
East of England -47 76 £50,000 +11.11% 109
East Midlands +24 74 £51,250 -33.87% 44
South West +35 66 £47,500 -13.64% 54
West Midlands +11 36 £60,000 +14.29% 41
Northern Ireland +34 28 £50,000 +8.70% 4
Scotland -56 26 £65,000 - 27
North East - 7 £55,000 - 21
Wales +9 6 £49,571 +20.17% 20

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:

Application Platforms
1 25 (2.60%) Skype for Business
2 21 (2.18%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.45%) SAS
4 13 (1.35%) Documentum
5 12 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.73%) WinCC
7 5 (0.52%) CMS
7 5 (0.52%) Confluence
8 1 (0.10%) Apache
8 1 (0.10%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.10%) IIS
8 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 100 (10.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (7.06%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (4.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.56%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.21%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.21%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.21%) SPSS
7 2 (0.21%) Stata
Business Applications
1 16 (1.66%) TrackWise
2 15 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.52%) SAP CO
4 5 (0.52%) SAP FI
4 5 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
4 5 (0.52%) SAP IBP
4 5 (0.52%) SAP PLM
5 4 (0.42%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 4 (0.42%) SAP BPC
5 4 (0.42%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 4 (0.42%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.31%) Q-Pulse
6 3 (0.31%) SAP SCM
7 2 (0.21%) Misys Midas
7 2 (0.21%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.10%) Maximo
8 1 (0.10%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.10%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 74 (7.68%) Azure
2 69 (7.17%) Microsoft 365
3 61 (6.33%) Power Platform
4 32 (3.32%) SaaS
5 23 (2.39%) AWS
6 21 (2.18%) PowerApps
7 13 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (1.35%) Power Automate
8 11 (1.14%) OneDrive
8 11 (1.14%) ShareGate
9 10 (1.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 10 (1.04%) Google Analytics
9 10 (1.04%) Google Tag Manager
10 8 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (0.83%) GCP
11 6 (0.62%) GitHub
11 6 (0.62%) PaaS
12 5 (0.52%) BigCommerce
13 4 (0.42%) Storyblok
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.60%) Cisco IOS
1 25 (2.60%) Skype
1 25 (2.60%) Telepresence
2 13 (1.35%) Firewall
3 11 (1.14%) Ethernet
3 11 (1.14%) Network Security
4 7 (0.73%) Intranet
5 6 (0.62%) Internet
5 6 (0.62%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.52%) RS-232
6 5 (0.52%) Wireless
7 4 (0.42%) Bluetooth
7 4 (0.42%) DHCP
7 4 (0.42%) DNS
7 4 (0.42%) Profibus
8 3 (0.31%) LAN
8 3 (0.31%) SAN
8 3 (0.31%) VPN
8 3 (0.31%) VSAN
9 2 (0.21%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (5.61%) Power BI
2 32 (3.32%) SQL Server
3 21 (2.18%) Tableau
4 18 (1.87%) Relational Database
5 13 (1.35%) Big Data
5 13 (1.35%) Metadata
6 11 (1.14%) Data Lake
6 11 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (1.14%) MySQL
7 9 (0.93%) SAP HANA
7 9 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (0.83%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 8 (0.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 7 (0.73%) BigQuery
9 7 (0.73%) Looker
10 5 (0.52%) Base SAS
10 5 (0.52%) SAP BW
11 4 (0.42%) GIS
11 4 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.42%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 17 (1.77%) Git
2 16 (1.66%) JIRA
3 9 (0.93%) Postman
4 8 (0.83%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.73%) Subversion
6 5 (0.52%) JMeter
6 5 (0.52%) MSTest
6 5 (0.52%) Newman
6 5 (0.52%) NUnit
6 5 (0.52%) REST Assured
6 5 (0.52%) Selenium
7 4 (0.42%) gulp
7 4 (0.42%) Katalon Studio
7 4 (0.42%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.31%) GitLab
8 3 (0.31%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.10%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 378 (39.25%) Social Skills
2 333 (34.58%) Manufacturing
3 204 (21.18%) Analytical Skills
4 169 (17.55%) Finance
5 89 (9.24%) Marketing
6 83 (8.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 77 (8.00%) Automotive
8 64 (6.65%) Retail
9 54 (5.61%) Law
10 49 (5.09%) Legal
11 46 (4.78%) Telecoms
12 34 (3.53%) Aerospace
13 27 (2.80%) Presentation Skills
14 25 (2.60%) Electronics
15 21 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
16 19 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
17 15 (1.56%) Health Technology
18 11 (1.14%) Aviation
18 11 (1.14%) Banking
19 10 (1.04%) French Language
Job Titles
1 177 (18.38%) Senior
2 120 (12.46%) Analyst
3 82 (8.52%) Lead
4 72 (7.48%) Project Manager
5 65 (6.75%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 59 (6.13%) QA Manager
6 59 (6.13%) QA Specialist
7 42 (4.36%) Software Engineer
8 36 (3.74%) Senior Manager
9 33 (3.43%) IT Manager
10 32 (3.32%) Support Engineer
11 25 (2.60%) Developer
11 25 (2.60%) Technical Leader
12 21 (2.18%) Data Scientist
12 21 (2.18%) Senior Data Scientist
13 19 (1.97%) Architect
13 19 (1.97%) Associate Director
13 19 (1.97%) Senior Analyst
14 18 (1.87%) Business Manager
14 18 (1.87%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.18%) .NET
2 11 (1.14%) .NET Framework
3 10 (1.04%) Node.js
4 8 (0.83%) Django
4 8 (0.83%) REST
4 8 (0.83%) XML
5 7 (0.73%) Vue
5 7 (0.73%) Web Services
6 6 (0.62%) Flask
6 6 (0.62%) React
7 5 (0.52%) .NET Core
7 5 (0.52%) Blazor
7 5 (0.52%) Entity Framework
7 5 (0.52%) RESTful
7 5 (0.52%) SAP TM
7 5 (0.52%) Swagger
8 4 (0.42%) HTML
8 4 (0.42%) OAuth
8 4 (0.42%) SAML
8 4 (0.42%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 162 (16.82%) Life Science
2 128 (13.29%) Management Information System
3 66 (6.85%) NHS
4 60 (6.23%) Biopharmaceutical
5 46 (4.78%) Algorithms
6 30 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
7 25 (2.60%) Video Conferencing
8 23 (2.39%) FMCG
9 18 (1.87%) LIMS
10 17 (1.77%) Virtual Team
11 16 (1.66%) Driving Licence
12 15 (1.56%) Operational Technology
13 14 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
14 13 (1.35%) Client/Server
14 13 (1.35%) Pharmacovigilance
15 11 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
15 11 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
15 11 (1.14%) SCADA
16 8 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
16 8 (0.83%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.40%) Windows
2 28 (2.91%) Windows 10
3 25 (2.60%) Windows 7
4 15 (1.56%) Linux
5 14 (1.45%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.42%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (0.42%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (23.16%) QMS
2 147 (15.26%) Validation
3 133 (13.81%) Biotechnology
4 127 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
5 123 (12.77%) Mentoring
6 113 (11.73%) CAPA
7 102 (10.59%) Project Management
8 88 (9.14%) Quality Management
9 83 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
10 80 (8.31%) Coaching
11 73 (7.58%) Line Management
12 71 (7.37%) Business Development
12 71 (7.37%) Supplier Management
13 69 (7.17%) Business Intelligence
14 68 (7.06%) Project Delivery
15 63 (6.54%) Process Improvement
16 62 (6.44%) Analytics
16 62 (6.44%) Software Engineering
17 59 (6.13%) DevOps
18 58 (6.02%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 73 (7.58%) SQL
2 46 (4.78%) Python
3 38 (3.95%) C#
4 27 (2.80%) R
5 18 (1.87%) C
6 11 (1.14%) T-SQL
7 10 (1.04%) JavaScript
8 9 (0.93%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.73%) Java
10 5 (0.52%) Embedded C
10 5 (0.52%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.42%) Bash
11 4 (0.42%) Groovy
12 3 (0.31%) JSX
12 3 (0.31%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.31%) VB
13 2 (0.21%) C++
13 2 (0.21%) PHP
13 2 (0.21%) SAS Macro
14 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 422 (43.82%) Degree
2 100 (10.38%) Master's Degree
3 53 (5.50%) PhD
4 40 (4.15%) MBA
5 27 (2.80%) DBS Check
6 25 (2.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 24 (2.49%) CIPD
8 18 (1.87%) Security Cleared
9 13 (1.35%) Numerate Degree
10 12 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (1.25%) NVQ Level 3
11 11 (1.14%) Azure Certification
11 11 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
11 11 (1.14%) SC Cleared
12 10 (1.04%) CFA
12 10 (1.04%) CIMA
13 9 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.62%) CISSP
14 6 (0.62%) HNC
15 5 (0.52%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 310 (32.19%) QA
2 248 (25.75%) GMP
3 69 (7.17%) Good Clinical Practice
4 40 (4.15%) GLP
5 36 (3.74%) GxP
6 26 (2.70%) GDPR
7 20 (2.08%) ISO 9001
8 17 (1.77%) ISO 13485
8 17 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 16 (1.66%) CDISC
9 16 (1.66%) Data Quality
10 15 (1.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 12 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 10 (1.04%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 10 (1.04%) GAMP
13 6 (0.62%) SLA
14 4 (0.42%) COSHH
14 4 (0.42%) HIPAA
14 4 (0.42%) IEC 62304
14 4 (0.42%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (2.39%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.04%) Docker
4 5 (0.52%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.42%) VMware Server
6 3 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (2.28%) Terraform
2 16 (1.66%) SCOM
3 7 (0.73%) Ansible
3 7 (0.73%) QRadar
4 6 (0.62%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.52%) Functional Safety
6 4 (0.42%) Wonderware InTouch
7 3 (0.31%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (0.31%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.31%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.31%) SCCM
8 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.10%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.10%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.10%) DatAdvantage
9 1 (0.10%) Puppet
9 1 (0.10%) Stealthwatch
9 1 (0.10%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 1 (0.10%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 174 (18.07%) Microsoft
2 54 (5.61%) SAP
3 41 (4.26%) Google
4 33 (3.43%) Cisco
5 25 (2.60%) Apple
5 25 (2.60%) Polycom
6 18 (1.87%) VMware
7 11 (1.14%) Databricks
7 11 (1.14%) Nintex
7 11 (1.14%) Salesforce
8 10 (1.04%) Siemens
9 9 (0.93%) Rockwell
10 8 (0.83%) AVEVA
10 8 (0.83%) QAD
11 7 (0.73%) IBM
12 6 (0.62%) Splunk
13 5 (0.52%) Oracle
13 5 (0.52%) ServiceNow
14 4 (0.42%) HP
14 4 (0.42%) Wonderware