Biopharmaceutical Jobs

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 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 826 883 756
Rank change year-on-year +57 -127 +22
Permanent jobs citing Biopharmaceutical 81 64 560
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.077% 0.068% 0.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.23% 0.16% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 15 11 29
10th Percentile - £36,250 £44,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £49,625 £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 £64,375 £57,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £68,750 £65,000
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 35,820 40,772 81,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.13% 43.08% 48.47%
Number of salaries quoted 23,199 22,412 34,284
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,084 £46,350 £45,500
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 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £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 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Biopharmaceutical in the UK

Biopharmaceutical
Top 9 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 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 +52 80 £41,000 -25.45% 57
UK excluding London -18 71 £37,500 -31.82% 32
South East +17 57 £41,000 +9.33% 16
Work from Home +56 21 £54,000 -1.82% 17
London +119 10 £69,500 +29.91% 24
South West - 7 - - 1
North of England +20 6 £37,500 - 3
North West - 6 £37,500 - 2
Scotland - 1 £50,000 -

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 (8.64%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (8.64%) SAS
1 7 (8.64%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 27 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (8.64%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 12 (14.81%) Azure
2 8 (9.88%) AWS
3 7 (8.64%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (8.64%) Power Platform
3 7 (8.64%) PowerApps
4 4 (4.94%) GCP
5 3 (3.70%) SaaS
6 1 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.23%) GitHub
6 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.23%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.64%) Intranet
2 2 (2.47%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.35%) Relational Database
2 3 (3.70%) Metadata
2 3 (3.70%) MySQL
2 3 (3.70%) Oracle Database
2 3 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (3.70%) RDBMS
2 3 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.70%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 1 (1.23%) CircleCI
1 1 (1.23%) Git
1 1 (1.23%) GitLab
1 1 (1.23%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.23%) JIRA
General
1 60 (74.07%) Pharmaceutical
2 41 (50.62%) Social Skills
3 37 (45.68%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (29.63%) Manufacturing
5 19 (23.46%) Presentation Skills
6 18 (22.22%) Finance
7 14 (17.28%) Legal
8 7 (8.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (8.64%) Marketing
8 7 (8.64%) Military
8 7 (8.64%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.23%) French Language
Job Titles
1 27 (33.33%) Senior
2 21 (25.93%) Analyst
3 12 (14.81%) Operations Analyst
4 11 (13.58%) Senior Manager
5 10 (12.35%) Business Analyst
5 10 (12.35%) Business Development Manager
5 10 (12.35%) Business Manager
5 10 (12.35%) Development Manager
5 10 (12.35%) Operations Business Analyst
6 9 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
7 8 (9.88%) Project Manager
8 7 (8.64%) Architect
8 7 (8.64%) Digital Architect
8 7 (8.64%) Digital Solutions Architect
8 7 (8.64%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (8.64%) Technologist
9 6 (7.41%) ERP Analyst
9 6 (7.41%) ERP Business Analyst
10 5 (6.17%) Associate Director
11 4 (4.94%) QA Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.64%) XML
2 1 (1.23%) ATL
Miscellaneous
1 33 (40.74%) Life Science
2 12 (14.81%) Virtual Team
3 8 (9.88%) Management Information System
4 7 (8.64%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (8.64%) Data Structures
5 5 (6.17%) Pharmacovigilance
6 4 (4.94%) Learning Management System
7 3 (3.70%) Cloud Native
7 3 (3.70%) Driving Licence
7 3 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (3.70%) LIMS
8 2 (2.47%) NHS
9 1 (1.23%) Algorithms
9 1 (1.23%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.70%) Windows
1 3 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (41.98%) Neuroscience
2 27 (33.33%) Project Management
3 23 (28.40%) Continuous Improvement
4 19 (23.46%) Validation
5 18 (22.22%) Decision-Making
5 18 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (20.99%) Biotechnology
7 15 (18.52%) Analytics
7 15 (18.52%) Change Management
8 14 (17.28%) Data Analysis
9 13 (16.05%) Project Delivery
9 13 (16.05%) Tech Ops
10 12 (14.81%) Artificial Intelligence
10 12 (14.81%) ERP
10 12 (14.81%) Market Research
10 12 (14.81%) Scenario Testing
11 10 (12.35%) Business Analysis
11 10 (12.35%) Change Control
11 10 (12.35%) Competitive Intelligence
11 10 (12.35%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.94%) Java
1 4 (4.94%) Python
1 4 (4.94%) Scala
2 3 (3.70%) PL/SQL
2 3 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (76.54%) Degree
2 12 (14.81%) Master's Degree
2 12 (14.81%) PhD
3 10 (12.35%) CFA
3 10 (12.35%) CIMA
3 10 (12.35%) MBA
4 7 (8.64%) Azure Certification
4 7 (8.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (8.64%) Numerate Degree
5 2 (2.47%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.47%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (35.80%) QA
2 14 (17.28%) GxP
2 14 (17.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 7 (8.64%) CDISC
3 7 (8.64%) Good Clinical Practice
4 6 (7.41%) Accessibility
4 6 (7.41%) GLP
4 6 (7.41%) GMP
Systems Management
1 3 (3.70%) Terraform
2 2 (2.47%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (23.46%) Microsoft
2 13 (16.05%) SAP
3 6 (7.41%) iManage
4 3 (3.70%) Oracle
5 1 (1.23%) Google