Pharmaceutical Contracts in the East of England

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 50 67
Rank change year-on-year +4 +17 +6
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 74 70 86
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 3.78% 3.60% 3.37%
As % of the General category 6.47% 6.04% 5.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 55 56
10th Percentile £363 £281 £361
25th Percentile £405 £356 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.63% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £544 £641 £626
90th Percentile £600 £733 £713
England median daily rate £510 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +1.75% -4.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £61.25 £24.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +56.25% -12.09%
75th Percentile - £63.75 £49.50
90th Percentile - - £51.00
England median hourly rate £33.83 £30.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +12.77% -38.78% +15.29%

All General Skills
East of England

Pharmaceutical falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,144 1,158 1,507
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 58.40% 59.48% 59.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 408 647 785
10th Percentile £218 £205 £186
25th Percentile £337 £350 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £641 £575
90th Percentile £651 £740 £675
England median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.96% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 444 241 334
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.62 £14.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £19.81 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +92.43% +27.81% +3.33%
75th Percentile £50.00 £60.00 £34.88
90th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
England median hourly rate £31.97 £30.65 £22.50
% change year-on-year +4.32% +36.21% +7.14%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Pharmaceutical as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the East of England

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the East of England

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in the East of England

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the East of England

Pharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the East of England region over the 6 months to 12 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
Cambridgeshire +1 37 £410 -13.68% 35
Bedfordshire +12 27 £525 +40.00% 8
Hertfordshire -16 9 £500 -20.00% 40
Essex +4 1 £400 -8.57% 12
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 6 (8.11%) Confluence
2 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (17.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.70%) SAP BPC
3 1 (1.35%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.35%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.35%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.35%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.81%) Power Platform
2 6 (8.11%) Collibra
3 5 (6.76%) Azure
4 4 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.35%) AWS
5 1 (1.35%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.05%) LAN
1 3 (4.05%) WAN
2 1 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.81%) Power BI
2 6 (8.11%) Metadata
3 2 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.70%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (12.16%) JIRA
2 6 (8.11%) Eclipse
2 6 (8.11%) PyCharm
General
1 23 (31.08%) Manufacturing
2 20 (27.03%) Social Skills
3 12 (16.22%) Finance
4 10 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (8.11%) Aerospace
5 6 (8.11%) Electronics
6 5 (6.76%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (5.41%) Banking
7 4 (5.41%) Marketing
8 3 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (32.43%) Analyst
2 19 (25.68%) Business Analyst
3 12 (16.22%) Project Manager
4 6 (8.11%) Senior
5 5 (6.76%) Architect
5 5 (6.76%) Consultant
5 5 (6.76%) Data Analyst
5 5 (6.76%) Data Business Analyst
5 5 (6.76%) Engineering Manager
5 5 (6.76%) Lead
6 4 (5.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) Business Architect
6 4 (5.41%) Business Solution Architect
6 4 (5.41%) Change Manager
6 4 (5.41%) LIMS Business Analyst
6 4 (5.41%) Product Analyst
6 4 (5.41%) Product Business Analyst
6 4 (5.41%) Product Owner
6 4 (5.41%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.35%) IDoc
1 1 (1.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.16%) Life Science
2 6 (8.11%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.41%) LIMS
3 4 (5.41%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 2 (2.70%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.35%) CRISPR
5 1 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.35%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (41.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (22.97%) Data Governance
3 15 (20.27%) Project Management
4 13 (17.57%) Lean Six Sigma
4 13 (17.57%) Six Sigma
5 12 (16.22%) Business Analysis
6 11 (14.86%) Procure-to-Pay
7 10 (13.51%) Biotechnology
7 10 (13.51%) Record to Report
8 8 (10.81%) Data Protection
8 8 (10.81%) Project Delivery
9 7 (9.46%) Agile
9 7 (9.46%) Business Process Modelling
9 7 (9.46%) Order to Cash
9 7 (9.46%) Requirements Analysis
9 7 (9.46%) Requirements Engineering
9 7 (9.46%) Requirements Gathering
9 7 (9.46%) Stakeholder Analysis
9 7 (9.46%) Workflow
10 6 (8.11%) Compliance Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.46%) Python
2 6 (8.11%) Groovy
2 6 (8.11%) Java
2 6 (8.11%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.35%) R
3 1 (1.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (24.32%) Degree
2 7 (9.46%) IIBA
3 4 (5.41%) CCNA
3 4 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (5.41%) MCSA
3 4 (5.41%) MCSE
3 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.35%) CISA
4 1 (1.35%) CISM
4 1 (1.35%) CISSP
4 1 (1.35%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.35%) PhD
4 1 (1.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (24.32%) GxP
2 13 (17.57%) GDPR
2 13 (17.57%) Good Clinical Practice
3 6 (8.11%) GMP
4 4 (5.41%) PMO
4 4 (5.41%) SLA
5 3 (4.05%) Data Quality
6 2 (2.70%) GAMP
6 2 (2.70%) QA
7 1 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.35%) NIST
7 1 (1.35%) NIST 800
7 1 (1.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (5.41%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (17.57%) SAP
2 9 (12.16%) Ariba
3 4 (5.41%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.70%) Hyperion
5 1 (1.35%) Cadence
5 1 (1.35%) FIS
5 1 (1.35%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.35%) Snow