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 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 | 238 | 341 | 365 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +103 | +24 | -4 |
| Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical | 420 | 400 | 650 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.99% | 0.70% | 0.74% |
| As % of the General category | 1.70% | 1.19% | 1.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 259 | 255 | 437 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £281 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £400 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £615 | £625 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £688 | £711 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £450 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -10.00% | -1.28% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 40 | 11 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.72 | £15.21 | £24.45 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.75 | £26.27 | £46.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £33.83 | £42.00 | £49.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.45% | -14.29% | +50.77% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £64.38 | £59.44 |
| 90th Percentile | £60.78 | £65.00 | £70.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £32.27 | £49.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +23.97% | -34.15% | +63.33% |
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 | 24,681 | 33,520 | 49,936 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 58.02% | 58.54% | 56.54% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 15,587 | 23,230 | 34,613 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £320 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £443 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +2.33% | +7.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £495 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.00% | +5.26% | +8.57% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,924 | 1,020 | 1,422 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £13.41 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.50 | £17.72 | £15.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £32.50 | £22.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +44.44% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £52.78 | £61.25 | £47.40 |
| 90th Percentile | £66.59 | £72.50 | £59.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.25 | £29.00 | £19.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.59% | +52.63% | -3.52% |
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 20 May 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 20 May 2024.
Pharmaceutical
Top 13 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 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +105 | 372 | £525 | +5.00% | 837 |
| UK excluding London | +71 | 220 | £500 | +11.11% | 678 |
| Work from Home | +64 | 150 | £550 | +4.76% | 233 |
| London | +110 | 106 | £600 | +17.07% | 194 |
| North of England | +74 | 99 | £510 | +2.00% | 199 |
| East of England | +35 | 96 | £525 | +16.67% | 126 |
| North West | +58 | 88 | £510 | +13.33% | 116 |
| South East | -7 | 27 | £516 | +14.56% | 157 |
| South West | +18 | 10 | - | - | 66 |
| Yorkshire | +15 | 9 | £550 | - | 63 |
| West Midlands | +21 | 5 | £338 | -28.95% | 51 |
| Midlands | +18 | 5 | £338 | -28.95% | 97 |
| Scotland | +39 | 1 | £400 | - | 28 |
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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