Pharmaceutical Contracts with Work from Home Options

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 212 262 283
Rank change year-on-year +50 +21 -4
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 139 209 415
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.95% 0.86% 0.94%
As % of the General category 1.61% 1.47% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 132 287
10th Percentile £376 £326 £354
25th Percentile £483 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £695 £688 £716
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 7 13
10th Percentile £23.75 £22.32 £33.50
25th Percentile £26.75 £22.53 £43.75
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -46.43% +24.44%
75th Percentile £60.00 £46.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.78 £63.30 £72.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% -38.78% +15.29%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,615 14,219 24,287
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.83% 58.66% 54.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,648 10,044 17,734
10th Percentile £325 £363 £354
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 461 321 334
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.63 £13.58
25th Percentile £22.50 £25.71 £19.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £50.00 £33.45
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +49.48% +48.67%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.75 £65.29
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.40 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.41% +44.00% +4.65%

Pharmaceutical
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Pharmaceutical as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Pharmaceutical trend for jobs with a WFH option

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Pharmaceutical.

Pharmaceutical daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Pharmaceutical daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Pharmaceutical.

Pharmaceutical hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Pharmaceutical hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (4.32%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.88%) SAS
3 2 (1.44%) Confluence
4 1 (0.72%) Apache
4 1 (0.72%) CMS
4 1 (0.72%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.16%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.72%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.72%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 18 (12.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.60%) SAP EWM
3 4 (2.88%) SAP MDG
4 3 (2.16%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (1.44%) SAP IBP
5 2 (1.44%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.72%) Relativity
6 1 (0.72%) SAP APO
6 1 (0.72%) SAP EHS
6 1 (0.72%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.72%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.72%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.72%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.72%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.72%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.72%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.72%) SAP WM
6 1 (0.72%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.63%) AWS
2 8 (5.76%) Azure
3 7 (5.04%) SaaS
4 5 (3.60%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (2.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 4 (2.88%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (2.88%) Entra ID
5 4 (2.88%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.44%) Cloud Run
6 2 (1.44%) Slack
7 1 (0.72%) Alation
7 1 (0.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (0.72%) Amazon SageMaker
7 1 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.72%) AWS Step Functions
7 1 (0.72%) GCP
7 1 (0.72%) GitHub
7 1 (0.72%) Serverless
7 1 (0.72%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.44%) Cisco Firepower
1 2 (1.44%) Firewall
1 2 (1.44%) Internet
2 1 (0.72%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.60%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.88%) NoSQL
2 4 (2.88%) Power BI
2 4 (2.88%) SAP HANA
3 3 (2.16%) EDMS
3 3 (2.16%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.16%) Tableau
4 2 (1.44%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.44%) Metadata
4 2 (1.44%) MySQL
4 2 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.72%) Big Data
5 1 (0.72%) Data Hub
5 1 (0.72%) Looker
5 1 (0.72%) MS Access
5 1 (0.72%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.72%) SQL Navigator
Development Applications
1 7 (5.04%) JIRA
2 6 (4.32%) Git
3 1 (0.72%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.72%) Toad
3 1 (0.72%) Visual Studio
General
1 36 (25.90%) Social Skills
2 18 (12.95%) Finance
3 12 (8.63%) Influencing Skills
4 10 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (7.19%) Manufacturing
5 6 (4.32%) Aerospace
5 6 (4.32%) Electronics
6 5 (3.60%) Banking
6 5 (3.60%) Legal
7 3 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.44%) General Ledger
8 2 (1.44%) Health Technology
8 2 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Advertising
9 1 (0.72%) Aviation
9 1 (0.72%) Environmental Health
9 1 (0.72%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (14.39%) Consultant
2 17 (12.23%) Project Manager
3 14 (10.07%) Analyst
4 12 (8.63%) Developer
4 12 (8.63%) SAP Consultant
5 9 (6.47%) Business Analyst
5 9 (6.47%) Engineering Manager
5 9 (6.47%) Senior
6 7 (5.04%) Lead
7 5 (3.60%) Data Manager
7 5 (3.60%) SAP Technical Consultant
7 5 (3.60%) Senior Analyst
7 5 (3.60%) Technical Consultant
8 4 (2.88%) Administrator
8 4 (2.88%) Business Systems Analyst
8 4 (2.88%) Data Analyst
8 4 (2.88%) Data Governance Manager
8 4 (2.88%) LIMS Business Analyst
8 4 (2.88%) Product Manager
8 4 (2.88%) SAP EWM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.04%) React
1 7 (5.04%) Web Services
2 3 (2.16%) AWS CDK
3 2 (1.44%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.72%) .NET
4 1 (0.72%) CSS
4 1 (0.72%) D3.js
4 1 (0.72%) HTML
4 1 (0.72%) Node.js
4 1 (0.72%) Nuxt
4 1 (0.72%) PySpark
4 1 (0.72%) Redux
4 1 (0.72%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.72%) Svelte
4 1 (0.72%) SvelteKit
4 1 (0.72%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.79%) Life Science
2 10 (7.19%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.76%) Product Ownership
4 5 (3.60%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.88%) Biopharmaceutical
5 4 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.88%) LIMS
6 2 (1.44%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.44%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.44%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.72%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.72%) Genomics
7 1 (0.72%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.72%) Omics
7 1 (0.72%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.72%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (20.14%) Project Management
2 26 (18.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 19 (13.67%) Agile
4 18 (12.95%) Analytics
5 17 (12.23%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (9.35%) Machine Learning
7 11 (7.91%) CI/CD
7 11 (7.91%) Data Governance
7 11 (7.91%) Risk Management
7 11 (7.91%) User Experience
8 9 (6.47%) DevOps
9 8 (5.76%) Data Design
9 8 (5.76%) ERP
9 8 (5.76%) Migration
9 8 (5.76%) Roadmaps
9 8 (5.76%) Scrum
10 7 (5.04%) Biotechnology
10 7 (5.04%) Product Backlog
10 7 (5.04%) Product Roadmap
10 7 (5.04%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 23 (16.55%) Python
2 12 (8.63%) SQL
3 7 (5.04%) ABAP
4 6 (4.32%) R
5 2 (1.44%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.44%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.72%) Java
6 1 (0.72%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.72%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.72%) Scala
6 1 (0.72%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (10.79%) Degree
2 5 (3.60%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.88%) PMP
3 4 (2.88%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.44%) CISSP
4 2 (1.44%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.72%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.32%) GxP
2 5 (3.60%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.60%) QA
3 2 (1.44%) CDISC
3 2 (1.44%) PMO
4 1 (0.72%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.72%) GAMP
4 1 (0.72%) GDPR
4 1 (0.72%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (4.32%) Docker
2 4 (2.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (3.60%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (23.02%) SAP
2 12 (8.63%) Oracle
3 7 (5.04%) Ariba
3 7 (5.04%) Microsoft
4 4 (2.88%) Adobe
4 4 (2.88%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.88%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.44%) Cisco
5 2 (1.44%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (1.44%) CyberArk
5 2 (1.44%) Databricks
5 2 (1.44%) Google
5 2 (1.44%) OpenAI
5 2 (1.44%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.72%) Ahrefs
6 1 (0.72%) Cadence
6 1 (0.72%) Conga
6 1 (0.72%) Genesys
6 1 (0.72%) Sitecore