Pharmaceutical Jobs in Scotland

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 255 197 212
Rank change year-on-year -58 +15 -45
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 24 18 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.36% 0.39% 0.74%
As % of the General category 0.50% 0.52% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 12 7 4
10th Percentile £57,550 £51,000 £26,275
25th Percentile £59,500 £60,000 £27,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £35,075
Median % change year-on-year - +85.32% -26.54%
75th Percentile £71,875 £71,250 £42,725
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,000 -
UK median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -19.23% +13.04% +9.52%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 advertised in Scotland with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,833 3,464 3,682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 72.06% 75.42% 61.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,522 1,649 1,967
10th Percentile £27,500 £33,746 £31,133
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £40,803
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,778 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in Scotland

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Pharmaceutical in Scotland

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in Scotland over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Pharmaceutical in Scotland

Pharmaceutical
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the Scotland region 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +35 7 £70,000 -17.65% 3
Glasgow -114 7 £60,000 -7.69% 3
Stirling - 4 - -
West Lothian - 4 £70,000 - 1
Highlands - 1 £60,000 - 1
Pharmaceutical
UK

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) Ethernet
2 1 (4.17%) Network Security
General
1 7 (29.17%) Manufacturing
2 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Finance
3 2 (8.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) QA Specialist
1 5 (20.83%) Senior
1 5 (20.83%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 4 (16.67%) Coordinator
2 4 (16.67%) Data Coordinator
3 3 (12.50%) Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Applications Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Embedded Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Security Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Software Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) IT Technician
5 1 (4.17%) Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) .NET
1 3 (12.50%) .NET Framework
1 3 (12.50%) WPF
2 2 (8.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Life Science
1 4 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (8.33%) PACS
3 1 (4.17%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.83%) CAPA
1 5 (20.83%) Coaching
1 5 (20.83%) Line Management
1 5 (20.83%) Mentoring
1 5 (20.83%) QMS
1 5 (20.83%) Supplier Management
2 4 (16.67%) Biotechnology
2 4 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (16.67%) Data Management
2 4 (16.67%) Mathematics
3 3 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (12.50%) Project Management
3 3 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 3 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 3 (12.50%) Software Testing
3 3 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (8.33%) Product Roadmap
4 2 (8.33%) Software Deployment
5 1 (4.17%) Incident Response
5 1 (4.17%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) C
1 3 (12.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (54.17%) Degree
2 4 (16.67%) CISSP
3 3 (12.50%) CISA
3 3 (12.50%) CISM
4 1 (4.17%) CEH
4 1 (4.17%) GCFE
4 1 (4.17%) GCIA
4 1 (4.17%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (33.33%) GMP
2 5 (20.83%) QA
3 2 (8.33%) DICOM
3 2 (8.33%) HIPAA
3 2 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (8.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 9 (37.50%) Microsoft