Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 320 382 269
Rank change year-on-year +62 -113 +22
Permanent jobs citing Pharmaceutical 897 890 2,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.90% 0.88% 1.50%
As % of the General category 1.51% 1.29% 2.34%
Number of salaries quoted 335 402 395
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,275 £37,800
25th Percentile £40,000 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +8.33% +13.21%
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £94,875 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +10.00%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 59,322 68,855 101,002
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.79% 68.16% 64.21%
Number of salaries quoted 39,670 37,231 50,896
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,162 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the UK

Pharmaceutical
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Pharmaceutical in the UK

Pharmaceutical
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Pharmaceutical in the UK

Pharmaceutical
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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
England +79 828 £50,000 -23.08% 782
UK excluding London +56 655 £50,000 -16.67% 632
Work from Home +23 252 £52,500 -16.00% 196
London +43 221 £60,500 -6.92% 181
South East +47 199 £47,500 -24.00% 138
North of England +90 160 £40,000 -19.19% 181
Midlands +48 107 £60,000 +9.09% 89
Yorkshire +81 79 £40,000 -36.00% 60
East of England -36 77 £50,000 -4.76% 107
North West +50 75 £45,000 -9.09% 104
East Midlands +23 72 £48,750 -37.10% 45
South West +31 56 £47,500 -13.64% 84
West Midlands +24 35 £60,000 +14.29% 44
Northern Ireland +21 27 £50,000 +9.29% 6
Scotland -52 24 £60,000 -7.69% 33
North East - 6 £55,000 - 21
Wales +6 5 - - 16

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:

Application Platforms
1 25 (2.79%) Skype for Business
2 21 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.56%) SAS
4 13 (1.45%) Documentum
5 12 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.67%) WinCC
7 3 (0.33%) CMS
7 3 (0.33%) Confluence
8 2 (0.22%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.11%) Apache
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.11%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 92 (10.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 70 (7.80%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (4.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.67%) MS Visio
5 11 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.22%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.22%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.22%) SPSS
7 2 (0.22%) Stata
Business Applications
1 17 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.78%) TrackWise
3 7 (0.78%) SAP IBP
3 7 (0.78%) SAP PLM
4 6 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.67%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 6 (0.67%) SAP PP
5 5 (0.56%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.56%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.45%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 4 (0.45%) SAP BPC
7 3 (0.33%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.33%) SAP SCM
8 2 (0.22%) Misys Midas
8 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.11%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.11%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 71 (7.92%) Azure
2 69 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (5.91%) Power Platform
4 34 (3.79%) SaaS
5 22 (2.45%) AWS
6 21 (2.34%) PowerApps
7 14 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (1.45%) Power Automate
9 11 (1.23%) OneDrive
9 11 (1.23%) ShareGate
10 9 (1.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 9 (1.00%) Google Analytics
10 9 (1.00%) Google Tag Manager
11 8 (0.89%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (0.89%) GCP
11 8 (0.89%) PaaS
12 7 (0.78%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (0.67%) GitHub
14 5 (0.56%) IaaS
15 4 (0.45%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.79%) Cisco IOS
1 25 (2.79%) Skype
1 25 (2.79%) Telepresence
2 11 (1.23%) Firewall
2 11 (1.23%) Network Security
3 8 (0.89%) Ethernet
4 7 (0.78%) Intranet
5 6 (0.67%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.56%) DHCP
6 5 (0.56%) DNS
6 5 (0.56%) Internet
6 5 (0.56%) RS-232
6 5 (0.56%) Wireless
7 4 (0.45%) Bluetooth
8 3 (0.33%) LAN
8 3 (0.33%) SAN
8 3 (0.33%) VPN
8 3 (0.33%) VSAN
9 2 (0.22%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (0.22%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (5.13%) Power BI
2 32 (3.57%) SQL Server
3 14 (1.56%) Relational Database
3 14 (1.56%) Tableau
4 12 (1.34%) Big Data
4 12 (1.34%) Metadata
4 12 (1.34%) MySQL
5 10 (1.11%) Data Lake
5 10 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.00%) SAP HANA
7 8 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (0.78%) BigQuery
8 7 (0.78%) Looker
8 7 (0.78%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 7 (0.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (0.56%) Base SAS
9 5 (0.56%) SAP BW
10 4 (0.45%) GIS
10 4 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.45%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 15 (1.67%) JIRA
2 14 (1.56%) Git
3 9 (1.00%) Postman
4 7 (0.78%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.78%) Subversion
5 5 (0.56%) JMeter
5 5 (0.56%) Newman
5 5 (0.56%) REST Assured
5 5 (0.56%) Selenium
6 4 (0.45%) Katalon Studio
6 4 (0.45%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.33%) MSTest
7 3 (0.33%) NUnit
8 2 (0.22%) GitLab
8 2 (0.22%) gulp
8 2 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.22%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.11%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 344 (38.35%) Social Skills
2 313 (34.89%) Manufacturing
3 181 (20.18%) Analytical Skills
4 165 (18.39%) Finance
5 75 (8.36%) Automotive
5 75 (8.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 75 (8.36%) Marketing
6 62 (6.91%) Retail
7 51 (5.69%) Legal
8 48 (5.35%) Telecoms
9 45 (5.02%) Law
10 33 (3.68%) Aerospace
11 25 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (2.45%) Electronics
13 19 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
14 18 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (1.67%) Health Technology
16 11 (1.23%) French Language
16 11 (1.23%) German Language
17 10 (1.11%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 161 (17.95%) Senior
2 110 (12.26%) Analyst
3 76 (8.47%) Lead
4 71 (7.92%) Project Manager
5 59 (6.58%) QA Manager
6 56 (6.24%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 50 (5.57%) QA Specialist
8 34 (3.79%) IT Manager
9 33 (3.68%) Support Engineer
10 32 (3.57%) Senior Manager
11 28 (3.12%) Software Engineer
12 25 (2.79%) Technical Leader
13 22 (2.45%) Developer
14 21 (2.34%) Business Manager
15 20 (2.23%) Data Scientist
16 19 (2.12%) Architect
16 19 (2.12%) Development Manager
16 19 (2.12%) Senior Data Scientist
17 18 (2.01%) Business Development Manager
17 18 (2.01%) Research Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.78%) .NET
2 10 (1.11%) XML
3 8 (0.89%) .NET Framework
3 8 (0.89%) Web Services
4 7 (0.78%) SAP TM
5 6 (0.67%) HTML
6 5 (0.56%) JSON
6 5 (0.56%) Swagger
7 4 (0.45%) Gherkin
7 4 (0.45%) Node.js
7 4 (0.45%) OAuth
7 4 (0.45%) React
7 4 (0.45%) SAML
7 4 (0.45%) XSLT
7 4 (0.45%) Yocto
8 3 (0.33%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.33%) Django
8 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (0.33%) Middleware
8 3 (0.33%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 146 (16.28%) Life Science
2 126 (14.05%) Management Information System
3 57 (6.35%) Biopharmaceutical
4 56 (6.24%) NHS
5 41 (4.57%) Algorithms
6 28 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
7 25 (2.79%) Video Conferencing
8 24 (2.68%) FMCG
9 18 (2.01%) LIMS
10 17 (1.90%) Virtual Team
11 15 (1.67%) Operational Technology
12 14 (1.56%) Driving Licence
13 13 (1.45%) Client/Server
14 10 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
14 10 (1.11%) Renewable Energy
14 10 (1.11%) SCADA
15 9 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
16 8 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
16 8 (0.89%) Public Cloud
17 7 (0.78%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 51 (5.69%) Windows
2 28 (3.12%) Windows 10
3 25 (2.79%) Windows 7
4 15 (1.67%) Linux
4 15 (1.67%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.45%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (0.45%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (22.97%) QMS
2 147 (16.39%) Validation
3 124 (13.82%) Biotechnology
4 111 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
5 106 (11.82%) Project Management
6 105 (11.71%) Mentoring
7 92 (10.26%) CAPA
8 71 (7.92%) Coaching
8 71 (7.92%) Continuous Improvement
9 69 (7.69%) Business Development
10 68 (7.58%) Quality Management
11 66 (7.36%) Project Delivery
12 62 (6.91%) Line Management
12 62 (6.91%) Supplier Management
13 61 (6.80%) Business Intelligence
14 59 (6.58%) DevOps
15 56 (6.24%) Agile
16 55 (6.13%) Chemistry
17 54 (6.02%) Analytics
18 53 (5.91%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 73 (8.14%) SQL
2 42 (4.68%) Python
3 35 (3.90%) C#
4 27 (3.01%) R
5 17 (1.90%) C
6 10 (1.11%) T-SQL
7 9 (1.00%) JavaScript
8 8 (0.89%) PowerShell
9 6 (0.67%) Java
10 4 (0.45%) Bash
10 4 (0.45%) Embedded C
10 4 (0.45%) Groovy
10 4 (0.45%) VB
11 3 (0.33%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.33%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.22%) Bicep
12 2 (0.22%) C++
12 2 (0.22%) JSX
12 2 (0.22%) PHP
12 2 (0.22%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 384 (42.81%) Degree
2 98 (10.93%) Master's Degree
3 50 (5.57%) PhD
4 40 (4.46%) MBA
5 25 (2.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 23 (2.56%) DBS Check
7 21 (2.34%) CIPD
8 18 (2.01%) Security Cleared
9 13 (1.45%) Numerate Degree
10 11 (1.23%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (1.23%) NVQ Level 3
11 10 (1.11%) CFA
11 10 (1.11%) CIMA
11 10 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (1.11%) SC Cleared
12 9 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.78%) HNC
14 6 (0.67%) CISSP
15 5 (0.56%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 280 (31.22%) QA
2 235 (26.20%) GMP
3 54 (6.02%) Good Clinical Practice
4 35 (3.90%) GxP
5 29 (3.23%) GLP
6 24 (2.68%) GDPR
7 19 (2.12%) ISO 9001
8 17 (1.90%) ISO 13485
9 16 (1.78%) CDISC
9 16 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 15 (1.67%) Data Quality
11 14 (1.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 12 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 10 (1.11%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 10 (1.11%) GAMP
14 7 (0.78%) SLA
15 4 (0.45%) COSHH
15 4 (0.45%) HIPAA
15 4 (0.45%) IEC 62304
15 4 (0.45%) PMO
System Software
1 24 (2.68%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.11%) Docker
4 5 (0.56%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.45%) VMware Server
6 3 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (2.34%) Terraform
2 13 (1.45%) SCOM
3 7 (0.78%) Ansible
3 7 (0.78%) QRadar
4 6 (0.67%) Functional Safety
4 6 (0.67%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.56%) Wonderware InTouch
6 3 (0.33%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (0.33%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.33%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.33%) SCCM
7 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.11%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.11%) DatAdvantage
8 1 (0.11%) Puppet
8 1 (0.11%) Stealthwatch
8 1 (0.11%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 169 (18.84%) Microsoft
2 56 (6.24%) SAP
3 38 (4.24%) Google
4 33 (3.68%) Cisco
5 25 (2.79%) Apple
5 25 (2.79%) Polycom
6 18 (2.01%) VMware
7 11 (1.23%) Nintex
7 11 (1.23%) Salesforce
8 10 (1.11%) Databricks
9 9 (1.00%) Siemens
10 8 (0.89%) QAD
10 8 (0.89%) Rockwell
11 7 (0.78%) AVEVA
12 6 (0.67%) IBM
12 6 (0.67%) Oracle
12 6 (0.67%) Splunk
13 5 (0.56%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.56%) Wonderware
14 4 (0.45%) SYSPRO