Pharmaceutical Contracts in the South East

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 175 164 213
Rank change year-on-year -11 +49 -21
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 26 47 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.46% 0.83% 0.56%
As % of the General category 0.93% 1.42% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 26 37
10th Percentile - £241 £218
25th Percentile £363 £313 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.88% -15.00% -11.50%
75th Percentile £675 £639 £549
90th Percentile - £719 £574
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 1
10th Percentile £20.50 £18.79 -
25th Percentile £20.75 £24.17 £60.75
Median hourly rate £21.50 £33.66 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.12% -45.28% +123.64%
75th Percentile £64.61 £43.67 £62.25
90th Percentile £78.75 £49.36 -
England median hourly rate £33.83 £30.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +12.77% -38.78% +22.50%

All General Skills
South East

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 advertised in the South East with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,804 3,303 4,279
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 49.65% 58.26% 55.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,527 2,229 2,862
10th Percentile £213 £233 £215
25th Percentile £356 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.82%
75th Percentile £608 £628 £588
90th Percentile £688 £721 £663
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 346 160 210
10th Percentile £12.88 £15.75 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.32 £24.13 £15.72
Median hourly rate £45.00 £50.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +150.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.19 £33.75
90th Percentile £70.09 £74.10 £52.55
England median hourly rate £30.50 £31.92 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.45% +48.47% +2.14%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the South East

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the South East

Pharmaceutical
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in the South East

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the South East

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in the South East

Pharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Pharmaceutical within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Thames Valley +5 19 £501 +11.33% 62
Berkshire -23 17 £501 +0.70% 32
West Sussex +12 6 - - 4
Buckinghamshire +28 1 - - 12
Kent - 1 - - 7
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 18
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (3.85%) SAS
1 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 4 (15.38%) Azure
1 4 (15.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 4 (15.38%) Azure Data Factory
1 4 (15.38%) Azure Monitor
1 4 (15.38%) Entra ID
1 4 (15.38%) Google Workspace
2 3 (11.54%) Figma
2 3 (11.54%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) NoSQL
2 1 (3.85%) Data Mining
2 1 (3.85%) EDMS
2 1 (3.85%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Git
1 5 (19.23%) JIRA
2 1 (3.85%) LabVIEW
General
1 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (15.38%) Finance
2 3 (11.54%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Back Office
3 2 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Advertising
4 1 (3.85%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.85%) Legal
4 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.85%) Marketing
4 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Analyst
1 8 (30.77%) Developer
2 4 (15.38%) Azure Developer
2 4 (15.38%) Engineering Manager
2 4 (15.38%) Full Stack Developer
2 4 (15.38%) Support Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) React Developer
3 3 (11.54%) UX Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Administrator
4 2 (7.69%) Data Administrator
4 2 (7.69%) Data Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Information Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) IT Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) IT Support
4 2 (7.69%) IT Support Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) JavaScript Developer
5 1 (3.85%) Consultant
5 1 (3.85%) Programmer
5 1 (3.85%) SAS Programmer
5 1 (3.85%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (26.92%) React
2 4 (15.38%) PySpark
3 3 (11.54%) CSS
3 3 (11.54%) HTML
4 1 (3.85%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Biopharmaceutical
2 4 (15.38%) Data Structures
2 4 (15.38%) Life Science
2 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 4 (15.38%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.85%) Pharmacovigilance
3 1 (3.85%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) Agile
2 4 (15.38%) Analytics
2 4 (15.38%) Change Control
2 4 (15.38%) CI/CD
2 4 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (15.38%) Data Engineering
2 4 (15.38%) Data Governance
2 4 (15.38%) Data Modelling
2 4 (15.38%) Data Pipeline
2 4 (15.38%) Data Validation
2 4 (15.38%) DevOps
2 4 (15.38%) Full Stack Development
2 4 (15.38%) ITIL
2 4 (15.38%) Microservices
2 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (15.38%) Product Backlog
2 4 (15.38%) SDLC
2 4 (15.38%) Use Case
2 4 (15.38%) Validation
2 4 (15.38%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 9 (34.62%) Python
2 3 (11.54%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.85%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 4 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) Degree
3 2 (7.69%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.85%) CDISC
System Software
1 4 (15.38%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Google
2 2 (7.69%) Salesforce
2 2 (7.69%) SAP
2 2 (7.69%) ServiceNow