Pharmaceutical Contracts in the South West

Pharmaceutical (Pharma)
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Pharmaceutical in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Pharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 148 158 163
Rank change year-on-year +10 +5 -24
Contract jobs citing Pharmaceutical 9 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.27% 0.030% 0.14%
As % of the General category 0.54% 0.062% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £430
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.47%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £517
England median daily rate £510 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +1.75% -4.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.25 - -
Median hourly rate £28.50 - -
75th Percentile £30.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £33.83 £30.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +12.77% -38.78% +15.29%

All General Skills
South West

Pharmaceutical falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,654 1,609 1,880
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 50.14% 47.49% 51.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 988 1,173 1,330
10th Percentile £250 £286 £250
25th Percentile £413 £413 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +8.11%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £700 £723 £675
England median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.96% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 112 139
10th Percentile £12.84 £17.28 -
25th Percentile £18.16 £37.50 £15.90
Median hourly rate £45.00 £57.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +36.90% -1.75%
75th Percentile £68.13 £70.00 £55.92
90th Percentile £73.75 £89.75 £62.52
England median hourly rate £31.97 £30.65 £22.50
% change year-on-year +4.32% +36.21% +7.14%

Pharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Pharmaceutical in the South West

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the South West

Pharmaceutical
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Pharmaceutical in the South West

Pharmaceutical
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Pharmaceutical in the South West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Pharmaceutical in the South West

Pharmaceutical
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Wiltshire - 5 - - 4
Gloucestershire - 4 - - 6
Pharmaceutical
England

Pharmaceutical
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) WhatsApp
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) QA Specialist
2 3 (33.33%) Deskside Support
2 3 (33.33%) Desktop Support
2 3 (33.33%) Development Specialist
2 3 (33.33%) Lead
2 3 (33.33%) Product Specialist
3 2 (22.22%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Life Science
2 3 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Change Control
1 4 (44.44%) Decision-Making
1 4 (44.44%) Project Management
2 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (33.33%) Operations Management
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) GMP
1 4 (44.44%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Adobe
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) ServiceNow