Biopharmaceutical Jobs

Biopharmaceutical
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Biopharmaceutical in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Biopharmaceutical over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 659 822 857
Rank change year-on-year +163 +35 -124
Permanent jobs citing Biopharmaceutical 52 82 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.093% 0.075% 0.069%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.25% 0.22% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 7 15 10
10th Percentile - - £36,250
25th Percentile - £36,250 £51,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -25.45% +7.84%
75th Percentile £45,000 £57,000 £65,938
90th Percentile £50,000 £87,500 £69,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £37,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -31.82% +2.80%

All Generic Skills
UK

Biopharmaceutical falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,981 37,012 40,482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.48% 33.69% 43.78%
Number of salaries quoted 9,687 23,502 22,191
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,539 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £97,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Biopharmaceutical
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Biopharmaceutical in the UK

Biopharmaceutical
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Biopharmaceutical in the UK

Biopharmaceutical
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Biopharmaceutical within the UK over the 6 months to 13 June 2025. 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
UK excluding London +164 41 £45,000 +20.00% 39
England +133 41 £45,000 +9.76% 68
South East +51 18 - - 12
Work from Home +139 15 - - 23
North of England +81 9 £45,000 +20.00% 8
North West +31 9 £45,000 +20.00% 2
East of England - 7 - - 4
East Midlands - 5 - - 7
Midlands - 5 - - 8
South West +114 1 - - 2
London +95 1 - - 28
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3

Biopharmaceutical
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 4 (7.69%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.62%) Azure
2 2 (3.85%) GitHub
3 1 (1.92%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (1.92%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (28.85%) Modbus
2 13 (25.00%) MQTT
3 11 (21.15%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.92%) Firewall
4 1 (1.92%) LAN
4 1 (1.92%) VLAN
4 1 (1.92%) VPN
4 1 (1.92%) WAN
4 1 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Jenkins
1 2 (3.85%) JIRA
1 2 (3.85%) JMeter
1 2 (3.85%) Robot Framework
2 1 (1.92%) Git
General
1 44 (84.62%) Pharmaceutical
2 33 (63.46%) Manufacturing
3 8 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (11.54%) Law
4 6 (11.54%) Social Skills
5 3 (5.77%) Banking
5 3 (5.77%) Digital Health
5 3 (5.77%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.92%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (30.77%) Senior
2 12 (23.08%) Lead
3 11 (21.15%) Automation Engineer
4 10 (19.23%) Test Engineer
5 7 (13.46%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 7 (13.46%) Systems Engineer
6 5 (9.62%) Analyst
6 5 (9.62%) Senior Automation Engineer
7 4 (7.69%) Data Scientist
7 4 (7.69%) IT Analyst
7 4 (7.69%) IT Support
7 4 (7.69%) IT Support Analyst
7 4 (7.69%) Programmer
7 4 (7.69%) SAS Programmer
7 4 (7.69%) Senior Data Scientist
7 4 (7.69%) Support Analyst
8 3 (5.77%) QA Specialist
8 3 (5.77%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 2 (3.85%) Senior Technician
9 2 (3.85%) Software Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.54%) .NET
1 6 (11.54%) CSS
2 2 (3.85%) Node-RED
2 2 (3.85%) Playwright
3 1 (1.92%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 19 (36.54%) Renewable Energy
2 17 (32.69%) SCADA
3 15 (28.85%) Operational Technology
4 13 (25.00%) Industry 4.0
4 13 (25.00%) IoT
5 11 (21.15%) Data Centre
6 4 (7.69%) iPad
6 4 (7.69%) iPhone
7 2 (3.85%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.92%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.92%) Life Science
8 1 (1.92%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.62%) Windows
2 4 (7.69%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.92%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.92%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (32.69%) Asset Management
2 16 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (28.85%) Network Design
3 15 (28.85%) Risk Assessment
3 15 (28.85%) System Testing
4 14 (26.92%) Validation
5 13 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 13 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 13 (25.00%) Prototyping
6 8 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence
6 8 (15.38%) Business Development
6 8 (15.38%) Immunology
7 7 (13.46%) Agile
7 7 (13.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (11.54%) Neuroscience
9 5 (9.62%) Analytics
9 5 (9.62%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (9.62%) Functional Testing
9 5 (9.62%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (9.62%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.38%) R
2 7 (13.46%) Python
3 6 (11.54%) C#
3 6 (11.54%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (38.46%) Degree
2 13 (25.00%) Chartered Engineer
2 13 (25.00%) DBS Check
2 13 (25.00%) HNC
2 13 (25.00%) HND
3 4 (7.69%) ISTQB
3 4 (7.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 3 (5.77%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.92%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (17.31%) QA
2 8 (15.38%) GMP
3 6 (11.54%) GxP
4 4 (7.69%) SLA
5 3 (5.77%) ISO 9001
6 1 (1.92%) GDPR
6 1 (1.92%) GLP
6 1 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.92%) NIST
6 1 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (1.92%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (21.15%) VMware ESXi
1 11 (21.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (28.85%) Functional Safety
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (28.85%) Siemens
2 13 (25.00%) AVEVA
2 13 (25.00%) Rockwell
3 11 (21.15%) VMware
4 4 (7.69%) Databricks
5 2 (3.85%) Allen-Bradley
5 2 (3.85%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.92%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.92%) SAP
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