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Pharmaceuticals
Skills In Demand, by Role All Clinical Vacancies, Pharmaceuticals, 2021-2023* Est, Europe
Top Countries All Clinical Vacancies, Pharmaceuticals, 2021-2023* Est, Europe
UK
Clinical Operations
200
400
600
800
CRA
Poland
Clinical Management
Germany
Clinical Development
Denmark
Clinical Projects
Spain
Statistics
Ireland
Clinical Study
200
400
600
800
100
200
300
400
500
2023*
2023*
2021
2021
2022
2022
Source: Vacancysoft Analytics
Source: Vacancysoft Analytics
*- Forecast 2023
*- Forecast 2023
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What this meant is that as a percentage of the total, Clinical Operations has fallen from 14.9% last year to 13.3% in 2023, while the CRA function has increased from 8.2% last year to 12.5% this year. By country, we have seen the most vacancies within the UK, which may reflect the ease of doing business in terms of labor laws compared to other countries. However, the drop in activity this year compared to last has been marked, with vacancies falling 48%. As a result, the share of vacancies within the UK has fallen from 18% in 2021 to 12% this year. Otherwise, what is interesting is that there have been more clinical vacancies in Poland within the pharmaceutical companies than in Germany, which traditionally has been by far, the biggest hub within the EU. For context, within Germany vacancies have dropped 26.7% year on year, whereas Poland has proven significantly more resilient, with volumes actually increasing, by 5.7%. As a result over 10% of all the clinical vacancies are now in Poland.
When looking at activity within the pharmaceuticals companies a different picture emerges from that within the CROs. For starters, the fact the dip in underlying recruitment levels has been smaller in the pharmaceuticals companies, means as a result, the drop in terms of skills in demand has also been less severe as a result. With that in mind, we see the following: • Clinical Operations is the leading area being recruited for, equally, volumes are down 24% on those in 2022. • In contrast, there has been an upswing in CRA vacancies, up 29% on last year’s totals, making it the second-largest grouping. • Clinical Management vacancies though have seen the largest year-on-year decline, down 29%. • Meanwhile, similarly to what we have seen in the CROs, there has also been a marked drop in vacancies for Clinical Projects, down 24.8%.
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