China’s pharma industry registered a 5.1% drop in IT hiring activity in November 2022 when compared with the previous month, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics database.

The industry’s overall hiring is decreased by 2.62% in November 2022 when compared with October 2022.

Out of the pharma industry’s total hiring activity, IT jobs claimed a 2.24% share in November 2022, recording a decrease of 0.41% over the last three-month average share.

Top five job classifications in China’s pharma industry’s IT recruitment activity in November 2022

Out of the total job titles, the top five roles commanded a 100% share in the overall IT recruitment activity of China’s pharma industry in November 2022.

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1) Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers recorded a share of 71.43% in November 2022, registering a 31.58% growth over the previous month.

2) Database and Network Administrators and Architects claimed a 14.29% share, a flat growth over the previous month.

3) Computer and Information Analysts held a share of 8.57%, registering a flat growth from October 2022.

4) Miscellaneous Computer Occupations captured a share of 5.71%, down 33.33% over the previous month.

Top five pharma companies in China’s IT recruitment activity in November 2022

The top five companies, in terms of number of jobs as tracked by GlobalData, have accounted for a combined average growth of 38.89% share in the overall IT recruitment activity of China’s pharma industry during November 2022 over October 2022.

Parexel International posted 13 IT jobs in November 2022 and registered a drop of 7.14% over the previous month, followed by Sanofi with 6 jobs and a 500% growth. F. Hoffmann-La Roche with 2 IT jobs and Syneos Health with 2 jobs, recorded a 100% growth and a flat growth, respectively, while Pfizer recorded a flat growth with 2 job postings during November 2022.

Junior Level job postings dominate in November 2022

Junior Level jobs held a share of 60%, down by 19.23% from October 2022. Entry Level positions with a 28.57% share, registered an increase of 150% compared with the previous month.

In the third place was Mid Level job ads with an 11.43% share, up 100% over October 2022.

This content was updated on 25 January 2024