Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Good Clinical Practice skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Good Clinical Practice over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 817 863 901
Rank change year-on-year +46 +38 -108
Permanent jobs citing Good Clinical Practice 94 98 353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.091% 0.10% 0.21%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.69% 0.54% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 9
10th Percentile - - £40,250
25th Percentile £36,250 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.00%
75th Percentile £38,750 - £77,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 - £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -25.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

Good Clinical Practice is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,675 17,995 28,552
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.24% 18.52% 17.14%
Number of salaries quoted 9,208 8,512 13,369
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,665
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.90% +0.35%

Good Clinical Practice
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Good Clinical Practice as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Good Clinical Practice in the UK

Good Clinical Practice
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Good Clinical Practice.

Salary trend for Good Clinical Practice in the UK

Good Clinical Practice
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Good Clinical Practice within the UK over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +50 94 £37,500 - 49
UK excluding London -61 54 £37,500 - 36
South East +20 45 - - 9
London +140 40 - - 11
Work from Home +58 34 - - 15
North of England -27 9 £37,500 - 16
North West - 7 £37,500 - 12
North East - 2 - - 1

Good Clinical Practice
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 13 (13.83%) Documentum
2 5 (5.32%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (15.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (13.83%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.19%) Base SAS
General
1 68 (72.34%) Pharmaceutical
2 64 (68.09%) Social Skills
3 19 (20.21%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (20.21%) Law
4 16 (17.02%) Presentation Skills
5 15 (15.96%) Finance
6 14 (14.89%) Manufacturing
7 9 (9.57%) Legal
8 7 (7.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (7.45%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.13%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 25 (26.60%) QA Manager
1 25 (26.60%) Senior
2 22 (23.40%) Project Manager
3 21 (22.34%) Lead
4 15 (15.96%) Project Leader
4 15 (15.96%) Senior Project Leader
5 13 (13.83%) Data Integrity Manager
5 13 (13.83%) IT Manager
5 13 (13.83%) Systems Manager
6 8 (8.51%) Head of QA
7 7 (7.45%) Senior Manager
8 3 (3.19%) Statistician
9 1 (1.06%) Associate Director
9 1 (1.06%) Computer Scientist
9 1 (1.06%) Data Manager
9 1 (1.06%) Implementation Specialist
9 1 (1.06%) Mathematician
9 1 (1.06%) Programmer
9 1 (1.06%) QA Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.19%) XML
2 1 (1.06%) ATL
Miscellaneous
1 45 (47.87%) Life Science
2 13 (13.83%) LIMS
3 7 (7.45%) Biopharmaceutical
4 6 (6.38%) Pharmacovigilance
5 2 (2.13%) iPad
6 1 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (45.74%) Biotechnology
2 35 (37.23%) Project Management
3 34 (36.17%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (30.85%) CAPA
5 28 (29.79%) Process Improvement
5 28 (29.79%) Risk Management
6 27 (28.72%) Quality Management
7 26 (27.66%) QMS
8 23 (24.47%) Validation
9 20 (21.28%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (20.21%) Data Analysis
11 16 (17.02%) Project Delivery
12 15 (15.96%) Analytics
12 15 (15.96%) Data Entry
12 15 (15.96%) Data Science
12 15 (15.96%) Time Management
12 15 (15.96%) Workflow
12 15 (15.96%) Workflow Management
13 14 (14.89%) Mathematics
13 14 (14.89%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.19%) SQL
2 1 (1.06%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 68 (72.34%) Degree
2 11 (11.70%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (2.13%) Master's Degree
3 2 (2.13%) PhD
4 1 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (45.74%) QA
2 20 (21.28%) GxP
3 16 (17.02%) GLP
3 16 (17.02%) GMP
4 14 (14.89%) CDISC
5 10 (10.64%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (1.06%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 7 (7.45%) SCOM
Vendors
1 16 (17.02%) Microsoft