The first table below looks at the demand for GAMP skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GAMP over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Good Automated Manufacturing Practice (GAMP)
Rank 851 870 855
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -15
Permanent jobs citing GAMP 11 28 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.010% 0.023% 0.014%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.103% 0.259% 0.176%
Number of salaries quoted 0 24 18
Average salary - £50,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary - £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +25.00%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
10658 10829 10199
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 9.910% 8.970% 8.091%
Number of salaries quoted 8608 8902 8410
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%

GAMP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing GAMP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

GAMP Jobs Demand Trend

GAMP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing GAMP within the UK.

GAMP Salary Trend

GAMP
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GAMP within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +10 11 - -
Manchester - 5 - -
North West - 5 - -
Yorkshire -3 3 - -
Berkshire -10 3 - -
South East -13 3 - -
East Yorkshire - 3 - -
Hull - 3 - -
Slough - 1 - -

GAMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing GAMP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited GAMP.

1 27 (87.10%) Validation
2 25 (80.65%) Pharmaceutical
3 17 (54.84%) SAP
3 17 (54.84%) ERP
3 17 (54.84%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 16 (51.61%) GxP
5 13 (41.94%) QA
6 11 (35.48%) JD Edwards
6 11 (35.48%) C
6 11 (35.48%) Degree
7 10 (32.26%) Document Management
8 6 (19.35%) Oracle
8 6 (19.35%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (19.35%) ISO 9001
8 6 (19.35%) Change Management
9 4 (12.90%) GAP Analysis
9 4 (12.90%) Manufacturing
9 4 (12.90%) GMP
9 4 (12.90%) Risk Assessment
10 3 (9.677%) Life Science
10 3 (9.677%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (6.452%) Cognizant
11 2 (6.452%) QuickTest Pro
11 2 (6.452%) HP
11 2 (6.452%) Change Control
11 2 (6.452%) HP Quality Center
11 2 (6.452%) User Acceptance Testing
11 2 (6.452%) Test Scripting
12 1 (3.226%) Polycom
12 1 (3.226%) Video Conferencing

GAMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing GAMP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited GAMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.226%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (3.226%) Cisco IPT
1 1 (3.226%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (3.226%) VPN
1 1 (3.226%) WAN
1 1 (3.226%) MPLS
1 1 (3.226%) Wireless
1 1 (3.226%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (19.35%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (6.452%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 25 (80.65%) Pharmaceutical
2 4 (12.90%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (38.71%) Analyst
1 12 (38.71%) Systems Analyst
2 6 (19.35%) QA Manager
3 4 (12.90%) Support Specialist
4 3 (9.677%) Validation Engineer
4 3 (9.677%) Quality Manager
5 1 (3.226%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (3.226%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.677%) Life Science
2 1 (3.226%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (3.226%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (87.10%) Validation
2 17 (54.84%) ERP
3 10 (32.26%) Document Management
4 6 (19.35%) Change Management
5 4 (12.90%) GAP Analysis
5 4 (12.90%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (6.452%) Change Control
6 2 (6.452%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (6.452%) Test Scripting
7 1 (3.226%) Incident Management
7 1 (3.226%) WAN Optimisation
7 1 (3.226%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 11 (35.48%) C
Qualifications
1 11 (35.48%) Degree
2 1 (3.226%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.226%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (54.84%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 16 (51.61%) GxP
3 13 (41.94%) QA
4 6 (19.35%) ISO 9001
5 4 (12.90%) GMP
6 3 (9.677%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (6.452%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (3.226%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 17 (54.84%) SAP
2 11 (35.48%) JD Edwards
3 6 (19.35%) Oracle
4 2 (6.452%) Cognizant
4 2 (6.452%) HP
5 1 (3.226%) Polycom
5 1 (3.226%) Riverbed
5 1 (3.226%) Cisco