The first table below looks at the demand for GxP skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GxP over the 3 months to 17 June 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
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GxP
Rank 844 864 863
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -1
Permanent jobs citing GxP 37 20 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.033% 0.017% 0.021%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.339% 0.182% 0.262%
Number of salaries quoted 11 13 24
Average salary £42,500 £55,000 £85,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.72% -35.29%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £55,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year
-22.72% -35.29%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
10899 10983 10325
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 9.857% 9.126% 8.129%
Number of salaries quoted 8837 9032 8550
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%

GxP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

GxP Jobs Demand Trend

GxP
Salary Trend

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

GxP Salary Trend

GxP
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GxP within the UK over the 3 months to 17 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
England +53 37 £42,500 -22.72% 1
South East +27 24 £42,500 -22.72%
Surrey +20 15 - -
North West -1 5 - -
West Sussex - 5 £42,500 -
Manchester - 5 - -
Horsham - 4 £42,500 -
London +37 3 £40,000 -15.78% 1
Berkshire -3 3 - -
Hull - 3 - -
Yorkshire - 3 - -
East Yorkshire - 3 - -
East of England - 2 £37,500 -
City of London - 2 £40,000 -
Cambridge - 2 £37,500 -
Cambridgeshire - 2 £37,500 -
Slough - 1 - -

GxP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing GxP 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 GxP.

1 58 (90.63%) Pharmaceutical
2 41 (64.06%) Validation
3 40 (62.50%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 32 (50.00%) Life Science
5 29 (45.31%) Chemistry
5 29 (45.31%) Biology
5 29 (45.31%) Data Management
6 28 (43.75%) PhD
6 28 (43.75%) Bioinformatics
7 27 (42.19%) Oracle
8 26 (40.63%) SQL
9 25 (39.06%) LIMS
9 25 (39.06%) Software Deployment
10 23 (35.94%) MS Excel
11 22 (34.38%) Enterprise Software
12 21 (32.81%) Java
12 21 (32.81%) Manufacturing
13 19 (29.69%) PL/SQL
13 19 (29.69%) Enterprise Architecture
14 17 (26.56%) Biotechnology
15 16 (25.00%) ERP
16 15 (23.44%) GAMP
17 12 (18.75%) SAP
18 11 (17.19%) C
18 11 (17.19%) JD Edwards
19 10 (15.63%) Project Management
20 8 (12.50%) QA
21 6 (9.375%) Mathematics
21 6 (9.375%) Finance
21 6 (9.375%) Microsoft

GxP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing GxP 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 GxP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (3.125%) J2EE
2 1 (1.563%) Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.125%) MS Exchange
1 2 (3.125%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 2 (3.125%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (1.563%) Lync
Applications
1 23 (35.94%) MS Excel
2 4 (6.250%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (7.813%) Cognos Controller
1 5 (7.813%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (1.563%) SAP SRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.125%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.375%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.813%) OLAP
2 5 (7.813%) Oracle 8/8i
2 5 (7.813%) Oracle OLAP
3 1 (1.563%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 3 (4.688%) Cucumber
2 2 (3.125%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (3.125%) Selenium
2 2 (3.125%) WebDriver
General
1 58 (90.63%) Pharmaceutical
2 21 (32.81%) Manufacturing
3 6 (9.375%) Finance
4 5 (7.813%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 29 (45.31%) Consultant
2 26 (40.63%) Analyst
3 12 (18.75%) Systems Analyst
4 10 (15.63%) Business Analyst
5 5 (7.813%) Developer
5 5 (7.813%) Analyst Developer
5 5 (7.813%) Report Analyst
5 5 (7.813%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 5 (7.813%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 5 (7.813%) Cognos Developer
6 3 (4.688%) QA Manager
6 3 (4.688%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (4.688%) Senior Business Analyst
6 3 (4.688%) Project Manager
6 3 (4.688%) Tester
7 2 (3.125%) Business Developer
7 2 (3.125%) Administrator
7 2 (3.125%) Systems Administrator
7 2 (3.125%) Senior Manager
7 2 (3.125%) Senior Tester
Miscellaneous
1 32 (50.00%) Life Science
2 29 (45.31%) Chemistry
2 29 (45.31%) Biology
3 25 (39.06%) LIMS
4 22 (34.38%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (26.56%) Biotechnology
6 6 (9.375%) Mathematics
7 5 (7.813%) Management Information System
8 4 (6.250%) IIBA
9 2 (3.125%) FMCG
9 2 (3.125%) Clustering
9 2 (3.125%) PKI
9 2 (3.125%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.125%) Windows
1 2 (3.125%) Linux
1 2 (3.125%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (3.125%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (3.125%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.563%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (64.06%) Validation
2 29 (45.31%) Data Management
3 28 (43.75%) Bioinformatics
4 25 (39.06%) Software Deployment
5 19 (29.69%) Enterprise Architecture
6 16 (25.00%) ERP
7 10 (15.63%) Project Management
8 5 (7.813%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (7.813%) PRINCE2
8 5 (7.813%) Migration
8 5 (7.813%) Matrix Management
8 5 (7.813%) Kimball Methodology
8 5 (7.813%) Knowledge Management
8 5 (7.813%) Performance Management
9 4 (6.250%) Demand Management
9 4 (6.250%) Use Case
9 4 (6.250%) Business Analysis
10 3 (4.688%) BDD
10 3 (4.688%) Manual Testing
10 3 (4.688%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 26 (40.63%) SQL
2 21 (32.81%) Java
3 19 (29.69%) PL/SQL
4 11 (17.19%) C
5 1 (1.563%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 28 (43.75%) PhD
2 2 (3.125%) Degree
3 1 (1.563%) ISEB
3 1 (1.563%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (62.50%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 15 (23.44%) GAMP
3 8 (12.50%) QA
4 3 (4.688%) ISO 9001
4 3 (4.688%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (3.125%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.125%) Oracle RMAN
1 2 (3.125%) XenApp
2 1 (1.563%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (1.563%) WSUS
Vendors
1 27 (42.19%) Oracle
2 12 (18.75%) SAP
3 11 (17.19%) JD Edwards
4 6 (9.375%) Microsoft
5 5 (7.813%) Cognos
6 2 (3.125%) Citrix
6 2 (3.125%) Red Hat
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