CAPA Jobs in England

Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring CAPA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited CAPA over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 663 738 878
Rank change year-on-year +75 +140 +212
Permanent jobs citing CAPA 28 101 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.057% 0.12% 0.049%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.061% 0.14% 0.052%
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 2
10th Percentile £17,494 £29,950 £61,625
25th Percentile £23,953 £37,375 £64,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,563 £44,250 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -19.63% -35.64% +54.49%
75th Percentile £47,578 £48,750 £74,063
90th Percentile £54,281 £53,175 £76,875
UK median annual salary £35,563 £44,250 £68,750
% change year-on-year -19.63% -35.64% +54.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

CAPA falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,063 73,227 85,387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.14% 85.42% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23,601 53,820 50,635
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £42,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,000 £73,410 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

CAPA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CAPA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CAPA in England

CAPA
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CAPA in England.

Salary trend for CAPA in England

CAPA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CAPA in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CAPA in England

CAPA
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAPA within the England region over the 6 months to 15 May 2025. 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
North of England +38 11 £13,625 -45.50% 4
South West +101 9 - - 4
North West -9 5 £13,625 - 3
Yorkshire +58 4 - - 1
London +92 3 £57,500 - 11
South East +73 3 - - 11
Midlands +64 2 - - 4
West Midlands +54 2 - - 2
North East +39 2 - -
CAPA
UK

CAPA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (3.57%) Q-Pulse
1 1 (3.57%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.57%) Azure
1 1 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
1 1 (3.57%) OCI
1 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Database
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Exadata
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
General
1 26 (92.86%) Manufacturing
2 25 (89.29%) Pharmaceutical
3 8 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.57%) Legal
5 1 (3.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (67.86%) QA Officer
2 7 (25.00%) QA Manager
2 7 (25.00%) Quality Manager
3 1 (3.57%) Administrator
3 1 (3.57%) Azure Administrator
3 1 (3.57%) DBA
3 1 (3.57%) Oracle DBA
3 1 (3.57%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) Middleware
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) Biopharmaceutical
2 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.57%) Life Science
2 1 (3.57%) LIMS
2 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Linux
1 1 (3.57%) Unix
1 1 (3.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (71.43%) QMS
2 19 (67.86%) Validation
3 8 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (28.57%) Process Improvement
4 7 (25.00%) Biochemistry
4 7 (25.00%) Change Management
4 7 (25.00%) Chemistry
5 2 (7.14%) Internal Audit
5 2 (7.14%) Quality Management
6 1 (3.57%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (3.57%) Customer-Centric Approach
6 1 (3.57%) Customer-Centricity
6 1 (3.57%) Data Privacy
6 1 (3.57%) ISMS
6 1 (3.57%) Performance Monitoring
6 1 (3.57%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (3.57%) Regulatory Compliance
6 1 (3.57%) SDLC
6 1 (3.57%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.57%) PL/SQL
1 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.57%) Python
1 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (32.14%) Degree
2 1 (3.57%) Azure Certification
2 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (96.43%) QA
2 26 (92.86%) GMP
3 9 (32.14%) GLP
4 2 (7.14%) GxP
5 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
5 1 (3.57%) Good Clinical Practice
5 1 (3.57%) ISO 9001
5 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (3.57%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 7 (25.00%) Google
1 7 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle
2 1 (3.57%) Salesforce