GLP Job Trends in England

Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring GLP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 593 650 693
Rank change year-on-year +57 +43 +176
Permanent jobs citing GLP 5 21 3
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.010% 0.043% 0.006%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.074% 0.27% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £35,175
25th Percentile - - £38,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £44,750
Median % change year-on-year - - -61.09%
75th Percentile - - £52,063
90th Percentile - - £55,325
UK median annual salary - - £44,750
% change year-on-year - - -61.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

GLP falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,785 7,821 7,289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.98% 16.20% 14.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3,987 3,526 5,441
10th Percentile £30,448 £31,250 £30,350
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +0.75% +3.57%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,625 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £57,982
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.48% +0.84%

GLP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GLP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

GLP job vacancy trend in England

GLP
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing GLP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing GLP

GLP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GLP within the England region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
South East - 5 - -
GLP
UK

GLP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Head of Engineering
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) LIMS
1 5 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Biomedicine
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Data Security
1 5 (100.00%) Information Management
1 5 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) PhD