GxP Job Trends in England

GxP
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring GxP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 526 659 655
Rank change year-on-year +133 -4 +266
Permanent jobs citing GxP 74 17 11
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.14% 0.034% 0.024%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.07% 0.21% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 9 9 6
10th Percentile - £52,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £57,500 £57,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -55.71% +12.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £61,250 £110,000 £74,688
90th Percentile £77,000 - £81,250
UK median annual salary £35,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -50.00% +12.00% +8.70%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

GxP 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 6,897 8,094 6,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.26% 16.32% 15.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,035 3,673 5,179
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,125
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +4.35%

GxP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

GxP job vacancy trend in England

GxP
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing GxP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing GxP

GxP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GxP in England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for GxP in England

GxP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GxP within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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 +86 61 - - 10
North of England +27 6 £31,000 -46.09% 2
North East - 5 £31,000 -
London +30 4 £76,250 -23.75% 5
East of England +19 3 £52,500 -25.00% 2
North West +23 1 £70,000 +21.74% 1
GxP
UK

GxP
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.35%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.35%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.70%) Azure
1 2 (2.70%) Entra ID
1 2 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.41%) TCP/IP
2 3 (4.05%) MQTT
3 2 (2.70%) DHCP
3 2 (2.70%) DNS
3 2 (2.70%) Firewall
3 2 (2.70%) IPsec
3 2 (2.70%) LAN
3 2 (2.70%) SSL
3 2 (2.70%) VLAN
3 2 (2.70%) WAN
3 2 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.35%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.51%) Data Lake
1 10 (13.51%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (1.35%) JIRA
General
1 40 (54.05%) Pharmaceutical
2 37 (50.00%) Finance
3 22 (29.73%) Law
4 16 (21.62%) Social Skills
5 5 (6.76%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 58 (78.38%) Lead
2 22 (29.73%) Team Leader
3 6 (8.11%) Analyst
3 6 (8.11%) IT Analyst
4 5 (6.76%) IT Support
4 5 (6.76%) IT Support Analyst
4 5 (6.76%) Support Analyst
5 2 (2.70%) Compliance Manager
5 2 (2.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (2.70%) IT Engineer
5 2 (2.70%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (2.70%) Senior
5 2 (2.70%) Senior Manager
6 1 (1.35%) Agile Coach
6 1 (1.35%) Agile Delivery Coach
6 1 (1.35%) Compliance Analyst
6 1 (1.35%) IT Compliance Analyst
6 1 (1.35%) SAP GRC Manager
6 1 (1.35%) Senior Transformation Manager
6 1 (1.35%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (13.51%) FHIR
2 3 (4.05%) Middleware
2 3 (4.05%) REST
2 3 (4.05%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 62 (83.78%) Life Science
2 25 (33.78%) Operational Technology
3 22 (29.73%) Management Information System
4 10 (13.51%) Algorithms
4 10 (13.51%) Omics
5 8 (10.81%) LIMS
6 6 (8.11%) Onboarding
7 5 (6.76%) SCADA
8 2 (2.70%) Biopharmaceutical
9 1 (1.35%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.46%) Windows
1 7 (9.46%) Windows Server
2 5 (6.76%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (64.86%) Enterprise Architecture
2 39 (52.70%) Analytics
2 39 (52.70%) Computer Science
2 39 (52.70%) Data Science
3 36 (48.65%) AI
3 36 (48.65%) Hematology
3 36 (48.65%) Immunology
3 36 (48.65%) Machine Learning
4 33 (44.59%) Validation
5 27 (36.49%) Agile
5 27 (36.49%) Roadmaps
6 26 (35.14%) Deployment Automation
6 26 (35.14%) Digital Twin
6 26 (35.14%) Disruptive Innovation
6 26 (35.14%) Generative AI
6 26 (35.14%) Intelligent Automation
6 26 (35.14%) Thought Leadership
6 26 (35.14%) Use Case
7 22 (29.73%) Business Continuity
7 22 (29.73%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.05%) Python
1 3 (4.05%) SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (83.78%) Degree
2 36 (48.65%) PhD
3 29 (39.19%) Master's Degree
4 7 (9.46%) CCNA
4 7 (9.46%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (9.46%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (6.76%) A+ Certification
5 5 (6.76%) MCSA
5 5 (6.76%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.70%) MCSE
8 1 (1.35%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.86%) Accessibility
2 10 (13.51%) CDISC
2 10 (13.51%) HL7
3 8 (10.81%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 5 (6.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (4.05%) GDPR
5 3 (4.05%) QA
6 2 (2.70%) GRC
7 1 (1.35%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 24 (32.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (9.46%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (2.70%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (32.43%) VMware
2 7 (9.46%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.76%) Cisco
4 3 (4.05%) Agilent
5 2 (2.70%) SAP
5 2 (2.70%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.35%) Spotify