CAPA Job Trends in the Midlands

Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring CAPA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 212 307
Rank change year-on-year -33 +95 -
Permanent jobs citing CAPA 7 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.058% 0.041% 0.018%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.078% 0.046% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 - -
75th Percentile £29,500 - -
90th Percentile £30,550 - -
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £44,250
% change year-on-year -13.04% +29.94% -26.25%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,945 4,339 9,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 73.71% 89.26% 82.33%
Number of salaries quoted 5,264 2,592 7,101
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £66,063 £65,000 £61,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%

CAPA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

CAPA job vacancy trend in the Midlands

CAPA
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing CAPA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing CAPA

CAPA
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAPA within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
West Midlands -19 7 £29,000 - 3
CAPA
England

CAPA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
General
1 4 (57.14%) Retail
2 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) QA Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Quality Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Graduate
2 2 (28.57%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Trainee
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (14.29%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (28.57%) Design for Manufacturing
3 2 (28.57%) ERP
3 2 (28.57%) Lean Manufacturing
3 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Production Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Compliance Audit
4 1 (14.29%) Internal Audit
4 1 (14.29%) Mathematics
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) HNC
2 2 (28.57%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) GMP
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft