GxP Job Trends in the Thames Valley

GxP
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring GxP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 179 -
Rank change year-on-year +61 - -
Permanent jobs citing GxP 53 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.31% 0.059% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.50% 0.50% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median annual salary - - £55,000

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 558 404 630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.84% 11.94% 15.92%
Number of salaries quoted 240 221 368
10th Percentile £27,975 £33,125 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,280 £50,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £83,750 £67,813
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £59,136 £52,397
% change year-on-year -11.22% +12.86% -0.30%

GxP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

GxP job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

GxP
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing GxP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing GxP

GxP
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GxP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 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
Berkshire - 51 - - 2
Buckinghamshire - 2 - - 1
GxP
South East

GxP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.66%) MQTT
1 3 (5.66%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (18.87%) Data Lake
1 10 (18.87%) Metadata
General
1 35 (66.04%) Finance
2 33 (62.26%) Pharmaceutical
3 10 (18.87%) Law
3 10 (18.87%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (94.34%) Lead
2 10 (18.87%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (18.87%) FHIR
2 3 (5.66%) Middleware
2 3 (5.66%) REST
2 3 (5.66%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 53 (100.00%) Life Science
2 13 (24.53%) Operational Technology
3 10 (18.87%) Algorithms
3 10 (18.87%) Management Information System
3 10 (18.87%) Omics
4 3 (5.66%) LIMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (81.13%) Analytics
1 43 (81.13%) Computer Science
1 43 (81.13%) Data Science
2 40 (75.47%) AI
2 40 (75.47%) Enterprise Architecture
2 40 (75.47%) Hematology
2 40 (75.47%) Immunology
2 40 (75.47%) Machine Learning
3 30 (56.60%) Agile
3 30 (56.60%) Deployment Automation
3 30 (56.60%) Digital Twin
3 30 (56.60%) Disruptive Innovation
3 30 (56.60%) Generative AI
3 30 (56.60%) Intelligent Automation
3 30 (56.60%) Roadmaps
3 30 (56.60%) Thought Leadership
3 30 (56.60%) Use Case
4 13 (24.53%) Validation
5 10 (18.87%) Data Architecture
5 10 (18.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.66%) Python
1 3 (5.66%) SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (100.00%) Degree
2 40 (75.47%) PhD
3 33 (62.26%) Master's Degree
4 3 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (28.30%) Accessibility
2 10 (18.87%) CDISC
2 10 (18.87%) HL7
3 3 (5.66%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 3 (5.66%) QA
System Software
1 10 (18.87%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 10 (18.87%) VMware
2 3 (5.66%) Agilent