CAPA Jobs in the UK excluding London

Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 544 671 701
Rank change year-on-year +127 +30 +85
Permanent jobs citing CAPA 29 88 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.074% 0.12% 0.082%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.080% 0.15% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 2
10th Percentile - £29,950 £61,625
25th Percentile £13,188 £37,375 £64,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £13,625 £44,250 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -69.21% -35.64% +52.78%
75th Percentile £14,063 £48,750 £74,063
90th Percentile - £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
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,295 59,625 57,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.88% 84.00% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 18,237 41,241 29,486
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,200 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CAPA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CAPA in the UK excluding London

CAPA
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CAPA in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for CAPA in the UK excluding London

CAPA
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAPA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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 +49 11 £13,625 -45.50% 3
South West +92 9 - - 3
North West -5 5 £13,625 - 2
Yorkshire +62 4 - - 1
South East +78 3 - - 5
Scotland +120 2 - - 3
Midlands +63 2 - - 2
West Midlands +58 2 - - 1
North East +49 2 - -
Northern Ireland +39 2 - - 1
CAPA
UK

CAPA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Q-Pulse
1 1 (3.45%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) SaaS
General
1 28 (96.55%) Manufacturing
2 27 (93.10%) Pharmaceutical
3 7 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (24.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 21 (72.41%) QA Officer
2 7 (24.14%) QA Manager
2 7 (24.14%) Quality Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.45%) Biopharmaceutical
2 1 (3.45%) Life Science
2 1 (3.45%) LIMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (75.86%) QMS
2 21 (72.41%) Validation
3 8 (27.59%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (27.59%) Process Improvement
4 7 (24.14%) Biochemistry
4 7 (24.14%) Change Management
4 7 (24.14%) Chemistry
4 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (6.90%) Internal Audit
5 2 (6.90%) Quality Management
6 1 (3.45%) Agile
6 1 (3.45%) Artificial Intelligence
6 1 (3.45%) Data Privacy
6 1 (3.45%) Document Management
6 1 (3.45%) Informatics
6 1 (3.45%) Information Management
6 1 (3.45%) Information Security
6 1 (3.45%) Machine Learning
6 1 (3.45%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (3.45%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (100.00%) QA
2 28 (96.55%) GMP
3 9 (31.03%) GLP
4 2 (6.90%) GxP
5 1 (3.45%) Good Clinical Practice
5 1 (3.45%) ISO 9001
5 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (3.45%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Google
1 7 (24.14%) SAP
2 1 (3.45%) Salesforce