21 CFR Part 11 Job Trends

21 CFR Part 11
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring 21 CFR Part 11 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 778 668 824
Rank change year-on-year -110 +156 +4
Permanent jobs citing 21 CFR Part 11 9 14 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.009% 0.028% 0.007%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.080% 0.18% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 £30,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £43,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.28% -14.00% +25.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

21 CFR Part 11 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 11,310 7,645 11,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.77% 15.41% 13.23%
Number of salaries quoted 7,090 4,319 6,774
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £42,029 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £76,201 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.26%

21 CFR Part 11
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing 21 CFR Part 11 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

21 CFR Part 11 job vacancy trend in the UK

21 CFR Part 11
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing 21 CFR Part 11.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing 21 CFR Part 11

21 CFR Part 11
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 21 CFR Part 11 within the UK over the 6 months to 7 August 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 -20 9 £50,000 -9.09% 4
UK excluding London -84 9 £50,000 +16.28% 11
England -95 9 £50,000 - 16

21 CFR Part 11
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (11.11%) NAS
General
1 8 (88.89%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (88.89%) Influencing Skills
1 8 (88.89%) Legal
1 8 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Lead
2 8 (88.89%) QA Leader
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Change Control
2 8 (88.89%) CAPA
2 8 (88.89%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (88.89%) Due Diligence
2 8 (88.89%) FMEA
2 8 (88.89%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (88.89%) QMS
2 8 (88.89%) Risk Management
2 8 (88.89%) Risk Register
3 3 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 3 (33.33%) Quality Management
3 3 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (33.33%) Storyboarding
4 1 (11.11%) Informatics
4 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Ticket Management
4 1 (11.11%) Validation
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (100.00%) GxP
1 9 (100.00%) QA
2 8 (88.89%) Accessibility
2 8 (88.89%) GLP
2 8 (88.89%) GMP
2 8 (88.89%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Citrix
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) QNAP
1 1 (11.11%) Synology
1 1 (11.11%) Veeam