Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring CDISC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 782 674 789
Rank change year-on-year -108 +115 -2
Permanent jobs citing CDISC 5 12 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.005% 0.024% 0.002%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.043% 0.16% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £77,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £77,500 -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

CDISC 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 11,544 7,723 10,894
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.75% 15.46% 13.15%
Number of salaries quoted 7,210 4,340 6,544
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,900 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,683
% change year-on-year - +4.86% -6.50%

CDISC
Job Vacancy Trend

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

CDISC job vacancy trend in the UK

CDISC
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CDISC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CDISC

CDISC
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CDISC within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 -24 5 - -
England -91 5 - - 4
UK excluding London -91 5 - - 2

CDISC
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) SAS
General
1 5 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Programmer
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
1 3 (60.00%) Senior Programmer
2 2 (40.00%) Associate Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Biostatistics
1 5 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 5 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (60.00%) Data Management
2 3 (60.00%) Exploratory Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Hematology
2 3 (60.00%) Immunology
2 3 (60.00%) Mathematics
2 3 (60.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Statistics
2 3 (60.00%) Validation
3 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SAS Macro
2 2 (40.00%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (40.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Accessibility