Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring GLP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GLP over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 699 854 888
Rank change year-on-year +155 +34 +273
Permanent jobs citing GLP 13 36 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.036% 0.090%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.14% 0.26% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1 10 1
10th Percentile - £35,000 -
25th Percentile £13,188 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £13,625 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -63.67% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £14,063 £38,750 £47,500
90th Percentile - £45,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £13,625 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -63.67% -16.67% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

GLP 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 9,246 13,613 18,747
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.55% 13.63% 18.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4,764 9,210 8,688
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,995 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,000 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +4.93%

GLP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GLP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GLP in the UK

GLP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GLP.

Salary trend for GLP in the UK

GLP
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GLP within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
England +129 13 £13,625 -63.67% 12
UK excluding London +164 11 £13,625 -63.67% 10
South West - 7 - -
North of England +40 3 £13,625 -63.67% 1
London +112 2 - - 4
Yorkshire - 2 - -
South East +92 1 - - 5
North West -10 1 £13,625 -63.67% 1

GLP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Q-Pulse
1 1 (7.69%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) SaaS
General
1 11 (84.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 9 (69.23%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (69.23%) Pharmaceutical
3 8 (61.54%) Manufacturing
4 4 (30.77%) Law
4 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) QA Manager
1 7 (53.85%) Quality Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Graduate
2 2 (15.38%) IT Manager
2 2 (15.38%) IT Operations Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Operations Manager
3 1 (7.69%) QA Officer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Life Science
2 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Biopharmaceutical
3 1 (7.69%) LIMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) CAPA
2 8 (61.54%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (61.54%) Process Improvement
3 7 (53.85%) Biochemistry
3 7 (53.85%) Change Management
3 7 (53.85%) Chemistry
3 7 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (15.38%) Biotechnology
5 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
5 2 (15.38%) Data Strategy
5 2 (15.38%) Internal Audit
5 2 (15.38%) Lean Six Sigma
5 2 (15.38%) Project Management
5 2 (15.38%) QMS
5 2 (15.38%) Quality Management
5 2 (15.38%) Six Sigma
6 1 (7.69%) Information Security
6 1 (7.69%) Scrum
6 1 (7.69%) Validation
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (69.23%) QA
2 8 (61.54%) GMP
3 3 (23.08%) Good Clinical Practice
4 2 (15.38%) Accessibility
4 2 (15.38%) GDPR
4 2 (15.38%) GxP
5 1 (7.69%) ISO 9001
5 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (7.69%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Google
1 7 (53.85%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) Salesforce