Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GMP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GMP over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 639 934 1120
Rank change year-on-year +295 +186 -253
Permanent jobs citing GMP 260 59 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.056% 0.060%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.93% 0.29% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 36 3 15
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,271 £34,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,428 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £46,921 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.88% -14.69% +29.41%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile - £87,500 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £45,960 £55,000
% change year-on-year +25.11% -16.44% +16.40%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

GMP is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,505 20,219 25,712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.76% 19.29% 16.68%
Number of salaries quoted 9,263 9,275 13,194
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for GMP in the UK

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Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for GMP in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GMP over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for GMP in the UK

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Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GMP within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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 +301 246 £60,000 +27.88% 107
UK excluding London +165 231 £57,500 +25.11% 103
South East +95 71 £65,000 +44.44% 13
North of England +72 62 £41,250 -12.09% 38
Midlands +37 41 £50,000 - 7
South West +10 37 £60,000 - 11
Yorkshire +96 33 £55,000 - 16
London +171 29 £60,000 -36.84% 12
Work from Home +109 27 £60,000 +27.88% 19
North West +30 24 £37,500 -20.08% 17
West Midlands +42 21 £50,000 - 3
East Midlands -2 20 - - 4
East of England +28 6 - - 21
Wales +12 6 £35,000 - 8
Scotland - 6 - - 6
North East - 5 - - 9
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 2

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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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (3.85%) Documentum
2 1 (0.38%) Apache
2 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 9 (3.46%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (3.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.31%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (3.85%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.38%) dbt
1 1 (0.38%) Google Analytics
1 1 (0.38%) Power Platform
1 1 (0.38%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (2.31%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.38%) Big Data
2 1 (0.38%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.38%) Looker
2 1 (0.38%) Power BI
2 1 (0.38%) Tableau
General
1 205 (78.85%) Pharmaceutical
2 199 (76.54%) Manufacturing
3 105 (40.38%) Social Skills
4 35 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (8.85%) Finance
6 8 (3.08%) Marketing
7 6 (2.31%) Billing
7 6 (2.31%) Law
8 3 (1.15%) Legal
9 1 (0.38%) Advertising
9 1 (0.38%) Electronics
9 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (14.23%) QA Manager
1 37 (14.23%) Senior
2 30 (11.54%) Lead
3 29 (11.15%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 25 (9.62%) QA Specialist
5 20 (7.69%) Technical Leader
6 19 (7.31%) Consultant
7 17 (6.54%) QA Officer
8 13 (5.00%) Project Manager
9 12 (4.62%) Systems Manager
10 10 (3.85%) Data Consultant
10 10 (3.85%) Data Integrity Manager
10 10 (3.85%) IT Manager
11 6 (2.31%) Administrator
11 6 (2.31%) Junior
11 6 (2.31%) Junior Consultant
11 6 (2.31%) LIMS Consultant
11 6 (2.31%) QA Leader
11 6 (2.31%) Technical Administrator
12 5 (1.92%) Quality Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.38%) Apache Beam
1 1 (0.38%) ATL
Miscellaneous
1 103 (39.62%) Management Information System
2 23 (8.85%) Life Science
3 16 (6.15%) LIMS
4 6 (2.31%) Biopharmaceutical
4 6 (2.31%) NHS
5 3 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.15%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (0.77%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.38%) Molecular Biology
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (54.23%) QMS
2 63 (24.23%) Validation
3 53 (20.38%) CAPA
4 52 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 45 (17.31%) Coaching
6 36 (13.85%) Supplier Management
7 29 (11.15%) Chemistry
7 29 (11.15%) Line Management
8 21 (8.08%) Project Management
9 16 (6.15%) Project Delivery
10 15 (5.77%) Quality Management
11 14 (5.38%) Biotechnology
12 13 (5.00%) Change Control
13 10 (3.85%) Impact Assessments
14 9 (3.46%) Data Cleansing
15 7 (2.69%) Continuous Improvement
16 6 (2.31%) Compliance Audit
16 6 (2.31%) Conflict Resolution
16 6 (2.31%) Due Diligence
16 6 (2.31%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.69%) SQL
2 1 (0.38%) Java
2 1 (0.38%) Python
2 1 (0.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 80 (30.77%) Degree
2 1 (0.38%) PMP
2 1 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 183 (70.38%) QA
2 13 (5.00%) Good Clinical Practice
2 13 (5.00%) GxP
3 12 (4.62%) ISO 13485
4 8 (3.08%) GLP
5 6 (2.31%) GAMP
6 1 (0.38%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 1 (0.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (4.62%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.31%) Advent
2 6 (2.31%) LabWare
2 6 (2.31%) QAD
3 2 (0.77%) BT
3 2 (0.77%) Openreach
4 1 (0.38%) Google