GMP Job Trends

Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring GMP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 640 533 686
Rank change year-on-year -107 +153 +287
Permanent jobs citing GMP 23 227 24
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.043% 0.33% 0.046%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.30% 2.34% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 11 23 5
10th Percentile - - £42,235
25th Percentile £29,500 £30,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £35,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -41.67% +24.06%
75th Percentile £93,750 - -
90th Percentile £100,000 £43,750 £76,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - £35,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -41.67% +24.06%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

GMP 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 7,615 9,692 7,747
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.37% 14.26% 14.71%
Number of salaries quoted 4,458 4,400 5,915
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year - -5.66% +6.00%

GMP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

GMP job vacancy trend in the UK

GMP
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GMP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GMP

GMP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GMP over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Salary histogram for GMP in the UK

GMP
Top 9 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 14 November 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 -70 17 £29,500 -1.67% 25
London 0 9 £29,500 -1.67% 7
UK excluding London -59 8 - - 26
South East -3 4 - - 6
Work from Home +66 2 £47,500 +5.56% 8
South West +19 2 - - 2
Northern Ireland -5 1 - - 1
Yorkshire -10 1 - -
North of England -17 1 - - 2

GMP
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 4 (17.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (17.39%) SAP IBP
1 4 (17.39%) SAP MII
1 4 (17.39%) SAP MM
1 4 (17.39%) SAP PP
1 4 (17.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (4.35%) SAP ERP
2 1 (4.35%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
1 1 (4.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (21.74%) JIRA
General
1 17 (73.91%) Manufacturing
2 8 (34.78%) Finance
3 7 (30.43%) Retail
3 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
4 4 (17.39%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (13.04%) Automotive
5 3 (13.04%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (8.70%) Advertising
7 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (4.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) QA Officer
2 4 (17.39%) Consultant
2 4 (17.39%) SAP Consultant
2 4 (17.39%) Senior
3 3 (13.04%) Logistics Consultant
3 3 (13.04%) SAP Logistics Consultant
3 3 (13.04%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
3 3 (13.04%) SAP WM Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Project Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Technician
5 1 (4.35%) Paid Search Executive
5 1 (4.35%) Presales Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) SAP PP Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) SAP Presales Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Presales Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Senior SAP Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Senior SAP PP Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Supply Chain Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Supply Chain Business Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Greenfield Project
1 4 (17.39%) Management Information System
1 4 (17.39%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 3 (13.04%) Life Science
3 2 (8.70%) Biopharmaceutical
3 2 (8.70%) SCADA
3 2 (8.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (4.35%) Algorithms
4 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) QMS
1 7 (30.43%) Quality Management
2 6 (26.09%) Analytics
2 6 (26.09%) Mentoring
3 5 (21.74%) Agile
3 5 (21.74%) Data Migration
3 5 (21.74%) Migration
4 4 (17.39%) Capacity Planning
4 4 (17.39%) Change Management
4 4 (17.39%) Demand Management
4 4 (17.39%) DevOps
4 4 (17.39%) Discrete Manufacturing
4 4 (17.39%) ITIL
4 4 (17.39%) Presales
4 4 (17.39%) Production Planning
4 4 (17.39%) Project Management
4 4 (17.39%) Regulatory Compliance
4 4 (17.39%) Storytelling
4 4 (17.39%) Target Operating Model
4 4 (17.39%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) Degree
2 4 (17.39%) Master's Degree
2 4 (17.39%) SAP Certification
3 2 (8.70%) City & Guilds
4 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (30.43%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) SAP
2 2 (8.70%) Allen-Bradley
2 2 (8.70%) Siemens
3 1 (4.35%) Google
3 1 (4.35%) Infor
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.35%) Oracle