Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Good Clinical Practice skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Good Clinical Practice over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 719 552 712
Rank change year-on-year -167 +160 +44
Permanent jobs citing Good Clinical Practice 11 636 392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.52% 0.31%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.14% 2.91% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 13
10th Percentile - £27,550 -
25th Percentile £61,250 £35,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +16.67% -18.18%
75th Percentile £63,750 £58,125 £49,000
90th Percentile - £59,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £52,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year - +31.25% -23.81%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

Good Clinical Practice 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 7,820 21,854 20,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.76% 17.79% 15.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5,740 11,810 12,651
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,793 £42,500 £40,428
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +2.37%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -3.06%

Good Clinical Practice
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Good Clinical Practice as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Good Clinical Practice in the UK

Good Clinical Practice
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Good Clinical Practice.

Salary trend for Good Clinical Practice in the UK

Good Clinical Practice
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Good Clinical Practice within the UK over the 6 months to 7 December 2023. 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 -98 11 £62,500 +19.05% 26
Work from Home +105 9 - - 15
South East +65 9 - - 6
UK excluding London -175 9 - - 17
London +238 2 £62,500 - 11

Good Clinical Practice
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 1 (9.09%) SAS
General
1 10 (90.91%) Pharmaceutical
1 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
2 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 9 (81.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 9 (81.82%) Influencing Skills
2 9 (81.82%) Legal
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Data Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Programmer
2 1 (9.09%) Statistical Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Biotechnology
1 9 (81.82%) Collaborative Working
1 9 (81.82%) Contract Negotiation
1 9 (81.82%) Creative Thinking
1 9 (81.82%) Mentoring
1 9 (81.82%) Problem-Solving
1 9 (81.82%) Risk Management
1 9 (81.82%) Virtual Environments
2 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
2 1 (9.09%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (9.09%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (9.09%) Project Management
2 1 (9.09%) Statistics
2 1 (9.09%) Task Automation
2 1 (9.09%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Java
1 1 (9.09%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) CDISC
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 9 (81.82%) SCOM