GxP Job Trends

GxP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring GxP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 574 733 719
Rank change year-on-year +159 -14 +264
Permanent jobs citing GxP 78 18 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.027% 0.025%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.03% 0.19% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 19 2 8
10th Percentile £30,500 - £49,875
25th Percentile £32,750 £52,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +40.91% -12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £95,000 £57,500 £69,063
90th Percentile - - £79,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,000 £55,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year -43.64% -10.20% +13.95%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

GxP 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 7,552 9,574 7,763
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.43% 14.21% 14.71%
Number of salaries quoted 4,427 4,306 5,926
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £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% - +4.61%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £94,500 £97,375 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,875
% change year-on-year - -5.44% +5.75%

GxP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

GxP job vacancy trend in the UK

GxP
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GxP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GxP

GxP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GxP over the 6 months to 12 November 2025.

Salary histogram for GxP in the UK

GxP
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GxP within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +157 77 £83,750 +52.27% 25
UK excluding London +138 65 £31,000 -43.64% 23
South East +85 56 £57,500 - 7
London +63 13 £95,000 - 2
North of England +13 5 £31,000 -43.64% 6
North East - 5 £31,000 - 3
Work from Home +64 3 £90,000 +63.64% 7
East of England +10 3 £52,500 - 7
Scotland - 1 £35,000 - 2

GxP
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:

Business Applications
1 3 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.28%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.56%) Azure
1 2 (2.56%) Entra ID
1 2 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.56%) DHCP
1 2 (2.56%) DNS
1 2 (2.56%) Firewall
1 2 (2.56%) IPsec
1 2 (2.56%) LAN
1 2 (2.56%) SSL
1 2 (2.56%) TCP/IP
1 2 (2.56%) VLAN
1 2 (2.56%) WAN
1 2 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.28%) MQTT
2 1 (1.28%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.82%) Data Lake
1 10 (12.82%) Metadata
General
1 41 (52.56%) Pharmaceutical
2 33 (42.31%) Finance
3 24 (30.77%) Law
4 18 (23.08%) Social Skills
5 5 (6.41%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.28%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (66.67%) Lead
2 22 (28.21%) Team Leader
3 7 (8.97%) Analyst
3 7 (8.97%) Delivery Manager
3 7 (8.97%) IT Manager
4 6 (7.69%) IT Analyst
5 5 (6.41%) IT Support
5 5 (6.41%) IT Support Analyst
5 5 (6.41%) Support Analyst
6 2 (2.56%) Compliance Manager
6 2 (2.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (2.56%) IT Engineer
6 2 (2.56%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (2.56%) Project Manager
6 2 (2.56%) Senior
6 2 (2.56%) Senior Manager
6 2 (2.56%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (1.28%) SAP GRC Manager
7 1 (1.28%) SOC Analyst
7 1 (1.28%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (12.82%) FHIR
2 1 (1.28%) Middleware
2 1 (1.28%) REST
2 1 (1.28%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 60 (76.92%) Life Science
2 24 (30.77%) Management Information System
3 23 (29.49%) Operational Technology
4 10 (12.82%) Algorithms
4 10 (12.82%) Omics
5 6 (7.69%) LIMS
6 5 (6.41%) Onboarding
6 5 (6.41%) SCADA
7 2 (2.56%) Biopharmaceutical
7 2 (2.56%) Pharmacovigilance
8 1 (1.28%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.97%) Windows
1 7 (8.97%) Windows Server
2 5 (6.41%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (53.85%) Enterprise Architecture
2 40 (51.28%) Validation
3 33 (42.31%) Computer Science
4 31 (39.74%) Analytics
4 31 (39.74%) Data Science
5 30 (38.46%) AI
5 30 (38.46%) Hematology
5 30 (38.46%) Immunology
5 30 (38.46%) Machine Learning
6 26 (33.33%) Roadmaps
7 23 (29.49%) Agile
8 22 (28.21%) Business Continuity
8 22 (28.21%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 20 (25.64%) Deployment Automation
9 20 (25.64%) Digital Twin
9 20 (25.64%) Disruptive Innovation
9 20 (25.64%) Generative AI
9 20 (25.64%) Intelligent Automation
9 20 (25.64%) Thought Leadership
9 20 (25.64%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.28%) Python
1 1 (1.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (75.64%) Degree
2 30 (38.46%) PhD
3 25 (32.05%) Master's Degree
4 7 (8.97%) CCNA
4 7 (8.97%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (8.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (6.41%) A+ Certification
5 5 (6.41%) MCSA
5 5 (6.41%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.56%) MCSE
8 1 (1.28%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.82%) Accessibility
1 10 (12.82%) CDISC
1 10 (12.82%) HL7
2 8 (10.26%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 6 (7.69%) GDPR
4 5 (6.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (3.85%) GRC
6 2 (2.56%) GAMP
6 2 (2.56%) HIPAA
6 2 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (2.56%) QA
7 1 (1.28%) AICPA
7 1 (1.28%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (8.97%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (2.56%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (30.77%) VMware
2 7 (8.97%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.41%) Cisco
4 3 (3.85%) SAP
5 2 (2.56%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.28%) Agilent
6 1 (1.28%) Salesforce