GxP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring GxP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GxP over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 670 875 934
Rank change year-on-year +205 +59 +112
Permanent jobs citing GxP 39 37 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.070% 0.036% 0.029%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.43% 0.27% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 29 8 4
10th Percentile - - £47,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £36,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £37,500 £120,000
Median % change year-on-year +153.33% -68.75% +166.67%
75th Percentile £110,000 £44,688 £190,000
90th Percentile - £65,552 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £37,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +86.67% -28.57% +16.67%

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 9,140 13,692 17,995
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.50% 13.26% 18.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,594 9,225 8,512
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £91,150 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +4.90%

GxP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for GxP in the UK

GxP
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for GxP in the UK

GxP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GxP over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GxP in the UK

GxP
Top 8 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 30 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 +160 38 £95,000 +153.33% 168
London +135 23 £100,000 - 8
UK excluding London +175 15 £70,000 +86.67% 173
East of England +50 9 £70,000 - 42
Work from Home +108 7 £70,000 +16.67% 111
South East +73 5 £57,500 - 41
North of England +46 1 £13,625 -63.67% 39
North West +3 1 £13,625 -63.67% 21

GxP
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 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Infor M3
2 1 (2.56%) Q-Pulse
2 1 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.56%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.38%) Power Platform
2 2 (5.13%) GitHub
2 2 (5.13%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.38%) Data Lake
1 6 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (15.38%) Power BI
1 6 (15.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Jenkins
1 2 (5.13%) JIRA
1 2 (5.13%) JMeter
1 2 (5.13%) Robot Framework
General
1 22 (56.41%) Pharmaceutical
2 16 (41.03%) Social Skills
3 12 (30.77%) Manufacturing
4 11 (28.21%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (17.95%) Finance
6 4 (10.26%) Law
7 3 (7.69%) Banking
8 2 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (2.56%) German Language
Job Titles
1 12 (30.77%) Delivery Manager
1 12 (30.77%) IT Manager
2 7 (17.95%) Analyst
3 6 (15.38%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 5 (12.82%) Head of IT
5 4 (10.26%) IT Director
6 3 (7.69%) IT Programme Manager
6 3 (7.69%) Programme Delivery Manager
6 3 (7.69%) Programme Manager
6 3 (7.69%) QA Specialist
6 3 (7.69%) Senior
6 3 (7.69%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 2 (5.13%) Software Test Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Test Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) IT Support
8 1 (2.56%) IT Support Specialist
8 1 (2.56%) Product Specialist
8 1 (2.56%) Project Analyst
8 1 (2.56%) QA Officer
8 1 (2.56%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) Biopharmaceutical
2 3 (7.69%) Life Science
2 3 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.56%) LIMS
3 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (89.74%) Validation
2 22 (56.41%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (56.41%) Data Security
2 22 (56.41%) IT Strategy
2 22 (56.41%) Technical Leadership
3 19 (48.72%) Project Management
4 18 (46.15%) QMS
5 17 (43.59%) Service Management
6 12 (30.77%) Project Delivery
7 11 (28.21%) Customer Service
8 10 (25.64%) Roadmaps
9 7 (17.95%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (17.95%) Quality Management
10 6 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (15.38%) Computer Science
10 6 (15.38%) Data Modelling
10 6 (15.38%) ERP
10 6 (15.38%) ETL
10 6 (15.38%) Logistics
10 6 (15.38%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (30.77%) Degree
2 5 (12.82%) PMI Certification
2 5 (12.82%) PMP
3 2 (5.13%) ISTQB
3 2 (5.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.38%) QA
2 5 (12.82%) GDPR
2 5 (12.82%) HIPAA
3 4 (10.26%) GMP
4 2 (5.13%) GLP
4 2 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (5.13%) SOC 2
5 1 (2.56%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (2.56%) AICPA
5 1 (2.56%) GAMP
5 1 (2.56%) Good Clinical Practice
5 1 (2.56%) GRC
5 1 (2.56%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) SAP
2 6 (15.38%) Infor
3 1 (2.56%) Salesforce