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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 676 858 945
Rank change year-on-year +182 +87 +110
Permanent jobs citing GxP 41 36 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.074% 0.036% 0.036%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.44% 0.26% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 32 8 4
10th Percentile £58,500 - £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 9,336 13,639 19,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.93% 13.74% 18.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4,778 9,278 8,843
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,290 £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 £90,000 £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 12 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 12 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 +154 40 £95,000 +153.33% 45
London +137 24 £100,000 - 13
UK excluding London +144 16 £70,000 +86.67% 31
East of England +49 9 £70,000 - 19
Work from Home +129 7 £70,000 +16.67% 44
South East +81 4 £57,500 - 12
North of England +58 3 £60,000 +60.00% 2
North West -2 3 £60,000 +60.00% 1

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 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Infor M3
2 1 (2.44%) Q-Pulse
2 1 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.44%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 6 (14.63%) Power Platform
2 2 (4.88%) GitHub
3 1 (2.44%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (14.63%) Data Lake
1 6 (14.63%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (14.63%) Power BI
1 6 (14.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Jenkins
1 2 (4.88%) JIRA
1 2 (4.88%) JMeter
1 2 (4.88%) Robot Framework
General
1 25 (60.98%) Pharmaceutical
2 16 (39.02%) Social Skills
3 14 (34.15%) Manufacturing
4 11 (26.83%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (17.07%) Finance
6 3 (7.32%) Banking
6 3 (7.32%) Law
7 2 (4.88%) Tech for Good
8 1 (2.44%) German Language
8 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (29.27%) Delivery Manager
1 12 (29.27%) IT Manager
2 7 (17.07%) Head of IT
3 6 (14.63%) Analyst
3 6 (14.63%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 4 (9.76%) IT Director
5 3 (7.32%) IT Programme Manager
5 3 (7.32%) Programme Delivery Manager
5 3 (7.32%) Programme Manager
5 3 (7.32%) QA Specialist
5 3 (7.32%) Senior
5 3 (7.32%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 2 (4.88%) Product Owner
6 2 (4.88%) Software Test Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Test Engineer
7 1 (2.44%) IT Support
7 1 (2.44%) IT Support Specialist
7 1 (2.44%) Product Specialist
7 1 (2.44%) QA Officer
7 1 (2.44%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Biopharmaceutical
2 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.88%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.44%) Life Science
3 1 (2.44%) LIMS
3 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (90.24%) Validation
2 24 (58.54%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (58.54%) Data Security
2 24 (58.54%) IT Strategy
2 24 (58.54%) Technical Leadership
3 19 (46.34%) Service Management
4 18 (43.90%) Project Management
5 17 (41.46%) QMS
6 12 (29.27%) Project Delivery
7 11 (26.83%) Customer Service
8 10 (24.39%) Roadmaps
9 7 (17.07%) Quality Management
10 6 (14.63%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (14.63%) Computer Science
10 6 (14.63%) Data Modelling
10 6 (14.63%) ERP
10 6 (14.63%) ETL
10 6 (14.63%) Logistics
10 6 (14.63%) PRINCE2
10 6 (14.63%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (24.39%) Degree
2 5 (12.20%) PMI Certification
2 5 (12.20%) PMP
3 2 (4.88%) ISTQB
3 2 (4.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.20%) GDPR
1 5 (12.20%) HIPAA
1 5 (12.20%) QA
2 4 (9.76%) GMP
3 2 (4.88%) GLP
4 1 (2.44%) Good Clinical Practice
4 1 (2.44%) ISO 9001
4 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.44%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 7 (17.07%) SAP
2 6 (14.63%) Infor
3 3 (7.32%) Salesforce