Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GMP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GMP over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 642 928 1112
Rank change year-on-year +286 +184 -220
Permanent jobs citing GMP 273 51 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.049% 0.079%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.02% 0.26% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 38 3 16
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,271 -
25th Percentile £35,313 £44,428 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £46,921 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.55% -32.97% +64.71%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,875
90th Percentile - £87,500 £73,438
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £45,960 £70,000
% change year-on-year +14.23% -34.34% +48.15%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

GMP 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 13,548 19,488 26,482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.71% 18.84% 16.83%
Number of salaries quoted 9,268 9,077 13,252
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,650
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.93% +0.32%

GMP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for GMP in the UK

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Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for GMP in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GMP over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for GMP in the UK

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Top 17 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 6 May 2024. 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 +307 257 £60,000 +27.88% 108
UK excluding London +173 240 £52,500 +14.23% 97
South East +87 74 £65,000 +44.44% 16
North of England +93 65 £41,250 -12.09% 33
Midlands +46 41 £50,000 - 6
South West +2 38 £60,000 - 8
Yorkshire +106 36 £55,000 - 12
London +158 33 £60,000 -36.84% 22
Work from Home +107 30 £60,000 +27.88% 22
North West +41 24 £37,500 -20.08% 18
West Midlands +42 21 £50,000 - 4
East Midlands +2 20 - - 2
Wales +20 8 £35,000 - 8
East of England +21 6 - - 20
Scotland - 6 - - 6
North East - 5 - - 6
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 2

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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 13 (4.76%) Documentum
2 1 (0.37%) Apache
2 1 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 9 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (3.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.20%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (4.76%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.37%) dbt
1 1 (0.37%) Google Analytics
1 1 (0.37%) Power Platform
1 1 (0.37%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (2.20%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.37%) Big Data
2 1 (0.37%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.37%) Looker
2 1 (0.37%) Power BI
2 1 (0.37%) Tableau
General
1 213 (78.02%) Pharmaceutical
2 209 (76.56%) Manufacturing
3 114 (41.76%) Social Skills
4 36 (13.19%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (9.16%) Finance
6 10 (3.66%) Marketing
7 8 (2.93%) Law
8 6 (2.20%) Billing
9 3 (1.10%) Legal
10 2 (0.73%) Retail
11 1 (0.37%) Advertising
11 1 (0.37%) Electronics
11 1 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (15.38%) QA Manager
2 37 (13.55%) Senior
3 30 (10.99%) Lead
4 29 (10.62%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 25 (9.16%) QA Specialist
6 20 (7.33%) Technical Leader
7 19 (6.96%) Consultant
7 19 (6.96%) QA Officer
8 15 (5.49%) Systems Manager
9 13 (4.76%) Data Integrity Manager
9 13 (4.76%) IT Manager
9 13 (4.76%) Project Manager
10 10 (3.66%) Data Consultant
11 6 (2.20%) Administrator
11 6 (2.20%) Junior
11 6 (2.20%) Junior Consultant
11 6 (2.20%) LIMS Consultant
11 6 (2.20%) QA Leader
11 6 (2.20%) Technical Administrator
12 5 (1.83%) Quality Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.37%) Apache Beam
1 1 (0.37%) ATL
Miscellaneous
1 106 (38.83%) Management Information System
2 28 (10.26%) Life Science
3 19 (6.96%) LIMS
4 6 (2.20%) Biopharmaceutical
4 6 (2.20%) NHS
5 3 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.10%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (0.73%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.37%) Molecular Biology
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (54.58%) QMS
2 66 (24.18%) Validation
3 56 (20.51%) CAPA
4 52 (19.05%) Mentoring
5 45 (16.48%) Coaching
6 36 (13.19%) Supplier Management
7 32 (11.72%) Chemistry
8 29 (10.62%) Line Management
9 21 (7.69%) Project Management
10 19 (6.96%) Quality Management
11 17 (6.23%) Biotechnology
12 16 (5.86%) Change Control
12 16 (5.86%) Project Delivery
13 13 (4.76%) Impact Assessments
14 9 (3.30%) Data Cleansing
15 8 (2.93%) Conflict Resolution
15 8 (2.93%) Continuous Improvement
15 8 (2.93%) Due Diligence
15 8 (2.93%) Logistics
16 6 (2.20%) Compliance Audit
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.56%) SQL
2 1 (0.37%) Java
2 1 (0.37%) Python
2 1 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 83 (30.40%) Degree
2 1 (0.37%) PMP
2 1 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 193 (70.70%) QA
2 16 (5.86%) Good Clinical Practice
2 16 (5.86%) GxP
3 12 (4.40%) ISO 13485
4 8 (2.93%) GLP
5 6 (2.20%) GAMP
6 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 1 (0.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (4.40%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.93%) QAD
3 6 (2.20%) Advent
3 6 (2.20%) LabWare
4 2 (0.73%) BT
4 2 (0.73%) Openreach
5 1 (0.37%) Google