Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CDISC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited CDISC over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 880 982 833
Rank change year-on-year +102 -149 -124
Permanent jobs citing CDISC 24 11 413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.011% 0.26%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.18% 0.056% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 41
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +54.55%
75th Percentile £58,750 - £87,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

CDISC 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 13,528 19,692 26,225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.72% 18.97% 16.76%
Number of salaries quoted 9,247 9,122 13,236
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% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,438 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

CDISC
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CDISC in the UK

CDISC
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for CDISC in the UK

CDISC
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CDISC within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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 +100 24 £52,500 - 4
London - 16 £52,500 - 3
UK excluding London +14 8 - - 1
South East +6 7 - -
Work from Home +84 2 £52,500 - 3
North West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - - 1

CDISC
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 15 (62.50%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (29.17%) Relational Database
2 5 (20.83%) Base SAS
General
1 17 (70.83%) Pharmaceutical
2 13 (54.17%) Law
3 7 (29.17%) Military
4 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
5 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Senior
1 8 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 4 (16.67%) Programmer
3 3 (12.50%) Statistician
4 2 (8.33%) SAS Programmer
5 1 (4.17%) Associate Director
5 1 (4.17%) Computer Scientist
5 1 (4.17%) Data Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Mathematician
5 1 (4.17%) Statistical Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (41.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (37.50%) Life Science
2 7 (29.17%) Biopharmaceutical
2 7 (29.17%) Data Structures
3 1 (4.17%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (87.50%) Mathematics
2 12 (50.00%) Statistics
3 11 (45.83%) Biotechnology
3 11 (45.83%) Computer Science
4 10 (41.67%) Biostatistics
4 10 (41.67%) Clinical Data Management
4 10 (41.67%) Data Collection
4 10 (41.67%) Data Management
4 10 (41.67%) Process Improvement
5 9 (37.50%) CAPA
5 9 (37.50%) Data Science
6 7 (29.17%) Biometrics
6 7 (29.17%) Change Management
6 7 (29.17%) Coaching
6 7 (29.17%) Decision-Making
6 7 (29.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (29.17%) Statistical Analysis
7 6 (25.00%) Data Privacy
8 5 (20.83%) Project Management
9 4 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) SQL
2 2 (8.33%) SAS Macro
3 1 (4.17%) Java
3 1 (4.17%) R
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) Degree
2 18 (75.00%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (62.50%) Good Clinical Practice
2 10 (41.67%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 9 (37.50%) QA
4 6 (25.00%) Accessibility
5 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) iManage
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft