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 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 640 940 1140
Rank change year-on-year +300 +200 -256
Permanent jobs citing GMP 270 53 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.051% 0.057%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.00% 0.27% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 37 3 16
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,271 £35,625
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,428 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £46,921 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.88% -24.93% +47.06%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £70,469
90th Percentile - £87,500 £73,438
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,960 £62,500
% change year-on-year +19.67% -26.46% +32.28%

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 13,528 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% -

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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 3 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 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 +286 255 £60,000 +27.88% 102
UK excluding London +198 239 £55,000 +19.67% 94
South East +79 74 £65,000 +44.44% 14
North of England +88 65 £41,250 -12.09% 34
Midlands +44 41 £50,000 - 4
South West +12 38 £60,000 - 6
Yorkshire +88 36 £55,000 - 14
London +151 31 £60,000 -36.84% 17
Work from Home +121 30 £60,000 +27.88% 21
North West +30 24 £37,500 -20.08% 16
West Midlands +32 21 £50,000 - 2
East Midlands +10 20 - - 2
Wales +12 7 £35,000 - 8
East of England +20 6 - - 23
Scotland - 6 - - 5
North East - 5 - - 7
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 (4.81%) Documentum
2 1 (0.37%) Apache
2 1 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 9 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.22%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (4.81%) 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 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (2.22%) 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 (78.89%) Pharmaceutical
2 206 (76.30%) Manufacturing
3 114 (42.22%) Social Skills
4 36 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (8.52%) Finance
6 10 (3.70%) Marketing
7 8 (2.96%) Law
8 6 (2.22%) Billing
9 3 (1.11%) Legal
10 1 (0.37%) Advertising
10 1 (0.37%) Electronics
10 1 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (15.56%) QA Manager
2 37 (13.70%) Senior
3 30 (11.11%) Lead
4 29 (10.74%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 25 (9.26%) QA Specialist
6 20 (7.41%) Technical Leader
7 19 (7.04%) Consultant
8 17 (6.30%) QA Officer
9 15 (5.56%) Systems Manager
10 13 (4.81%) Data Integrity Manager
10 13 (4.81%) IT Manager
10 13 (4.81%) Project Manager
11 10 (3.70%) Data Consultant
12 6 (2.22%) Administrator
12 6 (2.22%) Junior
12 6 (2.22%) Junior Consultant
12 6 (2.22%) LIMS Consultant
12 6 (2.22%) QA Leader
12 6 (2.22%) Technical Administrator
13 5 (1.85%) Quality Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.37%) Apache Beam
1 1 (0.37%) ATL
Miscellaneous
1 106 (39.26%) Management Information System
2 28 (10.37%) Life Science
3 19 (7.04%) LIMS
4 6 (2.22%) Biopharmaceutical
4 6 (2.22%) NHS
5 3 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (0.74%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.37%) Molecular Biology
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (54.44%) QMS
2 66 (24.44%) Validation
3 56 (20.74%) CAPA
4 52 (19.26%) Mentoring
5 45 (16.67%) Coaching
6 36 (13.33%) Supplier Management
7 32 (11.85%) Chemistry
8 29 (10.74%) Line Management
9 21 (7.78%) Project Management
10 17 (6.30%) Biotechnology
10 17 (6.30%) Quality Management
11 16 (5.93%) Change Control
11 16 (5.93%) Project Delivery
12 13 (4.81%) Impact Assessments
13 9 (3.33%) Data Cleansing
14 8 (2.96%) Conflict Resolution
14 8 (2.96%) Continuous Improvement
14 8 (2.96%) Due Diligence
14 8 (2.96%) Logistics
15 6 (2.22%) Compliance Audit
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.59%) SQL
2 1 (0.37%) Java
2 1 (0.37%) Python
2 1 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 83 (30.74%) Degree
2 1 (0.37%) PMP
2 1 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 191 (70.74%) QA
2 16 (5.93%) Good Clinical Practice
2 16 (5.93%) GxP
3 12 (4.44%) ISO 13485
4 8 (2.96%) GLP
5 6 (2.22%) GAMP
6 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 1 (0.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (4.44%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.96%) QAD
3 6 (2.22%) Advent
3 6 (2.22%) LabWare
4 2 (0.74%) BT
4 2 (0.74%) Openreach
5 1 (0.37%) Google