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Pharma quality assurance jobs in the UK
If you’re seeking a role in quality assurance (QA), you’ll be backed by our unrivalled employer networks and tenure in life sciences.
Our recruitment experience in life sciences quality assurance jobs
Holding over 50 years of recruitment success, and 100 offices across the UK, we have the deep expertise, expansive employer networks and scale through knowledge to support you at every stage of your QA career.
Do you want to join organisations developing ground-breaking products, and with the greatest scope for professional development? Or perhaps your focus is a QA job with flexibility and a competitive salary? No matter your preferences, our specialist consultants will help you realise your ideal QA career.
Your dedicated life science consultant will leverage the latest technology and market intelligence to provide you with the best opportunities, offering QA roles in innovative manufacturing businesses, leading pharmaceutical companies, and more besides. Whether you’re looking for a graduate role as a QA technician, or a senior role as a QA manager, we’ll tailor our process around your ambitions.
And as your lifelong partner, you can expect to receive the latest QA insights and upskilling opportunities throughout your career.
For rewarding QA opportunities, browse our latest jobs
We’re constantly communicating with a range of employers in both the public and private sectors, from fast-paced food manufacturers to ground-breaking pharma companies.
We offer QA jobs based in locations across the UK, including London, Birmingham, Leeds, Belfast, Manchester, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Glasgow and Cambridge. With our new life sciences hubs in Oxford, Liverpool and Cork (Ireland), we have a national reach for quality assurance roles.
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LIFE SCIENCES QUALITY ASSURANCE JOBS FAQs
Quality assurance jobs have the potential to be very well paid, depending on your expertise and job title. A validation engineer working in the good manufacturing practice (GMP) sphere could typically earn £47,000, while a manager could earn £52,000-£68,000.
Good clinical practice (GCP) experts can see equally high salaries, with senior auditors earning in the region of £88,000 to £98,000. In both GMP and GCP, directors are able to earn well over £100,000.
See our Salary Guide for a more detailed breakdown of related job salaries.
There are plenty of opportunities for career growth in QA, and those with the right qualifications, knowledge and skills can go far.
While career paths will vary for different people, you might start off your career as a QA officer and work your way to a QA auditor or managerial position with five or more years of experience. With over ten years of experience, you could become a highly knowledgeable qualified person, or even a head/director of quality with strategic oversight.
As a QA professional, you might work for pharma companies, regulatory consultancies, emerging biopharmas and biotechs, contract and clinical research organisations, and other employers requiring experts to oversee a technical product’s lifecycle.
To see our latest QA opportunities, browse our live job search.
