Clinical & Regulatory Skills in Demand

Clinical and regulatory professionals run trials and move medicines and devices through approval. Advanced degrees are common, and knowledge of the rules matters as much as scientific background.

We analyzed 55 U.S. job descriptions from 18 employers for Clinical & Regulatory roles. The most requested skills were Clinical trials (27%), Excel (15%) and Project management (9%).

1,267open U.S. roles tracked
2 yearstypical experience asked for
$146,750median advertised pay, from 45 roles that state it

Clinical

  • Clinical trials27%
  • Good Clinical Practice9%

Business tools

  • Excel15%

Product & design

  • Project management9%

Updated November 7, 2026, using job descriptions collected since October 9, 2026. Shares show how many of the sampled descriptions mention a skill, so a low share can still be a firm requirement in the roles that list it. We sample a limited number of descriptions per employer so that no single company dominates, and we only report figures backed by several employers. Advertised pay comes from a different group of roles than H1B filings, so the two are not directly comparable.

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