The first table below looks at the demand for GxP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GxP over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GxP
Rank 118 133 121
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -12
Contract jobs citing GxP 2 2 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.084% 0.064% 0.269%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.282% 0.722% 3.524%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
Average daily rate £330 - £315
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £300 £315
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £50.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £50.25 -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
156 277 227
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 6.514% 8.808% 7.628%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 97 72
Average daily rate £369 £350 £344
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.35% +1.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £162 £134 £151
10% offered a daily rate of more than £493 £470 £468
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 17
Average hourly rate £14.50 £15.00 £31.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% -52.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.05 £10.60 £10.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.20 £38.00 £45.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £16.35 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+8.56% -46.39%
GxP
South East

GxP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing GxP across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Berkshire GxP Jobs Demand Trend

GxP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing GxP across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire GxP Daily Rate Trend

GxP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing GxP across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire GxP Hourly Rate Trend

GxP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GxP within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Maidenhead - 2 £330 -
GxP
South East

GxP
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing GxP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited GxP.

1 6 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 6 (100.00%) Validation
1 6 (100.00%) Change Control
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 4 (66.67%) GMP
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (33.33%) EDMS
3 2 (33.33%) ClearQuest
3 2 (33.33%) MS Office
3 2 (33.33%) SAP
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management

GxP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing GxP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited GxP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) ClearQuest
General
1 6 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Validation Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Project Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Project Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Quality Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Validation
1 6 (100.00%) Change Control
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 4 (66.67%) GMP
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) SAP