The first table below looks at the demand for GxP skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GxP over the 3 months to 23 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 England 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GxP
Rank 511 544 560
Rank change year-on-year
+33 +16
Contract jobs citing GxP 7 18 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.017% 0.034% 0.023%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.239% 0.451% 0.317%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 4
Average daily rate £463 £300 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+54.16% -9.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £366 £300 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £493 £330 £376
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £300 £315
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £50.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £50.25 -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
2934 3988 4101
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 7.067% 7.468% 7.179%
Number of daily rates quoted 1793 2107 2274
Average daily rate £413 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £238 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £623
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 214 234
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.72 £28.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.61% -41.84%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £63.75 £37.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -46.66%
GxP
UK

GxP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England GxP Daily Rate Trend

GxP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GxP across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England GxP Daily Rate Histogram

GxP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 23 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
London +28 3 £475 +35.78%
South East +13 3 £330 +10.00%
GxP
UK

GxP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 14 (58.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 12 (50.00%) Project Management
3 11 (45.83%) Validation
4 9 (37.50%) SAP
4 9 (37.50%) ITIL
5 7 (29.17%) Degree
6 6 (25.00%) Change Control
7 5 (20.83%) Migration
7 5 (20.83%) Oracle
7 5 (20.83%) ERP
8 4 (16.67%) Change Management
8 4 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (16.67%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (16.67%) GAMP
8 4 (16.67%) GMP
8 4 (16.67%) Linux
8 4 (16.67%) VMware
9 3 (12.50%) Life Science
9 3 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
9 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
9 3 (12.50%) SQL
9 3 (12.50%) MS Office
9 3 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (12.50%) Red Hat
10 2 (8.333%) Quality Management
10 2 (8.333%) Management Information System
10 2 (8.333%) SAP SD
10 2 (8.333%) EDMS
10 2 (8.333%) ClearQuest

GxP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.333%) SharePoint
1 2 (8.333%) Apache
2 1 (4.167%) LiveLink
2 1 (4.167%) Documentum
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (8.333%) SAP SD
1 2 (8.333%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (4.167%) SAP QM
2 1 (4.167%) TrackWise
2 1 (4.167%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (4.167%) Maximo
2 1 (4.167%) SAP APO
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.333%) DHCP
1 2 (8.333%) DNS
2 1 (4.167%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (4.167%) Network Security
2 1 (4.167%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (4.167%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (4.167%) VPN
2 1 (4.167%) WAN
2 1 (4.167%) MPLS
2 1 (4.167%) Wireless
2 1 (4.167%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.333%) EDMS
2 1 (4.167%) Spotfire
2 1 (4.167%) Oracle OLAP
2 1 (4.167%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.167%) OLAP
2 1 (4.167%) DataStage
2 1 (4.167%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (8.333%) ClearQuest
General
1 14 (58.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (8.333%) Finance
3 1 (4.167%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.167%) German Language
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Validation Specialist
3 3 (12.50%) Administrator
3 3 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
3 3 (12.50%) Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 2 (8.333%) Consultant
4 2 (8.333%) SAP Manager
4 2 (8.333%) Project Analyst
4 2 (8.333%) Systems Architect
5 1 (4.167%) Server Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) Applications Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Business Process Consultant
5 1 (4.167%) DataStage Developer
5 1 (4.167%) Quality Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (4.167%) Junior Business Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) Project Support Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) ETL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Life Science
2 2 (8.333%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.167%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (4.167%) SaaS
3 1 (4.167%) Visualisation
3 1 (4.167%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Linux
2 3 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (4.167%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Project Management
2 11 (45.83%) Validation
3 9 (37.50%) ITIL
4 6 (25.00%) Change Control
5 5 (20.83%) Migration
5 5 (20.83%) ERP
6 4 (16.67%) Change Management
7 2 (8.333%) Quality Management
7 2 (8.333%) Incident Management
7 2 (8.333%) Technical Architecture
7 2 (8.333%) Data Analysis
8 1 (4.167%) Logistics
8 1 (4.167%) Business Analysis
8 1 (4.167%) Information Management
8 1 (4.167%) Document Management
8 1 (4.167%) Information Security
8 1 (4.167%) Risk Management
8 1 (4.167%) Release Management
8 1 (4.167%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (4.167%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) SQL
2 2 (8.333%) Perl
2 2 (8.333%) T-SQL
3 1 (4.167%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) Degree
2 3 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (8.333%) OCP
3 2 (8.333%) Oracle Certification
3 2 (8.333%) RHCE
3 2 (8.333%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.167%) CCNP
4 1 (4.167%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (4.167%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.167%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 4 (16.67%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 4 (16.67%) GAMP
1 4 (16.67%) GMP
2 2 (8.333%) COBIT
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.333%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.167%) vSphere
3 1 (4.167%) XenApp
3 1 (4.167%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (8.333%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (8.333%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (4.167%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 9 (37.50%) SAP
2 5 (20.83%) Oracle
3 4 (16.67%) VMware
4 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 3 (12.50%) Red Hat
5 2 (8.333%) EMC
5 2 (8.333%) Cisco
6 1 (4.167%) Polycom
6 1 (4.167%) Riverbed
6 1 (4.167%) IBM
6 1 (4.167%) Citrix
6 1 (4.167%) HP
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