North West GxP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for GxP skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited GxP over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Buckinghamshire East of England England Hertfordshire Kent Middlesex North West Sandwich South East Stevenage UK	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	133
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	2.618 %
Daily rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum daily rate	-	£325
Average daily rate	-	£338
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	£338
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.00	£34.75
% change on same period last year	-7.91 %
Quality Assurance & Compliance North West
Matching contract IT job ads	169	191
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.225 %	0.193 %
Daily rates quoted	27	43
Average minimum daily rate	£367	£410
Average daily rate	£388	£423
% change on same period last year	-8.34 %
Average maximum daily rate	£409	£436
UK excluding London average daily rate	£368	£371
% change on same period last year	-0.67 %
Hourly rates quoted	26	18
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.85	£17.70
Average hourly rate	£22.69	£19.44
% change on same period last year	+16.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.54	£21.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.31	£24.73
% change on same period last year	-5.77 %
GxP England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing GxP across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 1 (100.00 %) GAMP 1 1 (100.00 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 1 1 (100.00 %) Pharmaceutical 1 1 (100.00 %) Risk Management 1 1 (100.00 %) Validation 1 1 (100.00 %) QMS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

General 1 1 (100.00 %) Pharmaceutical	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (100.00 %) Risk Management 1 1 (100.00 %) Validation 1 1 (100.00 %) QMS
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (100.00 %) GAMP 1 1 (100.00 %) Sarbanes-Oxley