GMP Contracts in the UK excluding London

Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GMP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GMP over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 384 440 503
Rank change year-on-year +56 +63 -77
Contract jobs citing GMP 12 7 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.059% 0.030% 0.030%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.40% 0.20% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 6
10th Percentile - - £391
25th Percentile £363 - £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £625 £544
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +14.94% +12.35%
75th Percentile £491 - £670
90th Percentile £525 - £731
UK median daily rate £375 £613 £600
% change year-on-year -38.78% +2.08% +23.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £14.27 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -79.61% - -
UK median hourly rate £14.27 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year -79.61% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

GMP is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,034 3,482 4,422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.81% 14.84% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,787 2,340 3,050
10th Percentile £250 £220 £203
25th Percentile £363 £363 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £479 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% +6.50% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £571
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 188 193
10th Percentile £10.95 £12.67 £11.39
25th Percentile £12.66 £17.72 £15.00
Median hourly rate £18.06 £31.89 £21.04
Median % change year-on-year -43.37% +51.54% -0.05%
75th Percentile £45.00 £59.46 £44.69
90th Percentile £68.00 £77.50 £64.19
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £27.75
% change year-on-year -40.00% +26.13% +31.99%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GMP in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GMP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for GMP in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GMP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GMP in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GMP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for GMP in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GMP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England +14 7 £375 - 21
South West - 4 - - 11
North of England +26 1 - - 32
North West +12 1 - - 18
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
General
1 11 (91.67%) Pharmaceutical
2 9 (75.00%) Manufacturing
3 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) QA Specialist
2 4 (33.33%) Author
2 4 (33.33%) Technical Author
3 3 (25.00%) Development Specialist
3 3 (25.00%) Product Specialist
4 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
5 1 (8.33%) IT Manager
5 1 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Biotechnology
2 5 (41.67%) Change Control
2 5 (41.67%) Decision-Making
2 5 (41.67%) Project Management
3 4 (33.33%) Chemistry
4 3 (25.00%) ERP
5 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (16.67%) Human Resource Management
5 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Supply Chain Management
6 1 (8.33%) Data Entry
6 1 (8.33%) Logistics
6 1 (8.33%) Mathematics
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) QA
2 2 (16.67%) GAMP
2 2 (16.67%) GxP
3 1 (8.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (8.33%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) Adobe