GxP Contracts in the UK excluding London

GxP
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GxP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GxP over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 353 429 480
Rank change year-on-year +76 +51 -63
Contract jobs citing GxP 32 27 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.11% 0.082%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.05% 0.77% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 20 17
10th Percentile - £252 £375
25th Percentile £405 £260 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £363 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.10% -27.50% -
75th Percentile £470 £475 £575
90th Percentile £560 £524 £668
UK median daily rate £410 £450 £406
% change year-on-year -8.89% +10.77% -9.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.25 - -
Median hourly rate £42.50 - -
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile £56.32 - -
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year -32.00% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

GxP 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 3,042 3,490 4,457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.82% 14.85% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,782 2,350 3,075
10th Percentile £250 £218 £204
25th Percentile £363 £363 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £479 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% +6.44% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £569
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 305 186 193
10th Percentile £10.95 £12.67 £11.39
25th Percentile £12.63 £18.02 £15.00
Median hourly rate £18.00 £32.94 £21.04
Median % change year-on-year -45.36% +56.57% +0.07%
75th Percentile £45.00 £59.82 £44.69
90th Percentile £68.00 £77.50 £64.19
UK median hourly rate £20.61 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -41.13% +27.27% +30.95%

GxP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for GxP in the UK excluding London

GxP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for GxP in the UK excluding London

GxP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GxP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GxP in the UK excluding London

GxP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for GxP in the UK excluding London

GxP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GxP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for GxP in the UK excluding London

GxP
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 GxP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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 +10 18 £410 +9.33% 3
North of England +38 14 £410 +39.57% 3
North West +33 14 £410 +39.57% 3
South East +4 2 £585 +129.86% 8
GxP
UK

GxP
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (6.25%) SAP BPC
3 1 (3.13%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 14 (43.75%) Power Platform
2 7 (21.88%) Collibra
3 2 (6.25%) Azure
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.13%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.13%) PowerApps
4 1 (3.13%) SaaS
4 1 (3.13%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (43.75%) Power BI
2 6 (18.75%) Metadata
3 2 (6.25%) SAP HANA
4 1 (3.13%) Ataccama
4 1 (3.13%) SAP BW
4 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (25.00%) JIRA
2 6 (18.75%) Eclipse
2 6 (18.75%) PyCharm
General
1 25 (78.13%) Manufacturing
2 24 (75.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 7 (21.88%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Finance
4 2 (6.25%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.13%) German Language
5 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Legal
5 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (56.25%) Analyst
1 18 (56.25%) Business Analyst
2 5 (15.63%) Manufacturing Engineer
2 5 (15.63%) Support Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Data Analyst
3 4 (12.50%) Data Business Analyst
3 4 (12.50%) Data Product Analyst
3 4 (12.50%) Product Analyst
3 4 (12.50%) Product Business Analyst
3 4 (12.50%) Product Owner
4 3 (9.38%) IT Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) IT Support
4 3 (9.38%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Consultant
5 2 (6.25%) Senior
5 2 (6.25%) Test Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.13%) SAP Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) SAP Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (28.13%) Life Science
2 5 (15.63%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.13%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (56.25%) Data Governance
1 18 (56.25%) Lean Six Sigma
1 18 (56.25%) Six Sigma
2 15 (46.88%) Business Analysis
3 13 (40.63%) Data Protection
3 13 (40.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (37.50%) Business Process Modelling
4 12 (37.50%) Requirements Analysis
4 12 (37.50%) Requirements Engineering
4 12 (37.50%) Requirements Gathering
4 12 (37.50%) Stakeholder Analysis
5 9 (28.13%) Analytics
6 8 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (21.88%) Process Improvement
7 7 (21.88%) Project Management
7 7 (21.88%) Validation
8 6 (18.75%) Workflow
9 5 (15.63%) Data Extraction
9 5 (15.63%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.88%) Python
1 7 (21.88%) SQL
2 6 (18.75%) Groovy
2 6 (18.75%) Java
2 6 (18.75%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 12 (37.50%) Degree
1 12 (37.50%) IIBA
2 1 (3.13%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (59.38%) GDPR
2 18 (56.25%) Good Clinical Practice
3 7 (21.88%) GAMP
4 3 (9.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (6.25%) GMP
6 1 (3.13%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) SAP
2 2 (6.25%) Hyperion
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.13%) Databricks
3 1 (3.13%) OneTrust
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle
3 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.13%) StreamSets
3 1 (3.13%) Talend