The first table below looks at the demand for GxP skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GxP over the 3 months to 22 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.

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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GxP
Rank 524 565 574
Rank change year-on-year
+41 +9
Contract jobs citing GxP 10 21 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.021% 0.035% 0.020%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.304% 0.485% 0.283%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 3
Average daily rate £463 £300 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+54.16% -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £366 £300 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £493 £330 £373
UK excluding London average daily rate £403 £300 £315
% change year-on-year
+34.16% -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
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
3290 4326 4233
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 6.981% 7.297% 7.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 1971 2269 2317
Average daily rate £400 £415 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.61% -7.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £230 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 224 229
Average hourly rate £19.00 £16.72 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -39.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £110.00 £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
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

GxP Daily Rate Trend

GxP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GxP within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

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 within the UK.

GxP Hourly Rate Trend

GxP
Top 7 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 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
England +44 7 £463 +54.16%
London +25 3 £475 +35.78%
South East +11 3 £330 +10.00%
Berkshire +14 2 £330 -
Maidenhead - 2 £330 -
City of London - 1 £450 -
Surrey - 1 - -

GxP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 15 (53.57%) Pharmaceutical
2 13 (46.43%) Project Management
2 13 (46.43%) Validation
3 11 (39.29%) SAP
4 10 (35.71%) ITIL
5 7 (25.00%) Degree
6 6 (21.43%) Change Control
7 5 (17.86%) ERP
7 5 (17.86%) Oracle
7 5 (17.86%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 5 (17.86%) GMP
7 5 (17.86%) Migration
7 5 (17.86%) Change Management
8 4 (14.29%) VMware
8 4 (14.29%) GAMP
8 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
8 4 (14.29%) MS Office
8 4 (14.29%) Linux
8 4 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
9 3 (10.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (10.71%) SharePoint
9 3 (10.71%) PMI Certification
9 3 (10.71%) Red Hat
9 3 (10.71%) SQL
9 3 (10.71%) Active Directory
9 3 (10.71%) HP
9 3 (10.71%) Life Science
9 3 (10.71%) Test Scripting

GxP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 Development
1 1 (3.571%) COM
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.71%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.143%) Apache
3 1 (3.571%) Documentum
3 1 (3.571%) LiveLink
Applications
1 4 (14.29%) MS Office
2 1 (3.571%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (7.143%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (7.143%) SAP SD
1 2 (7.143%) SAP APO
2 1 (3.571%) Maximo
2 1 (3.571%) SAP QM
2 1 (3.571%) TrackWise
2 1 (3.571%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.143%) DHCP
1 2 (7.143%) DNS
2 1 (3.571%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (3.571%) MPLS
2 1 (3.571%) WAN
2 1 (3.571%) VPN
2 1 (3.571%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (3.571%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (3.571%) Network Security
2 1 (3.571%) Wireless
2 1 (3.571%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.143%) EDMS
2 1 (3.571%) DataStage
2 1 (3.571%) SAP BW
2 1 (3.571%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.571%) OLAP
2 1 (3.571%) Spotfire
2 1 (3.571%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 2 (7.143%) ClearQuest
General
1 15 (53.57%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (7.143%) Finance
2 2 (7.143%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.571%) Dutch Language
3 1 (3.571%) German Language
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Analyst
2 4 (14.29%) Validation Specialist
3 3 (10.71%) Architect
3 3 (10.71%) Project Manager
3 3 (10.71%) Business Analyst
3 3 (10.71%) Systems Administrator
3 3 (10.71%) Administrator
4 2 (7.143%) Consultant
4 2 (7.143%) Project Analyst
4 2 (7.143%) Systems Architect
4 2 (7.143%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (7.143%) SAP Manager
5 1 (3.571%) Junior
5 1 (3.571%) Developer
5 1 (3.571%) Senior Manager
5 1 (3.571%) Process Consultant
5 1 (3.571%) Support Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) Test Manager
5 1 (3.571%) Coordinator
5 1 (3.571%) DataStage Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Life Science
2 2 (7.143%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.143%) SaaS
3 1 (3.571%) Visualisation
3 1 (3.571%) PMI
3 1 (3.571%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) Linux
2 3 (10.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (3.571%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) Project Management
1 13 (46.43%) Validation
2 10 (35.71%) ITIL
3 6 (21.43%) Change Control
4 5 (17.86%) ERP
4 5 (17.86%) Migration
4 5 (17.86%) Change Management
5 3 (10.71%) Test Scripting
6 2 (7.143%) Quality Management
6 2 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (7.143%) Data Protection
6 2 (7.143%) Data Analysis
6 2 (7.143%) Technical Architecture
6 2 (7.143%) Business Analysis
6 2 (7.143%) Incident Management
6 2 (7.143%) CRM
6 2 (7.143%) PRINCE
7 1 (3.571%) SIEM
7 1 (3.571%) WAN Optimisation
7 1 (3.571%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) SQL
2 2 (7.143%) T-SQL
2 2 (7.143%) ABAP
2 2 (7.143%) Perl
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) Degree
2 4 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (10.71%) PMI Certification
4 2 (7.143%) PMP
4 2 (7.143%) RHCE
4 2 (7.143%) OCP
4 2 (7.143%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (3.571%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (3.571%) CCNP
5 1 (3.571%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 5 (17.86%) GMP
2 4 (14.29%) GAMP
2 4 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (7.143%) COBIT
4 1 (3.571%) QA
System Software
1 3 (10.71%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.143%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.571%) vSphere
3 1 (3.571%) XenApp
3 1 (3.571%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (7.143%) EMC NetWorker
2 2 (7.143%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (3.571%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 11 (39.29%) SAP
2 5 (17.86%) Oracle
3 4 (14.29%) VMware
3 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 3 (10.71%) Red Hat
4 3 (10.71%) HP
5 2 (7.143%) EMC
5 2 (7.143%) Cisco
6 1 (3.571%) Riverbed
6 1 (3.571%) Salesforce.com
6 1 (3.571%) JD Edwards
6 1 (3.571%) Siebel
6 1 (3.571%) IBM
6 1 (3.571%) Citrix
6 1 (3.571%) Polycom
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