GxP Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

GxP
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring GxP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 32 34
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 -
Contract jobs citing GxP 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.66% 0.71% 1.06%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.65% 3.33% 5.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £551
25th Percentile - - £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £555
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -0.90% -
75th Percentile - - £558
90th Percentile - - £559
East of England median daily rate £454 £500 £410
% change year-on-year -9.20% +21.95% -13.68%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Bedfordshire

GxP falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 43 30 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 14.29% 21.43% 20.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 14 34
10th Percentile £313 £504 £474
25th Percentile £456 £550 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £600
90th Percentile £675 £785 -
East of England median daily rate £511 £522 £494
% change year-on-year -2.06% +5.72% +9.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 8
10th Percentile £64.25 £32.50 -
25th Percentile £66.88 £40.75 £15.39
Median hourly rate £72.50 £60.00 £15.79
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% +279.99% -71.16%
75th Percentile £76.88 £88.00 £16.20
90th Percentile £78.75 £90.70 £28.59
East of England median hourly rate £18.50 £41.50 £15.79
% change year-on-year -55.42% +162.82% -10.89%

GxP
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GxP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

GxP job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

GxP
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing GxP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing GxP

GxP
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GxP within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 24 February 2026. 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
Luton -5 2 £650 +18.18%
GxP
East of England

GxP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Biotechnology
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cost Reduction
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP