CAPA Contract Job Trends in England

Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring CAPA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 536 510 560
Rank change year-on-year -26 +50 +189
Contract jobs citing CAPA 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.003% 0.003% 0.003%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.004% 0.004% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
UK median daily rate £600 £500 -
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

CAPA falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,644 26,739 33,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.47% 87.82% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,602 16,417 23,106
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,795 955 1,428
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £14.93
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.22 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.85%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.71% +25.00%

CAPA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

CAPA job vacancy trend in England

CAPA
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CAPA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CAPA

CAPA
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CAPA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CAPA

CAPA
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAPA within the England region over the 6 months to 3 December 2025. 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
London -10 1 £600 +20.00% 3
CAPA
UK

CAPA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 1 (100.00%) SAP PLM
1 1 (100.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Veeva
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Global Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens