GxP Contract Job Trends in England

GxP
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring GxP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 506 504 549
Rank change year-on-year -2 +45 +172
Contract jobs citing GxP 35 23 20
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.074% 0.051%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.65% 0.56% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 15
10th Percentile £451 £453 £500
25th Percentile £522 £503 £507
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £525 £590
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -11.02% +18.00%
75th Percentile £697 £550 £681
90th Percentile £712 - £711
UK median daily rate £625 £535 £590
% change year-on-year +16.82% -9.32% +21.65%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,401 4,105 5,589
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.68% 13.22% 14.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,497 2,390 3,748
10th Percentile £312 £287 £320
25th Percentile £404 £399 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 282 177 228
10th Percentile £15.14 £12.74 £14.46
25th Percentile £17.69 £17.13 £20.51
Median hourly rate £25.63 £30.21 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.16% -22.54% +73.33%
75th Percentile £57.38 £63.43 £67.63
90th Percentile £79.99 £70.00 £83.30
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £27.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -8.55% -23.61% +58.70%

GxP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

GxP job vacancy trend in England

GxP
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GxP

GxP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GxP in England over the 6 months to 21 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GxP in England

GxP
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GxP

GxP
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 GxP within the England region over the 6 months to 21 November 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 +3 15 £563 +2.27% 7
East of England -3 13 £638 +21.43% 6
North West -21 6 £688 +30.95% 2
North of England -48 6 £688 +30.95% 5
South East - 1 - - 6
GxP
UK

GxP
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (45.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (5.71%) SAP CO
2 2 (5.71%) SAP FI
2 2 (5.71%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (2.86%) NetSuite
3 1 (2.86%) SAP EWM
3 1 (2.86%) SAP GRC
3 1 (2.86%) SAP IBP
3 1 (2.86%) SAP MDG
3 1 (2.86%) SAP SD
3 1 (2.86%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.14%) Power Platform
2 3 (8.57%) AWS
2 3 (8.57%) Azure
3 2 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (5.71%) GCP
3 2 (5.71%) SaaS
3 2 (5.71%) Veeva
4 1 (2.86%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (2.86%) Amazon S3
4 1 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (2.86%) Benchling
4 1 (2.86%) Cohesity
4 1 (2.86%) Lucidchart
4 1 (2.86%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.29%) Firewall
2 2 (5.71%) Network Security
2 2 (5.71%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.14%) Power BI
2 5 (14.29%) SAP HANA
3 1 (2.86%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (2.86%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) ERwin
1 1 (2.86%) JIRA
1 1 (2.86%) MLflow
General
1 22 (62.86%) Pharmaceutical
2 10 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 10 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.57%) Finance
5 2 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.86%) Health Technology
6 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (22.86%) Lead
2 6 (17.14%) Programme Manager
3 3 (8.57%) Analyst
3 3 (8.57%) Architect
3 3 (8.57%) Consultant
3 3 (8.57%) SAP Consultant
3 3 (8.57%) SAP Manager
3 3 (8.57%) SAP Programme Manager
4 2 (5.71%) Business Analyst
4 2 (5.71%) Network Security Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Security Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Author
5 1 (2.86%) Business IT Analyst
5 1 (2.86%) Data Architect
5 1 (2.86%) Governance Consultant
5 1 (2.86%) IT Consultant
5 1 (2.86%) Project Manager
5 1 (2.86%) Service Manager
5 1 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (2.86%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) EDI
1 1 (2.86%) Hugging Face
1 1 (2.86%) IDoc
1 1 (2.86%) J2EE
1 1 (2.86%) JSON
1 1 (2.86%) PyTorch
1 1 (2.86%) REST
1 1 (2.86%) SAP Core Interface
1 1 (2.86%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (2.86%) SOAP
1 1 (2.86%) TensorFlow
1 1 (2.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (40.00%) Life Science
2 6 (17.14%) Operational Technology
3 4 (11.43%) LIMS
4 2 (5.71%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.86%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.86%) Genomics
5 1 (2.86%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (2.86%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.57%) Windows
2 1 (2.86%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (28.57%) Biotechnology
2 9 (25.71%) ERP
3 8 (22.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (22.86%) Validation
4 7 (20.00%) Agile
4 7 (20.00%) Analytics
4 7 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 7 (20.00%) Project Management
5 6 (17.14%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (17.14%) Data Management
5 6 (17.14%) Data Science
5 6 (17.14%) ITSM
5 6 (17.14%) Programme Management
5 6 (17.14%) Risk Management
5 6 (17.14%) Service Design
5 6 (17.14%) Service Management
5 6 (17.14%) Use Case
6 5 (14.29%) User Experience
7 4 (11.43%) DevOps
7 4 (11.43%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) Python
1 2 (5.71%) SQL
2 1 (2.86%) Bash
2 1 (2.86%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (8.57%) Degree
2 2 (5.71%) ACCA
2 2 (5.71%) CIMA
2 2 (5.71%) CISA
2 2 (5.71%) CISM
2 2 (5.71%) CISSP
2 2 (5.71%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.86%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.86%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (42.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (11.43%) QA
3 3 (8.57%) GDPR
4 2 (5.71%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 2 (5.71%) GAMP
4 2 (5.71%) GMP
4 2 (5.71%) IFRS
5 1 (2.86%) Accessibility
5 1 (2.86%) Data Quality
5 1 (2.86%) GRC
5 1 (2.86%) HIPAA
5 1 (2.86%) HL7
System Software
1 5 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.86%) Docker
2 1 (2.86%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.86%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 18 (51.43%) SAP
2 4 (11.43%) LabWare
3 2 (5.71%) Ariba
3 2 (5.71%) Oracle
3 2 (5.71%) Zscaler
4 1 (2.86%) EMC
4 1 (2.86%) IFS
4 1 (2.86%) Isilon
4 1 (2.86%) Micro Focus
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.86%) Sparx
4 1 (2.86%) Veritas