GxP Contracts in England

GxP
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring GxP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GxP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 463 498 616
Rank change year-on-year +35 +118 +97
Contract jobs citing GxP 22 44 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.090% 0.12% 0.073%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.57% 0.83% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 29 27
10th Percentile £436 - £252
25th Percentile £450 £405 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £410 £450
Median % change year-on-year +32.93% -8.89% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £488
90th Percentile £625 £560 £600
UK median daily rate £534 £410 £450
% change year-on-year +30.18% -8.89% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £41.25 £61.25
Median hourly rate - £42.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - -32.00% -
75th Percentile - £43.75 £63.75
90th Percentile - £56.32 -
UK median hourly rate - £42.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year - -32.00% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
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 3,865 5,295 6,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.87% 14.24% 13.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,481 3,378 4,585
10th Percentile £270 £300 £276
25th Percentile £400 £408 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -
75th Percentile £635 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 347 206
10th Percentile £17.78 £10.95 £13.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £13.09 £19.50
Median hourly rate £34.75 £22.34 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.55% -46.17% +50.91%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £79.11 £67.38 £79.88
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%

GxP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing GxP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for GxP in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GxP in England.

Daily rate trend for GxP in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GxP in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GxP in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GxP in England.

Hourly rate trend for GxP in England

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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 1 May 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
East of England +20 11 £550 +34.15% 9
London +36 4 £650 +23.81% 15
North of England +6 1 £523 +27.44% 1
North West +4 1 £523 +27.44% 1
GxP
UK

GxP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (18.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (9.09%) SAP ERP
3 1 (4.55%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) GitHub
2 2 (9.09%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.55%) Collibra
3 1 (4.55%) GCP
3 1 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (4.55%) SaaS
3 1 (4.55%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (4.55%) BigQuery
1 1 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.55%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Jenkins
1 3 (13.64%) JIRA
1 3 (13.64%) JMeter
1 3 (13.64%) LoadRunner
1 3 (13.64%) NeoLoad
2 1 (4.55%) Cypress.io
2 1 (4.55%) Selenium
General
1 16 (72.73%) Pharmaceutical
2 13 (59.09%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (59.09%) Social Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Finance
4 2 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 2 (9.09%) Marketing
5 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Analyst
1 4 (18.18%) Business Analyst
2 3 (13.64%) Lead
3 2 (9.09%) IT Manager
3 2 (9.09%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Project Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Support Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Test Leader
3 2 (9.09%) Trainer
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Compliance Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Desktop Support
4 1 (4.55%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) IT Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) LIMS Manager
4 1 (4.55%) LIMS Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) QA Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) SAP Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 9 (40.91%) Life Science
2 7 (31.82%) Operational Technology
3 5 (22.73%) LIMS
4 3 (13.64%) FMCG
5 2 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (4.55%) Animation
6 1 (4.55%) Data Fabric
6 1 (4.55%) e-Learning
6 1 (4.55%) Learning Management System
6 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
6 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (31.82%) Apple iOS
2 5 (22.73%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Agile
2 10 (45.45%) Validation
3 7 (31.82%) Coaching
3 7 (31.82%) Computer Security
3 7 (31.82%) Incident Management
3 7 (31.82%) Software Testing
3 7 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (22.73%) Project Management
6 4 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (18.18%) Biology
6 4 (18.18%) Chemistry
6 4 (18.18%) Data Analysis
6 4 (18.18%) Data Management
6 4 (18.18%) Requirements Analysis
6 4 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (13.64%) Analytical Thinking
7 3 (13.64%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (13.64%) Performance Metrics
7 3 (13.64%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) Bicep
1 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) QA
1 6 (27.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (22.73%) HIPAA
3 3 (13.64%) Accessibility
4 1 (4.55%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (4.55%) GDPR
4 1 (4.55%) GLP
4 1 (4.55%) GMP
4 1 (4.55%) Good Clinical Practice
4 1 (4.55%) GRC
4 1 (4.55%) ISO 13485
4 1 (4.55%) ISO 9001
4 1 (4.55%) PMO
4 1 (4.55%) SOX 404
System Software
1 7 (31.82%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 7 (31.82%) ServiceNow
3 5 (22.73%) SAP
4 1 (4.55%) Ariba
4 1 (4.55%) Databricks
4 1 (4.55%) LabVantage
4 1 (4.55%) LabWare
4 1 (4.55%) Siemens