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 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 554 454 501
Rank change year-on-year -100 +47 +142
Contract jobs citing GxP 26 25 55
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.070% 0.10% 0.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.41% 0.66% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 12 37
10th Percentile £413 £437 -
25th Percentile £434 £469 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £528 £546 £550
90th Percentile £538 £550 £680
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.25
Median hourly rate - - £42.50
75th Percentile - - £43.75
90th Percentile - - £56.32
UK median hourly rate £30.50 - £42.50
% 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 6,401 3,814 5,443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.35% 15.32% 14.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,141 2,418 3,488
10th Percentile £336 £263 £306
25th Percentile £413 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% -4.52% -
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 368 158 347
10th Percentile £15.60 £16.18 £10.98
25th Percentile £18.40 £22.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £25.94 £32.25 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.57% +29.00% -38.27%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £79.90 £78.49 £67.43
UK median hourly rate £27.69 £31.76 £24.22
% change year-on-year -12.81% +31.16% -35.43%

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 15 March 2026.

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 15 March 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
London -35 14 £513 -14.58% 9
East of England -28 6 £441 -11.90% 3
Midlands - 4 - -
West Midlands - 4 - -
North of England -70 1 - - 5
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
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:

Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (11.54%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.54%) Entra ID
2 2 (7.69%) Azure
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.85%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (3.85%) Amazon S3
3 1 (3.85%) AWS
3 1 (3.85%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.85%) dbt
3 1 (3.85%) SaaS
3 1 (3.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) Firewall
2 2 (7.69%) Network Security
2 2 (7.69%) Wireless
3 1 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.85%) NAS
3 1 (3.85%) SAN
3 1 (3.85%) VLAN
3 1 (3.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 16 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 13 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 7 (26.92%) Manufacturing
4 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (19.23%) Finance
6 2 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.85%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 4 (15.38%) Analyst
2 3 (11.54%) Architect
2 3 (11.54%) Business Architect
2 3 (11.54%) Compliance Manager
2 3 (11.54%) IT Manager
2 3 (11.54%) IT Risk Manager
2 3 (11.54%) Quality Manager
2 3 (11.54%) Risk Manager
2 3 (11.54%) SAP Manager
2 3 (11.54%) Senior
3 2 (7.69%) Business Analyst
3 2 (7.69%) Designer
3 2 (7.69%) Network Security Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Product Designer
3 2 (7.69%) Product Owner
3 2 (7.69%) Security Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Logistics Analyst
4 1 (3.85%) Scrum Master
4 1 (3.85%) Senior Designer
4 1 (3.85%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 12 (46.15%) Life Science
2 6 (23.08%) Operational Technology
3 3 (11.54%) FMCG
3 3 (11.54%) LIMS
3 3 (11.54%) Product Ownership
4 2 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (7.69%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (3.85%) Data Structures
5 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Validation
2 6 (23.08%) Agile
2 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (23.08%) User Stories
3 5 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (15.38%) Acceptance Criteria
4 4 (15.38%) Biotechnology
4 4 (15.38%) QMS
4 4 (15.38%) Quality Management
4 4 (15.38%) Scrum
5 3 (11.54%) Business Analysis
5 3 (11.54%) Compliance Audit
5 3 (11.54%) CRM
5 3 (11.54%) Data Modelling
5 3 (11.54%) ERP
5 3 (11.54%) Incident Management
5 3 (11.54%) Network Segmentation
5 3 (11.54%) PLM
5 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 2 (7.69%) Python
2 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) CISSP
1 3 (11.54%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (3.85%) CCNA
2 1 (3.85%) CCNP
2 1 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (30.77%) GMP
2 6 (23.08%) QA
3 2 (7.69%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 2 (7.69%) GRC
4 1 (3.85%) GAMP
4 1 (3.85%) ITGC
4 1 (3.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.85%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
1 6 (23.08%) SAP
2 4 (15.38%) ServiceNow
3 3 (11.54%) Oracle
4 2 (7.69%) Workday
4 2 (7.69%) Zscaler
5 1 (3.85%) Cisco