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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 504 469 521
Rank change year-on-year -35 +52 +151
Contract jobs citing GxP 31 16 31
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.098% 0.059% 0.087%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.56% 0.41% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 18
10th Percentile £464 £380 £405
25th Percentile £506 £463 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +27.78%
75th Percentile £650 £538 £675
90th Percentile - £542 £706
UK median daily rate £563 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +7.14% -8.70% +27.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.25
Median hourly rate - - £42.50
75th Percentile - - £43.75
90th Percentile - - -
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 5,492 3,861 5,096
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.29% 14.32% 14.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,569 2,252 3,398
10th Percentile £314 £264 £319
25th Percentile £408 £382 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £614 £636 £650
90th Percentile £703 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 149 227
10th Percentile £15.82 £14.70 £13.11
25th Percentile £18.04 £20.50 £17.36
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.17% -7.69% +31.10%
75th Percentile £60.93 £65.00 £60.63
90th Percentile £70.03 £75.00 £79.87
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -11.14% -10.77% +35.42%

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 January 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 January 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 -5 18 £525 - 5
East of England -13 10 £638 +112.50% 6
West Midlands - 2 - - 3
Midlands - 2 - - 9
South East - 1 - - 13
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 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (25.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (9.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (9.68%) NetSuite
3 2 (6.45%) SAP CO
3 2 (6.45%) SAP FI
3 2 (6.45%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (3.23%) SAP EWM
4 1 (3.23%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 6 (19.35%) Power Platform
2 2 (6.45%) AWS
2 2 (6.45%) Azure
2 2 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (6.45%) SaaS
2 2 (6.45%) Veeva
3 1 (3.23%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (3.23%) Amazon S3
3 1 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (3.23%) Benchling
3 1 (3.23%) Cohesity
3 1 (3.23%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.23%) GCP
3 1 (3.23%) Lucidchart
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) Firewall
2 2 (6.45%) Network Security
2 2 (6.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (19.35%) Power BI
2 5 (16.13%) SAP HANA
3 1 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (3.23%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) JIRA
1 1 (3.23%) MLflow
General
1 20 (64.52%) Pharmaceutical
2 11 (35.48%) Manufacturing
3 10 (32.26%) Social Skills
4 7 (22.58%) Finance
5 5 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (6.45%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.23%) Health Technology
7 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (22.58%) Lead
2 4 (12.90%) Analyst
2 4 (12.90%) IT Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Architect
3 3 (9.68%) Business Architect
3 3 (9.68%) Compliance Manager
3 3 (9.68%) IT Risk Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Quality Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Risk Manager
3 3 (9.68%) SAP Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Senior
4 2 (6.45%) Business Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) Designer
4 2 (6.45%) Network Security Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Product Designer
4 2 (6.45%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) Security Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Author
5 1 (3.23%) IT Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) Hugging Face
1 1 (3.23%) PyTorch
1 1 (3.23%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 14 (45.16%) Life Science
2 4 (12.90%) LIMS
2 4 (12.90%) Operational Technology
3 3 (9.68%) FMCG
4 2 (6.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (3.23%) Data Structures
5 1 (3.23%) Genomics
5 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
5 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) Biotechnology
1 11 (35.48%) ERP
2 10 (32.26%) Validation
3 9 (29.03%) Business Analysis
4 7 (22.58%) Agile
4 7 (22.58%) Analytics
4 7 (22.58%) User Experience
5 6 (19.35%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (19.35%) Data Management
5 6 (19.35%) Data Science
5 6 (19.35%) Project Management
6 5 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (16.13%) Use Case
7 4 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (12.90%) Cost Reduction
7 4 (12.90%) CRM
7 4 (12.90%) QMS
7 4 (12.90%) Quality Management
8 3 (9.68%) Decision-Making
8 3 (9.68%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) Python
2 1 (3.23%) Bash
2 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.45%) ACCA
1 2 (6.45%) CIMA
1 2 (6.45%) CISA
1 2 (6.45%) CISM
1 2 (6.45%) CISSP
1 2 (6.45%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (6.45%) Degree
2 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (22.58%) GMP
1 7 (22.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (16.13%) QA
3 2 (6.45%) GAMP
3 2 (6.45%) GDPR
3 2 (6.45%) IFRS
4 1 (3.23%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (3.23%) Accessibility
4 1 (3.23%) GRC
4 1 (3.23%) HIPAA
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.23%) Docker
2 1 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.23%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 14 (45.16%) SAP
2 3 (9.68%) Oracle
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.45%) Zscaler
4 1 (3.23%) Ariba
4 1 (3.23%) EMC
4 1 (3.23%) IFS
4 1 (3.23%) Isilon
4 1 (3.23%) LabWare
4 1 (3.23%) Micro Focus
4 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.23%) Veritas
4 1 (3.23%) Workday