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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 461 513 612
Rank change year-on-year +52 +99 +103
Contract jobs citing GxP 33 40 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.11% 0.046%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.77% 0.79% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 30 14
10th Percentile £436 - £319
25th Percentile £488 £405 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £410 £475
Median % change year-on-year +40.24% -13.68% +8.70%
75th Percentile £691 £547 £513
90th Percentile £709 £562 £605
UK median daily rate £575 £410 £475
% change year-on-year +40.24% -13.68% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £42.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £42.50 -

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 4,260 5,033 6,419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.49% 13.48% 13.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,757 3,160 4,347
10th Percentile £271 £300 £312
25th Percentile £400 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £761
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 379 231
10th Percentile £15.13 £11.00 £15.21
25th Percentile £20.49 £13.18 £20.25
Median hourly rate £32.25 £24.18 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.37% -43.11% +60.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £52.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.33 £70.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £23.80 £38.00
% change year-on-year +26.05% -37.37% +40.74%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 +16 13 £500 +21.95% 7
North West +5 8 £638 +55.49% 8
North of England +4 8 £638 +55.49% 12
London +39 7 £700 +27.27% 33
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.03%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (6.06%) SAP ERP
3 1 (3.03%) SAP IBP
3 1 (3.03%) SAP SD
3 1 (3.03%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (3.03%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.12%) GitHub
2 3 (9.09%) Azure
3 2 (6.06%) AWS
3 2 (6.06%) GCP
3 2 (6.06%) Veeva
4 1 (3.03%) Adobe Analytics
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.03%) Collibra
4 1 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.21%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (3.03%) BigQuery
1 1 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.03%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Jenkins
1 3 (9.09%) JIRA
1 3 (9.09%) JMeter
1 3 (9.09%) LoadRunner
1 3 (9.09%) NeoLoad
2 1 (3.03%) Cypress.io
2 1 (3.03%) ERwin
2 1 (3.03%) Selenium
General
1 21 (63.64%) Pharmaceutical
2 17 (51.52%) Social Skills
3 11 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.12%) Finance
5 3 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 3 (9.09%) Marketing
6 2 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (18.18%) Programme Manager
2 5 (15.15%) Lead
3 4 (12.12%) Analyst
3 4 (12.12%) Business Analyst
4 3 (9.09%) SAP Manager
4 3 (9.09%) SAP Programme Manager
4 3 (9.09%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Architect
5 2 (6.06%) IT Manager
5 2 (6.06%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Test Leader
5 2 (6.06%) Trainer
6 1 (3.03%) Consultant
6 1 (3.03%) Data Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Desktop Support
6 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (3.03%) QA Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) SAP Trainer
6 1 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) ARM Templates
1 1 (3.03%) J2EE
1 1 (3.03%) SAP Core Interface
1 1 (3.03%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 11 (33.33%) Life Science
2 8 (24.24%) Operational Technology
3 6 (18.18%) LIMS
4 3 (9.09%) FMCG
5 1 (3.03%) Animation
5 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.03%) Data Fabric
5 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.03%) e-Learning
5 1 (3.03%) Learning Management System
5 1 (3.03%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.15%) Apple iOS
2 4 (12.12%) Linux
3 2 (6.06%) Windows
4 1 (3.03%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (39.39%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (33.33%) Agile
3 9 (27.27%) Service Management
4 8 (24.24%) Validation
5 7 (21.21%) Project Management
6 6 (18.18%) Coaching
6 6 (18.18%) Computer Security
6 6 (18.18%) Incident Management
6 6 (18.18%) ITSM
6 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (18.18%) Programme Management
6 6 (18.18%) Risk Management
6 6 (18.18%) Service Design
7 5 (15.15%) Software Testing
7 5 (15.15%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (12.12%) Biology
8 4 (12.12%) Chemistry
8 4 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (12.12%) Requirements Analysis
8 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) SQL
2 1 (3.03%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 2 (6.06%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (39.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 6 (18.18%) HIPAA
3 5 (15.15%) QA
4 3 (9.09%) Accessibility
5 2 (6.06%) GDPR
6 1 (3.03%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
6 1 (3.03%) GMP
6 1 (3.03%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (39.39%) SAP
2 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 6 (18.18%) ServiceNow
4 4 (12.12%) LabWare
5 2 (6.06%) Ariba
6 1 (3.03%) Adobe
6 1 (3.03%) Databricks
6 1 (3.03%) LabVantage
6 1 (3.03%) Oracle
6 1 (3.03%) Salesforce
6 1 (3.03%) Siemens
6 1 (3.03%) Sparx