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 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 495 504 566
Rank change year-on-year +9 +62 +159
Contract jobs citing GxP 33 28 16
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.088% 0.039%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.65% 0.67% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 16 12
10th Percentile £455 £463 £461
25th Percentile £513 £513 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £535 £563
Median % change year-on-year +16.82% -4.89% +3.78%
75th Percentile £694 £553 £678
90th Percentile £711 £580 £699
UK median daily rate £625 £548 £570
% change year-on-year +14.16% -3.95% +8.57%

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 5,047 4,163 5,715
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.77% 13.11% 14.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,282 2,424 3,885
10th Percentile £304 £288 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -5.09% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £653
90th Percentile £717 £750 £770
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 189 238
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.87 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.13 £20.50
Median hourly rate £31.49 £33.93 £38.46
Median % change year-on-year -7.19% -11.78% +58.60%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £80.93
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +9.09% -26.67% +51.76%

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 22 October 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 22 October 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 +23 13 £563 +2.27% 12
East of England +1 12 £638 +18.60% 4
North West -17 7 £675 +28.57% 1
North of England -34 7 £675 +28.57% 2
South East +10 1 - - 17
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 (3.03%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (48.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (6.06%) SAP CO
2 2 (6.06%) SAP FI
2 2 (6.06%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (3.03%) SAP EWM
3 1 (3.03%) SAP GRC
3 1 (3.03%) SAP IBP
3 1 (3.03%) SAP MDG
3 1 (3.03%) SAP SD
3 1 (3.03%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) Power Platform
2 3 (9.09%) AWS
2 3 (9.09%) Veeva
3 2 (6.06%) Azure
3 2 (6.06%) GCP
4 1 (3.03%) Adobe Analytics
4 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.03%) Benchling
4 1 (3.03%) Cohesity
4 1 (3.03%) Lucidchart
4 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.15%) Firewall
2 2 (6.06%) Network Security
2 2 (6.06%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.18%) Power BI
2 5 (15.15%) SAP HANA
3 1 (3.03%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) ERwin
1 1 (3.03%) MLflow
General
1 23 (69.70%) Pharmaceutical
2 9 (27.27%) Manufacturing
2 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (9.09%) Finance
5 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.03%) Marketing
5 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) Lead
2 6 (18.18%) Programme Manager
3 4 (12.12%) Consultant
4 3 (9.09%) SAP Consultant
4 3 (9.09%) SAP Manager
4 3 (9.09%) SAP Programme Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Security Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Author
6 1 (3.03%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Business IT Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Data Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Governance Consultant
6 1 (3.03%) IT Consultant
6 1 (3.03%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Service Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) EDI
1 1 (3.03%) Hugging Face
1 1 (3.03%) IDoc
1 1 (3.03%) J2EE
1 1 (3.03%) JSON
1 1 (3.03%) PyTorch
1 1 (3.03%) REST
1 1 (3.03%) SAP Core Interface
1 1 (3.03%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (3.03%) SOAP
1 1 (3.03%) TensorFlow
1 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (42.42%) Life Science
2 6 (18.18%) Operational Technology
3 3 (9.09%) LIMS
4 2 (6.06%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.03%) Genomics
5 1 (3.03%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.09%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (30.30%) Biotechnology
2 8 (24.24%) Analytics
2 8 (24.24%) ERP
3 7 (21.21%) Business Analysis
3 7 (21.21%) Project Management
3 7 (21.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (21.21%) Validation
4 6 (18.18%) Agile
4 6 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (18.18%) Data Management
4 6 (18.18%) Data Science
4 6 (18.18%) ITSM
4 6 (18.18%) Programme Management
4 6 (18.18%) Risk Management
4 6 (18.18%) Service Design
4 6 (18.18%) Service Management
4 6 (18.18%) Use Case
5 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (15.15%) User Experience
6 4 (12.12%) AI
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) SQL
2 1 (3.03%) Bash
2 1 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) Degree
2 2 (6.06%) ACCA
2 2 (6.06%) CIMA
2 2 (6.06%) CISA
2 2 (6.06%) CISM
2 2 (6.06%) CISSP
2 2 (6.06%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.03%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.03%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (45.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (9.09%) GDPR
2 3 (9.09%) QA
3 2 (6.06%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 2 (6.06%) GMP
3 2 (6.06%) HIPAA
3 2 (6.06%) IFRS
4 1 (3.03%) Accessibility
4 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.03%) GAMP
4 1 (3.03%) GRC
4 1 (3.03%) HL7
System Software
1 5 (15.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) Docker
2 1 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.03%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 17 (51.52%) SAP
2 4 (12.12%) LabWare
3 2 (6.06%) Ariba
3 2 (6.06%) Zscaler
4 1 (3.03%) Adobe
4 1 (3.03%) EMC
4 1 (3.03%) IFS
4 1 (3.03%) Isilon
4 1 (3.03%) Micro Focus
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.03%) Oracle
4 1 (3.03%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.03%) Sparx
4 1 (3.03%) Veritas