GMP Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring GMP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 - 41
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GMP 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.54% - 0.97%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.28% - 6.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £13.66 - -
25th Percentile £14.02 - -
Median hourly rate £15.53 - -
75th Percentile £17.16 - -
90th Percentile £17.61 - -
South West median hourly rate £15.53 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Gloucestershire

GMP 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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 61 27 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 16.44% 8.21% 15.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 18 38
10th Percentile £361 £394 £360
25th Percentile £463 £400 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £473 £585
Median % change year-on-year +5.82% -19.23% +46.25%
75th Percentile £700 £500 £706
90th Percentile - £625 £750
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +6.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 16
10th Percentile £13.90 - £14.00
25th Percentile £14.64 - £23.19
Median hourly rate £16.89 £75.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -77.48% +11.11% -8.49%
75th Percentile £35.96 - £83.40
90th Percentile £46.78 - -
South West median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -3.85% +48.57% -30.81%

GMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GMP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

GMP job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

GMP
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GMP within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 5 February 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
Moreton-in-Marsh - 2 - -
GMP
South West

GMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Chemistry
1 1 (50.00%) Commercialisation
1 1 (50.00%) Experimental Design
1 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) COSHH
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP