GMP Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring GMP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 187 158
Rank change year-on-year -72 -29 +38
Contract jobs citing GMP 2 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.026% 0.025% 0.098%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.17% 0.16% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
England median daily rate £520 £545 £375
% change year-on-year -4.58% +45.33% -6.25%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,195 634 509
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 15.63% 15.76% 12.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 744 451 294
10th Percentile £313 £278 £304
25th Percentile £400 £360 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £450 £482
Median % change year-on-year +3.67% -6.59% -0.16%
75th Percentile £573 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £639
England median daily rate £513 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +2.50% -3.85% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 22 24
10th Percentile £16.52 £17.48 £11.88
25th Percentile £24.65 £22.14 £14.25
Median hourly rate £36.79 £23.57 £17.03
Median % change year-on-year +56.07% +38.38% -33.85%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.40 £27.25
90th Percentile £72.75 £69.64 £43.10
England median hourly rate £32.40 £32.50 £34.47
% change year-on-year -0.32% -5.70% -12.57%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

GMP job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing GMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing GMP

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing GMP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing GMP

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GMP within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Yorkshire - 2 £450 - 1
GMP
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) EDMS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Process Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Life Science
1 1 (50.00%) LIMS
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Architecture Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Edge Computing
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) QMS
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Software Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Debt
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 1 (50.00%) GAMP
1 1 (50.00%) GxP
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST