GxP Contract Job Trends in the North of England

GxP
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring GxP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 166 171
Rank change year-on-year -74 +5 +38
Contract jobs citing GxP 3 8 13
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.043% 0.22% 0.27%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.30% 1.50% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 6
10th Percentile £401 £506 -
25th Percentile £403 £533 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £638 £410
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% +55.49% +31.20%
75th Percentile £428 £697 £415
90th Percentile £434 £700 £500
England median daily rate £519 £575 £410
% change year-on-year -9.78% +40.24% -13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.25
Median hourly rate - - £42.50
75th Percentile - - £43.75
90th Percentile - - £58.83
England median hourly rate - - £42.50

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,014 532 690
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 14.67% 14.91% 14.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 651 373 381
10th Percentile £340 £263 £310
25th Percentile £400 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £585 £575 £585
90th Percentile £675 £648 £666
England median daily rate £505 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +0.90% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 27 81
10th Percentile £17.00 £13.50 -
25th Percentile £25.38 - £10.95
Median hourly rate £57.50 £22.14 £12.00
Median % change year-on-year +159.71% +84.50% -65.71%
75th Percentile £70.00 £34.48 £26.66
90th Percentile £76.00 £75.46 £48.75
England median hourly rate £36.00 £32.50 £24.18
% change year-on-year +10.77% +34.41% -41.08%

GxP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

GxP job vacancy trend in the North of England

GxP
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

GxP
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

GxP
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 GxP within the North of England region over the 6 months to 29 June 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 - 3 £413 - 2
North West -49 1 £400 -37.25% 1
GxP
England

GxP
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (33.33%) NAS
1 1 (33.33%) SAN
1 1 (33.33%) VLAN
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Life Science
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Biotechnology
2 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
2 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Control
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Storage Management
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow