GMP Contract Job Trends in the South East

Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring GMP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 167 200
Rank change year-on-year -7 +33 -
Contract jobs citing GMP 3 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.068% 0.11% 0.060%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.39% 0.73% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £625 £400
Median % change year-on-year -17.60% +56.25% -
75th Percentile - £638 £538
90th Percentile - - £620
England median daily rate £515 £365 £650
% change year-on-year +41.09% -43.85% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.00 - -
England median hourly rate £13.00 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 772 547 859
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.51% 15.24% 17.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 540 282 520
10th Percentile £300 £227 £180
25th Percentile £413 £365 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year - -2.77% +13.02%
75th Percentile £588 £621 £609
90th Percentile £675 £675 £676
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 26 46
10th Percentile £14.99 £19.40 £21.63
25th Percentile £17.03 £24.18 £30.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £53.00 £52.81
Median % change year-on-year -32.08% +0.36% +140.03%
75th Percentile £77.43 £62.48 £71.55
90th Percentile £84.99 £65.17 £77.45
England median hourly rate £25.15 £30.67 £34.50
% change year-on-year -17.98% -11.12% +45.16%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

GMP job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing GMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing GMP

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing GMP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing GMP

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GMP within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
Buckinghamshire - 2 £515 -
Thames Valley - 2 £515 - 8
Hampshire - 1 - - 3
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Construction Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cost Reduction
1 2 (66.67%) Energy Management
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Identification
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Map
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) APMP
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) PMI Certification
1 2 (66.67%) PMP
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA