GxP Contract Job Trends in the South West

GxP
England > South West

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GxP 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.029% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.20% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
England median daily rate £513 £545 £410
% change year-on-year -5.96% +32.93% -13.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 499 309 564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 14.61% 17.79% 17.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 172 324
10th Percentile £355 £235 £263
25th Percentile £413 £393 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £509 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.08% -3.10% -
75th Percentile £580 £628 £600
90th Percentile £675 £698 £700
England median daily rate £500 £505 £525
% change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 37 76
10th Percentile £14.00 £26.88 £12.24
25th Percentile £21.16 £31.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year - +44.44% -30.77%
75th Percentile - £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.48 -
England median hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year +1.45% +43.75% -43.53%

GxP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

GxP job vacancy trend in the South West

GxP
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing GxP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing GxP

GxP
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GxP within the South West region over the 6 months to 6 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
Cornwall - 1 £750 -
GxP
England

GxP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP IBP
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) SAP PI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP