CAPA Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring CAPA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 468 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CAPA 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.015% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.018% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £212 - -
25th Percentile £216 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £235 - -
75th Percentile £249 - -
90th Percentile £258 - -
UK median daily rate £239 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -60.21% +20.00% +19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £27.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £27.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

CAPA falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,271 13,627 15,207
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.46% 89.25% 83.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,022 8,218 9,110
10th Percentile £300 £241 £250
25th Percentile £406 £368 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £594 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,341 1,552
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.85 £13.76
25th Percentile £18.09 £17.00 £16.82
Median hourly rate £43.96 £22.84 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +92.47% -46.26% +17.24%
75th Percentile £68.00 £44.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £41.08
% change year-on-year +68.99% -38.77% -1.96%

CAPA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CAPA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

CAPA job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CAPA
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CAPA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CAPA

CAPA
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CAPA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CAPA

CAPA
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAPA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
South East - 3 £235 - 11
East Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - - 1
CAPA
UK

CAPA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Administrator
1 2 (50.00%) Quality Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Supply Chain Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Administrator
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Supply Chain Management
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) QMS
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 1 (25.00%) GMP
1 1 (25.00%) GxP
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Google
1 2 (50.00%) SAP