GMP Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring GMP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 381 350 409
Rank change year-on-year -31 +59 +63
Contract jobs citing GMP 6 8 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.033% 0.054% 0.015%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.20% 0.35% 0.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile £426 £310 -
25th Percentile £444 £318 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £365 £400
Median % change year-on-year +32.74% -8.75% -23.81%
75th Percentile £515 £518 £538
90th Percentile - £590 £620
UK 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 - -
UK median hourly rate £13.00 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,002 2,276 3,034
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.55% 15.32% 15.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,893 1,307 1,888
10th Percentile £291 £210 £256
25th Percentile £400 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £664 £653 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 141 179
10th Percentile £13.58 £14.70 £14.13
25th Percentile £17.47 £18.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £20.50 £27.35 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.05% -22.96% +75.40%
75th Percentile £61.56 £62.50 £71.95
90th Percentile £73.75 £68.75 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £28.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.18% -20.00% +55.61%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

GMP job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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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 GMP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 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
South East -16 3 £515 -17.60% 8
East of England -21 2 £441 +31.00% 2
North West -30 1 - - 2
North of England -39 1 - - 4
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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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Metadata
General
1 3 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Designer
1 2 (33.33%) Product Designer
1 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Construction Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Data Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Information Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Product Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Structures
1 2 (33.33%) PMI
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (16.67%) Data Fabric
2 1 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile
1 3 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Conceptual Models
2 2 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Data Mapping
2 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Energy Management
2 2 (33.33%) Ideation Sessions
2 2 (33.33%) Journey Map
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Identification
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Map
2 2 (33.33%) User Experience
2 2 (33.33%) User Research
2 2 (33.33%) User Stories
2 2 (33.33%) Validation
2 2 (33.33%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) APMP
1 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 2 (33.33%) PMP
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GxP
2 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft