GxP Contracts in the UK excluding London

GxP
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring GxP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GxP over the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 351 351 415
Rank change year-on-year 0 +64 +87
Contract jobs citing GxP 22 20 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.11% 0.054%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.84% 0.78% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 14 7
10th Percentile £428 - £333
25th Percentile £488 £405 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £659 £547 £552
90th Percentile £699 £571 £609
UK median daily rate £600 £525 £481
% change year-on-year +14.29% +9.09% +6.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.92 -
UK median hourly rate - £59.21 -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,626 2,559 3,328
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.17% 13.83% 14.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,660 1,460 2,095
10th Percentile £235 £234 £260
25th Percentile £363 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £580 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £501 £525
% change year-on-year -0.10% -4.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 273 201
10th Percentile £13.50 £10.95 £13.29
25th Percentile £15.50 £13.52 £18.09
Median hourly rate £24.83 £25.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -29.58% +64.47%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.25 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.70 £70.00 £79.17
UK median hourly rate £26.93 £25.60 £39.51
% change year-on-year +5.18% -35.21% +58.04%

GxP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GxP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GxP in the UK excluding London

GxP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GxP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for GxP in the UK excluding London

GxP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GxP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GxP in the UK excluding London

GxP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GxP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for GxP in the UK excluding London

GxP
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 GxP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
East of England +5 15 £550 +34.15% 16
North West -1 7 £675 +15.38% 4
North of England -6 7 £675 +15.38% 7
GxP
UK

GxP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (54.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (9.09%) SAP ERP
3 1 (4.55%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) GitHub
1 3 (13.64%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.55%) Adobe Analytics
2 1 (4.55%) AWS
2 1 (4.55%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Power BI
1 3 (13.64%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Jenkins
1 3 (13.64%) JIRA
1 3 (13.64%) JMeter
1 3 (13.64%) LoadRunner
1 3 (13.64%) NeoLoad
General
1 13 (59.09%) Pharmaceutical
2 12 (54.55%) Social Skills
3 6 (27.27%) Manufacturing
4 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Finance
5 1 (4.55%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Lead
2 5 (22.73%) Programme Manager
3 3 (13.64%) SAP Manager
3 3 (13.64%) SAP Programme Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Support Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) Test Leader
5 1 (4.55%) Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Desktop Support
5 1 (4.55%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Lead Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Operations Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Security Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Senior
5 1 (4.55%) Service Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Trainer
5 1 (4.55%) Veeva Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) EDI
1 1 (4.55%) IDoc
1 1 (4.55%) J2EE
1 1 (4.55%) JSON
1 1 (4.55%) REST
1 1 (4.55%) SOAP
1 1 (4.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) Life Science
2 6 (27.27%) Operational Technology
3 3 (13.64%) FMCG
4 2 (9.09%) LIMS
5 1 (4.55%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Apple iOS
1 3 (13.64%) Linux
2 2 (9.09%) Windows
3 1 (4.55%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Agile
2 8 (36.36%) Service Management
2 8 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (31.82%) Validation
4 6 (27.27%) Project Management
5 5 (22.73%) ERP
5 5 (22.73%) ITSM
5 5 (22.73%) Programme Management
5 5 (22.73%) Risk Management
5 5 (22.73%) Service Design
6 4 (18.18%) Analytics
6 4 (18.18%) Coaching
6 4 (18.18%) Computer Security
6 4 (18.18%) Data Management
6 4 (18.18%) Incident Management
6 4 (18.18%) Use Case
7 3 (13.64%) Biotechnology
7 3 (13.64%) Business Analysis
7 3 (13.64%) Matrix Management
7 3 (13.64%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (4.55%) Degree
1 1 (4.55%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (59.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (4.55%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 1 (4.55%) GMP
2 1 (4.55%) HIPAA
2 1 (4.55%) HL7
System Software
1 7 (31.82%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (59.09%) SAP
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 3 (13.64%) Ariba
3 3 (13.64%) LabWare
3 3 (13.64%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.55%) Adobe
4 1 (4.55%) Oracle
4 1 (4.55%) Salesforce