GLBA Contracts

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA, GLB Act)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring GLBA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GLBA over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 581 684
Rank change year-on-year - +103 +121
Contract jobs citing GLBA 0 1 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - 0.002% 0.033%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - 0.016% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £525
75th Percentile - - £606
90th Percentile - - £635
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £525

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

GLBA 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,615 6,143 7,759
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.67% 14.29% 13.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,951 3,902 5,329
10th Percentile £268 £288 £281
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +2.09%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £484 £480
% change year-on-year -1.76% +0.73% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 382 237
10th Percentile £17.86 £10.95 £13.29
25th Percentile £22.14 £13.18 £18.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £21.06 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.21% -39.84% +14.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £82.92 £68.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £18.19 £32.94
% change year-on-year +174.88% -44.78% +47.10%

GLBA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GLBA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GLBA in the UK

GLBA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GLBA.

Daily rate trend for GLBA in the UK