Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for GMP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GMP over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 567 691 830
Rank change year-on-year +124 +139 -168
Contract jobs citing GMP 15 21 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% 0.035% 0.028%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.24% 0.26% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 12
10th Percentile - £463 £400
25th Percentile £363 £563 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £588 £588
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% - +21.38%
75th Percentile £675 £633 £686
90th Percentile £683 £819 £786
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £526 £638
% change year-on-year -28.71% -17.48% +31.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Median hourly rate £14.27 £12.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.92% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.27 £12.75 -
% change year-on-year +11.92% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

GMP is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,258 8,017 11,839
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.34% 13.32% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,964 5,495 8,091
10th Percentile £300 £275 £300
25th Percentile £405 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £618
90th Percentile £750 £738 £705
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +4.21% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 379 237 299
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.16 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.00 £18.50 £17.27
Median hourly rate £20.46 £37.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.44% +31.58% +35.55%
75th Percentile £43.75 £62.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £77.50 £67.39
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £35.00 £21.05
% change year-on-year -49.37% +66.27% +0.24%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for GMP in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for GMP in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GMP over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GMP in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GMP.

Hourly rate trend for GMP in the UK

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Top 8 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
England +117 14 £438 -25.53% 101
UK excluding London +56 12 £375 -28.71% 96
East of England +21 7 £375 - 19
South West - 4 - - 7
Work from Home +116 2 £650 +13.04% 19
London +97 2 £650 +10.64% 14
North of England +31 1 - - 37
North West +10 1 - - 17

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 11 (73.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 9 (60.00%) Manufacturing
3 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 3 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) QA Specialist
2 4 (26.67%) Author
2 4 (26.67%) Technical Author
3 3 (20.00%) Development Specialist
3 3 (20.00%) Product Specialist
3 3 (20.00%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) IT Manager
4 1 (6.67%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Biotechnology
2 5 (33.33%) Change Control
2 5 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 5 (33.33%) Project Management
3 4 (26.67%) Chemistry
4 3 (20.00%) ERP
5 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (13.33%) Human Resource Management
5 2 (13.33%) Process Improvement
5 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
5 2 (13.33%) Supply Chain Management
6 1 (6.67%) Budget Management
6 1 (6.67%) Data Entry
6 1 (6.67%) Logistics
6 1 (6.67%) Mathematics
6 1 (6.67%) SAP Implementation
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (33.33%) QA
2 3 (20.00%) GxP
3 2 (13.33%) GAMP
4 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
4 1 (6.67%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) Adobe
3 1 (6.67%) Ariba
3 1 (6.67%) SAP