GxP Contract Job Trends

GxP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring GxP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 566 492 530
Rank change year-on-year -74 +38 +159
Contract jobs citing GxP 38 35 63
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.092% 0.11% 0.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.53% 0.77% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 35
10th Percentile £450 £436 -
25th Percentile £506 £447 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £584 £548 £555
90th Percentile £605 £575 £683
UK excluding London median daily rate £454 £525 £410
% change year-on-year -13.52% +28.05% -8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.25 - £41.25
Median hourly rate £30.50 - £42.50
75th Percentile £30.75 - £43.75
90th Percentile - - £56.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.50 - £42.50

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,235 4,555 6,464
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.43% 14.96% 14.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,660 2,793 4,180
10th Percentile £329 £258 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £518
Median % change year-on-year - -3.38% -1.43%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 386 173 375
10th Percentile £15.46 £15.61 £11.97
25th Percentile £18.28 £22.00 £14.48
Median hourly rate £27.94 £31.76 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% +27.04% -23.08%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.34 £78.45 £71.96
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.54 £31.76 £25.00
% change year-on-year -3.84% +27.04% -19.70%

GxP
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GxP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

GxP job vacancy trend in the UK

GxP
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GxP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GxP

GxP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GxP over the 6 months to 1 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for GxP in the UK

GxP
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GxP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GxP

GxP
Top 10 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 March 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
England -74 25 £513 -2.38% 10
Work from Home -7 17 £513 +17.55% 5
London -28 14 £513 -14.58% 4
UK excluding London -85 11 £454 -13.52% 7
East of England -30 5 £454 -9.20% 1
Midlands - 4 - -
West Midlands - 4 - -
North of England -66 1 - - 4
Wales - 1 - - 1
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1

GxP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (13.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (7.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (7.89%) NetSuite
3 2 (5.26%) SAP ERP
3 2 (5.26%) SAP MDG
3 2 (5.26%) SAP PP
3 2 (5.26%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.89%) AWS
1 3 (7.89%) Azure
1 3 (7.89%) Entra ID
2 2 (5.26%) Amazon EC2
2 2 (5.26%) Amazon S3
2 2 (5.26%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.26%) Power Platform
2 2 (5.26%) SaaS
2 2 (5.26%) Serverless
2 2 (5.26%) Veeva
3 1 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.63%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.89%) Firewall
2 2 (5.26%) Network Security
2 2 (5.26%) Wireless
3 1 (2.63%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.63%) NAS
3 1 (2.63%) SAN
3 1 (2.63%) VLAN
3 1 (2.63%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (5.26%) Power BI
1 2 (5.26%) SAP Data Services
1 2 (5.26%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) JIRA
1 2 (5.26%) LSMW
2 1 (2.63%) Git
General
1 23 (60.53%) Pharmaceutical
2 20 (52.63%) Social Skills
3 13 (34.21%) Manufacturing
4 7 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (18.42%) Finance
5 4 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (5.26%) Health Technology
6 2 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.63%) Marketing
7 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (15.79%) Senior
2 5 (13.16%) Analyst
2 5 (13.16%) Lead
3 4 (10.53%) Consultant
3 4 (10.53%) IT Manager
3 4 (10.53%) Quality Manager
4 3 (7.89%) Architect
4 3 (7.89%) Business Architect
4 3 (7.89%) Compliance Manager
4 3 (7.89%) Designer
4 3 (7.89%) IT Risk Manager
4 3 (7.89%) Product Designer
4 3 (7.89%) Risk Manager
4 3 (7.89%) SAP Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Business Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Data Migration Expert
5 2 (5.26%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 2 (5.26%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (5.26%) Senior Microsoft Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) JSON
1 1 (2.63%) React Native
1 1 (2.63%) REST
1 1 (2.63%) SOAP
1 1 (2.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (31.58%) Life Science
2 5 (13.16%) LIMS
2 5 (13.16%) Operational Technology
3 3 (7.89%) FMCG
4 2 (5.26%) Data Structures
4 2 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.16%) Windows
2 1 (2.63%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (42.11%) Validation
2 12 (31.58%) ERP
3 10 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (21.05%) Biotechnology
4 8 (21.05%) Quality Management
5 6 (15.79%) Agile
5 6 (15.79%) Business Analysis
5 6 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (15.79%) QMS
6 5 (13.16%) Data Migration
6 5 (13.16%) Migration
6 5 (13.16%) User Experience
7 4 (10.53%) Analytics
7 4 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (10.53%) CRM
7 4 (10.53%) Project Management
7 4 (10.53%) Regulatory Compliance
7 4 (10.53%) Risk Management
7 4 (10.53%) Use Case
7 4 (10.53%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.89%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.26%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.26%) Python
3 1 (2.63%) Java
3 1 (2.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (7.89%) CISSP
1 3 (7.89%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (2.63%) CCNA
2 1 (2.63%) CCNP
2 1 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.63%) Degree
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (31.58%) GMP
2 7 (18.42%) QA
3 3 (7.89%) GDPR
3 3 (7.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (5.26%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 2 (5.26%) GAMP
5 1 (2.63%) GRC
5 1 (2.63%) ISO 13485
5 1 (2.63%) ITGC
System Software
1 2 (5.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.63%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.63%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 13 (34.21%) SAP
2 7 (18.42%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.53%) Oracle
4 3 (7.89%) ServiceNow
5 2 (5.26%) Ariba
5 2 (5.26%) Workday
5 2 (5.26%) Zscaler
6 1 (2.63%) Cisco
6 1 (2.63%) LabWare
6 1 (2.63%) Salesforce