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 16 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 545 509 549
Rank change year-on-year -36 +40 +173
Contract jobs citing GxP 45 26 42
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.082% 0.099%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.70% 0.57% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 11 18
10th Percentile £480 £406 £405
25th Percentile £506 £463 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -8.70% +27.78%
75th Percentile £641 £549 £675
90th Percentile £650 £650 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £638 £525 £555
% change year-on-year +21.43% -5.41% +23.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.25 - £41.25
Median hourly rate £30.50 - £42.50
75th Percentile £30.75 - £43.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.50 - £42.50
% change year-on-year - - -29.17%

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 6,437 4,570 6,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.31% 14.34% 14.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,173 2,692 4,073
10th Percentile £313 £260 £313
25th Percentile £406 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £624 £644
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.58% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 175 247
10th Percentile £15.29 £15.00 £13.11
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.02 £17.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.28% -10.77% +35.42%
75th Percentile £61.25 £64.73 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.86 £75.00 £79.41
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.36 £29.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -29.81% -3.33% +36.36%

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 16 January 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 9 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 16 January 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 -31 31 £525 - 46
Work from Home +4 23 £525 -9.68% 3
London +6 18 £525 - 4
UK excluding London -50 14 £638 +21.43% 46
East of England -10 10 £638 +112.50% 6
Midlands - 2 - - 10
West Midlands - 2 - - 3
South East - 1 - - 13
Wales - 1 - - 2

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.22%) Confluence
1 1 (2.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (31.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (6.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (6.67%) NetSuite
3 2 (4.44%) SAP CO
3 2 (4.44%) SAP ERP
3 2 (4.44%) SAP EWM
3 2 (4.44%) SAP FI
3 2 (4.44%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (4.44%) SAP MDG
3 2 (4.44%) SAP PP
3 2 (4.44%) SAP QM
4 1 (2.22%) SAP GRC
4 1 (2.22%) SAP Travel Management
4 1 (2.22%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.33%) Power Platform
2 4 (8.89%) AWS
3 3 (6.67%) Azure
3 3 (6.67%) SaaS
3 3 (6.67%) Veeva
4 2 (4.44%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (4.44%) Amazon S3
4 2 (4.44%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.44%) Serverless
5 1 (2.22%) Benchling
5 1 (2.22%) Cohesity
5 1 (2.22%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.22%) GCP
5 1 (2.22%) Lucidchart
5 1 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.67%) Firewall
2 2 (4.44%) Network Security
2 2 (4.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.33%) Power BI
2 5 (11.11%) SAP HANA
3 2 (4.44%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (4.44%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (2.22%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 3 (6.67%) JIRA
2 2 (4.44%) LSMW
3 1 (2.22%) Git
3 1 (2.22%) MLflow
General
1 31 (68.89%) Pharmaceutical
2 16 (35.56%) Manufacturing
2 16 (35.56%) Social Skills
3 7 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (15.56%) Finance
4 6 (13.33%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.44%) Health Technology
5 2 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.22%) Marketing
6 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (22.22%) Lead
2 6 (13.33%) Consultant
2 6 (13.33%) SAP Consultant
3 5 (11.11%) IT Manager
4 4 (8.89%) Analyst
4 4 (8.89%) Quality Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Architect
5 3 (6.67%) Business Architect
5 3 (6.67%) Compliance Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Designer
5 3 (6.67%) IT Risk Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Product Designer
5 3 (6.67%) Risk Manager
5 3 (6.67%) SAP Manager
5 3 (6.67%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
5 3 (6.67%) Senior
6 2 (4.44%) Data Migration Expert
6 2 (4.44%) SAP QM Consultant
6 2 (4.44%) SAP QM Specialist
6 2 (4.44%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (4.44%) XML
2 1 (2.22%) Hugging Face
2 1 (2.22%) IDoc
2 1 (2.22%) JSON
2 1 (2.22%) PyTorch
2 1 (2.22%) React Native
2 1 (2.22%) REST
2 1 (2.22%) SAP TM
2 1 (2.22%) SOAP
2 1 (2.22%) TensorFlow
2 1 (2.22%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 18 (40.00%) Life Science
2 4 (8.89%) LIMS
2 4 (8.89%) Operational Technology
3 3 (6.67%) FMCG
4 2 (4.44%) Data Structures
4 2 (4.44%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (4.44%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.44%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.22%) Genomics
5 1 (2.22%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (40.00%) Validation
2 14 (31.11%) ERP
3 12 (26.67%) Biotechnology
4 10 (22.22%) Agile
4 10 (22.22%) Analytics
4 10 (22.22%) Business Analysis
4 10 (22.22%) Quality Management
5 8 (17.78%) Data Migration
5 8 (17.78%) Migration
5 8 (17.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (17.78%) User Experience
6 7 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (15.56%) Project Management
7 6 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (13.33%) Data Management
7 6 (13.33%) Data Science
7 6 (13.33%) Use Case
8 5 (11.11%) CRM
8 5 (11.11%) QMS
8 5 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.67%) JavaScript
1 3 (6.67%) Python
2 2 (4.44%) SQL
3 1 (2.22%) Bash
3 1 (2.22%) Java
3 1 (2.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (11.11%) Degree
2 2 (4.44%) ACCA
2 2 (4.44%) CIMA
2 2 (4.44%) CISA
2 2 (4.44%) CISM
2 2 (4.44%) CISSP
2 2 (4.44%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (2.22%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (24.44%) GMP
2 9 (20.00%) QA
3 7 (15.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (11.11%) GDPR
5 4 (8.89%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 2 (4.44%) GAMP
6 2 (4.44%) IFRS
7 1 (2.22%) Accessibility
7 1 (2.22%) GRC
7 1 (2.22%) HIPAA
System Software
1 2 (4.44%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.22%) Docker
2 1 (2.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.22%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 21 (46.67%) SAP
2 3 (6.67%) Oracle
3 2 (4.44%) Ariba
3 2 (4.44%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.44%) Zscaler
4 1 (2.22%) EMC
4 1 (2.22%) IFS
4 1 (2.22%) Isilon
4 1 (2.22%) LabWare
4 1 (2.22%) Micro Focus
4 1 (2.22%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.22%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.22%) Spotify
4 1 (2.22%) Veritas
4 1 (2.22%) Workday