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 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 572 484 515
Rank change year-on-year -88 +31 +145
Contract jobs citing GxP 55 38 54
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.13% 0.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.69% 0.83% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 11 28
10th Percentile £320 £436 -
25th Percentile £416 £443 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £523 £410
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% +27.44% -10.63%
75th Percentile £547 £575 £538
90th Percentile £575 £600 £565
UK excluding London median daily rate £427 £523 £410
% change year-on-year -18.28% +27.44% +23.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.25
Median hourly rate - - £42.50
75th Percentile - - £48.75
90th Percentile - - £59.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £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 7,998 4,576 6,016
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.52% 15.89% 14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,138 2,940 3,819
10th Percentile £341 £263 £281
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £509
Median % change year-on-year - -1.67% -3.14%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -2.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 467 172 393
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.96 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.14 £13.18
Median hourly rate £36.00 £32.96 £21.64
Median % change year-on-year +9.22% +52.31% -38.17%
75th Percentile £66.13 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.94 £82.48 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £32.96 £18.27
% change year-on-year +21.36% +80.41% -45.27%

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 25 May 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 11 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 25 May 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 -110 34 £513 -3.98% 16
London -58 21 £525 -19.23% 7
Work from Home -27 18 £513 +6.94% 7
UK excluding London -110 13 £427 -18.28% 10
East of England -37 6 £441 -19.91% 4
Midlands - 4 - - 2
West Midlands - 4 - - 1
North of England -81 1 - - 1
South East - 1 - - 2
Wales - 1 £300 - 2
Yorkshire - 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 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (10.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (5.45%) SAP SD
3 2 (3.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (3.64%) NetSuite
3 2 (3.64%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (1.82%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (1.82%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.82%) SAP GTS
4 1 (1.82%) SAP MDG
4 1 (1.82%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.82%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.09%) AWS
1 5 (9.09%) Azure
2 4 (7.27%) Entra ID
3 3 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.64%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.64%) Veeva
5 1 (1.82%) Azure AI
5 1 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.82%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.82%) dbt
5 1 (1.82%) GCP
5 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.82%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.27%) Firewall
2 3 (5.45%) VLAN
3 2 (3.64%) X.21
4 1 (1.82%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.82%) NAS
4 1 (1.82%) SAN
4 1 (1.82%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.82%) Pinecone
1 1 (1.82%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (1.82%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 6 (10.91%) JIRA
2 1 (1.82%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.82%) Git
2 1 (1.82%) LSMW
2 1 (1.82%) Selenium
General
1 39 (70.91%) Pharmaceutical
2 26 (47.27%) Social Skills
3 21 (38.18%) Manufacturing
4 12 (21.82%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (20.00%) Finance
6 3 (5.45%) Billing
6 3 (5.45%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (5.45%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.64%) Health Technology
7 2 (3.64%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.82%) German Language
8 1 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.82%) Marketing
8 1 (1.82%) Retail
8 1 (1.82%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 10 (18.18%) Consultant
2 9 (16.36%) Senior
3 8 (14.55%) Analyst
4 7 (12.73%) Architect
5 6 (10.91%) Project Manager
6 5 (9.09%) Designer
6 5 (9.09%) Product Designer
6 5 (9.09%) SAP Consultant
7 4 (7.27%) Business Analyst
8 3 (5.45%) Compliance Manager
8 3 (5.45%) IT Manager
8 3 (5.45%) IT Risk Manager
8 3 (5.45%) Quality Manager
8 3 (5.45%) Risk Manager
8 3 (5.45%) SAP Manager
8 3 (5.45%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
9 2 (3.64%) LIMS Architect
9 2 (3.64%) Product Owner
9 2 (3.64%) Workflow Consultant
9 2 (3.64%) Workflow Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.64%) IDoc
1 2 (3.64%) REST
2 1 (1.82%) ADO
2 1 (1.82%) EDI
2 1 (1.82%) iOS SDK
2 1 (1.82%) JSON
2 1 (1.82%) LangChain
2 1 (1.82%) LDAP
2 1 (1.82%) LlamaIndex
2 1 (1.82%) OAuth
2 1 (1.82%) OpenID
2 1 (1.82%) pgvector
2 1 (1.82%) React Native
2 1 (1.82%) SAML
2 1 (1.82%) SAP ALE
2 1 (1.82%) SOAP
2 1 (1.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (50.91%) Life Science
2 8 (14.55%) LIMS
3 7 (12.73%) Operational Technology
4 4 (7.27%) Biopharmaceutical
4 4 (7.27%) Data Structures
5 3 (5.45%) FMCG
6 2 (3.64%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.64%) Onboarding
6 2 (3.64%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.82%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.82%) Pharmacovigilance
7 1 (1.82%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.09%) Windows
2 1 (1.82%) Android
2 1 (1.82%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (49.09%) Validation
2 16 (29.09%) Agile
3 13 (23.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (18.18%) ERP
4 10 (18.18%) Migration
4 10 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (16.36%) User Stories
6 7 (12.73%) Biotechnology
6 7 (12.73%) Data Migration
7 6 (10.91%) Business Analysis
7 6 (10.91%) Data Modelling
7 6 (10.91%) Regulatory Compliance
7 6 (10.91%) Roadmaps
7 6 (10.91%) User Experience
7 6 (10.91%) Wireframes
8 5 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (9.09%) Journey Map
8 5 (9.09%) Prototyping
8 5 (9.09%) QMS
8 5 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.45%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.64%) Python
2 2 (3.64%) SQL
3 1 (1.82%) Java
3 1 (1.82%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (9.09%) PMI Certification
1 5 (9.09%) PMP
2 3 (5.45%) CISSP
2 3 (5.45%) Degree
2 3 (5.45%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.64%) CISM
3 2 (3.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (3.64%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.82%) CCNA
4 1 (1.82%) CCNP
4 1 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.82%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (34.55%) GMP
2 9 (16.36%) QA
3 6 (10.91%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 3 (5.45%) GAMP
4 3 (5.45%) GDPR
5 2 (3.64%) GRC
5 2 (3.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (1.82%) EU AI Act
6 1 (1.82%) ISO 13485
6 1 (1.82%) ITGC
6 1 (1.82%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (7.27%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.64%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.82%) Docker
3 1 (1.82%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (1.82%) HP ALM
1 1 (1.82%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.82%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 12 (21.82%) SAP
2 11 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (10.91%) Oracle
4 4 (7.27%) ServiceNow
5 3 (5.45%) Salesforce
6 2 (3.64%) JD Edwards
6 2 (3.64%) Sitecore
6 2 (3.64%) Workday
7 1 (1.82%) Agilent
7 1 (1.82%) Anaplan
7 1 (1.82%) Ariba
7 1 (1.82%) Cisco
7 1 (1.82%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.82%) DocuSign
7 1 (1.82%) HP
7 1 (1.82%) LabVantage
7 1 (1.82%) LabWare
7 1 (1.82%) Siebel
7 1 (1.82%) Splunk