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 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 502 538
Rank change year-on-year -51 +36 +177
Contract jobs citing GxP 40 32 60
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.10% 0.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.58% 0.71% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 15 32
10th Percentile £450 £436 -
25th Percentile £506 £443 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £523 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.72% +4.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £584 £541 £570
90th Percentile £605 £549 £686
UK excluding London median daily rate £454 £524 £410
% change year-on-year -13.32% +27.74% -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
% 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 6,913 4,511 6,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.30% 14.60% 14.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,454 2,681 4,264
10th Percentile £325 £260 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £634
90th Percentile £700 £725 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +3.58% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 361 168 339
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.23 £20.82 £14.50
Median hourly rate £25.77 £27.68 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.88% +10.70% -14.24%
75th Percentile £63.40 £65.00 £51.17
90th Percentile £69.65 £76.01 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.78 £27.68 £24.43
% change year-on-year -21.30% +13.28% -15.32%

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 15 February 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 15 February 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 -76 26 £513 -1.91% 5
Work from Home +2 19 £513 +17.55% 1
London -6 14 £513 - 2
UK excluding London -77 12 £454 -13.32% 4
East of England -22 5 £454 +0.89% 1
West Midlands - 4 - -
Midlands - 4 - -
North of England -72 1 - - 2
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
South East - 1 - - 1
Wales - 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (7.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (7.50%) NetSuite
3 2 (5.00%) SAP ERP
3 2 (5.00%) SAP MDG
3 2 (5.00%) SAP PP
3 2 (5.00%) SAP QM
3 2 (5.00%) TrackWise
4 1 (2.50%) SAP EWM
4 1 (2.50%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.00%) Azure
1 4 (10.00%) Veeva
2 3 (7.50%) AWS
2 3 (7.50%) Entra ID
2 3 (7.50%) SaaS
3 2 (5.00%) Amazon EC2
3 2 (5.00%) Amazon S3
3 2 (5.00%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (5.00%) Serverless
4 1 (2.50%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.50%) Firewall
2 2 (5.00%) Network Security
2 2 (5.00%) Wireless
3 1 (2.50%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.50%) NAS
3 1 (2.50%) SAN
3 1 (2.50%) VLAN
3 1 (2.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (5.00%) Power BI
1 2 (5.00%) SAP Data Services
1 2 (5.00%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) JIRA
1 2 (5.00%) LSMW
2 1 (2.50%) Git
General
1 24 (60.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 20 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 14 (35.00%) Manufacturing
4 7 (17.50%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (12.50%) Finance
7 2 (5.00%) Health Technology
7 2 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.50%) Marketing
8 1 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (15.00%) Lead
2 5 (12.50%) Analyst
2 5 (12.50%) Consultant
3 4 (10.00%) IT Manager
3 4 (10.00%) Quality Manager
3 4 (10.00%) SAP Consultant
3 4 (10.00%) Senior
4 3 (7.50%) Architect
4 3 (7.50%) Business Architect
4 3 (7.50%) Compliance Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Designer
4 3 (7.50%) IT Risk Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Product Designer
4 3 (7.50%) Risk Manager
4 3 (7.50%) SAP Manager
4 3 (7.50%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
5 2 (5.00%) Business Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.00%) SAP QM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (5.00%) XML
2 1 (2.50%) IDoc
2 1 (2.50%) JSON
2 1 (2.50%) React Native
2 1 (2.50%) REST
2 1 (2.50%) SAP TM
2 1 (2.50%) SOAP
2 1 (2.50%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 16 (40.00%) Life Science
2 5 (12.50%) LIMS
2 5 (12.50%) Operational Technology
3 3 (7.50%) FMCG
4 2 (5.00%) Data Structures
4 2 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.00%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.50%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (2.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (45.00%) Validation
2 10 (25.00%) Biotechnology
2 10 (25.00%) ERP
2 10 (25.00%) Quality Management
2 10 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 8 (20.00%) Migration
3 8 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (17.50%) Agile
5 6 (15.00%) Analytics
5 6 (15.00%) Business Analysis
5 6 (15.00%) QMS
6 5 (12.50%) Change Control
6 5 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (12.50%) User Experience
6 5 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
7 4 (10.00%) CRM
7 4 (10.00%) Regulatory Compliance
7 4 (10.00%) Use Case
7 4 (10.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.50%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.00%) Python
3 1 (2.50%) Java
3 1 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (12.50%) Degree
2 3 (7.50%) CISSP
2 3 (7.50%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (2.50%) CCNA
3 1 (2.50%) CCNP
3 1 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.50%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (32.50%) GMP
2 10 (25.00%) QA
3 5 (12.50%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 3 (7.50%) GAMP
4 3 (7.50%) GDPR
4 3 (7.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (2.50%) GRC
5 1 (2.50%) ISO 13485
5 1 (2.50%) ITGC
System Software
1 2 (5.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.50%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 16 (40.00%) SAP
2 5 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.00%) Oracle
4 3 (7.50%) ServiceNow
5 2 (5.00%) Ariba
5 2 (5.00%) Workday
5 2 (5.00%) Zscaler
6 1 (2.50%) Cisco
6 1 (2.50%) LabWare
6 1 (2.50%) Micro Focus
6 1 (2.50%) Salesforce