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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 609 510 517
Rank change year-on-year -99 +7 +92
Contract jobs citing GxP 80 48 39
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.15% 0.10%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.82% 0.83% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 18 20
10th Percentile £398 £478 £446
25th Percentile £420 £522 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £625 £548
Median % change year-on-year -16.80% +14.16% -4.37%
75th Percentile £575 £697 £564
90th Percentile £776 £735 £605
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £650 £525
% change year-on-year -30.77% +23.81% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £22.43 - -
25th Percentile £33.70 £30.25 -
Median hourly rate £38.72 £30.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +26.95% - -
75th Percentile £43.75 £30.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.72 £30.50 -
% change year-on-year +26.95% - -

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 9,698 5,773 5,055
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.77% 17.53% 13.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,067 3,693 2,938
10th Percentile £325 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £400 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £610 £608 £625
90th Percentile £713 £706 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +1.16% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 688 282 240
10th Percentile £13.70 £13.60 £13.26
25th Percentile £16.56 £16.61 £17.18
Median hourly rate £30.27 £30.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.90% +9.09% -22.82%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £62.59
90th Percentile £74.25 £80.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.46 £25.08 £27.50
% change year-on-year +25.46% -8.82% -26.67%

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 12 October 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GxP over the 6 months to 12 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for GxP in the UK

GxP
Top 16 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 12 October 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 -101 57 £501 -19.80% 58
UK excluding London -87 34 £450 -30.77% 35
Work from Home -53 27 £525 -12.50% 21
London -80 23 £520 -7.56% 21
South East -54 13 £350 - 11
North of England -63 8 £400 -40.74% 4
East of England -29 6 £500 -21.57% 17
North West -47 5 £400 -40.74% 3
Yorkshire - 5 £400 - 1
Midlands - 3 £750 - 2
East Midlands - 2 £788 - 1
Scotland - 2 £425 -
Wales -16 1 - -
North East - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £550 - 1
South West - 1 £750 - 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 7 (8.75%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (5.00%) FactoryTalk
3 3 (3.75%) Confluence
4 1 (1.25%) Documentum
4 1 (1.25%) Mendix
Applications
1 2 (2.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (13.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (6.25%) SAP QM
3 2 (2.50%) SAP PP
4 1 (1.25%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (1.25%) SAP GTS
4 1 (1.25%) SAP IBP
4 1 (1.25%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.25%) Azure
2 4 (5.00%) AWS
2 4 (5.00%) Power Platform
3 3 (3.75%) Veeva
4 2 (2.50%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.25%) Amazon Bedrock
5 1 (1.25%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.25%) GCP
5 1 (1.25%) IaaS
5 1 (1.25%) Lucidchart
5 1 (1.25%) PaaS
5 1 (1.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.75%) HTTP
2 6 (7.50%) Firewall
2 6 (7.50%) VLAN
3 4 (5.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.50%) Kerberos
4 2 (2.50%) Network Security
4 2 (2.50%) X.21
5 1 (1.25%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (8.75%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (8.75%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.50%) EDMS
3 2 (2.50%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.25%) Metadata
4 1 (1.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (8.75%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 49 (61.25%) Pharmaceutical
2 40 (50.00%) Manufacturing
3 27 (33.75%) Social Skills
4 22 (27.50%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (8.75%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.00%) Finance
7 1 (1.25%) Billing
7 1 (1.25%) German Language
7 1 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.25%) Legal
7 1 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (16.25%) Lead
2 11 (13.75%) Developer
3 10 (12.50%) Architect
4 9 (11.25%) Senior
5 8 (10.00%) Consultant
5 8 (10.00%) Product Owner
6 7 (8.75%) Project Manager
6 7 (8.75%) Software Developer
7 6 (7.50%) Analyst
8 5 (6.25%) Lead Developer
8 5 (6.25%) Lead Software Developer
8 5 (6.25%) LIMS Developer
9 4 (5.00%) Automation Specialist
9 4 (5.00%) Business Analyst
10 3 (3.75%) Administrator
10 3 (3.75%) IT Manager
10 3 (3.75%) IT Project Manager
10 3 (3.75%) SAP Manager
10 3 (3.75%) Senior Manager
10 3 (3.75%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (13.75%) .NET
2 10 (12.50%) REST
2 10 (12.50%) SOAP
3 8 (10.00%) XML
4 7 (8.75%) Middleware
4 7 (8.75%) Web Services
5 6 (7.50%) .NET Framework
6 2 (2.50%) FHIR
7 1 (1.25%) IDoc
7 1 (1.25%) Model Context Protocol
7 1 (1.25%) SailPoint
7 1 (1.25%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 40 (50.00%) Life Science
2 16 (20.00%) LIMS
3 9 (11.25%) Operational Technology
4 8 (10.00%) Management Information System
4 8 (10.00%) Product Ownership
5 5 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (6.25%) SCADA
6 4 (5.00%) AI Agents
7 3 (3.75%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 2 (2.50%) Biopharmaceutical
8 2 (2.50%) Data Fabric
8 2 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (2.50%) Onboarding
8 2 (2.50%) Taxonomies
9 1 (1.25%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (1.25%) FMCG
9 1 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.25%) Learning Management System
9 1 (1.25%) Pharmacovigilance
9 1 (1.25%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (20.00%) Windows
2 12 (15.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.25%) Linux
3 1 (1.25%) VMS
3 1 (1.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (42.50%) Validation
2 30 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 21 (26.25%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (21.25%) Biotechnology
5 15 (18.75%) SDLC
6 14 (17.50%) Roadmaps
7 13 (16.25%) Agile
8 12 (15.00%) Data Governance
8 12 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 11 (13.75%) AI
9 11 (13.75%) ERP
9 11 (13.75%) Migration
9 11 (13.75%) Root Cause Analysis
10 9 (11.25%) Business Analysis
10 9 (11.25%) Data Modelling
10 9 (11.25%) Information Management
10 9 (11.25%) User Stories
10 9 (11.25%) Workflow
11 8 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (10.00%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 13 (16.25%) SQL
2 11 (13.75%) C#
3 6 (7.50%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.25%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.50%) Degree
4 5 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (6.25%) CSPO
5 2 (2.50%) CISM
5 2 (2.50%) CISSP
5 2 (2.50%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.50%) PMP
6 1 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (30.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 21 (26.25%) GMP
3 11 (13.75%) QA
4 10 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 5 (6.25%) Data Quality
6 4 (5.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (2.50%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (2.50%) EU AI Act
7 2 (2.50%) GAMP
7 2 (2.50%) GDPR
7 2 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (2.50%) NIST
8 1 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (1.25%) Good Clinical Practice
8 1 (1.25%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (5.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.25%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.25%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 14 (17.50%) SAP
2 11 (13.75%) Oracle
3 9 (11.25%) ServiceNow
4 6 (7.50%) Microsoft
5 4 (5.00%) Ariba
5 4 (5.00%) Rockwell
5 4 (5.00%) VMware
6 3 (3.75%) Palo Alto
6 3 (3.75%) Splunk
6 3 (3.75%) Zscaler
7 2 (2.50%) BeyondTrust
7 2 (2.50%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (1.25%) Google
8 1 (1.25%) JD Edwards
8 1 (1.25%) LabVantage
8 1 (1.25%) OpenText
8 1 (1.25%) Progress
8 1 (1.25%) Salesforce