GxP Contracts

GxP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring GxP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GxP over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 503 542 654
Rank change year-on-year +39 +112 +139
Contract jobs citing GxP 48 53 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.12% 0.046%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.93% 0.89% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 31 15
10th Percentile £434 - £324
25th Percentile £443 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £410 £475
Median % change year-on-year +34.15% -13.68% +8.70%
75th Percentile £694 £550 £549
90th Percentile £719 £575 £603
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £410 £400
% change year-on-year +34.15% +2.50% -23.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £42.50 -
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 5,147 5,936 7,649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.29% 13.67% 13.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,302 3,681 5,225
10th Percentile £280 £284 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £506 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% -3.62% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £473 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -0.42% -5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 430 257
10th Percentile £14.78 £11.07 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £13.52 £19.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £23.80 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.05% -37.37% +40.74%
75th Percentile £62.63 £49.69 £63.23
90th Percentile £83.19 £70.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.18 £21.64 £37.50
% change year-on-year +30.22% -42.29% +67.45%

GxP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GxP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GxP in the UK

GxP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GxP.

Daily rate trend for GxP in the UK

GxP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GxP over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GxP in the UK

GxP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GxP.

Hourly rate trend for GxP in the UK

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Top 7 Contract 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 4 July 2025. 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 +58 34 £550 +34.15% 76
UK excluding London +25 22 £550 +34.15% 48
Work from Home +43 15 £479 -10.84% 28
East of England +19 14 £450 +9.76% 7
North of England +3 8 £638 +55.49% 9
North West 0 8 £638 +55.49% 7
London +35 7 £700 +27.27% 34

GxP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (6.25%) Confluence
2 1 (2.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (2.08%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 15 (31.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (6.25%) SAP ERP
3 2 (4.17%) SAP SD
4 1 (2.08%) SAP IBP
4 1 (2.08%) SAP MDG
4 1 (2.08%) SAP MM
4 1 (2.08%) SAP PP
4 1 (2.08%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (2.08%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.33%) Azure
1 4 (8.33%) GitHub
2 3 (6.25%) Veeva
3 2 (4.17%) AWS
3 2 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (4.17%) GCP
4 1 (2.08%) Adobe Analytics
4 1 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.08%) Collibra
4 1 (2.08%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (2.08%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (2.08%) Intranet
2 1 (2.08%) LAN
2 1 (2.08%) Skype
2 1 (2.08%) VPN
2 1 (2.08%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.17%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (2.08%) BigQuery
2 1 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.08%) Metadata
2 1 (2.08%) Power BI
2 1 (2.08%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (14.58%) JIRA
2 3 (6.25%) Jenkins
2 3 (6.25%) JMeter
2 3 (6.25%) LoadRunner
2 3 (6.25%) NeoLoad
3 1 (2.08%) Cypress.io
3 1 (2.08%) ERwin
3 1 (2.08%) Selenium
General
1 33 (68.75%) Pharmaceutical
2 24 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 11 (22.92%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (12.50%) Finance
4 6 (12.50%) Manufacturing
5 4 (8.33%) German Language
6 3 (6.25%) Marketing
7 2 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 8 (16.67%) Analyst
2 7 (14.58%) Business Analyst
2 7 (14.58%) Lead
3 6 (12.50%) Programme Manager
3 6 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 6 (12.50%) SAP Manager
4 5 (10.42%) IT Manager
4 5 (10.42%) IT Project Manager
5 3 (6.25%) SAP Programme Manager
5 3 (6.25%) Support Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) Architect
6 2 (4.17%) Consultant
6 2 (4.17%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 2 (4.17%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (4.17%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Supply Chain Analyst
6 2 (4.17%) Test Leader
6 2 (4.17%) Trainer
7 1 (2.08%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.17%) FHIR
1 2 (4.17%) XML
2 1 (2.08%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.08%) EDI
2 1 (2.08%) IDoc
2 1 (2.08%) J2EE
2 1 (2.08%) JSON
2 1 (2.08%) REST
2 1 (2.08%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.08%) SAP Core Interface
2 1 (2.08%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.08%) SAP PI
2 1 (2.08%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 18 (37.50%) Life Science
2 8 (16.67%) LIMS
2 8 (16.67%) Operational Technology
3 3 (6.25%) FMCG
4 2 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.17%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.08%) Animation
5 1 (2.08%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.08%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.08%) Data Fabric
5 1 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.08%) e-Learning
5 1 (2.08%) Learning Management System
5 1 (2.08%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.42%) Apple iOS
2 4 (8.33%) Linux
3 2 (4.17%) Windows
4 1 (2.08%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (33.33%) Agile
1 16 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (27.08%) Validation
3 12 (25.00%) Project Management
4 10 (20.83%) Service Management
5 9 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (16.67%) Programme Management
7 7 (14.58%) Change Management
7 7 (14.58%) Risk Management
7 7 (14.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (12.50%) Budgeting
8 6 (12.50%) Coaching
8 6 (12.50%) Computer Security
8 6 (12.50%) Incident Management
8 6 (12.50%) ITSM
8 6 (12.50%) Service Design
8 6 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
9 5 (10.42%) Data Management
9 5 (10.42%) PRINCE2
9 5 (10.42%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.25%) SQL
2 1 (2.08%) ABAP
2 1 (2.08%) Bicep
2 1 (2.08%) Groovy
2 1 (2.08%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 6 (12.50%) PMP
2 5 (10.42%) Degree
3 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.08%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (27.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 6 (12.50%) HIPAA
2 6 (12.50%) QA
3 3 (6.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 3 (6.25%) Accessibility
3 3 (6.25%) HL7
4 2 (4.17%) Data Quality
4 2 (4.17%) GDPR
5 1 (2.08%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (2.08%) GMP
5 1 (2.08%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (2.08%) HP ALM
1 1 (2.08%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (2.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (52.08%) SAP
2 12 (25.00%) Ariba
3 9 (18.75%) Microsoft
4 7 (14.58%) ServiceNow
5 4 (8.33%) LabWare
6 2 (4.17%) LabVantage
7 1 (2.08%) Adobe
7 1 (2.08%) Alteryx
7 1 (2.08%) Cisco
7 1 (2.08%) Databricks
7 1 (2.08%) HP
7 1 (2.08%) Oracle
7 1 (2.08%) Salesforce
7 1 (2.08%) Siemens
7 1 (2.08%) Sparx