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 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 523 515 602
Rank change year-on-year -8 +87 +185
Contract jobs citing GxP 48 38 26
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.10% 0.055%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.81% 0.77% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 19 13
10th Percentile £485 £441 £463
25th Percentile £531 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £545 £570
Median % change year-on-year +14.68% -4.39% +8.57%
75th Percentile £694 £563 £675
90th Percentile £729 £610 £698
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £525 £650
% change year-on-year +23.81% -19.23% +26.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.25 - -
Median hourly rate £30.50 - -
75th Percentile £30.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.50 - -

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 5,961 4,904 6,760
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.72% 13.31% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,810 2,869 4,560
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £400 £391 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £610 £625 £650
90th Percentile £700 £732 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +4.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 224 260
10th Percentile £13.60 £13.26 £14.54
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.92 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.77 £27.50 £35.82
Median % change year-on-year +0.98% -23.22% +43.26%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.51 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £27.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -16.36% -26.67% +65.98%

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 26 October 2025.

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 26 October 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 +8 34 £625 +19.05% 28
Work from Home +30 22 £600 - 10
UK excluding London -18 21 £650 +23.81% 23
London +12 14 £563 +2.27% 12
East of England -3 12 £638 +21.43% 4
North West -26 7 £675 +28.57% 1
North of England -36 7 £675 +28.57% 2
South East +10 1 - - 12
Wales - 1 - - 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 3 (6.25%) Confluence
2 1 (2.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (2.08%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.08%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 19 (39.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (4.17%) SAP CO
2 2 (4.17%) SAP EWM
2 2 (4.17%) SAP FI
2 2 (4.17%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (4.17%) SAP QM
3 1 (2.08%) SAP ERP
3 1 (2.08%) SAP GRC
3 1 (2.08%) SAP IBP
3 1 (2.08%) SAP MDG
3 1 (2.08%) SAP SD
3 1 (2.08%) SAP Travel Management
3 1 (2.08%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.58%) Power Platform
2 4 (8.33%) AWS
2 4 (8.33%) Veeva
3 3 (6.25%) Azure
4 2 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.17%) GCP
4 2 (4.17%) SaaS
5 1 (2.08%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (2.08%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (2.08%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (2.08%) Benchling
5 1 (2.08%) Cohesity
5 1 (2.08%) Lucidchart
5 1 (2.08%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.42%) Firewall
2 2 (4.17%) Network Security
2 2 (4.17%) Wireless
3 1 (2.08%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.58%) Power BI
2 5 (10.42%) SAP HANA
3 2 (4.17%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (2.08%) SAP BW
4 1 (2.08%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (8.33%) JIRA
2 1 (2.08%) ERwin
2 1 (2.08%) Git
2 1 (2.08%) MLflow
General
1 35 (72.92%) Pharmaceutical
2 15 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 12 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 5 (10.42%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (10.42%) Finance
5 4 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.17%) German Language
7 1 (2.08%) Health Technology
7 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.08%) Marketing
7 1 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (22.92%) Lead
2 7 (14.58%) Consultant
3 6 (12.50%) Programme Manager
3 6 (12.50%) SAP Consultant
4 5 (10.42%) SAP Manager
5 4 (8.33%) IT Manager
5 4 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
5 4 (8.33%) Project Manager
6 3 (6.25%) Analyst
6 3 (6.25%) SAP Programme Manager
7 2 (4.17%) Architect
7 2 (4.17%) Developer
7 2 (4.17%) Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (4.17%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 2 (4.17%) IT Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (4.17%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
7 2 (4.17%) Network Security Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) SAP QM Consultant
7 2 (4.17%) SAP QM Specialist
7 2 (4.17%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.25%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (4.17%) FHIR
2 2 (4.17%) IDoc
2 2 (4.17%) JSON
2 2 (4.17%) XML
3 1 (2.08%) EDI
3 1 (2.08%) Hugging Face
3 1 (2.08%) J2EE
3 1 (2.08%) PyTorch
3 1 (2.08%) React Native
3 1 (2.08%) REST
3 1 (2.08%) SailPoint
3 1 (2.08%) SAP Core Interface
3 1 (2.08%) SAP PI
3 1 (2.08%) SAP TM
3 1 (2.08%) SOAP
3 1 (2.08%) TensorFlow
3 1 (2.08%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 21 (43.75%) Life Science
2 7 (14.58%) Operational Technology
3 4 (8.33%) LIMS
3 4 (8.33%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (4.17%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.08%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.08%) CMDB
5 1 (2.08%) Genomics
5 1 (2.08%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.08%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.25%) Windows
2 1 (2.08%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (27.08%) Validation
2 11 (22.92%) Analytics
2 11 (22.92%) Biotechnology
2 11 (22.92%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (20.83%) Agile
3 10 (20.83%) Project Management
4 9 (18.75%) ERP
4 9 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (16.67%) Programme Management
6 7 (14.58%) Business Analysis
6 7 (14.58%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (14.58%) Data Management
6 7 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (14.58%) Risk Management
6 7 (14.58%) Service Management
7 6 (12.50%) Change Management
7 6 (12.50%) Data Science
7 6 (12.50%) ITSM
7 6 (12.50%) Service Design
7 6 (12.50%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.25%) SQL
2 2 (4.17%) Java
2 2 (4.17%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.17%) Python
3 1 (2.08%) Bash
3 1 (2.08%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 8 (16.67%) Degree
2 5 (10.42%) PMI Certification
2 5 (10.42%) PMP
3 2 (4.17%) ACCA
3 2 (4.17%) CIMA
3 2 (4.17%) CISA
3 2 (4.17%) CISM
3 2 (4.17%) CISSP
3 2 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.08%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.08%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (31.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 6 (12.50%) QA
3 5 (10.42%) GDPR
3 5 (10.42%) GMP
4 4 (8.33%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (6.25%) HL7
6 2 (4.17%) Data Quality
6 2 (4.17%) HIPAA
6 2 (4.17%) IFRS
7 1 (2.08%) Accessibility
7 1 (2.08%) GAMP
7 1 (2.08%) GRC
System Software
1 5 (10.42%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.08%) Docker
2 1 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (2.08%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.08%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 26 (54.17%) SAP
2 8 (16.67%) Ariba
3 4 (8.33%) LabWare
4 2 (4.17%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.17%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.17%) Zscaler
5 1 (2.08%) Adobe
5 1 (2.08%) Alteryx
5 1 (2.08%) Cisco
5 1 (2.08%) EMC
5 1 (2.08%) IFS
5 1 (2.08%) Isilon
5 1 (2.08%) LabVantage
5 1 (2.08%) Micro Focus
5 1 (2.08%) Oracle
5 1 (2.08%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.08%) Sparx
5 1 (2.08%) Spotify
5 1 (2.08%) Veritas