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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 583 504 512
Rank change year-on-year -79 +8 +112
Contract jobs citing GxP 83 48 37
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.15% 0.097%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.87% 0.84% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 19 20
10th Percentile £391 £485 £446
25th Percentile £416 £531 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £625 £548
Median % change year-on-year -16.80% +14.16% -3.95%
75th Percentile £575 £700 £564
90th Percentile £756 £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 0 0
10th Percentile £22.43 - -
25th Percentile £33.70 - -
Median hourly rate £38.72 - -
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.72 - -

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 9,583 5,718 5,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.62% 17.32% 13.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,006 3,660 2,955
10th Percentile £324 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £606 £606 £625
90th Percentile £710 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +1.26% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 667 274 246
10th Percentile £13.90 £13.60 £13.13
25th Percentile £16.60 £16.61 £15.56
Median hourly rate £32.00 £30.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +9.09% -22.82%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.94 £62.54
90th Percentile £74.10 £78.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.40 £26.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +22.25% -3.64% -30.56%

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 5 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 5 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for GxP in the UK

GxP
Top 15 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 5 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 -99 58 £501 -21.37% 96
UK excluding London -89 33 £450 -30.77% 75
Work from Home -65 28 £525 -12.50% 58
London -74 24 £520 -13.33% 30
South East -44 14 £350 - 23
North of England -70 7 £400 -40.74% 12
East of England -29 6 £500 -21.57% 20
North West -46 5 £400 -40.74% 8
Yorkshire - 5 £400 - 1
Midlands - 3 £750 - 6
East Midlands - 2 £788 - 4
South West - 1 £750 - 3
Wales - 1 - - 5
West Midlands - 1 £550 - 2
Scotland - 1 £425 - 4

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 (8.43%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (4.82%) FactoryTalk
3 3 (3.61%) Confluence
4 1 (1.20%) Mendix
Applications
1 1 (1.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (14.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (6.02%) SAP QM
3 2 (2.41%) SAP PP
4 1 (1.20%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 1 (1.20%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.20%) SAP GTS
4 1 (1.20%) SAP IBP
4 1 (1.20%) SAP MDG
4 1 (1.20%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.02%) Azure
2 4 (4.82%) AWS
2 4 (4.82%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.41%) Veeva
4 1 (1.20%) Amazon Bedrock
4 1 (1.20%) Anthropic Claude
4 1 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.20%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.20%) GCP
4 1 (1.20%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.43%) HTTP
2 6 (7.23%) Firewall
2 6 (7.23%) VLAN
3 4 (4.82%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.41%) Kerberos
4 2 (2.41%) Network Security
4 2 (2.41%) X.21
5 1 (1.20%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.64%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (8.43%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (8.43%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.41%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.20%) EDMS
4 1 (1.20%) Metadata
4 1 (1.20%) Power BI
4 1 (1.20%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 7 (8.43%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (4.82%) JIRA
3 1 (1.20%) LSMW
General
1 53 (63.86%) Pharmaceutical
2 43 (51.81%) Manufacturing
3 30 (36.14%) Social Skills
4 23 (27.71%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (8.43%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.82%) Finance
7 2 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.20%) Billing
8 1 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.20%) German Language
8 1 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.20%) Legal
8 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (15.66%) Lead
2 11 (13.25%) Architect
2 11 (13.25%) Developer
3 9 (10.84%) Consultant
4 8 (9.64%) Product Owner
4 8 (9.64%) Senior
5 7 (8.43%) Analyst
5 7 (8.43%) Software Developer
6 6 (7.23%) Project Manager
7 5 (6.02%) Business Analyst
7 5 (6.02%) Lead Developer
7 5 (6.02%) Lead Software Developer
7 5 (6.02%) LIMS Developer
8 4 (4.82%) Automation Specialist
8 4 (4.82%) Designer
9 3 (3.61%) Administrator
9 3 (3.61%) SAP Consultant
9 3 (3.61%) SAP Manager
9 3 (3.61%) Systems Engineer
10 2 (2.41%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (13.25%) .NET
2 10 (12.05%) REST
2 10 (12.05%) SOAP
3 8 (9.64%) XML
4 7 (8.43%) Middleware
4 7 (8.43%) Web Services
5 6 (7.23%) .NET Framework
6 2 (2.41%) FHIR
7 1 (1.20%) IDoc
7 1 (1.20%) Model Context Protocol
7 1 (1.20%) SailPoint
7 1 (1.20%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 40 (48.19%) Life Science
2 16 (19.28%) LIMS
3 9 (10.84%) Operational Technology
4 8 (9.64%) Product Ownership
5 7 (8.43%) Management Information System
6 5 (6.02%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (6.02%) SCADA
7 4 (4.82%) AI Agents
8 3 (3.61%) Biopharmaceutical
8 3 (3.61%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 2 (2.41%) Data Fabric
9 2 (2.41%) Data Structures
9 2 (2.41%) Onboarding
9 2 (2.41%) Pharmacovigilance
9 2 (2.41%) Taxonomies
10 1 (1.20%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (1.20%) FMCG
10 1 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (1.20%) Learning Management System
10 1 (1.20%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (19.28%) Windows
2 12 (14.46%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.20%) Linux
3 1 (1.20%) VMS
3 1 (1.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (43.37%) Validation
2 31 (37.35%) Stakeholder Management
3 23 (27.71%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (19.28%) Agile
5 15 (18.07%) Biotechnology
5 15 (18.07%) SDLC
6 14 (16.87%) Roadmaps
7 12 (14.46%) AI
7 12 (14.46%) Data Governance
7 12 (14.46%) ERP
7 12 (14.46%) Migration
8 11 (13.25%) Data Modelling
8 11 (13.25%) Root Cause Analysis
8 11 (13.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (13.25%) User Stories
9 10 (12.05%) Business Analysis
10 9 (10.84%) Information Management
10 9 (10.84%) Scrum
10 9 (10.84%) Workflow
11 8 (9.64%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.66%) SQL
2 11 (13.25%) C#
3 6 (7.23%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.20%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (19.28%) Security Cleared
2 10 (12.05%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.23%) Degree
4 5 (6.02%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (6.02%) CSPO
5 2 (2.41%) CISM
5 2 (2.41%) CISSP
5 2 (2.41%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.41%) PMP
6 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (27.71%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 23 (27.71%) GMP
2 10 (12.05%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 10 (12.05%) QA
3 5 (6.02%) Data Quality
4 4 (4.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (3.61%) GDPR
6 2 (2.41%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (2.41%) EU AI Act
7 1 (1.20%) GAMP
7 1 (1.20%) Good Clinical Practice
7 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (1.20%) NIST
7 1 (1.20%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (4.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.61%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.20%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.20%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 14 (16.87%) SAP
2 12 (14.46%) Oracle
3 8 (9.64%) ServiceNow
4 6 (7.23%) Microsoft
5 4 (4.82%) Rockwell
5 4 (4.82%) VMware
6 3 (3.61%) Ariba
6 3 (3.61%) Palo Alto
6 3 (3.61%) Splunk
6 3 (3.61%) Zscaler
7 2 (2.41%) BeyondTrust
7 2 (2.41%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (2.41%) JD Edwards
8 1 (1.20%) Anaplan
8 1 (1.20%) DocuSign
8 1 (1.20%) Google
8 1 (1.20%) LabVantage
8 1 (1.20%) Progress
8 1 (1.20%) Salesforce