Hybrid/Remote 21 CFR Part 11 Contract Job Trends

21 CFR Part 11
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring 21 CFR Part 11 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 310 -
Rank change year-on-year -51 - -
Contract jobs citing 21 CFR Part 11 8 4 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.059% 0.040% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.29% 0.22% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £461 - -
25th Percentile £510 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.35% - -
75th Percentile £550 - -
90th Percentile £559 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £563 -
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

21 CFR Part 11 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,744 1,778 1,789
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 20.16% 17.61% 13.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,866 1,203 1,255
10th Percentile £350 £313 £300
25th Percentile £419 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.48% -3.33%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £619
90th Percentile £688 £700 £749
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £501
% change year-on-year - -0.17% -4.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 44 46
10th Percentile £23.65 £14.78 £12.75
25th Percentile £50.00 £19.82 £14.55
Median hourly rate £70.00 £34.24 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +104.44% +36.96% -28.57%
75th Percentile £76.75 £67.50 £61.25
90th Percentile £82.25 £71.06 £68.13
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £27.35 £25.00
% change year-on-year +46.25% +9.40% -35.42%

21 CFR Part 11
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing 21 CFR Part 11 and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

21 CFR Part 11 job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

21 CFR Part 11
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing 21 CFR Part 11.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing 21 CFR Part 11

21 CFR Part 11
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing 21 CFR Part 11 over the 6 months to 1 August 2026.

21 CFR Part 11 daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

21 CFR Part 11
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (37.50%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (37.50%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (37.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Forms
General
1 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Manufacturing
2 3 (37.50%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Software Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Lead
3 2 (25.00%) Lead Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Lead Software Developer
3 2 (25.00%) LIMS Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Product Owner
4 1 (12.50%) ERP Manager
4 1 (12.50%) ERP Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) LIMS Manager
4 1 (12.50%) LIMS Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (62.50%) .NET
1 5 (62.50%) REST
1 5 (62.50%) SOAP
2 3 (37.50%) .NET Framework
2 3 (37.50%) Middleware
2 3 (37.50%) Web Services
2 3 (37.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) LIMS
2 5 (62.50%) Management Information System
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (25.00%) Life Science
3 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
1 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Validation
2 5 (62.50%) Information Management
2 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (50.00%) ERP
4 3 (37.50%) Analytics
4 3 (37.50%) Business Analysis
4 3 (37.50%) Data Analytics
4 3 (37.50%) Data Management
4 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
4 3 (37.50%) Data Protection
4 3 (37.50%) Data Validation
4 3 (37.50%) Data Visualisation
4 3 (37.50%) OO
4 3 (37.50%) OOP
4 3 (37.50%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
4 3 (37.50%) System Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Unit Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Visualisation
4 3 (37.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C#
1 5 (62.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (25.00%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (100.00%) GxP
2 6 (75.00%) GMP
3 5 (62.50%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 5 (62.50%) QA
4 1 (12.50%) GAMP
4 1 (12.50%) ISO 13485
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Oracle
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Ariba
3 1 (12.50%) LabWare
3 1 (12.50%) SAP