GxP Contracts in England

GxP
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GxP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GxP over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 490 606 698
Rank change year-on-year +116 +92 -76
Contract jobs citing GxP 41 34 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.071% 0.10%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.80% 0.53% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 24 54
10th Percentile - £252 -
25th Percentile £405 £295 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +5.94% -6.13%
75th Percentile £531 £489 £510
90th Percentile £560 £596 £584
UK median daily rate £410 £450 £413
% change year-on-year -8.89% +9.09% -8.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.25 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £42.50 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% - -
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £56.32 - -
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year -32.00% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

GxP is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,119 6,433 9,233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.05% 13.35% 13.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,281 4,363 6,339
10th Percentile £300 £300 £290
25th Percentile £406 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 348 217 261
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.21 £12.02
25th Percentile £13.18 £20.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.42 £37.50 £29.12
Median % change year-on-year -40.21% +28.78% +38.67%
75th Percentile £45.00 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.75 £79.85 £69.83
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +12.90% +47.62%

GxP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GxP in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for GxP in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GxP in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GxP in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for GxP in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GxP in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for GxP in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GxP within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
East of England +10 18 £410 -0.61% 5
North of England +42 14 £410 +39.57% 3
North West +30 14 £410 +39.57% 3
London +95 4 £513 +7.89% 9
South East +29 3 £550 +116.11% 5
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UK

GxP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (21.95%) Confluence
2 1 (2.44%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (19.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (7.32%) SAP BPC
3 1 (2.44%) Relativity
3 1 (2.44%) SAP SD
3 1 (2.44%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 16 (39.02%) Power Platform
2 8 (19.51%) Collibra
3 5 (12.20%) Azure
4 2 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.88%) PowerApps
4 2 (4.88%) SaaS
5 1 (2.44%) AWS
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.44%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.44%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (39.02%) Power BI
2 6 (14.63%) Metadata
3 3 (7.32%) SAP HANA
4 2 (4.88%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.44%) Ataccama
5 1 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.44%) SAP BW
5 1 (2.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (26.83%) JIRA
2 7 (17.07%) Eclipse
2 7 (17.07%) PyCharm
3 1 (2.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 29 (70.73%) Pharmaceutical
2 26 (63.41%) Manufacturing
3 8 (19.51%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.76%) Finance
5 2 (4.88%) Legal
5 2 (4.88%) Social Skills
6 1 (2.44%) French Language
6 1 (2.44%) German Language
6 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (51.22%) Analyst
2 20 (48.78%) Business Analyst
3 5 (12.20%) Manufacturing Engineer
3 5 (12.20%) Support Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Data Analyst
4 4 (9.76%) Data Business Analyst
4 4 (9.76%) Data Product Analyst
4 4 (9.76%) Product Analyst
4 4 (9.76%) Product Business Analyst
4 4 (9.76%) Product Owner
4 4 (9.76%) Project Manager
5 3 (7.32%) IT Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) IT Support
5 3 (7.32%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Lead
5 3 (7.32%) SAP Manager
6 2 (4.88%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (4.88%) SAP Test Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Senior
6 2 (4.88%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) EDI
1 1 (2.44%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 14 (34.15%) Life Science
2 5 (12.20%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.44%) Biopharmaceutical
3 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.44%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (46.34%) Data Governance
1 19 (46.34%) Lean Six Sigma
1 19 (46.34%) Six Sigma
2 17 (41.46%) Business Analysis
3 13 (31.71%) Data Protection
3 13 (31.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (29.27%) Analytics
4 12 (29.27%) Business Process Modelling
4 12 (29.27%) Requirements Analysis
4 12 (29.27%) Requirements Engineering
4 12 (29.27%) Requirements Gathering
4 12 (29.27%) Stakeholder Analysis
5 11 (26.83%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (26.83%) Project Management
5 11 (26.83%) Validation
6 8 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (17.07%) Agile
7 7 (17.07%) Process Improvement
7 7 (17.07%) Workflow
8 6 (14.63%) Biotechnology
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.51%) Python
1 8 (19.51%) SQL
2 7 (17.07%) Groovy
2 7 (17.07%) Java
2 7 (17.07%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.44%) Scala
Qualifications
1 14 (34.15%) Degree
2 12 (29.27%) IIBA
3 2 (4.88%) PMI Certification
3 2 (4.88%) PMP
4 1 (2.44%) CISM
4 1 (2.44%) CISSP
4 1 (2.44%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (48.78%) GDPR
2 19 (46.34%) Good Clinical Practice
3 7 (17.07%) GAMP
4 5 (12.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (4.88%) GMP
6 1 (2.44%) COBIT
6 1 (2.44%) NIST
6 1 (2.44%) PMO
6 1 (2.44%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (21.95%) SAP
2 3 (7.32%) Hyperion
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.88%) Oracle
4 1 (2.44%) Databricks
4 1 (2.44%) OneTrust
4 1 (2.44%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.44%) StreamSets
4 1 (2.44%) Talend