ISO 22301 Contract Job Trends in England

ISO 22301
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring ISO 22301 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 529 479 518
Rank change year-on-year -50 +39 +194
Contract jobs citing ISO 22301 12 21 27
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.038% 0.074% 0.074%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.22% 0.52% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 13
10th Percentile £359 £363 £432
25th Percentile £406 £379 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £600
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -33.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £686 £444 £644
90th Percentile £716 £528 £649
UK median daily rate £475 £400 £600
% change year-on-year +18.75% -33.33% +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

ISO 22301 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 in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,484 4,018 5,232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.32% 14.20% 14.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,567 2,336 3,506
10th Percentile £313 £265 £325
25th Percentile £406 £382 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £650
90th Percentile £703 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 160 216
10th Percentile £15.61 £14.70 £14.10
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.27 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.67 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year -17.98% -9.14% +43.40%
75th Percentile £60.77 £64.73 £61.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £83.18
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -13.28% -12.12% +45.47%

ISO 22301
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISO 22301 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

ISO 22301 job vacancy trend in England

ISO 22301
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ISO 22301.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ISO 22301

ISO 22301
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO 22301 in England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISO 22301 in England

ISO 22301
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 ISO 22301 within the England region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
South East -15 3 £400 -15.79% 5
London -16 2 £713 +23.91% 3
South West - 2 £553 -
West Midlands -30 1 £550 - 1
Midlands -34 1 £550 - 5
North of England -57 1 - - 2
North East - 1 - -
East of England - 1 £375 - 1
ISO 22301
UK

ISO 22301
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) AWS
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
3 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
1 1 (8.33%) Network Security
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (8.33%) Banking
4 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Financial Institution
4 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery Specialist
2 2 (16.67%) Security Specialist
2 2 (16.67%) Senior
2 2 (16.67%) Service Continuity Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Applications Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Business Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Business Continuity Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Business Continuity Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Compliance Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Lead
3 1 (8.33%) Management Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Applications Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) HTML
1 1 (8.33%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Replication
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (8.33%) Hedge funds
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (8.33%) SCADA
2 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (8.33%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Business Continuity
1 8 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (50.00%) ITIL
3 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 4 (33.33%) Runbook
3 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (25.00%) Impact Analysis
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (16.67%) Problem Management
5 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
6 1 (8.33%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (8.33%) Architecture Governance
6 1 (8.33%) Business Strategy
6 1 (8.33%) Clean Code
6 1 (8.33%) Cyber Resilience
6 1 (8.33%) Impact Assessments
6 1 (8.33%) Proactive Management
6 1 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
6 1 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (8.33%) CISA
2 1 (8.33%) CISSP
2 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (33.33%) NIST
3 1 (8.33%) COBIT
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (8.33%) GRC
3 1 (8.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (8.33%) ISO 14001
3 1 (8.33%) ISO 9001
3 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (8.33%) MiFID
3 1 (8.33%) NCSC
3 1 (8.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (8.33%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (16.67%) Commvault
2 2 (16.67%) Veeam
2 2 (16.67%) Zerto
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco