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

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	615	518	510
Rank change year-on-year	-97	-8	+52
Contract jobs citing ISO 22301	27	10	22
As % of all contract jobs in England	0.058%	0.035%	0.069%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	0.31%	0.20%	0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted	21	7	8
10^th Percentile	£463	£415	£351
25^th Percentile	£500	£488	£363
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£600	£398
Median % change year-on-year	-8.33%	+50.94%	-33.75%
75^th Percentile	£579	£713	£405
90^th Percentile	£650	£728	£469
UK median daily rate	£550	£600	£398
% change year-on-year	-8.33%	+50.94%	-33.75%

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.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills	8,595	5,068	4,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England	18.40%	17.84%	13.30%
Number of daily rates quoted	5,357	3,299	2,469
10^th Percentile	£327	£304	£291
25^th Percentile	£413	£400	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£518	£500	£520
Median % change year-on-year	+3.50%	-3.85%	-3.70%
75^th Percentile	£625	£625	£638
90^th Percentile	£725	£723	£750
UK median daily rate	£508	£500	£500
% change year-on-year	+1.50%	-	-4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted	700	250	189
10^th Percentile	£13.69	£15.13	£12.87
25^th Percentile	£16.60	£17.69	£18.13
Median hourly rate	£31.73	£31.49	£33.93
Median % change year-on-year	+0.76%	-7.19%	-11.78%
75^th Percentile	£65.00	£60.00	£67.50
90^th Percentile	£75.00	£80.00	£70.00
UK median hourly rate	£30.27	£30.00	£27.50
% change year-on-year	+0.90%	+9.09%	-26.67%

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 Daily Rate Trend in England

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 22 October 2026.

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 22 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
London	-83	13	£550	-22.81%	8
South East	-	7	£528	-	3
South West	-31	3	£600	+20.00%	4
Yorkshire	-35	2	£525	-12.50%	4
Midlands	-43	2	£463	-24.49%	3
North of England	-67	2	£525	-12.50%	8
West Midlands	-40	1	£463	-24.49%	1
East Midlands	-	1	-	-	2
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ISO 22301 Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing ISO 22301 also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region with a requirement for ISO 22301.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ISO/IEC 27001	81.5%	22
2	Business Continuity	74.1%	20
3	Operational Resilience	55.6%	15
4	Information Security	48.1%	13
4	Stakeholder Management	48.1%	13
6	Disaster Recovery	44.4%	12
7	Continuous Improvement	40.7%	11
8	Security Cleared	37.0%	10
9	Business Impact Analysis	33.3%	9
9	Impact Analysis	33.3%	9
11	ITIL	29.6%	8
11	Risk Management	29.6%	8
11	SC Cleared	29.6%	8
14	Business Continuity Management	25.9%	7
14	Internal Audit	25.9%	7
14	NIST	25.9%	7
17	Cybersecurity	22.2%	6
17	Incident Response	22.2%	6
17	Information Security Management	22.2%	6
17	ISMS	22.2%	6
17	Resilience Testing	22.2%	6
17	Security Management	22.2%	6
23	BCP	18.5%	5
23	Business Continuity Planning	18.5%	5
23	CISM	18.5%	5
23	CISSP	18.5%	5
23	CRISC	18.5%	5
23	Knowledge Transfer	18.5%	5
29	Contingency Planning	14.8%	4
29	DORA	14.8%	4

ISO 22301 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ISO/IEC 27001	81.5%	22
2	NIST	25.9%	7
3	DORA	14.8%	4
3	ISO 9001	14.8%	4
3	SOC 2	14.8%	4
6	QA	11.1%	3
7	Actionable Recommendations	7.4%	2
7	GRC	7.4%	2
7	ISO 14001	7.4%	2
7	ISO 31000	7.4%	2
7	ISO/IEC 20000	7.4%	2
12	GDPR	3.7%	1
12	ISO/IEC 27005	3.7%	1
12	NIST 800	3.7%	1
12	PCI DSS	3.7%	1