ISO/IEC 15288 Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

ISO/IEC 15288
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring ISO/IEC 15288 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 15288 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.021% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 - -
England median daily rate £781 £500 -
% change year-on-year +56.25% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Midlands

ISO/IEC 15288 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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 781 445 377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 16.49% 17.45% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 501 316 249
10th Percentile £306 £268 £250
25th Percentile £393 £360 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £440 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -12.05% -
75th Percentile £538 £540 £600
90th Percentile £650 £638 £725
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 21 26
10th Percentile £12.76 £15.12 £12.75
25th Percentile £13.50 £16.13 £13.27
Median hourly rate £19.04 £25.08 £16.05
Median % change year-on-year -24.07% +56.28% -41.65%
75th Percentile £29.60 £33.88 £47.13
90th Percentile £67.84 £40.46 £55.00
England median hourly rate £36.07 £32.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year +10.98% +16.07% -20.00%

ISO/IEC 15288
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISO/IEC 15288 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

ISO/IEC 15288 job vacancy trend in the Midlands

ISO/IEC 15288
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 15288 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 September 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
West Midlands - 1 £320 - 1
ISO/IEC 15288
England

ISO/IEC 15288
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Validation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Verification Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 1 (100.00%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft