IASME Contract Job Trends in the South East

IASME
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring IASME skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 - 202
Rank change year-on-year - - +46
Contract jobs citing IASME 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.067% - 0.020%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.39% - 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £526 - -
25th Percentile £528 - £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 - £515
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.90%
75th Percentile - - £523
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £530 - £325
% change year-on-year - - -38.10%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

IASME 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 778 549 862
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.50% 14.97% 17.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 541 284 516
10th Percentile £305 £228 £180
25th Percentile £413 £365 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year - -2.63% +10.32%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £609
90th Percentile £675 £684 £681
England median daily rate £500 £500 £545
% change year-on-year - -8.26% +3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 26 46
10th Percentile £14.99 £19.40 £21.63
25th Percentile £17.03 £24.18 £30.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £53.00 £52.81
Median % change year-on-year -32.08% +0.36% +151.46%
75th Percentile £77.43 £62.48 £71.55
90th Percentile £84.99 £65.17 £77.45
England median hourly rate £25.15 £31.37 £34.75
% change year-on-year -19.83% -9.73% +54.44%

IASME
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IASME relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

IASME job vacancy trend in the South East

IASME
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing IASME.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing IASME

IASME
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IASME within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 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
Hampshire - 3 £530 -
IASME
England

IASME
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 3 (100.00%) NCSC
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
1 3 (100.00%) NIST 800