ISO/IEC 20000 Contracts in the South East

ISO/IEC 20000 (supersedes BS 15000)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring ISO/IEC 20000 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ISO/IEC 20000 over the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 177 212
Rank change year-on-year +40 +35 +50
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 20000 27 14 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.77% 0.28% 0.018%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.16% 2.25% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 10 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £519 £500 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £196
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +179.93% -51.79%
75th Percentile £556 £600 £208
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £538 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -6.52% - +27.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £27.50 -
England median hourly rate - £27.50 -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

ISO/IEC 20000 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 649 621 795
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 18.48% 12.60% 14.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 397 317 497
10th Percentile £200 £244 £241
25th Percentile £375 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +3.63%
75th Percentile £588 £590 £619
90th Percentile £650 £689 £713
England median daily rate £500 £525 £536
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.05% +2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 55 47
10th Percentile £15.12 £10.82 £15.21
25th Percentile £15.40 £18.06 £17.88
Median hourly rate £24.66 £36.17 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.81% -26.19% +145.00%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.96 £54.06
90th Percentile £87.50 £70.00 £69.48
England median hourly rate £31.64 £27.50 £39.51
% change year-on-year +15.05% -30.40% +61.27%

ISO/IEC 20000
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing ISO/IEC 20000 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for ISO/IEC 20000 in the South East

ISO/IEC 20000
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 20000 in the South East.

Daily rate trend for ISO/IEC 20000 in the South East

ISO/IEC 20000
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 20000 in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for ISO/IEC 20000 in the South East

ISO/IEC 20000
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 ISO/IEC 20000 within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 August 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 +37 25 £538 -10.42% 1
Thames Valley +11 2 £400 -20.00% 2
Buckinghamshire - 2 £400 - 1
ISO/IEC 20000
England

ISO/IEC 20000
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Remedy ITSM
General
1 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
1 1 (3.70%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (92.59%) Architect
1 25 (92.59%) Service Architect
2 2 (7.41%) Change Manager
3 1 (3.70%) Change and Release Manager
3 1 (3.70%) IT Change Manager
3 1 (3.70%) IT Manager
3 1 (3.70%) Release Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (100.00%) ITIL
1 27 (100.00%) Service Management
2 25 (92.59%) IT4IT
2 25 (92.59%) Project Delivery
2 25 (92.59%) Service Design
3 2 (7.41%) ITSM
3 2 (7.41%) Validation
4 1 (3.70%) Change Management
4 1 (3.70%) Compliance Audit
4 1 (3.70%) Configuration Management
4 1 (3.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (3.70%) Mentoring
4 1 (3.70%) Release Management
4 1 (3.70%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 27 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 27 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) ISO 9001
1 2 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (7.41%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.70%) BMC
2 1 (3.70%) Remedy