ISO/IEC 20000 Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring ISO/IEC 20000 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 111 136
Rank change year-on-year -14 +25 +23
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 20000 3 9 8
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.14% 0.46% 0.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.78% 2.88% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 8
10th Percentile £419 £436 -
25th Percentile £447 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -14.89% +63.19%
75th Percentile £559 - £600
90th Percentile £591 - -
South East median daily rate £538 £500 £588
% change year-on-year +7.50% -14.89% +60.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £12.00 -
South East median hourly rate - £12.00 -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 386 312 467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 18.44% 16.00% 19.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 146 268
10th Percentile £300 £255 £148
25th Percentile £406 £413 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £702
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +11.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 11 22
10th Percentile £16.72 £18.50 £24.26
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £30.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £61.71 £50.53
Median % change year-on-year -41.66% +22.12% +140.61%
75th Percentile £82.00 £64.73 £71.62
90th Percentile £89.63 £65.62 £79.78
South East median hourly rate £36.00 £52.00 £50.53
% change year-on-year -30.77% +2.91% +140.61%

ISO/IEC 20000
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISO/IEC 20000 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

ISO/IEC 20000 job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

ISO/IEC 20000
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing ISO/IEC 20000.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing ISO/IEC 20000

ISO/IEC 20000
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 20000 in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISO/IEC 20000 in the Thames Valley

ISO/IEC 20000
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 21 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
Buckinghamshire +4 2 £400 +7.53%
Berkshire -6 1 £600 +20.00%
ISO/IEC 20000
South East

ISO/IEC 20000
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Change Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Change and Release Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Change Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Release Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Service Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Compliance Audit
3 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (33.33%) IT4IT
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Release Management
3 1 (33.33%) Service Catalogue
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO 9001
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) BMC
2 1 (33.33%) Remedy