BS7666 Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

BS7666
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring BS7666 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing BS7666 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.029% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £375 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £425 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £400 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

BS7666 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,450 2,059 3,348
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.13% 16.16% 15.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,154 1,288 1,978
10th Percentile £306 £205 £250
25th Percentile £400 £344 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -1.04% +1.05%
75th Percentile £581 £575 £582
90th Percentile £675 £663 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 353 134 320
10th Percentile £14.45 £15.67 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.43 £22.04 £13.33
Median hourly rate £30.58 £31.76 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.72% +32.33% -26.15%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £46.75
90th Percentile £80.80 £75.00 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £31.76 £25.00
% change year-on-year -12.03% +27.04% -33.33%

BS7666
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BS7666 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

BS7666 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

BS7666
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing BS7666.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing BS7666

BS7666
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing BS7666.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing BS7666

BS7666
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BS7666 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 March 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
South East - 1 £400 - 3
BS7666
UK

BS7666
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) ArcGIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
1 1 (100.00%) QGIS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) LLPG
1 1 (100.00%) NLPG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ESRI
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce