ISO/IEC 12207 Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 12207
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ISO/IEC 12207 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 421 - 402
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 12207 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.014% - 0.024%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.084% - 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 - -
UK median daily rate £320 - £775
% change year-on-year - - +10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £54.85
Median hourly rate - - £67.72
75th Percentile - - £76.53
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £67.72
% change year-on-year - - +41.37%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 12207 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 3,592 2,071 3,281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.34% 16.24% 15.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,270 1,320 1,937
10th Percentile £310 £207 £240
25th Percentile £402 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -1.04% +1.05%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £582
90th Percentile £675 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 361 142 303
10th Percentile £14.02 £16.23 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.14 £13.09
Median hourly rate £30.58 £31.76 £18.97
Median % change year-on-year -3.72% +67.42% -43.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £66.90
UK median hourly rate £28.28 £31.76 £22.94
% change year-on-year -10.97% +38.48% -41.19%

ISO/IEC 12207
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISO/IEC 12207 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

ISO/IEC 12207 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 12207
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ISO/IEC 12207.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ISO/IEC 12207

ISO/IEC 12207
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ISO/IEC 12207.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ISO/IEC 12207

ISO/IEC 12207
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 ISO/IEC 12207 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 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
Midlands - 3 £320 -
West Midlands - 3 £320 -
ISO/IEC 12207
UK

ISO/IEC 12207
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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
1 2 (66.67%) Validation Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Verification Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Validation Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) SDLC
1 3 (100.00%) Test Management
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
1 3 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 3 (100.00%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft