IASME Contract Job Trends

IASME
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring IASME skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 608 - 595
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IASME 4 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.009% - 0.016%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.055% - 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 - £363
75th Percentile £540 - £449
90th Percentile £546 - £493
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 - £363

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,337 4,454 6,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.29% 15.07% 14.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,735 2,804 4,146
10th Percentile £331 £258 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £517
Median % change year-on-year - -3.33% -1.48%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £485
% change year-on-year +5.26% -1.96% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 387 169 395
10th Percentile £15.49 £16.20 £11.06
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.50 £14.13
Median hourly rate £28.55 £31.76 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% +27.04% -28.57%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £47.75
90th Percentile £79.34 £79.41 £69.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.79 £31.76 £24.47
% change year-on-year -3.05% +29.82% -23.27%

IASME
Job Vacancy Trend

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

IASME job vacancy trend in the UK

IASME
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IASME

IASME
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IASME within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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
UK excluding London - 4 £530 - 7
England - 3 £530 - 7
South East - 3 £530 - 7
Wales - 1 - -

IASME
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Governance Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Governance Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Governance Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Supplier Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) IT Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 3 (75.00%) NCSC
2 3 (75.00%) NIST
2 3 (75.00%) NIST 800
3 1 (25.00%) GDPR
3 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001