ISO/IEC 12207 Contract Job Trends

ISO/IEC 12207
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring ISO/IEC 12207 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 612 - 579
Rank change year-on-year - - +157
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 12207 3 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.007% - 0.014%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.040% - 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £763
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 - £775
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.71%
75th Percentile - - £788
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £320 - -
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 excluding London median hourly rate - - £67.72

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,569 4,433 6,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.40% 15.15% 14.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,883 2,841 4,076
10th Percentile £336 £260 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £480
% change year-on-year +5.26% -1.04% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 402 177 370
10th Percentile £15.34 £17.26 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.45 £22.14 £13.50
Median hourly rate £28.28 £31.76 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.97% +38.09% -39.47%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £78.56 £68.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.58 £31.76 £19.24
% change year-on-year -3.72% +65.12% -42.38%

ISO/IEC 12207
Job Vacancy Trend

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

ISO/IEC 12207 job vacancy trend in the UK

ISO/IEC 12207
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

ISO/IEC 12207
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

ISO/IEC 12207
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 ISO/IEC 12207 within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 -
England - 3 £320 - 1
UK excluding London - 3 £320 - 1

ISO/IEC 12207
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:

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