ISO 13485 Contracts

ISO 13485
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring ISO 13485 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ISO 13485 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 517 - 716
Rank change year-on-year - - +123
Contract jobs citing ISO 13485 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.010% - 0.003%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.066% - 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £288
25th Percentile - - £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £373
Median % change year-on-year - - -35.22%
75th Percentile - - £436
90th Percentile - - £459
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

ISO 13485 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 4,564 6,247 7,982
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.59% 14.34% 13.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,922 3,954 5,483
10th Percentile £265 £296 £275
25th Percentile £400 £403 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 382 225
10th Percentile £18.04 £10.95 £13.21
25th Percentile £22.21 £13.18 £18.70
Median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.00 £62.00
90th Percentile £83.01 £67.14 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.78 £18.00 £36.25
% change year-on-year +126.53% -50.34% +72.21%

ISO 13485
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ISO 13485 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ISO 13485 in the UK

ISO 13485
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISO 13485.

Daily rate trend for ISO 13485 in the UK

ISO 13485
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISO 13485.

Hourly rate trend for ISO 13485 in the UK

ISO 13485
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO 13485 within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England - 2 - - 65
London - 1 - - 28
Work from Home - 1 - - 33

ISO 13485
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP QM
1 1 (33.33%) SAP SRM
1 1 (33.33%) Teamcenter
1 1 (33.33%) TrackWise
General
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (66.67%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Compliance Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Compliance Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Project Quality Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) IoT
1 1 (33.33%) Life Science
1 1 (33.33%) LIMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Metrics
1 2 (66.67%) QMS
1 2 (66.67%) Quality Management
1 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 1 (33.33%) Compliance Audit
2 1 (33.33%) Compliance Management
2 1 (33.33%) Design for Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) FMEA
2 1 (33.33%) Global Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Internal Audit
2 1 (33.33%) Market Surveillance
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO 9001
1 2 (66.67%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (33.33%) GLP
2 1 (33.33%) GMP
2 1 (33.33%) Good Clinical Practice
2 1 (33.33%) GRC
2 1 (33.33%) GxP
2 1 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (33.33%) SOX 404
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) Siemens