ISO 13485 Contract Job Trends

ISO 13485
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring ISO 13485 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 578 535 607
Rank change year-on-year -43 +72 +186
Contract jobs citing ISO 13485 4 8 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.011% 0.022% 0.002%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.063% 0.16% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £469 £450 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £288
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +73.91% -52.08%
75th Percentile £506 £550 £294
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 -
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £50.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £50.00 -

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 6,319 4,956 6,577
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.42% 13.88% 14.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,072 2,915 4,399
10th Percentile £313 £263 £313
25th Percentile £405 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £601 £623 £640
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.58% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 309 205 241
10th Percentile £13.60 £13.88 £14.54
25th Percentile £17.69 £17.63 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £26.50 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% -25.35% +56.49%
75th Percentile £56.75 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £83.11
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.49 £25.48 £35.50
% change year-on-year -15.68% -28.23% +69.05%

ISO 13485
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISO 13485 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

ISO 13485 job vacancy trend in the UK

ISO 13485
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO 13485.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO 13485

ISO 13485
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO 13485.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO 13485

ISO 13485
Top 5 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 13485 within the UK over the 6 months to 8 December 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 -41 3 - - 24
London - 3 - - 8
Work from Home -3 1 £488 - 11
UK excluding London -44 1 £488 -2.50% 18
Scotland - 1 £488 - 1

ISO 13485
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Health
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Healthcare
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) .NET Software Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) AWS Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) AWS Software Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Lead
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) FHIR
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) QMS
2 3 (75.00%) Quality Management
3 2 (50.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) AI
4 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Health Informatics
4 1 (25.00%) Informatics
4 1 (25.00%) OO
4 1 (25.00%) OOD
4 1 (25.00%) OOP
4 1 (25.00%) Refactoring
4 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (25.00%) TDD
4 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) IEC 62304
2 1 (25.00%) DICOM
2 1 (25.00%) HL7
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes