ISO/IEC 17025 Contracts

ISO/IEC 17025
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring ISO/IEC 17025 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ISO/IEC 17025 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 513 573 716
Rank change year-on-year +60 +143 +127
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 17025 7 9 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.021% 0.003%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.15% 0.14% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 2
10th Percentile - £438 £388
25th Percentile £525 £463 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -1.48% -11.74%
75th Percentile £581 - £592
90th Percentile £593 £544 £633
UK excluding London median daily rate - £500 £375
% change year-on-year - +33.33% +11.94%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

ISO/IEC 17025 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/IEC 17025
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ISO/IEC 17025 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ISO/IEC 17025 in the UK

ISO/IEC 17025
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 17025.

Daily rate trend for ISO/IEC 17025 in the UK

ISO/IEC 17025
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 17025.

Hourly rate trend for ISO/IEC 17025 in the UK

ISO/IEC 17025
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 17025 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 +56 7 £550 +10.00% 10
London +44 7 £550 -

ISO/IEC 17025
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:

General
1 3 (42.86%) Law
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Military
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Senior
1 5 (71.43%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 7 (100.00%) E-Discovery
1 7 (100.00%) Forensic Analysis
1 7 (100.00%) QMS
1 7 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 7 (100.00%) Validation
2 6 (85.71%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) EnCE
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) EnCase
1 5 (71.43%) FTK
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Cellebrite
1 5 (71.43%) Nuix