ISO 31000 Contract Job Trends

ISO 31000
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring ISO 31000 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 603 524 582
Rank change year-on-year -79 +58 +124
Contract jobs citing ISO 31000 6 3 17
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.014% 0.010% 0.038%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.078% 0.067% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 11
10th Percentile £498 - £488
25th Percentile £513 - £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £800
Median % change year-on-year - - +33.33%
75th Percentile £538 - £875
90th Percentile £566 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 - £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

ISO 31000 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 7,682 4,476 6,326
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.30% 15.28% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,947 2,900 4,026
10th Percentile £336 £263 £300
25th Percentile £413 £385 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year - -2.20% -2.62%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £625
90th Percentile £700 £716 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 419 177 375
10th Percentile £15.25 £17.26 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.14 £13.28
Median hourly rate £30.58 £32.00 £21.12
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +51.55% -47.21%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £44.38
90th Percentile £82.05 £80.40 £66.43
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.43 £31.88 £18.11
% change year-on-year -1.41% +76.04% -48.26%

ISO 31000
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISO 31000 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

ISO 31000 job vacancy trend in the UK

ISO 31000
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO 31000.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO 31000

ISO 31000
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO 31000.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO 31000

ISO 31000
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 31000 within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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
England -107 6 £525 - 1
Work from Home - 4 £525 - 2
London -51 3 £543 - 1
UK excluding London -85 3 £525 - 2
South East - 3 £525 -

ISO 31000
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) Confluence
1 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Metadata
2 1 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Compliance Officer
1 2 (33.33%) Risk Officer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
3 3 (50.00%) Risk Register
4 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
4 2 (33.33%) CAPA
4 2 (33.33%) Data Privacy
4 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
4 2 (33.33%) Data Security
4 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
4 2 (33.33%) Information Security
4 2 (33.33%) Internal Audit
4 2 (33.33%) ITIL
4 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
4 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (33.33%) Release Management
4 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CISA
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
1 2 (33.33%) CRISC
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) GRC
2 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (83.33%) NIST
3 3 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (50.00%) ISO 22301
3 3 (50.00%) PMO
4 2 (33.33%) COBIT
4 2 (33.33%) GDPR
4 2 (33.33%) PCI DSS
4 2 (33.33%) SLA
4 2 (33.33%) SOC 2
5 1 (16.67%) P3O