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 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 555 550 624
Rank change year-on-year -5 +74 +194
Contract jobs citing ISO 31000 8 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.023% 0.003% 0.015%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.13% 0.021% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 6
10th Percentile £342 - £504
25th Percentile £419 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £775
Median % change year-on-year - - +29.17%
75th Percentile £534 - £875
90th Percentile £704 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 - £700
% change year-on-year - - +3.70%

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 6,050 4,850 6,687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.68% 13.27% 14.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,874 2,842 4,490
10th Percentile £301 £275 £313
25th Percentile £401 £391 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £700 £731 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +1.01% -5.95% +4.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 300 214 255
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.26 £14.72
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.50 £20.07
Median hourly rate £27.54 £27.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% -26.67% +44.23%
75th Percentile £60.00 £56.91 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.57 £26.68 £40.00
% change year-on-year -15.40% -33.30% +77.78%

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
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO 31000 over the 6 months to 2 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISO 31000 in the UK

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 8 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 2 November 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 -3 8 £500 - 9
London +11 4 £500 - 1
UK excluding London - 4 £425 - 9
South East - 2 £348 - 2
North West - 1 £850 -
North of England - 1 £850 -
Work from Home - 1 - - 1
East of England - 1 £475 -

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 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Lead
1 3 (37.50%) Risk Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Risk Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 5 (62.50%) Decision-Making
3 4 (50.00%) Risk Register
4 3 (37.50%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (37.50%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (25.00%) Contingency Planning
5 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
6 1 (12.50%) Information Security
6 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
6 1 (12.50%) OWASP
6 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
6 1 (12.50%) Programme Governance
6 1 (12.50%) Remediation Plan
6 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) CRISC
3 2 (25.00%) CISA
4 1 (12.50%) CISM
4 1 (12.50%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) COSO
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) GRC
2 1 (12.50%) ISO 9001
2 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (12.50%) NIST 800
2 1 (12.50%) P3O
2 1 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft