ISO 31000 Contract Job Trends

ISO 31000
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs citing ISO 31000 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	670	557	559
Rank change year-on-year	-113	+2	+61
Contract jobs citing ISO 31000	23	8	1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK	0.042%	0.023%	0.003%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	0.23%	0.13%	0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted	13	7	0
10^th Percentile	-	£342	-
25^th Percentile	£413	£419	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£500	-
Median % change year-on-year	+10.00%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£575	£534	-
90^th Percentile	£585	£704	-
UK excluding London median daily rate	£550	£425	-
% change year-on-year	+29.41%	-	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£51.25	-	-
Median hourly rate	£52.50	-	-
75^th Percentile	£53.75	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£52.50	-	-

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 citing quality assurance or compliance skills.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills	10,121	6,058	4,942
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK	18.48%	17.72%	13.43%
Number of daily rates quoted	6,335	3,878	2,906
10^th Percentile	£325	£302	£275
25^th Percentile	£413	£401	£397
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£509	£500	£500
Median % change year-on-year	+1.80%	-	-4.76%
75^th Percentile	£615	£613	£625
90^th Percentile	£725	£706	£738
UK excluding London median daily rate	£480	£475	£475
% change year-on-year	+1.05%	-	-5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	773	294	219
10^th Percentile	£13.54	£13.60	£13.26
25^th Percentile	£16.46	£16.50	£15.62
Median hourly rate	£31.46	£29.00	£27.50
Median % change year-on-year	+8.48%	+5.45%	-22.82%
75^th Percentile	£65.00	£60.00	£62.24
90^th Percentile	£75.00	£78.50	£70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£32.40	£23.25	£27.50
% change year-on-year	+39.33%	-15.45%	-23.61%

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 Daily Rate Trend

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 29 October 2026.

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.

ISO 31000 Top 6 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 29 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
UK excluding London	-77	21	£550	+29.41%	3
England	-119	19	£550	+10.00%	1
South East	-43	17	£550	+58.27%
Scotland	-	4	-	-	2
Work from Home	-77	3	£655	-
London	-84	2	£525	+5.00%

ISO 31000 Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing ISO 31000 also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads citing ISO 31000.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ISO/IEC 27001	91.3%	21
2	Cybersecurity	87.0%	20
2	NIST	87.0%	20
4	CISM	73.9%	17
4	CISSP	73.9%	17
4	Security Architecture	73.9%	17
7	Vulnerability Management	69.6%	16
8	Azure	65.2%	15
9	Microsoft	60.9%	14
10	Degree	56.5%	13
10	Risk Management	56.5%	13
10	Security Cleared	56.5%	13
13	Linux	52.2%	12
13	Risk Register	52.2%	12
13	Windows	52.2%	12
16	(ISC)2 CCSP	47.8%	11
16	Change Control	47.8%	11
16	Cisco Certification	47.8%	11
16	CRISC	47.8%	11
16	SIEM	47.8%	11
21	Information Security	43.5%	10
21	Remediation Plan	43.5%	10
23	Cyber Essentials	39.1%	9
23	Entra ID	39.1%	9
23	Microsoft 365	39.1%	9
23	OWASP	39.1%	9
23	RBAC	39.1%	9
23	SC Cleared	39.1%	9
29	Cyber Threat Intelligence	34.8%	8
29	Data Protection	34.8%	8

ISO 31000 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ISO/IEC 27001	91.3%	21
2	NIST	87.0%	20
3	Cyber Essentials	39.1%	9
4	GDPR	34.8%	8
4	GRC	34.8%	8
4	ISO 9001	34.8%	8
7	ISO/IEC 27005	30.4%	7
7	PCI DSS	30.4%	7
9	NIST 800	17.4%	4
10	ISO 22301	13.0%	3
10	NCSC	13.0%	3
12	California Consumer Privacy Act	4.3%	1
12	COSO	4.3%	1
12	Data Quality	4.3%	1
12	EU AI Act	4.3%	1
12	HIPAA	4.3%	1
12	ISO 14001	4.3%	1
12	ISO/IEC 42001	4.3%	1
12	QA	4.3%	1
12	Sarbanes-Oxley	4.3%	1