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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 553 - 633
Rank change year-on-year - - +199
Contract jobs citing ISO 31000 9 0 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% - 0.022%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.16% - 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 8
10th Percentile £347 - -
25th Percentile £447 - £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £511
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.05%
75th Percentile £575 - £751
90th Percentile £680 - £875
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 - £400
% change year-on-year - - -33.33%

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 5,663 5,176 7,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.21% 13.43% 14.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,635 3,066 4,811
10th Percentile £300 £281 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £607 £625 £650
90th Percentile £706 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 259 261
10th Percentile £13.60 £12.42 £14.03
25th Percentile £16.92 £15.18 £18.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £35.63
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -22.82% +54.91%
75th Percentile £60.00 £59.38 £62.50
90th Percentile £81.65 £70.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.53 £27.50 £39.60
% change year-on-year +0.11% -30.56% +88.57%

ISO 31000
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ISO 31000 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ISO 31000 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 20 September 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 20 September 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 - 9 £550 - 12
UK excluding London - 7 £550 - 9
North of England - 4 £550 - 1
North West - 4 £550 - 1
London - 2 £550 - 7
South East - 2 £348 - 4
Work from Home - 2 £550 - 2
East of England - 1 £475 -

ISO 31000
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Business Continuity Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Business Manager
1 2 (22.22%) IT Manager
1 2 (22.22%) IT Services Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Lead
1 2 (22.22%) Service Continuity Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Service Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Risk Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (44.44%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) Problem Management
2 4 (44.44%) Risk Assessment
2 4 (44.44%) Service Continuity Management
3 3 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 3 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
4 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Application Security
5 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
5 1 (11.11%) Data Collection
5 1 (11.11%) EBIOS
5 1 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (11.11%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 1 (11.11%) Risk Register
5 1 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (33.33%) CRISC
3 2 (22.22%) CISA
3 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) CISM
4 1 (11.11%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (44.44%) ISO 22301
3 2 (22.22%) NIST
4 1 (11.11%) COSO
4 1 (11.11%) GDPR
4 1 (11.11%) ISO 9001
4 1 (11.11%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) ServiceNow
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft