ISO 31000 Contracts

ISO 31000
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring ISO 31000 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ISO 31000 over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 543 566 669
Rank change year-on-year +23 +103 +175
Contract jobs citing ISO 31000 7 8 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.018% 0.018%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.13% 0.13% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 6
10th Percentile £500 £750 -
25th Percentile £525 £825 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £850 £450
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% +88.89% -18.18%
75th Percentile £575 £875 £575
90th Percentile £750 £883 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 - £450
% change year-on-year - - -18.18%

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 5,188 5,931 7,701
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.31% 13.68% 13.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,324 3,676 5,262
10th Percentile £280 £282 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -4.67% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £749 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 430 256
10th Percentile £14.78 £11.07 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £13.52 £19.36
Median hourly rate £30.00 £23.80 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.05% -36.53% +38.89%
75th Percentile £62.25 £49.69 £62.68
90th Percentile £83.05 £70.00 £79.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.59 £21.69 £35.50
% change year-on-year +27.21% -38.92% +61.36%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISO 31000.

Daily rate trend for ISO 31000 in the UK

ISO 31000
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO 31000 over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISO 31000 in the UK

ISO 31000
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISO 31000.

Hourly rate trend for ISO 31000 in the UK

ISO 31000
Top 7 Contract 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 5 July 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 +55 7 £550 -35.29% 30
UK excluding London +44 5 £550 - 14
North of England - 4 £550 - 2
North West - 4 £550 -
London +42 2 £550 -35.29% 15
Work from Home +28 1 £550 - 11
East of England - 1 £475 - 1

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:

General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Business Manager
1 2 (28.57%) IT Manager
1 2 (28.57%) IT Services Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Lead
1 2 (28.57%) Service Continuity Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Service Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Security Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (57.14%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (57.14%) ITIL
2 4 (57.14%) Problem Management
2 4 (57.14%) Service Continuity Management
3 3 (42.86%) Business Continuity
3 3 (42.86%) End-to-End Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
5 1 (14.29%) Information Security
5 1 (14.29%) ITSM
5 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
5 1 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (57.14%) ISO 22301
3 2 (28.57%) NIST
4 1 (14.29%) COSO
4 1 (14.29%) GDPR
4 1 (14.29%) GRC
4 1 (14.29%) ISO 9001
4 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (14.29%) NCSC
4 1 (14.29%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) ServiceNow