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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 659 544 -
Rank change year-on-year -115 - -
Contract jobs citing ISO 31000 20 9 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.037% 0.028% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.21% 0.16% -
Number of daily rates quoted 14 8 0
10th Percentile £413 £347 -
25th Percentile £425 £447 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £528 £575 -
90th Percentile £564 £680 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £550 -
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th 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 requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,389 5,517 5,159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.51% 16.97% 13.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,964 3,538 3,136
10th Percentile £325 £288 £285
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year - -2.07% -2.74%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £482
% change year-on-year +3.16% -1.35% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 584 258 281
10th Percentile £13.86 £13.60 £11.80
25th Percentile £17.12 £16.61 £14.50
Median hourly rate £35.41 £30.00 £25.60
Median % change year-on-year +18.03% +17.19% -25.80%
75th Percentile £68.75 £60.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.85 £82.97 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.07 £25.83 £24.59
% change year-on-year +39.67% +5.02% -27.55%

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 3 September 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.

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 3 September 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
UK excluding London -87 20 £475 -13.64% 10
South East -53 14 £475 +36.69% 1
England -119 14 £475 -13.64% 12
Work from Home -40 9 £500 -9.09% 5
Scotland - 6 £475 - 3

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 2 (10.00%) Confluence
1 2 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.00%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (50.00%) Azure
2 9 (45.00%) Entra ID
2 9 (45.00%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (30.00%) IaaS
3 6 (30.00%) PaaS
4 2 (10.00%) SaaS
5 1 (5.00%) AWS
5 1 (5.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Metadata
General
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Aviation
3 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.00%) Legal
3 1 (5.00%) Military
3 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 9 (45.00%) Security Specialist
2 7 (35.00%) Risk Manager
3 3 (15.00%) IT Manager
3 3 (15.00%) IT Risk Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Lead
4 1 (5.00%) Security Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Security Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (70.00%) Operational Technology
2 5 (25.00%) Cyber Defence
2 5 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 4 (20.00%) SCADA
4 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (10.00%) Taxonomies
5 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
5 1 (5.00%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (5.00%) Mobile Payment
5 1 (5.00%) Public Cloud
5 1 (5.00%) Security Posture
5 1 (5.00%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) Linux
1 7 (35.00%) Windows
2 6 (30.00%) Unix
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 12 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (50.00%) Risk Register
3 10 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 9 (45.00%) OWASP
4 9 (45.00%) RBAC
4 9 (45.00%) Remediation Plan
4 9 (45.00%) Security Architecture
4 9 (45.00%) SIEM
5 7 (35.00%) Architectural Patterns
5 7 (35.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (35.00%) ITIL
5 7 (35.00%) Risk Assessment
6 6 (30.00%) Change Control
6 6 (30.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 6 (30.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 6 (30.00%) IT Governance
6 6 (30.00%) IT Strategy
6 6 (30.00%) Service Management
6 6 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (40.00%) Degree
3 7 (35.00%) CISM
3 7 (35.00%) CISSP
3 7 (35.00%) SC Cleared
4 6 (30.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 6 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (30.00%) CRISC
5 5 (25.00%) CESG Certified Professional
5 5 (25.00%) GIAC
5 5 (25.00%) SANS
6 4 (20.00%) GSEC
6 4 (20.00%) SSCP
7 2 (10.00%) CCSP
8 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (5.00%) CISA
8 1 (5.00%) CLAS
8 1 (5.00%) CREST Certified
8 1 (5.00%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (5.00%) IISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (65.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (60.00%) NIST
3 11 (55.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (35.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 6 (30.00%) COBIT
6 5 (25.00%) GRC
7 3 (15.00%) ISO 22301
8 2 (10.00%) NCSC
9 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
9 1 (5.00%) GDPR
9 1 (5.00%) ISO 9001
9 1 (5.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.00%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Centrify
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco
2 1 (5.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (5.00%) F5
2 1 (5.00%) Google
2 1 (5.00%) Qualys
2 1 (5.00%) Splunk
2 1 (5.00%) Tripwire