ISO 9000 Contract Job Trends

ISO 9000
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring ISO 9000 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 - 588
Rank change year-on-year - - +85
Contract jobs citing ISO 9000 2 0 11
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.004% - 0.025%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.024% - 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £205
25th Percentile £755 - £268
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £760 - £385
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.03%
75th Percentile £765 - £503
90th Percentile - - £566
UK excluding London median daily rate £760 - £385
% change year-on-year - - -23.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

ISO 9000 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 8,337 4,708 5,954
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.78% 16.08% 13.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,346 2,995 3,719
10th Percentile £343 £268 £280
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -2.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 496 191 422
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.75 £13.18
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £23.05
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +41.03% -39.36%
75th Percentile £67.50 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £82.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year +15.38% +71.05% -50.71%

ISO 9000
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISO 9000 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

ISO 9000 job vacancy trend in the UK

ISO 9000
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO 9000.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO 9000

ISO 9000
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO 9000.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO 9000

ISO 9000
Top 3 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 9000 within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 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
South West - 2 £760 - 1
England - 2 £760 - 2
UK excluding London - 2 £760 - 2

ISO 9000
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) DBA
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared DBA
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
1 2 (100.00%) SQL DBA
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle DBA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle