ISO 9001 Contract Job Trends

ISO 9001
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring ISO 9001 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 527 529 585
Rank change year-on-year +2 +56 +198
Contract jobs citing ISO 9001 33 33 56
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.100% 0.088% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.56% 0.66% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 19 24
10th Percentile £403 £363 £358
25th Percentile £450 £403 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £598
Median % change year-on-year - -16.32% +44.85%
75th Percentile £625 £624 £630
90th Percentile £765 £639 £639
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £413 £431
% change year-on-year +21.21% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 8
10th Percentile - £16.28 £36.10
25th Percentile - £22.69 £49.23
Median hourly rate £69.65 £27.50 £71.90
Median % change year-on-year +153.27% -61.75% +79.74%
75th Percentile - £33.75 £76.53
90th Percentile - £42.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £69.65 £27.50 £76.53
% change year-on-year +153.27% -64.07% +91.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

ISO 9001 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 5,867 5,008 6,824
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.70% 13.41% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,748 2,915 4,621
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £400 £392 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +4.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 287 236 259
10th Percentile £13.60 £13.26 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £17.18 £20.04
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -23.61% +45.69%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.59 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £79.82
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year -9.09% -29.03% +72.22%

ISO 9001
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISO 9001 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

ISO 9001 job vacancy trend in the UK

ISO 9001
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO 9001.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO 9001

ISO 9001
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO 9001 over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISO 9001 in the UK

ISO 9001
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO 9001.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO 9001

ISO 9001
Top 13 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 9001 within the UK over the 6 months to 19 October 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 +14 33 £500 - 118
UK excluding London -15 24 £500 +21.21% 110
South East +13 15 £425 +3.03% 34
Work from Home +12 9 £575 +24.32% 79
London +21 7 £513 -15.64% 23
Midlands - 4 £688 - 15
East Midlands - 3 £800 - 5
South West +6 2 £600 +14.29% 16
North of England -29 2 £500 - 22
Yorkshire -21 1 - - 10
North East - 1 £500 - 2
West Midlands - 1 £575 - 10
East of England - 1 £475 - 15

ISO 9001
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 3 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Primavera
1 1 (3.03%) Q-Pulse
1 1 (3.03%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.12%) Azure
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.06%) AWS
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (3.03%) Cloudflare
4 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.03%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.03%) OpenShift
4 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) Metadata
2 1 (3.03%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) JIRA
2 1 (3.03%) Selenium
2 1 (3.03%) TestRail
2 1 (3.03%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 10 (30.30%) Social Skills
2 8 (24.24%) Public Sector
3 6 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (18.18%) Manufacturing
4 5 (15.15%) Finance
5 4 (12.12%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (12.12%) Telecoms
6 2 (6.06%) Aerospace
6 2 (6.06%) Automotive
6 2 (6.06%) Legal
6 2 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Publishing
7 1 (3.03%) Back Office
7 1 (3.03%) Banking
7 1 (3.03%) Electronics
7 1 (3.03%) Marketing
7 1 (3.03%) Military
7 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (18.18%) Lead
2 5 (15.15%) Designer
2 5 (15.15%) PCB Designer
3 3 (9.09%) Analyst
3 3 (9.09%) Architect
3 3 (9.09%) Auditor
3 3 (9.09%) Consultant
3 3 (9.09%) Senior
4 2 (6.06%) Change Manager
4 2 (6.06%) Lead Architect
4 2 (6.06%) Security Auditor
5 1 (3.03%) Change and Release Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Compliance Consultant
5 1 (3.03%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Head of Information Security
5 1 (3.03%) Head of Security
5 1 (3.03%) Integration Analyst
5 1 (3.03%) Integration Test Analyst
5 1 (3.03%) QA Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Quality Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) FpML
1 1 (3.03%) Loki
1 1 (3.03%) XML
1 1 (3.03%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) FPGA
2 4 (12.12%) Driving Licence
3 2 (6.06%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.06%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (3.03%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Android
2 1 (3.03%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.03%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (30.30%) ITIL
2 6 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (15.15%) Service Management
3 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (12.12%) Business Case
4 4 (12.12%) Configuration Management
4 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (12.12%) Design for Manufacturing
4 4 (12.12%) Design for Test
4 4 (12.12%) Internal Audit
4 4 (12.12%) Mentoring
4 4 (12.12%) Regulatory Compliance
4 4 (12.12%) Risk Management
4 4 (12.12%) Service Delivery
5 3 (9.09%) Agile
5 3 (9.09%) Business Strategy
5 3 (9.09%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (9.09%) Information Security
5 3 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (9.09%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) Security Cleared
2 7 (21.21%) SC Cleared
3 5 (15.15%) HND
4 2 (6.06%) CISM
4 2 (6.06%) CISSP
4 2 (6.06%) Degree
5 1 (3.03%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (3.03%) ISTQB
5 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (15.15%) QA
3 3 (9.09%) ECSS
3 3 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (6.06%) GDPR
4 2 (6.06%) SLA
5 1 (3.03%) COSO
5 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (3.03%) DO-254
5 1 (3.03%) GRC
5 1 (3.03%) ISO 31000
5 1 (3.03%) ISO 9002
5 1 (3.03%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.03%) Prometheus
1 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.15%) Cadence
3 2 (6.06%) Google
3 2 (6.06%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.03%) Apple
4 1 (3.03%) BMC
4 1 (3.03%) Okta
4 1 (3.03%) Red Hat
4 1 (3.03%) Remedy
4 1 (3.03%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.03%) SAP
4 1 (3.03%) Zscaler