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 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 554 523 528
Rank change year-on-year -31 +5 +208
Contract jobs citing ISO 9001 32 30 62
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.087% 0.088% 0.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.50% 0.62% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 19 27
10th Percentile £400 £394 £363
25th Percentile £438 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £500 £618 £635
90th Percentile £800 £639 £640
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £413
% change year-on-year +5.26% +15.15% -13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 6
10th Percentile - £16.33 £45.07
25th Percentile - £22.81 £66.11
Median hourly rate £69.65 £33.63 £76.53
Median % change year-on-year +107.14% -56.06% +61.12%
75th Percentile - £44.44 -
90th Percentile - £50.93 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £69.65 £33.63 £76.53
% change year-on-year +107.14% -56.06% +61.12%

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 6,386 4,808 6,275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.26% 14.16% 14.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,127 2,828 4,173
10th Percentile £313 £262 £313
25th Percentile £406 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £645
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 317 184 230
10th Percentile £14.15 £15.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.88 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £27.68 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year -9.12% -18.00% +48.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.31 £63.81
90th Percentile £73.75 £72.80 £83.12
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.50 £27.18 £33.75
% change year-on-year -24.56% -19.48% +60.71%

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 24 December 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 12 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 24 December 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 -24 31 £450 -10.00% 101
UK excluding London -36 20 £500 +5.26% 87
South East -8 12 £425 -5.56% 28
London -12 10 £450 -24.37% 22
Work from Home +5 8 £450 -5.26% 22
Midlands -39 5 £650 +30.00% 13
East Midlands -14 3 £800 +60.00% 6
West Midlands - 2 £500 - 6
South West -7 1 - - 17
North of England -50 1 £500 - 12
Wales - 1 - - 1
North East - 1 £500 - 1

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 6 (18.75%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.50%) Azure
2 3 (9.38%) AWS
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.13%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Metadata
2 1 (3.13%) Power BI
General
1 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 9 (28.13%) Public Sector
3 8 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 6 (18.75%) Aerospace
5 5 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (15.63%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (9.38%) Electronics
6 3 (9.38%) Finance
7 2 (6.25%) Automotive
7 2 (6.25%) Legal
7 2 (6.25%) Military
7 2 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (3.13%) Back Office
8 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (12.50%) Designer
1 4 (12.50%) Lead
1 4 (12.50%) PCB Designer
1 4 (12.50%) Product Engineer
1 4 (12.50%) Senior
2 3 (9.38%) Architect
2 3 (9.38%) Quality Engineer
3 2 (6.25%) Auditor
3 2 (6.25%) Change Manager
3 2 (6.25%) Consultant
3 2 (6.25%) Coordinator
3 2 (6.25%) Lead Architect
3 2 (6.25%) Security Auditor
4 1 (3.13%) Chief Enterprise Architect
4 1 (3.13%) Compliance Consultant
4 1 (3.13%) Document Controller
4 1 (3.13%) Governance Manager
4 1 (3.13%) IT Change Manager
4 1 (3.13%) Product Assurance Engineer
4 1 (3.13%) Transformation Director
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Driving Licence
2 4 (12.50%) FPGA
3 2 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.25%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.13%) NHS
4 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Android
1 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
1 1 (3.13%) Mac OS
1 1 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) ITIL
2 9 (28.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (18.75%) Service Management
4 5 (15.63%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (15.63%) Internal Audit
4 5 (15.63%) Project Management
4 5 (15.63%) Risk Management
5 4 (12.50%) Business Case
5 4 (12.50%) Business Strategy
5 4 (12.50%) Design for Manufacturing
5 4 (12.50%) Design for Test
5 4 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (12.50%) Quality Management
5 4 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 4 (12.50%) Service Design
5 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (9.38%) Configuration Management
6 3 (9.38%) UML
Qualifications
1 8 (25.00%) Degree
2 7 (21.88%) Security Cleared
3 5 (15.63%) SC Cleared
4 4 (12.50%) HND
5 2 (6.25%) CISM
5 2 (6.25%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (46.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (25.00%) QA
3 6 (18.75%) ECSS
4 3 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (6.25%) Accessibility
5 2 (6.25%) SLA
6 1 (3.13%) GRC
6 1 (3.13%) ISO 14001
6 1 (3.13%) ISO 22301
6 1 (3.13%) ISO 9002
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.50%) Cadence
3 2 (6.25%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.13%) Apple
4 1 (3.13%) BMC
4 1 (3.13%) Google
4 1 (3.13%) Okta
4 1 (3.13%) Remedy
4 1 (3.13%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.13%) Zscaler