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 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 564 501 542
Rank change year-on-year -63 +41 +178
Contract jobs citing ISO 9001 28 30 59
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.076% 0.093% 0.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.44% 0.65% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 19 24
10th Percentile - £394 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £610
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -18.03% +22.00%
75th Percentile £500 £618 £640
90th Percentile £800 £639 -
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% +45.77%
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% +39.15%

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 6,363 4,597 6,147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.24% 14.25% 14.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,119 2,689 4,085
10th Percentile £313 £256 £313
25th Percentile £408 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £623 £644
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.58% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 179 233
10th Percentile £14.33 £15.00 £13.30
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.28% -10.77% +36.74%
75th Percentile £62.19 £64.24 £60.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £79.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.50 £29.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -29.31% -3.33% +42.86%

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 8 January 2026.

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 10 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 8 January 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
England -59 25 £500 - 146
UK excluding London -68 14 £500 +5.26% 137
London -11 10 £450 -24.37% 21
Work from Home -9 7 £450 -5.26% 15
South East -23 7 £450 - 33
Midlands -34 5 £650 +30.00% 22
East Midlands -24 3 £800 +60.00% 14
West Midlands - 2 £500 - 8
South West -11 1 - - 24
Wales - 1 - - 7

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 (21.43%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.29%) Azure
2 3 (10.71%) AWS
3 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.57%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) Metadata
2 1 (3.57%) Power BI
General
1 8 (28.57%) Manufacturing
1 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Aerospace
3 5 (17.86%) Influencing Skills
3 5 (17.86%) Public Sector
4 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (10.71%) Electronics
6 2 (7.14%) Automotive
6 2 (7.14%) Finance
6 2 (7.14%) Legal
6 2 (7.14%) Military
6 2 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.57%) Back Office
7 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (14.29%) Designer
1 4 (14.29%) Lead
1 4 (14.29%) PCB Designer
1 4 (14.29%) Product Engineer
2 3 (10.71%) Architect
2 3 (10.71%) Compliance Manager
2 3 (10.71%) Quality Engineer
3 2 (7.14%) Auditor
3 2 (7.14%) Consultant
3 2 (7.14%) Coordinator
3 2 (7.14%) Lead Architect
3 2 (7.14%) Security Auditor
4 1 (3.57%) Chief Enterprise Architect
4 1 (3.57%) Compliance Consultant
4 1 (3.57%) Document Controller
4 1 (3.57%) Governance Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Performance Reporting Analyst
4 1 (3.57%) Product Assurance Engineer
4 1 (3.57%) Senior
4 1 (3.57%) Transformation Director
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Driving Licence
1 4 (14.29%) FPGA
2 2 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (7.14%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.57%) NHS
3 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Android
1 1 (3.57%) Apple iOS
1 1 (3.57%) Mac OS
1 1 (3.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (25.00%) Project Management
3 6 (21.43%) ITIL
3 6 (21.43%) Quality Management
4 5 (17.86%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (17.86%) Internal Audit
4 5 (17.86%) Risk Management
5 4 (14.29%) Business Strategy
5 4 (14.29%) Design for Manufacturing
5 4 (14.29%) Design for Test
5 4 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (14.29%) Service Management
6 3 (10.71%) Architectural Patterns
6 3 (10.71%) Architecture Governance
6 3 (10.71%) Information Security
6 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (10.71%) TOGAF
6 3 (10.71%) UML
6 3 (10.71%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 8 (28.57%) Degree
2 4 (14.29%) HND
2 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.14%) CISM
3 2 (7.14%) CISSP
3 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (28.57%) QA
3 6 (21.43%) ECSS
4 3 (10.71%) ISO 14001
4 3 (10.71%) ISO 22301
5 2 (7.14%) Accessibility
6 1 (3.57%) GRC
6 1 (3.57%) ISO 9002
6 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.29%) Cadence
3 1 (3.57%) Apple
3 1 (3.57%) Google
3 1 (3.57%) Okta
3 1 (3.57%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.57%) Zscaler