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 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 613 485 528
Rank change year-on-year -128 +43 +133
Contract jobs citing ISO 9001 20 17 50
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.042% 0.058% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.25% 0.37% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 36
10th Percentile £392 £442 £363
25th Percentile £425 £500 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £444
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +18.31% -14.66%
75th Percentile £500 £616 £525
90th Percentile £578 £618 £640
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £413
% change year-on-year -4.76% +27.27% -13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £17.47
25th Percentile - - £22.27
Median hourly rate - £55.25 £30.89
Median % change year-on-year - +78.89% -36.65%
75th Percentile - - £40.13
90th Percentile - - £45.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £55.25 £30.89
% change year-on-year - +78.89% -31.37%

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 7,990 4,603 6,219
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.75% 15.72% 14.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,152 2,934 3,947
10th Percentile £338 £263 £297
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 £620 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £484
% change year-on-year +5.26% -1.76% +0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 470 179 384
10th Percentile £14.23 £18.04 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.21 £13.18
Median hourly rate £34.50 £34.50 £21.06
Median % change year-on-year - +63.84% -39.84%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £79.97 £82.79 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.75 £46.30 £18.06
% change year-on-year -20.63% +156.44% -45.19%

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 7 May 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 8 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 7 May 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 -107 18 £475 -9.52% 96
UK excluding London -102 11 £500 -4.76% 95
South West -28 6 £469 -21.79% 17
London -61 6 £500 -8.68% 10
Work from Home -31 5 £450 -21.74% 24
West Midlands -58 3 £500 -13.04% 15
Midlands -73 3 £500 -6.98% 23
South East -45 2 - - 28

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 5 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (5.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Metadata
2 1 (5.00%) Power BI
2 1 (5.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Finance
3 3 (15.00%) Electronics
4 2 (10.00%) Aerospace
4 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (15.00%) Compliance Manager
2 2 (10.00%) Auditor
2 2 (10.00%) Coordinator
2 2 (10.00%) Governance Manager
2 2 (10.00%) Lead
2 2 (10.00%) Product Engineer
2 2 (10.00%) Quality Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Document Controller
3 1 (5.00%) IT Manager
3 1 (5.00%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Risk Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Security Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Senior
3 1 (5.00%) Senior Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) JDO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Driving Licence
1 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (10.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Project Management
2 7 (35.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (30.00%) Asset Management
3 6 (30.00%) Decision-Making
3 6 (30.00%) Quality Management
4 5 (25.00%) Change Management
4 5 (25.00%) Service Management
5 4 (20.00%) Innovative Thinking
5 4 (20.00%) Mentoring
6 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (15.00%) Information Security
6 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (15.00%) QMS
6 3 (15.00%) Risk Management
7 2 (10.00%) Data Entry
7 2 (10.00%) Data Visualisation
7 2 (10.00%) Performance Improvement
7 2 (10.00%) Project Governance
7 2 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (10.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) Python
2 1 (5.00%) C
2 1 (5.00%) C++
2 1 (5.00%) Java
2 1 (5.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 1 (5.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (35.00%) ISO 14001
2 5 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (20.00%) GMP
3 4 (20.00%) ISO 22301
3 4 (20.00%) QA
4 2 (10.00%) Accessibility
4 2 (10.00%) Data Quality
4 2 (10.00%) ECSS
5 1 (5.00%) GRC
5 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (5.00%) PMO
5 1 (5.00%) SOC 1
5 1 (5.00%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (20.00%) IFS
3 1 (5.00%) Remedy
3 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow