ISO 9001 Contracts

ISO 9001
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring ISO 9001 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ISO 9001 over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 523 541 639
Rank change year-on-year +18 +98 +195
Contract jobs citing ISO 9001 25 44 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.078% 0.10% 0.077%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.48% 0.74% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 30 33
10th Percentile £375 £332 £373
25th Percentile £409 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £413 £520
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -20.67% +30.00%
75th Percentile £566 £525 £618
90th Percentile £624 £581 £636
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £400 £444
% change year-on-year +21.88% -9.86% +2.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 6
10th Percentile - £17.86 £19.56
25th Percentile - £23.26 £26.59
Median hourly rate £69.65 £27.50 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +153.27% -40.54% +67.63%
75th Percentile - £33.75 £52.68
90th Percentile - £42.75 £54.08
UK excluding London median hourly rate £69.65 £27.50 £33.38
% change year-on-year +153.27% -17.60% +20.97%

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 5,193 5,937 7,740
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.30% 13.71% 13.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,326 3,673 5,290
10th Percentile £280 £281 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £612 £623 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% +6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 431 258
10th Percentile £14.78 £11.07 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £13.52 £19.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £24.00 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -36.42% +39.81%
75th Percentile £62.25 £50.54 £62.50
90th Percentile £82.96 £70.00 £79.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.91 £23.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +21.35% -35.21% +61.36%

ISO 9001
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ISO 9001 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ISO 9001 in the UK

ISO 9001
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISO 9001.

Daily rate trend for ISO 9001 in the UK

ISO 9001
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for ISO 9001 in the UK

ISO 9001
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISO 9001.

Hourly rate trend for ISO 9001 in the UK

ISO 9001
Top 13 Contract 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 6 July 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 +41 25 £488 +18.18% 550
UK excluding London +35 21 £488 +21.88% 428
South East +29 12 £400 -3.03% 115
Work from Home +27 7 £513 +24.24% 165
South West +38 3 £600 +877.68% 49
London +34 3 £513 -14.58% 140
North of England +5 3 £500 - 79
Midlands +13 2 £538 - 88
North East - 2 £500 - 13
East of England +28 1 £475 - 52
West Midlands +6 1 £575 - 53
Yorkshire +5 1 - - 20
East Midlands - 1 £500 - 34

ISO 9001
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Primavera
1 1 (4.00%) Q-Pulse
1 1 (4.00%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (4.00%) SAP QM
1 1 (4.00%) SAP SRM
1 1 (4.00%) Teamcenter
1 1 (4.00%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (4.00%) Cloudflare
2 1 (4.00%) OpenShift
2 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) MQTT
1 1 (4.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Metadata
2 1 (4.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) JIRA
2 1 (4.00%) Selenium
2 1 (4.00%) TestRail
2 1 (4.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 5 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (12.00%) Finance
5 2 (8.00%) Electronics
5 2 (8.00%) Legal
5 2 (8.00%) Marketing
5 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Publishing
6 1 (4.00%) Aerospace
6 1 (4.00%) Banking
6 1 (4.00%) Law
6 1 (4.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (16.00%) Analyst
2 3 (12.00%) Senior
3 2 (8.00%) Change Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Lead
3 2 (8.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (8.00%) QA Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Auditor
4 1 (4.00%) Change and Release Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Compliance Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Designer
4 1 (4.00%) Engineering Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Head of Information Security
4 1 (4.00%) Head of Security
4 1 (4.00%) Installation Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Integration Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Integration Test Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Release Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Security Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) FpML
1 1 (4.00%) Loki
1 1 (4.00%) XML
1 1 (4.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (8.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.00%) FPGA
3 1 (4.00%) IoT
3 1 (4.00%) LIMS
3 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) Quality Management
2 6 (24.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (24.00%) ITIL
3 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
3 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (16.00%) Validation
4 3 (12.00%) Business Case
4 3 (12.00%) Change Management
4 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (12.00%) QMS
4 3 (12.00%) Service Delivery
5 2 (8.00%) Analytics
5 2 (8.00%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (8.00%) Due Diligence
5 2 (8.00%) Feasibility Study
5 2 (8.00%) Incident Response
5 2 (8.00%) Internal Audit
5 2 (8.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.00%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (24.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.00%) Degree
3 1 (4.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.00%) CREST Certified
3 1 (4.00%) HNC
3 1 (4.00%) HND
3 1 (4.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (4.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (44.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (20.00%) QA
3 3 (12.00%) GDPR
3 3 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (8.00%) NIST
5 1 (4.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (4.00%) Accessibility
5 1 (4.00%) COSO
5 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (4.00%) DO-254
5 1 (4.00%) ECSS
5 1 (4.00%) GMP
5 1 (4.00%) GRC
5 1 (4.00%) ISO 13485
5 1 (4.00%) ISO 31000
5 1 (4.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.00%) Prometheus
1 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.00%) SAP
2 2 (8.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.00%) BMC
3 1 (4.00%) Cadence
3 1 (4.00%) Google
3 1 (4.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (4.00%) Remedy
3 1 (4.00%) Siemens