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 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 603 497 545
Rank change year-on-year -106 +48 +140
Contract jobs citing ISO 9001 23 22 51
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.052% 0.076% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.30% 0.50% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 33
10th Percentile - £378 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £618 £525
90th Percentile £800 £635 £640
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £400
% change year-on-year +11.11% +12.50% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £16.33 £16.92
25th Percentile - £22.81 £20.89
Median hourly rate - £33.63 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +12.08% -40.00%
75th Percentile - £44.44 £54.52
90th Percentile - £50.93 £67.72
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £33.63 £30.00
% change year-on-year - +12.08% -40.00%

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 7,622 4,432 6,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.36% 15.24% 14.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,926 2,868 4,040
10th Percentile £337 £263 £300
25th Percentile £413 £379 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £620 £625
90th Percentile £700 £720 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £483
% change year-on-year +5.26% -1.66% +1.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 410 176 372
10th Percentile £15.31 £17.24 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.14 £13.33
Median hourly rate £29.77 £31.76 £22.01
Median % change year-on-year -6.28% +44.30% -44.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £81.10 £78.58 £67.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.58 £31.76 £18.61
% change year-on-year -3.72% +70.66% -48.66%

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 25 March 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 25 March 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 -113 20 £500 - 107
London -64 10 £500 -15.97% 14
UK excluding London -101 10 £500 +11.11% 93
Work from Home -24 6 £450 +21.05% 20
Midlands -64 5 £650 +30.00% 14
East Midlands -31 3 £800 +60.00% 4
South East -50 3 £450 +3.21% 23
West Midlands - 2 £500 - 10
South West -21 1 £339 -15.38% 23
Wales - 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 7 (30.43%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (4.35%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Azure
2 3 (13.04%) AWS
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.70%) OneDrive
3 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Metadata
1 2 (8.70%) Power BI
General
1 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Aerospace
2 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Influencing Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Manufacturing
2 4 (17.39%) Public Sector
3 3 (13.04%) Electronics
4 2 (8.70%) Legal
4 2 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Finance
5 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.35%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (17.39%) Lead
1 4 (17.39%) Product Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Architect
2 3 (13.04%) Compliance Manager
2 3 (13.04%) Quality Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Analyst
3 2 (8.70%) Auditor
3 2 (8.70%) Consultant
3 2 (8.70%) Coordinator
3 2 (8.70%) Lead Architect
4 1 (4.35%) Chief Enterprise Architect
4 1 (4.35%) Compliance Consultant
4 1 (4.35%) Document Controller
4 1 (4.35%) Governance Manager
4 1 (4.35%) IT Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Performance Reporting Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Product Assurance Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Senior
4 1 (4.35%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) JDO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Driving Licence
2 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.70%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.35%) NHS
3 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Android
1 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
1 1 (4.35%) Mac OS
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Continuous Improvement
1 7 (30.43%) Project Management
2 6 (26.09%) Quality Management
3 5 (21.74%) ITIL
3 5 (21.74%) Risk Management
4 4 (17.39%) Service Management
5 3 (13.04%) Agile
5 3 (13.04%) ArchiMate
5 3 (13.04%) BPMN
5 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (13.04%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (13.04%) Information Security
5 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (13.04%) QMS
5 3 (13.04%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (13.04%) TOGAF
5 3 (13.04%) UML
5 3 (13.04%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Python
1 1 (4.35%) SQL
1 1 (4.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (39.13%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
3 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (43.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (26.09%) QA
3 5 (21.74%) ISO 14001
4 4 (17.39%) ECSS
5 3 (13.04%) ISO 22301
6 2 (8.70%) Accessibility
7 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
7 1 (4.35%) GRC
7 1 (4.35%) ISO 9002
7 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (4.35%) PMO
7 1 (4.35%) SLA
7 1 (4.35%) SOC 1
7 1 (4.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Apple
2 1 (4.35%) Okta
2 1 (4.35%) Remedy
2 1 (4.35%) Salesforce
2 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.35%) Zscaler