Hybrid/Remote ISO/IEC 42001 Contract Job Trends

ISO/IEC 42001
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring ISO/IEC 42001 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 42001 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.019% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

ISO/IEC 42001 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,914 1,475 2,504
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 18.09% 13.59% 14.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,266 918 1,707
10th Percentile £325 £257 £325
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +3.96%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 45 72
10th Percentile £18.25 £15.50 £12.82
25th Percentile £33.00 £21.25 £14.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £30.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +116.67% +20.00% -37.50%
75th Percentile - £39.04 £48.75
90th Percentile £67.85 £75.00 £64.75
UK median hourly rate £26.34 £29.00 £27.17
% change year-on-year -9.17% +6.76% +4.48%

ISO/IEC 42001
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISO/IEC 42001 and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

ISO/IEC 42001 job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

ISO/IEC 42001
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Operations Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) API Integration
1 1 (50.00%) Application Security
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) FinOps
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) LLM
1 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft