ISO/IEC 20000 Job Trends in the North West

ISO/IEC 20000 (supersedes BS 15000)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring ISO/IEC 20000 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 202 -
Rank change year-on-year +22 - -
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 20000 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.015% 0.041% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.20% 0.22% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39,875 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 - -
75th Percentile £45,625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £54,068 £82,500 £50,098
% change year-on-year -34.46% +64.68% -16.50%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West

ISO/IEC 20000 falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 503 927 698
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 7.38% 18.84% 11.64%
Number of salaries quoted 276 373 521
10th Percentile £29,500 £30,850 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,375 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,640 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £58,750 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.08% +9.09% -4.35%

ISO/IEC 20000
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ISO/IEC 20000 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

ISO/IEC 20000 job vacancy trend in the North West

ISO/IEC 20000
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing ISO/IEC 20000.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing ISO/IEC 20000

ISO/IEC 20000
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 20000 within the North West region over the 6 months to 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +15 1 £42,750 - 1
ISO/IEC 20000
England

ISO/IEC 20000
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 22301
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS