ISO/IEC 12207 Job Trends in the South East

ISO/IEC 12207
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring ISO/IEC 12207 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 289 294
Rank change year-on-year +44 +5 -
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 12207 28 7 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.27% 0.078% 0.023%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.08% 0.54% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 12 6 2
10th Percentile £60,000 - -
25th Percentile £63,450 £55,000 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 £57,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.00% +17.35% -
75th Percentile £78,350 £60,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £85,700 - -
England median annual salary £75,900 £57,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +32.00% +17.35% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

ISO/IEC 12207 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,349 1,303 1,313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.02% 14.54% 14.83%
Number of salaries quoted 695 658 800
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £27,965
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £38,220
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,250 £52,147
Median % change year-on-year -9.87% +11.70% -1.61%
75th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,216 £87,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +1.69% +2.61%

ISO/IEC 12207
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ISO/IEC 12207 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

ISO/IEC 12207 job vacancy trend in the South East

ISO/IEC 12207
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ISO/IEC 12207.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ISO/IEC 12207

ISO/IEC 12207
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 12207 in the South East over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ISO/IEC 12207 in the South East

ISO/IEC 12207
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 12207 within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 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
Hampshire - 17 £70,250 - 1
Isle of Wight -3 9 £75,900 +32.00%
West Sussex - 1 £85,700 -
Kent - 1 £85,700 -
ISO/IEC 12207
England

ISO/IEC 12207
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 10 (35.71%) CATIA
Development Applications
1 14 (50.00%) JIRA
1 14 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (10.71%) Apache Continuum
General
1 1 (3.57%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 9 (32.14%) Architect
1 9 (32.14%) Principal Engineer
1 9 (32.14%) Software Architect
2 8 (28.57%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) Principal Software Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) Software Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Requirements Manager
4 4 (14.29%) Systems Manager
5 3 (10.71%) Senior
5 3 (10.71%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Lead
6 2 (7.14%) Technical Leader
7 1 (3.57%) Integration Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Systems Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (32.14%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Acoustics
1 3 (10.71%) Augmented Reality
1 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) Agile
1 28 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 15 (53.57%) Software Engineering
3 14 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 14 (50.00%) Configuration Management
3 14 (50.00%) Requirements Management
3 14 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
3 14 (50.00%) UML
4 13 (46.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (35.71%) Technical Leadership
6 9 (32.14%) Design Patterns
6 9 (32.14%) DevOps
6 9 (32.14%) Mentoring
6 9 (32.14%) Open Source
6 9 (32.14%) SDLC
7 7 (25.00%) Systems Thinking
8 6 (21.43%) Network Design
9 4 (14.29%) Validation
10 3 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
10 3 (10.71%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) Ada
1 5 (17.86%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 25 (89.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 18 (64.29%) Degree
3 14 (50.00%) Chartered Engineer
4 9 (32.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 14 (50.00%) IBM