ISO 13485 Job Trends in the UK excluding London

ISO 13485
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ISO 13485 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 622 553 686
Rank change year-on-year -69 +133 -44
Permanent jobs citing ISO 13485 7 7 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.010% 0.021% 0.068%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.10% 0.15% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 31
10th Percentile - £40,625 £37,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £54,688 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £71,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.77% +18.75% +4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £83,750 £68,000
90th Percentile - - £83,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

ISO 13485 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,760 4,745 9,329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.56% 14.16% 12.62%
Number of salaries quoted 4,384 2,484 6,046
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,411 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.74% +8.23% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.87% +9.52% -8.70%

ISO 13485
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ISO 13485 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

ISO 13485 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ISO 13485
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ISO 13485.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ISO 13485

ISO 13485
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISO 13485 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 July 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
South West - 6 - -
East of England -12 1 £65,000 - 1
ISO 13485
UK

ISO 13485
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
General
1 7 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) QA Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Quality Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (14.29%) Change Control
1 1 (14.29%) Chemistry
1 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
1 1 (14.29%) Market Surveillance
1 1 (14.29%) QMS
1 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
1 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
1 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
1 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (14.29%) Validation
1 1 (14.29%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) GMP
1 6 (85.71%) QA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (14.29%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft