ISO/IEC 15288 Job Trends in the UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 15288
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ISO/IEC 15288 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 410 533 522
Rank change year-on-year +123 -11 +230
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 15288 100 26 38
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.072% 0.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.10% 0.46% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 37 13 35
10th Percentile £58,500 £47,600 -
25th Percentile - £54,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 £62,000 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.42% +72.22% -34.55%
75th Percentile - £70,600 £40,500
90th Percentile £85,460 - £62,749
UK median annual salary £75,900 £62,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year +22.42% +72.22% -34.55%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 15288 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 4,751 5,675 4,894
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.32% 15.70% 14.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,496 2,382 3,424
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,154 £27,760
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +3.96% +1.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £57,982
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.48% +0.84%

ISO/IEC 15288
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ISO/IEC 15288 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

ISO/IEC 15288 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 15288
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ISO/IEC 15288.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ISO/IEC 15288

ISO/IEC 15288
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 15288 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ISO/IEC 15288 in the UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 15288
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/IEC 15288 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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
South East +63 41 £75,900 +19.53% 9
Midlands +43 29 £75,900 +38.00% 8
East Midlands +5 17 £75,900 - 4
Scotland - 16 £75,900 -
West Midlands +44 12 - - 4
North of England +21 7 £69,525 +15.88% 1
Yorkshire - 5 £69,525 -
South West - 4 £75,900 - 1
North West +21 2 - - 1
Wales -2 2 £75,900 +14.48%
East of England - 1 - -
ISO/IEC 15288
UK

ISO/IEC 15288
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 12 (12.00%) CATIA
2 2 (2.00%) Mathcad
2 2 (2.00%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 72 (72.00%) Rational DOORS
2 27 (27.00%) JIRA
3 3 (3.00%) Apache Continuum
General
1 36 (36.00%) Electronics
2 1 (1.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (1.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 72 (72.00%) Systems Engineer
2 46 (46.00%) Principal Engineer
3 45 (45.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 20 (20.00%) Senior
5 18 (18.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 16 (16.00%) Requirements Manager
6 16 (16.00%) Systems Manager
7 2 (2.00%) Lead
7 2 (2.00%) Mathematical Modeller
7 2 (2.00%) Technical Leader
8 1 (1.00%) Electrical Engineer
8 1 (1.00%) Integration Engineer
8 1 (1.00%) Process Engineer
8 1 (1.00%) Systems Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 36 (36.00%) Algorithms
2 3 (3.00%) Acoustics
2 3 (3.00%) Augmented Reality
2 3 (3.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (99.00%) Systems Engineering
2 45 (45.00%) Technical Leadership
3 41 (41.00%) Requirements Management
4 38 (38.00%) Validation
5 36 (36.00%) Signal Processing
6 34 (34.00%) Systems Thinking
7 33 (33.00%) Test Planning
8 27 (27.00%) Agile
8 27 (27.00%) Waterfall
9 21 (21.00%) Verification and Validation
10 20 (20.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 16 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (12.00%) Project Planning
13 10 (10.00%) Software Engineering
14 8 (8.00%) Customer Requirements
14 8 (8.00%) Enterprise Architecture
15 7 (7.00%) Collaborative Working
16 6 (6.00%) Requirements Gathering
16 6 (6.00%) SysML
16 6 (6.00%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (2.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 96 (96.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 40 (40.00%) Degree
3 6 (6.00%) Master's Degree
3 6 (6.00%) PhD
4 2 (2.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (26.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
Vendors
1 64 (64.00%) IBM
2 2 (2.00%) MathWorks