ISO 9001 Job Trends in the UK excluding London

ISO 9001
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ISO 9001 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 418 423
Rank change year-on-year +56 +5 +155
Permanent jobs citing ISO 9001 206 85 341
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.32% 0.51%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.55% 2.02% 3.70%
Number of salaries quoted 105 53 247
10th Percentile £27,300 £36,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £51,564 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.31% +14.59% -10.00%
75th Percentile £48,750 £66,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £71,250 £65,000
UK median annual salary £38,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -24.00% +5.26% -9.52%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

ISO 9001 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 5,801 4,208 9,226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.21% 15.85% 13.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,300 2,360 6,295
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £25,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,411 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +11.58% -5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,114 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.69% +12.38% -8.70%

ISO 9001
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ISO 9001 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

ISO 9001 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ISO 9001
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ISO 9001.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ISO 9001

ISO 9001
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO 9001 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for ISO 9001 in the UK excluding London

ISO 9001
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 9001 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
North of England -46 53 £36,500 -14.12% 15
South West -20 42 £47,500 -13.64% 11
South East -22 42 £42,500 -22.73% 21
North West -23 29 £36,500 -18.89% 7
Midlands -24 25 £38,000 -3.18% 18
West Midlands -11 21 £38,000 +5.56% 9
North East -23 12 - - 4
East of England -24 12 £50,000 - 6
Yorkshire -42 12 £27,500 -31.25% 4
Northern Ireland - 12 - - 3
Scotland -23 11 £32,500 -61.19% 1
Wales -21 9 £25,400 -57.67%
East Midlands -54 4 £38,500 -42.96% 9
ISO 9001
UK

ISO 9001
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (4.37%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.43%) Drupal
2 5 (2.43%) nginx
2 5 (2.43%) WordPress
3 3 (1.46%) IIS
4 2 (0.97%) Confluence
5 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (5.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.97%) InDesign
3 2 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.46%) Line 50
Cloud Services
1 8 (3.88%) AWS
2 5 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (2.43%) SaaS
3 3 (1.46%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (1.46%) Amazon S3
3 3 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
3 3 (1.46%) Serverless
4 2 (0.97%) Azure
4 2 (0.97%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.94%) Network Security
2 3 (1.46%) LAN
2 3 (1.46%) VoIP
3 2 (0.97%) Firewall
3 2 (0.97%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.49%) BGP
4 1 (0.49%) IPv4
4 1 (0.49%) IPv6
4 1 (0.49%) MPLS
4 1 (0.49%) OSPF
4 1 (0.49%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.49%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.49%) VPN
4 1 (0.49%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.43%) MariaDB
2 3 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.46%) FileMaker
3 1 (0.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.43%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.49%) JIRA
2 1 (0.49%) Visual Studio
General
1 130 (63.11%) Social Skills
2 83 (40.29%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (34.47%) Finance
4 24 (11.65%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (5.34%) Electronics
5 11 (5.34%) Military
6 9 (4.37%) Aerospace
7 8 (3.88%) Legal
7 8 (3.88%) Manufacturing
7 8 (3.88%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.43%) Environmental Health
8 5 (2.43%) Local Government
8 5 (2.43%) Police
8 5 (2.43%) Retail
8 5 (2.43%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.46%) Aviation
10 3 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.46%) Law
11 2 (0.97%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 66 (32.04%) Head of QA
2 20 (9.71%) Technical Support
3 13 (6.31%) Technical Engineer
4 12 (5.83%) Support Engineer
4 12 (5.83%) Technical Support Engineer
5 11 (5.34%) Administrator
6 10 (4.85%) Quality Engineer
7 8 (3.88%) Document Controller
7 8 (3.88%) Support Supervisor
7 8 (3.88%) Technical Support Supervisor
8 7 (3.40%) Compliance Manager
8 7 (3.40%) Sales Manager
8 7 (3.40%) Senior
9 6 (2.91%) IT Support
10 5 (2.43%) Commissioning Engineer
10 5 (2.43%) Infrastructure Security Specialist
10 5 (2.43%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 5 (2.43%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
10 5 (2.43%) Software Validation Engineer
10 5 (2.43%) Validation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.37%) .NET
2 3 (1.46%) CSS
2 3 (1.46%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 77 (37.38%) Analytical Mindset
2 16 (7.77%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (6.80%) Driving Licence
4 10 (4.85%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.88%) GNSS
5 8 (3.88%) Satnav
6 6 (2.91%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.46%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.46%) IoT
8 2 (0.97%) Analogue Electronics
8 2 (0.97%) CCTV
8 2 (0.97%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.97%) Life Science
8 2 (0.97%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.97%) PMI
8 2 (0.97%) Social Media
8 2 (0.97%) Web Conferencing
9 1 (0.49%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.91%) Windows
2 3 (1.46%) Linux
2 3 (1.46%) Mac OS
2 3 (1.46%) Unix
3 1 (0.49%) Android
3 1 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (44.17%) Quality Management
2 83 (40.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 82 (39.81%) Service Delivery
4 70 (33.98%) Actionable Insight
4 70 (33.98%) Analytics
4 70 (33.98%) PRINCE2
4 70 (33.98%) Root Cause Analysis
5 68 (33.01%) Change Management
6 66 (32.04%) Anti-Money Laundering
6 66 (32.04%) Customer Experience
6 66 (32.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 37 (17.96%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (17.96%) Project Management
8 25 (12.14%) Project Delivery
9 20 (9.71%) Logistics
10 15 (7.28%) Internal Audit
11 14 (6.80%) Process Improvement
12 13 (6.31%) Agile
13 12 (5.83%) Decision-Making
14 11 (5.34%) Contract Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.37%) C
1 9 (4.37%) C#
1 9 (4.37%) C++
2 6 (2.91%) PHP
2 6 (2.91%) Python
3 3 (1.46%) SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (32.04%) IRCA
2 22 (10.68%) Degree
3 13 (6.31%) DBS Check
4 9 (4.37%) Security Cleared
5 7 (3.40%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.43%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.43%) HNC
6 5 (2.43%) HND
7 4 (1.94%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 2 (0.97%) AAT
8 2 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.97%) HPE ATP
8 2 (0.97%) PCI QSA
8 2 (0.97%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (42.72%) QA
2 69 (33.50%) GDPR
3 59 (28.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (12.14%) ISO 14001
5 16 (7.77%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (6.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 10 (4.85%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 4 (1.94%) Automotive SPICE
8 4 (1.94%) ISO 26262
9 3 (1.46%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.97%) GMP
10 2 (0.97%) GxP
10 2 (0.97%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.97%) PMO
11 1 (0.49%) COSHH
11 1 (0.49%) DO-254
11 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 9 (4.37%) Firmware
2 8 (3.88%) Docker
3 2 (0.97%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.46%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (5.83%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.37%) Cisco
3 5 (2.43%) Adobe
4 3 (1.46%) Apple
4 3 (1.46%) Sage
5 2 (0.97%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.97%) SAP
5 2 (0.97%) Xero
5 2 (0.97%) Zoho
6 1 (0.49%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.49%) Huawei
6 1 (0.49%) Juniper
6 1 (0.49%) Meraki
6 1 (0.49%) ServiceNow