ISO 13485 Job Trends

ISO 13485
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring ISO 13485 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 673 708
Rank change year-on-year +32 +35 +207
Permanent jobs citing ISO 13485 12 26 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.020% 0.049% 0.023%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.15% 0.30% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2 11 6
10th Percentile £49,700 £52,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £54,125 £53,750 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £71,625 £83,750 £79,594
90th Percentile £75,900 - £84,313
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -37.42% +10.71% +14.29%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,842 8,646 8,085
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.07% 16.16% 14.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,375 3,830 5,921
10th Percentile £30,370 £31,925 £30,318
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +3.51% +0.81%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £76,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

ISO 13485
Job Vacancy Trend

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

ISO 13485 job vacancy trend in the UK

ISO 13485
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO 13485

ISO 13485
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO 13485 over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ISO 13485 in the UK

ISO 13485
Top 6 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 14 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
England +52 11 £63,000 -18.71% 20
UK excluding London +43 10 £48,500 -37.42% 17
South East - 5 - - 7
South West - 5 £48,500 - 3
Work from Home +59 1 £77,500 +34.78% 11
London - 1 £77,500 - 4

ISO 13485
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 4 (33.33%) Fusion 360
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) GCP
General
1 10 (83.33%) Electronics
1 10 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 9 (75.00%) Manufacturing
3 6 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (41.67%) Automotive
4 5 (41.67%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Health Technology
5 1 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Product Manager
1 5 (41.67%) Quality Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Test Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Data Scientist
3 1 (8.33%) Field Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Field Service Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) PyTorch
1 1 (8.33%) scikit-learn
1 1 (8.33%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Life Science
2 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (8.33%) Genomics
2 1 (8.33%) Omics
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Machine Learning
1 10 (83.33%) Quality Management
2 9 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (50.00%) AI
3 6 (50.00%) Data Analysis
4 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (41.67%) FMEA
4 5 (41.67%) Project Management
4 5 (41.67%) QMS
4 5 (41.67%) Regulatory Compliance
4 5 (41.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (41.67%) Six Sigma
4 5 (41.67%) Validation
5 4 (33.33%) Biotechnology
5 4 (33.33%) CAD
5 4 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 4 (33.33%) Design for Manufacturing
5 4 (33.33%) Prototyping
5 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 4 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (91.67%) Degree
2 6 (50.00%) Master's Degree
3 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared
3 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
3 5 (41.67%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 5 (41.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 5 (41.67%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
4 1 (8.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) ISO 9001
1 6 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (8.33%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 1 (8.33%) GAMP
2 1 (8.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) SAP