ISO/IEC 27001 Contracts in England

ISO/IEC 27001
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for ISO/IEC 27001 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ISO/IEC 27001 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 220 248 296
Rank change year-on-year +28 +48 +22
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 391 573 655
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.06% 1.13% 0.92%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.43% 8.49% 7.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 424 498
10th Percentile £363 £413 £363
25th Percentile £456 £495 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £590 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +7.33% +8.91%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £768 £775 £769
UK median daily rate £575 £590 £550
% change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% +8.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 13 10
10th Percentile - £45.00 £43.58
25th Percentile - £59.73 £44.81
Median hourly rate £83.41 £70.00 £54.69
Median % change year-on-year +19.16% +27.99% +44.69%
75th Percentile - £77.50 £64.85
90th Percentile - £79.30 £69.96
UK median hourly rate £83.41 £70.00 £54.96
% change year-on-year +19.16% +27.38% +45.38%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

ISO/IEC 27001 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,262 6,748 9,331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.24% 13.35% 13.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,344 4,590 6,375
10th Percentile £300 £275 £288
25th Percentile £409 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 346 206 260
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.60 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.05 £19.07 £16.88
Median hourly rate £22.04 £40.25 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.25% +46.36% +30.95%
75th Percentile £44.69 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.38 £79.88 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £20.61 £37.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year -45.05% +31.58% +35.71%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing ISO/IEC 27001 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in England

ISO/IEC 27001
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in England.

Daily rate trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in England

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in England

ISO/IEC 27001
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in England.

Hourly rate trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in England

ISO/IEC 27001
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
London +23 200 £575 -4.17% 131
North of England +47 55 £575 +21.05% 65
South West +23 48 £600 -4.00% 40
North West +38 46 £600 +32.38% 38
South East -30 39 £460 -26.40% 71
Midlands -14 22 £450 -23.40% 34
West Midlands -8 16 £506 -11.96% 22
East of England +22 13 £538 -2.71% 19
Yorkshire +10 7 £563 -4.26% 20
East Midlands +21 6 £450 -35.71% 12
North East - 2 £525 - 7
ISO/IEC 27001
UK

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (2.81%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.53%) nginx
4 4 (1.02%) Apache Solr
4 4 (1.02%) CMS
4 4 (1.02%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.51%) IIS
5 2 (0.51%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.26%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 10 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (2.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 87 (22.25%) Azure
2 65 (16.62%) AWS
3 23 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
4 22 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (4.35%) GCP
6 10 (2.56%) Entra ID
6 10 (2.56%) SaaS
7 9 (2.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 9 (2.30%) AWS CloudFormation
7 9 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (1.79%) AWS CloudTrail
8 7 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
9 6 (1.53%) GitHub
10 5 (1.28%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (1.28%) IaaS
10 5 (1.28%) Serverless
11 4 (1.02%) Azure AKS
12 3 (0.77%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 61 (15.60%) Firewall
2 38 (9.72%) Network Security
3 18 (4.60%) WAN
4 13 (3.32%) DNS
4 13 (3.32%) SD-WAN
5 11 (2.81%) Intrusion Detection
5 11 (2.81%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.56%) VPN
7 5 (1.28%) LAN
8 4 (1.02%) HTTPS
8 4 (1.02%) Internet
8 4 (1.02%) Intranet
8 4 (1.02%) IPsec
8 4 (1.02%) Skype
9 3 (0.77%) Broadband
9 3 (0.77%) SNMP
10 2 (0.51%) DHCP
10 2 (0.51%) DMZ
10 2 (0.51%) OSPF
10 2 (0.51%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.79%) MySQL
1 7 (1.79%) NoSQL
2 4 (1.02%) Big Data
2 4 (1.02%) Couchbase
2 4 (1.02%) Data Lake
3 3 (0.77%) DynamoDB
4 2 (0.51%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.51%) Hadoop
4 2 (0.51%) Snowflake Schema
4 2 (0.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (2.30%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.28%) Git
3 3 (0.77%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.51%) CircleCI
4 2 (0.51%) GitLab
4 2 (0.51%) JIRA
4 2 (0.51%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (0.51%) RStudio
5 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
General
1 93 (23.79%) Social Skills
2 79 (20.20%) Finance
3 62 (15.86%) Public Sector
4 48 (12.28%) Legal
5 23 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (4.60%) Manufacturing
7 17 (4.35%) Banking
8 14 (3.58%) Local Government
9 12 (3.07%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.79%) Retail
11 5 (1.28%) Electronics
11 5 (1.28%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.28%) German Language
11 5 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.28%) Law
11 5 (1.28%) Marketing
12 4 (1.02%) French Language
13 3 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.77%) Police
Job Titles
1 84 (21.48%) Architect
2 62 (15.86%) Analyst
3 59 (15.09%) Consultant
3 59 (15.09%) Security Architect
4 49 (12.53%) Security Consultant
5 40 (10.23%) Senior
6 28 (7.16%) Security Engineer
7 26 (6.65%) Lead
7 26 (6.65%) Security Analyst
8 18 (4.60%) Security Manager
9 16 (4.09%) SOC Analyst
10 15 (3.84%) Security Specialist
11 14 (3.58%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 12 (3.07%) Security Officer
13 11 (2.81%) Cloud Engineer
13 11 (2.81%) Information Analyst
13 11 (2.81%) Information Manager
13 11 (2.81%) Information Security Analyst
13 11 (2.81%) Information Security Consultant
13 11 (2.81%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.30%) YAML
2 6 (1.53%) RabbitMQ
3 5 (1.28%) JSON
4 4 (1.02%) LEMP Stack
5 3 (0.77%) OAuth
6 2 (0.51%) Kafka
6 2 (0.51%) ModSecurity
6 2 (0.51%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.51%) OpenID
6 2 (0.51%) SAML
7 1 (0.26%) FIDO
7 1 (0.26%) JWT
7 1 (0.26%) LDAP
7 1 (0.26%) OpenAPI
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.26%) REST
7 1 (0.26%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.26%) Web Services
7 1 (0.26%) XACML
7 1 (0.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (12.02%) Management Information System
2 20 (5.12%) Security Posture
3 19 (4.86%) Cyber Threat
4 14 (3.58%) Cloud Native
4 14 (3.58%) Data Protection Act
5 13 (3.32%) Onboarding
5 13 (3.32%) PKI
6 11 (2.81%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.30%) CCTV
8 8 (2.05%) CESG
8 8 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.53%) Freedom of Information
10 5 (1.28%) Cyberattack
10 5 (1.28%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.28%) NHS
10 5 (1.28%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.28%) Security Operations Centre
11 4 (1.02%) Blackberry
11 4 (1.02%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 47 (12.02%) Linux
2 37 (9.46%) Windows
3 12 (3.07%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.56%) Mac OS X
5 7 (1.79%) Unix
6 5 (1.28%) CentOS
7 4 (1.02%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.51%) zOS
10 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (46.55%) Cybersecurity
2 160 (40.92%) Information Security
3 107 (27.37%) Risk Management
4 65 (16.62%) SIEM
5 64 (16.37%) Security Architecture
6 58 (14.83%) Cloud Security
7 52 (13.30%) Data Protection
8 47 (12.02%) Stakeholder Management
9 45 (11.51%) Risk Assessment
10 43 (11.00%) Identity Access Management
10 43 (11.00%) Incident Response
11 38 (9.72%) Problem-Solving
12 37 (9.46%) ITIL
13 36 (9.21%) DevOps
13 36 (9.21%) Penetration Testing
14 33 (8.44%) Information Assurance
15 32 (8.18%) Agile
15 32 (8.18%) Security Management
16 31 (7.93%) Vulnerability Management
17 30 (7.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (5.12%) PowerShell
2 17 (4.35%) Python
3 12 (3.07%) Kusto Query Language
4 9 (2.30%) Bash
4 9 (2.30%) C#
5 8 (2.05%) C++
6 6 (1.53%) SQL
7 4 (1.02%) PHP
8 3 (0.77%) Go
9 2 (0.51%) R
10 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.26%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 109 (27.88%) CISSP
2 100 (25.58%) Security Cleared
3 85 (21.74%) CISM
4 84 (21.48%) SC Cleared
5 44 (11.25%) CISA
6 43 (11.00%) Degree
7 30 (7.67%) Cisco Certification
8 23 (5.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 20 (5.12%) DV Cleared
10 18 (4.60%) CompTIA Security+
11 17 (4.35%) CRISC
12 15 (3.84%) CCSK
12 15 (3.84%) CISMP
13 14 (3.58%) CEH
14 10 (2.56%) CREST Certified
15 9 (2.30%) CESG Certified Professional
15 9 (2.30%) SSCP
15 9 (2.30%) TOGAF Certification
16 8 (2.05%) CCSP
16 8 (2.05%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (48.08%) NIST
2 69 (17.65%) GDPR
3 56 (14.32%) PCI DSS
4 41 (10.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 40 (10.23%) GRC
6 32 (8.18%) NCSC
7 30 (7.67%) COBIT
7 30 (7.67%) HIPAA
8 29 (7.42%) Cyber Essentials
9 19 (4.86%) ISO 9001
10 17 (4.35%) ISO 22301
11 15 (3.84%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 12 (3.07%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 10 (2.56%) JSP 440
13 10 (2.56%) QA
14 9 (2.30%) NIST 800
15 8 (2.05%) RMADS
16 6 (1.53%) Government Security Classifications
17 4 (1.02%) Def Stans
17 4 (1.02%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (5.12%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.30%) Docker
3 4 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.51%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.51%) Squid
5 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (6.91%) Terraform
2 19 (4.86%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.32%) Ansible
4 4 (1.02%) Nessus
4 4 (1.02%) Trend Micro Deep Security
5 3 (0.77%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.51%) HAProxy
6 2 (0.51%) IBM BigFix
6 2 (0.51%) Kibana
6 2 (0.51%) logstash
6 2 (0.51%) Nmap
6 2 (0.51%) Packer
6 2 (0.51%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.26%) CASB
7 1 (0.26%) Grafana
7 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 83 (21.23%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.12%) Cisco
3 11 (2.81%) ServiceNow
4 10 (2.56%) Google
4 10 (2.56%) Splunk
5 9 (2.30%) Rapid7
5 9 (2.30%) Sparx
6 7 (1.79%) Darktrace
7 6 (1.53%) Palo Alto
7 6 (1.53%) Qualys
7 6 (1.53%) SAP
8 5 (1.28%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.28%) Sophos
9 4 (1.02%) Becrypt
9 4 (1.02%) Citrix
9 4 (1.02%) F5
9 4 (1.02%) Oracle
9 4 (1.02%) VMware
10 3 (0.77%) CyberArk
10 3 (0.77%) Fortinet
433 ISO/IEC 27001 jobs Nationwide