ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) Contracts

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 539 613 770
Rank change year-on-year +74 +157 -89
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) 45 84 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.15% 0.089%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.75% 1.12% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 68 72
10th Percentile £301 £443 £417
25th Percentile £500 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £539
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +1.11% -2.00%
75th Percentile £608 £680 £638
90th Percentile £769 £750 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £555 £575 £540
% change year-on-year -3.48% +6.48% +13.68%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,985 7,523 11,512
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.70% 13.55% 13.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,738 5,138 7,947
10th Percentile £281 £298 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £486 £455
% change year-on-year -2.26% +6.81% +7.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 250 308
10th Percentile £11.00 £13.29 £12.31
25th Percentile £13.18 £19.07 £16.50
Median hourly rate £23.80 £37.75 £27.73
Median % change year-on-year -36.95% +36.13% +32.05%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.62 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.73 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.18 £37.50 £22.40
% change year-on-year -48.87% +67.45% +7.67%

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) in the UK

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799).

Daily rate trend for ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) in the UK

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) in the UK

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799).

Hourly rate trend for ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) in the UK

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 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
England +62 41 £550 - 16
London +59 25 £540 - 4
UK excluding London +21 17 £555 -3.48% 14
Work from Home +82 11 £500 -20.32% 6
North of England +21 8 £550 -4.35% 4
South East +18 6 £170 -74.81% 3
North West +16 4 £630 +9.57% 2
Scotland +44 2 £775 +66.31% 1
Yorkshire +15 2 £525 - 2
North East - 2 £525 -
West Midlands +13 1 £750 +10.29% 2
Midlands +12 1 £750 +10.29% 2

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (8.89%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.22%) IBM Notes
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (17.78%) AWS
2 7 (15.56%) Azure
3 4 (8.89%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (6.67%) GCP
4 3 (6.67%) SaaS
5 2 (4.44%) Amazon S3
5 2 (4.44%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (4.44%) IaaS
6 1 (2.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (35.56%) Firewall
2 10 (22.22%) SD-WAN
2 10 (22.22%) WAN
3 4 (8.89%) DNS
3 4 (8.89%) Network Security
4 2 (4.44%) SNMP
4 2 (4.44%) SSL
4 2 (4.44%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.22%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (2.22%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.89%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.22%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (2.22%) Big Data
2 1 (2.22%) Hadoop
2 1 (2.22%) Snowflake Schema
General
1 18 (40.00%) Finance
2 10 (22.22%) Banking
3 7 (15.56%) Social Skills
4 4 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.67%) Legal
6 2 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (28.89%) Consultant
1 13 (28.89%) Security Consultant
2 9 (20.00%) Architect
3 8 (17.78%) Security Architect
4 6 (13.33%) Security Specialist
5 5 (11.11%) Cloud Consultant
5 5 (11.11%) Cloud Security Consultant
5 5 (11.11%) Information Security Specialist
5 5 (11.11%) Information Specialist
5 5 (11.11%) Security Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Analyst
6 4 (8.89%) Applications Consultant
6 4 (8.89%) Azure Consultant
6 4 (8.89%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 4 (8.89%) DevSecOps Consultant
6 4 (8.89%) Information Officer
6 4 (8.89%) Information Security Officer
6 4 (8.89%) Security Analyst
6 4 (8.89%) Security Officer
7 2 (4.44%) Information Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.89%) Kafka
2 2 (4.44%) OAuth
2 2 (4.44%) OpenID
2 2 (4.44%) SAML
2 2 (4.44%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (42.22%) Management Information System
2 12 (26.67%) PKI
3 5 (11.11%) Security Posture
4 4 (8.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 4 (8.89%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (6.67%) Virtual Team
5 3 (6.67%) Wiki
6 2 (4.44%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (4.44%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (4.44%) Operational Technology
6 2 (4.44%) Public Cloud
7 1 (2.22%) BBC
7 1 (2.22%) Cyberattack
7 1 (2.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.56%) Windows
2 5 (11.11%) Linux
3 4 (8.89%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (51.11%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (48.89%) Information Security
3 19 (42.22%) SIEM
4 17 (37.78%) Cloud Security
4 17 (37.78%) Ethical Hacking
4 17 (37.78%) Identity Access Management
5 14 (31.11%) Key Management
5 14 (31.11%) Security Architecture
6 12 (26.67%) Penetration Testing
6 12 (26.67%) Risk Management
7 11 (24.44%) Data Encryption
7 11 (24.44%) Security Auditing
8 10 (22.22%) Database Security
8 10 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
9 8 (17.78%) Application Security
9 8 (17.78%) Data Protection
9 8 (17.78%) Knowledge Transfer
9 8 (17.78%) SABSA
10 7 (15.56%) SDLC
11 6 (13.33%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.11%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.22%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.22%) Python
2 1 (2.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (33.33%) CISSP
2 12 (26.67%) CISM
3 11 (24.44%) Degree
4 10 (22.22%) CISA
5 8 (17.78%) Security Cleared
6 6 (13.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (13.33%) CCSK
6 6 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (13.33%) SC Cleared
7 5 (11.11%) CCSP
8 4 (8.89%) CCNP
8 4 (8.89%) ISSAP
9 3 (6.67%) CEH
9 3 (6.67%) CRISC
10 2 (4.44%) FFIEC
10 2 (4.44%) GIAC
10 2 (4.44%) SANS
11 1 (2.22%) CCA
11 1 (2.22%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (2.22%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (93.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (40.00%) NIST
3 7 (15.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (13.33%) GDPR
5 5 (11.11%) COBIT
6 4 (8.89%) PCI DSS
7 2 (4.44%) GRC
7 2 (4.44%) NCSC
7 2 (4.44%) NIST 800
8 1 (2.22%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (2.22%) GLBA
8 1 (2.22%) HIPAA
8 1 (2.22%) ISAE 3402
8 1 (2.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) CASB
1 1 (2.22%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 13 (28.89%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.33%) Cisco
3 4 (8.89%) F5
3 4 (8.89%) Qualys
3 4 (8.89%) Splunk
4 2 (4.44%) CA
5 1 (2.22%) Axway
5 1 (2.22%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.22%) Databricks
5 1 (2.22%) Lotus
5 1 (2.22%) McAfee
5 1 (2.22%) Netskope
5 1 (2.22%) Remedy
5 1 (2.22%) SAP
5 1 (2.22%) Teradata
5 1 (2.22%) Trend Micro