ISO/IEC 27001 Contracts with Work from Home Options

ISO/IEC 27001
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 164 190 269
Rank change year-on-year +26 +79 +28
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 188 321 431
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.25% 1.28% 0.98%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.63% 10.47% 7.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 248 329
10th Percentile £379 £443 £400
25th Percentile £500 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +6.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £764 £791 £750
UK median daily rate £575 £597 £550
% change year-on-year -3.60% +8.45% +8.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - - £41.36
25th Percentile - - £43.03
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £49.45
Median % change year-on-year - +41.55% +83.43%
75th Percentile - - £68.79
90th Percentile - - £87.51
UK median hourly rate £83.41 £70.00 £54.69
% change year-on-year +19.16% +27.99% +44.69%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,178 3,067 5,831
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.45% 12.22% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,506 2,244 4,151
10th Percentile £313 £325 £313
25th Percentile £419 £420 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £524 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.29% +4.75% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £600
90th Percentile £750 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 64 118
10th Percentile £12.75 £18.56 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £23.02 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.50 £39.80 £42.73
Median % change year-on-year -40.95% -6.85% +112.19%
75th Percentile £48.75 £60.94 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.28 £66.45
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £27.75
% change year-on-year -40.00% +26.13% +31.99%

ISO/IEC 27001
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing ISO/IEC 27001 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

ISO/IEC 27001 trend for jobs with a WFH option

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing ISO/IEC 27001.

ISO/IEC 27001 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing ISO/IEC 27001 over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

ISO/IEC 27001 daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

ISO/IEC 27001
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing ISO/IEC 27001.

ISO/IEC 27001 hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (3.19%) nginx
2 5 (2.66%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.13%) Apache Solr
4 2 (1.06%) IIS
5 1 (0.53%) Confluence
5 1 (0.53%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.53%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 37 (19.68%) Azure
2 36 (19.15%) AWS
3 12 (6.38%) Azure Sentinel
4 9 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (3.72%) GCP
6 6 (3.19%) AWS CloudTrail
7 5 (2.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 5 (2.66%) AWS CloudFormation
7 5 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.66%) GitHub
8 4 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.60%) Azure AKS
9 3 (1.60%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.60%) SaaS
10 2 (1.06%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (1.06%) AWS KMS
10 2 (1.06%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.06%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (18.62%) Network Security
2 21 (11.17%) Firewall
3 7 (3.72%) DNS
3 7 (3.72%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (3.72%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.66%) WAN
5 4 (2.13%) HTTPS
5 4 (2.13%) IPsec
5 4 (2.13%) SCCP
6 3 (1.60%) LAN
6 3 (1.60%) VPN
7 2 (1.06%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.53%) Broadband
8 1 (0.53%) DMZ
8 1 (0.53%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.53%) HTTP
8 1 (0.53%) Internet
8 1 (0.53%) Intranet
8 1 (0.53%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.13%) Couchbase
1 4 (2.13%) MySQL
1 4 (2.13%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (0.53%) Big Data
3 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.66%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.60%) JIRA
3 2 (1.06%) Git
3 2 (1.06%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.53%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.53%) RStudio
General
1 40 (21.28%) Public Sector
1 40 (21.28%) Social Skills
2 24 (12.77%) Finance
3 15 (7.98%) Legal
4 14 (7.45%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.72%) Local Government
6 4 (2.13%) Banking
6 4 (2.13%) Law
7 3 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.60%) Police
7 3 (1.60%) Retail
8 2 (1.06%) Advertising
8 2 (1.06%) Automotive
8 2 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.06%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.06%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.06%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.53%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 48 (25.53%) Architect
2 39 (20.74%) Security Architect
3 28 (14.89%) Consultant
4 24 (12.77%) Analyst
4 24 (12.77%) Senior
5 18 (9.57%) Security Analyst
5 18 (9.57%) Security Consultant
6 14 (7.45%) Security Engineer
7 13 (6.91%) Security Manager
8 10 (5.32%) Solutions Architect
9 9 (4.79%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 9 (4.79%) Lead
9 9 (4.79%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (4.26%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 7 (3.72%) Cloud Engineer
11 7 (3.72%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 7 (3.72%) Information Analyst
11 7 (3.72%) Information Security Analyst
12 6 (3.19%) Information Security Consultant
12 6 (3.19%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.26%) YAML
2 6 (3.19%) RabbitMQ
3 5 (2.66%) JSON
4 4 (2.13%) LEMP Stack
5 2 (1.06%) OAuth
5 2 (1.06%) SAML
6 1 (0.53%) .NET
6 1 (0.53%) JWT
6 1 (0.53%) LDAP
6 1 (0.53%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.53%) OpenID
6 1 (0.53%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.53%) REST
6 1 (0.53%) Web Services
6 1 (0.53%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (18.62%) Management Information System
2 11 (5.85%) Security Posture
3 9 (4.79%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (4.26%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.66%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.13%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (2.13%) PKI
7 3 (1.60%) Cyberattack
7 3 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.60%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.60%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.60%) Wiki
8 2 (1.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.06%) Insider Threat
8 2 (1.06%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.53%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.53%) SCADA
9 1 (0.53%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.45%) Linux
2 9 (4.79%) Windows
3 8 (4.26%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.13%) CentOS
5 3 (1.60%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.53%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (52.13%) Cybersecurity
2 86 (45.74%) Information Security
3 37 (19.68%) Risk Management
4 33 (17.55%) Security Architecture
5 28 (14.89%) ISMS
5 28 (14.89%) Risk Assessment
6 26 (13.83%) Security Management
7 24 (12.77%) Information Security Management
8 23 (12.23%) Incident Response
9 21 (11.17%) SIEM
10 20 (10.64%) DevOps
11 19 (10.11%) Data Protection
12 18 (9.57%) Penetration Testing
12 18 (9.57%) Vulnerability Management
13 17 (9.04%) Cloud Security
13 17 (9.04%) Problem-Solving
13 17 (9.04%) TOGAF
14 15 (7.98%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 14 (7.45%) Cryptography
15 14 (7.45%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.79%) PowerShell
2 7 (3.72%) Python
3 4 (2.13%) PHP
4 3 (1.60%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (1.60%) SQL
5 2 (1.06%) Bash
6 1 (0.53%) C++
6 1 (0.53%) Java
6 1 (0.53%) R
6 1 (0.53%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 58 (30.85%) CISSP
2 48 (25.53%) CISM
2 48 (25.53%) Security Cleared
3 44 (23.40%) SC Cleared
4 28 (14.89%) CISA
5 13 (6.91%) DV Cleared
6 11 (5.85%) CREST Certified
6 11 (5.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 9 (4.79%) CRISC
7 9 (4.79%) TOGAF Certification
8 8 (4.26%) Degree
8 8 (4.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 6 (3.19%) CLAS
10 5 (2.66%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (2.13%) CGEIT
12 3 (1.60%) CEH
13 2 (1.06%) CSSLP
13 2 (1.06%) GIAC
13 2 (1.06%) ISSAP
13 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (52.13%) NIST
2 30 (15.96%) GDPR
3 27 (14.36%) NCSC
4 21 (11.17%) PCI DSS
5 16 (8.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (6.91%) COBIT
7 12 (6.38%) GRC
8 11 (5.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 8 (4.26%) ISO 22301
10 7 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 6 (3.19%) Government Security Classifications
12 5 (2.66%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 5 (2.66%) ISO 9001
13 4 (2.13%) HIPAA
13 4 (2.13%) QA
13 4 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (2.13%) SOC 2
14 3 (1.60%) Disclosure Scotland
14 3 (1.60%) GPG13
14 3 (1.60%) JSP 440
System Software
1 8 (4.26%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.66%) Docker
3 2 (1.06%) Squid
4 1 (0.53%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (7.98%) Terraform
2 12 (6.38%) Kubernetes
3 8 (4.26%) Ansible
4 4 (2.13%) Trend Micro Deep Security
5 2 (1.06%) HAProxy
5 2 (1.06%) Kibana
5 2 (1.06%) logstash
5 2 (1.06%) Nessus
5 2 (1.06%) Packer
6 1 (0.53%) CASB
6 1 (0.53%) Grafana
6 1 (0.53%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.53%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.53%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.19%) Cisco
2 6 (3.19%) Rapid7
2 6 (3.19%) Sparx
3 5 (2.66%) Google
4 4 (2.13%) Sophos
4 4 (2.13%) Splunk
5 3 (1.60%) CyberArk
5 3 (1.60%) Palo Alto
5 3 (1.60%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.06%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.06%) Darktrace
6 2 (1.06%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.06%) IBM
6 2 (1.06%) Oracle
6 2 (1.06%) Qualys
7 1 (0.53%) Netskope
7 1 (0.53%) Ping Identity
7 1 (0.53%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.53%) Trend Micro