ISO/IEC 27001 Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

ISO/IEC 27001
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 29 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 5 10 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 1.63% 4.50% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.25% 15.38% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £695 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £710 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year +35.24% - -
75th Percentile £725 £575 -
90th Percentile - £605 -
East of England median daily rate £515 £525 £376
% change year-on-year -1.90% +39.81% -31.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £83.25 £100.05 -
25th Percentile £84.38 £100.13 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £101.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% - -
75th Percentile £89.38 £104.13 -
90th Percentile £89.75 £104.95 -
East of England median hourly rate £80.00 £32.74 -
% change year-on-year +144.39% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Bedfordshire

ISO/IEC 27001 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 in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 69 65 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 22.55% 29.28% 16.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 21 10
10th Percentile £370 £86 £109
25th Percentile £400 £500 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £513
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +12.20% +2.50%
75th Percentile £556 £650 £558
90th Percentile £610 - £618
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £413
% change year-on-year - +21.21% -13.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 19 6
10th Percentile £12.71 £44.46 £36.19
25th Percentile £13.86 £81.25 £43.44
Median hourly rate £27.94 £88.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -68.25% +53.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72.13 £91.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £84.80 £93.20 £73.75
East of England median hourly rate £32.00 £31.64 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.14% +26.56% +25.31%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISO/IEC 27001 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

ISO/IEC 27001 job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing ISO/IEC 27001.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing ISO/IEC 27001

ISO/IEC 27001
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing ISO/IEC 27001.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing ISO/IEC 27001

ISO/IEC 27001
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 11 September 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Luton +2 5 £710 +35.24% 8
ISO/IEC 27001
East of England

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (60.00%) Military
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Product Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Technology Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Key Management
1 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (60.00%) Cryptography
2 3 (60.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Patch Management
2 3 (60.00%) Security Management
2 3 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (40.00%) Migration
3 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) ISACA
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
4 1 (20.00%) CCSP
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (20.00%) CISSP
4 1 (20.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) NIST
2 3 (60.00%) NCSC
2 3 (60.00%) NIST 800
3 1 (20.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Firmware
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft