ISO/IEC 27001 Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

ISO/IEC 27001
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 62 59
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 -3
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 17 5 5
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.86% 0.84% 0.71%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.97% 9.62% 5.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 4
10th Percentile £416 £516 -
25th Percentile £450 £522 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £577 £488
Median % change year-on-year -6.76% +18.26% -6.25%
75th Percentile £688 £652 £684
90th Percentile £721 £741 £949
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 142 52 89
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 15.52% 8.70% 12.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 33 58
10th Percentile £308 £313 £207
25th Percentile £350 £386 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £501 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.59% +11.22% -1.64%
75th Percentile £580 £603 £538
90th Percentile £655 £723 £743
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 5
10th Percentile £11.46 - £17.33
25th Percentile £11.96 - £20.50
Median hourly rate £13.45 £16.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.94% -68.00% +81.82%
75th Percentile £17.04 - £52.50
90th Percentile £18.23 - £54.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.62 £30.00 £27.47
% change year-on-year -31.28% +9.23% -0.13%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

ISO/IEC 27001 job vacancy trend in Birmingham

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in Birmingham over the 6 months to 23 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in Birmingham

ISO/IEC 27001
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (5.88%) Confluence
1 1 (5.88%) IIS
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (35.29%) Azure
3 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
5 1 (5.88%) AWS
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (5.88%) dbt
5 1 (5.88%) n8n
5 1 (5.88%) OCI
5 1 (5.88%) Power Automate
5 1 (5.88%) SaaS
5 1 (5.88%) Snowflake
5 1 (5.88%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) LAN
2 1 (5.88%) SD-WAN
2 1 (5.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (5.88%) RDBMS
1 1 (5.88%) Relational Database
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 6 (35.29%) Public Sector
1 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Influencing Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Legal
3 2 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Law
4 1 (5.88%) Military
4 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Retail
4 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Security Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Architect
2 3 (17.65%) Consultant
2 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Data Consultant
2 3 (17.65%) Security Architect
2 3 (17.65%) Security Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Lead
3 2 (11.76%) Lead Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Lead Security Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Head of Cybersecurity
4 1 (5.88%) Head of Information
4 1 (5.88%) Head of Information Security
4 1 (5.88%) Head of Security
4 1 (5.88%) Information Security Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Information Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Security Advisor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) EDI
2 1 (5.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Security Posture
2 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 2 (11.76%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
1 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Information Security
2 8 (47.06%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (47.06%) Data Protection
3 7 (41.18%) Security Operations
4 6 (35.29%) Roadmaps
4 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (29.41%) Agile
5 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (29.41%) Incident Response
5 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
5 5 (29.41%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (23.53%) GAP Analysis
6 4 (23.53%) Security Architecture
6 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (17.65%) Data Security
7 3 (17.65%) Information Security Management
7 3 (17.65%) ITIL
7 3 (17.65%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (17.65%) Security Management
7 3 (17.65%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) Bicep
1 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) CISM
1 8 (47.06%) CISSP
2 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (5.88%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (47.06%) NIST
2 7 (41.18%) GDPR
2 7 (41.18%) GRC
3 4 (23.53%) NCSC
4 2 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (11.76%) PCI DSS
5 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
5 1 (5.88%) ISO 22301
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle
3 1 (5.88%) Proofpoint
3 1 (5.88%) Qualys
3 1 (5.88%) Rapid7
3 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.88%) SolarWinds
3 1 (5.88%) Sophos