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 7 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 64 63
Rank change year-on-year +11 -1 -6
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 20 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 2.21% 0.65% 0.70%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.42% 7.14% 5.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 3 4
10th Percentile £424 £425 -
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £550 £488
Median % change year-on-year +15.91% +12.82% -4.41%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £684
90th Percentile £743 £755 £949
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £563 £500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -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 149 56 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 16.48% 9.08% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 37 60
10th Percentile £310 £314 £206
25th Percentile £369 £400 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £501 £438
Median % change year-on-year -13.09% +14.40% -5.91%
75th Percentile £585 £600 £538
90th Percentile £698 £718 £739
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 4
10th Percentile £11.46 £16.43 £16.80
25th Percentile £11.96 £17.06 £19.18
Median hourly rate £13.45 £18.25 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.30% -48.59% +29.09%
75th Percentile £17.04 £19.56 £50.63
90th Percentile £18.23 £20.28 £51.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.62 £27.50 £18.60
% change year-on-year -25.04% +47.89% -32.38%

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 7 October 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 (5.00%) Confluence
1 1 (5.00%) IIS
1 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) Azure
2 7 (35.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (25.00%) AWS
4 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (15.00%) GCP
6 2 (10.00%) Entra ID
6 2 (10.00%) OCI
6 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
7 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (5.00%) n8n
7 1 (5.00%) Power Automate
7 1 (5.00%) SaaS
7 1 (5.00%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Firewall
2 2 (10.00%) Network Security
3 1 (5.00%) LAN
3 1 (5.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (5.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.00%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Legal
4 2 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Finance
5 1 (5.00%) Law
5 1 (5.00%) Military
5 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Architect
1 5 (25.00%) Security Manager
2 4 (20.00%) Security Architect
3 3 (15.00%) Consultant
3 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 3 (15.00%) Data Consultant
3 3 (15.00%) Security Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Lead
4 2 (10.00%) Lead Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Lead Security Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
5 1 (5.00%) Head of Information
5 1 (5.00%) Information Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Information Security Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Security Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) EDI
1 2 (10.00%) JSON
2 1 (5.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (15.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (10.00%) Security Posture
4 1 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (5.00%) Public Cloud
4 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (50.00%) Information Security
2 8 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 8 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 7 (35.00%) Roadmaps
3 7 (35.00%) Security Operations
3 7 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (30.00%) Security Architecture
5 5 (25.00%) Agile
5 5 (25.00%) Incident Response
6 4 (20.00%) Cloud Security
6 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
6 4 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 4 (20.00%) SIEM
6 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (15.00%) Data Governance
7 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
7 3 (15.00%) Identity Access Management
7 3 (15.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (10.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.00%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) CISM
1 10 (50.00%) CISSP
2 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (15.00%) CRISC
4 2 (10.00%) CISA
4 2 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 2 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
5 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (55.00%) NIST
2 8 (40.00%) GRC
3 7 (35.00%) GDPR
4 5 (25.00%) NCSC
5 3 (15.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (15.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (15.00%) PCI DSS
6 2 (10.00%) COBIT
6 2 (10.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Rapid7
2 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.00%) ArcSight
3 1 (5.00%) Cisco
3 1 (5.00%) Kaseya
3 1 (5.00%) LogRhythm
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle
3 1 (5.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (5.00%) Proofpoint
3 1 (5.00%) Qualys
3 1 (5.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (5.00%) Sophos
3 1 (5.00%) Splunk