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 6 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 54 56
Rank change year-on-year -14 +2 +8
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 14 4 16
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.62% 0.74% 2.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.84% 4.60% 14.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 12
10th Percentile £413 - £376
25th Percentile £466 £613 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £625 £444
Median % change year-on-year -13.60% +40.85% -11.25%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £609
90th Percentile - - £720
West Midlands median daily rate £540 £600 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +33.33% -25.00%

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 109 87 109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 12.65% 16.17% 14.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 54 79
10th Percentile £319 £202 £259
25th Percentile £391 £325 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £458 £438
Median % change year-on-year +9.29% +4.57% -2.78%
75th Percentile £603 £539 £538
90th Percentile £699 £647 £695
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £475 £494
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.80% +3.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 8
10th Percentile £16.43 - £11.06
25th Percentile £17.06 £14.70 £11.77
Median hourly rate £18.25 £22.00 £13.34
Median % change year-on-year -17.05% +64.92% +11.17%
75th Percentile £19.56 £29.00 £14.00
90th Percentile £20.28 £43.10 £26.30
West Midlands median hourly rate £13.20 £14.70 £14.00
% change year-on-year -10.20% +5.00% -15.15%

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 6 March 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 (7.14%) Confluence
1 1 (7.14%) IIS
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Azure
2 4 (28.57%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (21.43%) Entra ID
4 2 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (7.14%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (7.14%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (7.14%) AWS
5 1 (7.14%) AWS Control Tower
5 1 (7.14%) Azure AKS
5 1 (7.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (7.14%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (7.14%) IaaS
5 1 (7.14%) Mimecast
5 1 (7.14%) n8n
5 1 (7.14%) OpenShift
5 1 (7.14%) PaaS
5 1 (7.14%) Power Automate
5 1 (7.14%) SaaS
5 1 (7.14%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) Firewall
2 2 (14.29%) Network Security
3 1 (7.14%) LAN
3 1 (7.14%) SD-WAN
3 1 (7.14%) VPN
3 1 (7.14%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Git
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
1 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Finance
2 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (7.14%) Legal
2 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Consultant
2 3 (21.43%) CyberArk Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Security Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Security Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Information Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Information Security Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Information Security Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IT Security Officer
4 1 (7.14%) Programme Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Security Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Security Officer
4 1 (7.14%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) Middleware
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (7.14%) OAuth
2 1 (7.14%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (21.43%) Onboarding
2 2 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (14.29%) Security Posture
3 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.14%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
2 4 (28.57%) Linux
3 1 (7.14%) Mac OS X
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) DevOps
2 4 (28.57%) CI/CD
2 4 (28.57%) Information Security
2 4 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (21.43%) Incident Response
3 3 (21.43%) Privileged Access Management
3 3 (21.43%) SIEM
3 3 (21.43%) Task Automation
3 3 (21.43%) Threat Detection
4 2 (14.29%) Analytics
4 2 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (14.29%) DevSecOps
4 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (14.29%) Internal Audit
4 2 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (14.29%) Security Architecture
4 2 (14.29%) Security Operations
4 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) PowerShell
2 4 (28.57%) Python
3 1 (7.14%) Bash
3 1 (7.14%) Bicep
3 1 (7.14%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
3 3 (21.43%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (14.29%) Azure Certification
4 2 (14.29%) CISSP
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (7.14%) CISM
5 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (57.14%) NIST
2 3 (21.43%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (14.29%) GDPR
3 2 (14.29%) NCSC
4 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (7.14%) GRC
4 1 (7.14%) ISO 22301
4 1 (7.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) CyberArk
3 2 (14.29%) Cisco
4 1 (7.14%) Barracuda Networks
4 1 (7.14%) Fortinet
4 1 (7.14%) Proofpoint
4 1 (7.14%) Splunk