ISO/IEC 27001 Contracts in the City of London

ISO/IEC 27001
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ISO/IEC 27001 over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 86 126
Rank change year-on-year -10 +40 +19
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 26 42 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.51% 1.93% 1.16%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.72% 11.26% 8.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 38 35
10th Percentile £398 £340 £495
25th Percentile £450 £463 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year - +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £710 £688 £775
90th Percentile £770 £783 £850
Central London median daily rate £633 £625 £575
% change year-on-year +1.20% +8.70% +4.55%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 298 373 469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 17.29% 17.12% 13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 270 341
10th Percentile £375 £363 £400
25th Percentile £463 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £561 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -8.33% +6.67%
75th Percentile £713 £650 £725
90th Percentile £824 £750 £838
Central London median daily rate £565 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +7.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.61 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.77% - -
Central London median hourly rate £22.50 £23.40 £25.00
% change year-on-year -3.85% -6.40% -39.76%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing ISO/IEC 27001 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in the City of London

ISO/IEC 27001
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in the City of London

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in the City of London over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in the City of London

ISO/IEC 27001
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in the City of London

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 1 (3.85%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (50.00%) Azure
2 7 (26.92%) AWS
3 6 (23.08%) GCP
4 3 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (11.54%) OCI
5 2 (7.69%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (7.69%) Entra ID
6 1 (3.85%) Azure AKS
6 1 (3.85%) Azure Functions
6 1 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (3.85%) Datadog
6 1 (3.85%) GitHub
6 1 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (3.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) Network Security
2 2 (7.69%) Firewall
3 1 (3.85%) Skype
3 1 (3.85%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (3.85%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.85%) VLAN
3 1 (3.85%) WebEx
3 1 (3.85%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) GitLab
1 1 (3.85%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (34.62%) Finance
2 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Banking
3 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Architect
1 9 (34.62%) Security Architect
2 3 (11.54%) Lead
2 3 (11.54%) Security Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Analyst
3 2 (7.69%) Business Analyst
3 2 (7.69%) CyberArk Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Operational Security Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Operations Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Security Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Security Operations Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Senior
3 2 (7.69%) Senior Architect
3 2 (7.69%) Senior Security Architect
4 1 (3.85%) Consultant
4 1 (3.85%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Penetration Tester
4 1 (3.85%) Support Assistant
4 1 (3.85%) Technical Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) OAuth
1 3 (11.54%) OpenID
1 3 (11.54%) SAML
2 2 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Management Information System
2 3 (11.54%) Algorithms
2 3 (11.54%) Security Posture
3 2 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 2 (7.69%) CMDB
3 2 (7.69%) Insider Threat
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.85%) Reinsurance
4 1 (3.85%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (3.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) Linux
2 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) Cybersecurity
1 11 (42.31%) Incident Response
2 10 (38.46%) Cloud Security
2 10 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (23.08%) Identity Access Management
3 6 (23.08%) Security Architecture
4 5 (19.23%) Computer Science
4 5 (19.23%) DevOps
4 5 (19.23%) Information Security
4 5 (19.23%) Risk Assessment
4 5 (19.23%) SIEM
5 4 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (15.38%) DevSecOps
5 4 (15.38%) Machine Learning
5 4 (15.38%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (15.38%) Privileged Access Management
5 4 (15.38%) Risk Management
5 4 (15.38%) Security Management
5 4 (15.38%) Threat Modelling
6 3 (11.54%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 11 (42.31%) Python
2 4 (15.38%) PowerShell
3 3 (11.54%) Bash
3 3 (11.54%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (34.62%) CISSP
2 7 (26.92%) CISM
3 6 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 6 (23.08%) Security Cleared
4 5 (19.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (19.23%) Degree
5 3 (11.54%) OCP
5 3 (11.54%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (7.69%) CEH
6 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (3.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (3.85%) AWS Certification
7 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
7 1 (3.85%) CASP
7 1 (3.85%) CISA
7 1 (3.85%) CRISC
7 1 (3.85%) GCIA
7 1 (3.85%) GCIH
7 1 (3.85%) GIAC
7 1 (3.85%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (80.77%) NIST
2 7 (26.92%) GDPR
3 3 (11.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 3 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (11.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (7.69%) HIPAA
4 2 (7.69%) PCI DSS
5 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (3.85%) EU AI Act
5 1 (3.85%) GRC
5 1 (3.85%) NIST 800
5 1 (3.85%) QA
5 1 (3.85%) SLA
5 1 (3.85%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.85%) Docker
1 1 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (3.85%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) Terraform
2 2 (7.69%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.85%) Grafana
3 1 (3.85%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) CyberArk
2 3 (11.54%) Oracle
3 1 (3.85%) BeyondTrust
3 1 (3.85%) CheckPoint
3 1 (3.85%) Cisco
3 1 (3.85%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.85%) Google
3 1 (3.85%) LogRhythm
3 1 (3.85%) Palo Alto
3 1 (3.85%) Polycom
3 1 (3.85%) Rapid7
3 1 (3.85%) Splunk
3 1 (3.85%) Tenable
3 1 (3.85%) VMware