ISO/IEC 27001 Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

ISO/IEC 27001
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 54 51
Rank change year-on-year +7 -3 +30
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 28 8 17
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 3.29% 1.05% 2.03%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.30% 8.25% 17.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 5 16
10th Percentile £329 £249 £319
25th Percentile £402 £263 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% +2.56% -11.36%
75th Percentile £489 - £619
90th Percentile £580 £695 £688
England median daily rate £540 £578 £600
% change year-on-year -6.49% -3.75% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 153 97 98
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 17.98% 12.68% 11.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 57 68
10th Percentile £313 £258 £238
25th Percentile £359 £319 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.76% -5.56% +10.23%
75th Percentile £478 £575 £525
90th Percentile £581 £623 £675
England median daily rate £500 £513 £540
% change year-on-year -2.44% -5.09% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 7
10th Percentile £15.12 £18.97 £10.76
25th Percentile £17.69 £27.14 £13.72
Median hourly rate £20.83 £41.50 £20.51
Median % change year-on-year -49.81% +102.34% +4.30%
75th Percentile £25.11 £48.63 £50.88
90th Percentile £29.88 £52.45 £70.00
England median hourly rate £31.49 £33.93 £38.46
% change year-on-year -7.19% -11.78% +58.60%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

ISO/IEC 27001 job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing ISO/IEC 27001.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing ISO/IEC 27001

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in the East Midlands

ISO/IEC 27001
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing ISO/IEC 27001.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing ISO/IEC 27001

ISO/IEC 27001
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 October 2025. 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
Northamptonshire - 14 £414 - 8
Nottinghamshire -3 6 £463 +19.35% 9
Derbyshire - 3 £800 - 4
ISO/IEC 27001
England

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (53.57%) Azure
2 14 (50.00%) AWS
3 7 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 6 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (17.86%) GCP
5 5 (17.86%) Power Platform
6 2 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (3.57%) Cloudflare
7 1 (3.57%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) Power BI
1 5 (17.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (21.43%) JIRA
2 1 (3.57%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 15 (53.57%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Finance
2 6 (21.43%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Legal
5 1 (3.57%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.57%) Local Government
5 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (17.86%) Security Manager
2 4 (14.29%) Architect
2 4 (14.29%) Lead
2 4 (14.29%) Security Specialist
3 3 (10.71%) Product Owner
3 3 (10.71%) Programme Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Analyst
4 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Data Protection Officer
4 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Lead Architect
4 2 (7.14%) Senior
5 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (3.57%) Information Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Information Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Information Security Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Information Security Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Programme Director
5 1 (3.57%) Security Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (28.57%) SailPoint
2 3 (10.71%) FIDO
3 1 (3.57%) Loki
3 1 (3.57%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.71%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.57%) NHS
3 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (21.43%) Mac OS
1 6 (21.43%) Windows
2 2 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (39.29%) Agile
2 10 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 10 (35.71%) Data Protection
3 9 (32.14%) Information Security
4 8 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
4 8 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (25.00%) IT Audit
6 6 (21.43%) Identity Management
6 6 (21.43%) Kanban
6 6 (21.43%) Roadmaps
6 6 (21.43%) Thought Leadership
6 6 (21.43%) User Experience
6 6 (21.43%) Zero Trust
7 5 (17.86%) Identity Access Management
8 4 (14.29%) Business Transformation
8 4 (14.29%) Fintech
8 4 (14.29%) ISMS
8 4 (14.29%) Security Management
8 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) Bash
1 5 (17.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (32.14%) CISM
1 9 (32.14%) CISSP
2 8 (28.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 7 (25.00%) CISA
4 5 (17.86%) Degree
5 3 (10.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (3.57%) Azure Certification
7 1 (3.57%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (3.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (3.57%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (39.29%) GDPR
1 11 (39.29%) NIST
2 10 (35.71%) NIST 800
3 7 (25.00%) COBIT
3 7 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 5 (17.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (10.71%) ISO 9001
6 2 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (3.57%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 6 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (17.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (21.43%) RSA Archer
2 6 (21.43%) SCCM
3 3 (10.71%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
4 1 (3.57%) Prometheus
4 1 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 7 (25.00%) Rapid7
3 6 (21.43%) Citrix
3 6 (21.43%) VMware
4 5 (17.86%) Alteryx
4 5 (17.86%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.57%) Red Hat