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 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 50 58
Rank change year-on-year -8 +8 +25
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 27 5 8
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 2.75% 0.86% 1.01%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.49% 4.95% 11.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 2 7
10th Percentile £326 £293 -
25th Percentile £418 £319 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +12.25% -15.79% -32.14%
75th Percentile £489 £494 £588
90th Percentile £623 £528 £630
England median daily rate £533 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -11.25% +4.35% -4.17%

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 146 101 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 14.85% 17.35% 8.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 54 55
10th Percentile £313 £225 £200
25th Percentile £361 £301 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £370 £355
Median % change year-on-year +16.29% +4.15% -11.25%
75th Percentile £521 £488 £511
90th Percentile £638 £549 £620
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 7
10th Percentile £12.94 £14.50 £7.88
25th Percentile £16.10 £16.88 £12.71
Median hourly rate £22.81 £24.98 £20.51
Median % change year-on-year -8.69% +21.79% +21.11%
75th Percentile £25.50 £37.57 £34.13
90th Percentile £27.70 £48.03 £35.00
England median hourly rate £24.19 £31.76 £25.12
% change year-on-year -23.84% +26.46% -13.84%

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 13 February 2026.

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 13 February 2026. 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 - 15 £447 - 5
Derbyshire 0 4 £800 +166.67% 1
Nottinghamshire -7 4 £456 -8.75% 3
Lincolnshire -11 1 - - 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 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (59.26%) AWS
2 13 (48.15%) Azure
3 12 (44.44%) Entra ID
4 10 (37.04%) GCP
5 7 (25.93%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (11.11%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 3 (11.11%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (7.41%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
8 1 (3.70%) Google Workspace
8 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) Network Security
1 3 (11.11%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Power BI
1 2 (7.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 12 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.93%) Finance
2 7 (25.93%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Legal
3 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.41%) Banking
4 2 (7.41%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Aviation
5 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Architect
2 5 (18.52%) Programme Manager
3 3 (11.11%) Lead
3 3 (11.11%) Security Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Data Protection Officer
4 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Lead Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Security Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Security Specialist
4 2 (7.41%) Senior
4 2 (7.41%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Chief Enterprise Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Information Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Information Assurance Specialist
5 1 (3.70%) Information Specialist
5 1 (3.70%) Principal Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Security Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Security Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.81%) SailPoint
2 3 (11.11%) OAuth
2 3 (11.11%) OAuth2
2 3 (11.11%) OpenID
2 3 (11.11%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Management Information System
2 3 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 3 (11.11%) Product Ownership
3 2 (7.41%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.93%) Mac OS
1 7 (25.93%) Windows
2 3 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) Data Protection
2 13 (48.15%) Continuous Improvement
2 13 (48.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (44.44%) Enterprise Architecture
4 10 (37.04%) Roadmaps
4 10 (37.04%) Zero Trust
5 8 (29.63%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (29.63%) Information Security
6 7 (25.93%) Business Strategy
6 7 (25.93%) Thought Leadership
6 7 (25.93%) User Experience
7 6 (22.22%) Agile
7 6 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (22.22%) TOGAF
8 5 (18.52%) Penetration Testing
8 5 (18.52%) Runbook
8 5 (18.52%) SDLC
8 5 (18.52%) Security Operations
8 5 (18.52%) SIEM
9 4 (14.81%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.93%) Bash
1 7 (25.93%) PowerShell
2 3 (11.11%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) CISM
1 5 (18.52%) CISSP
2 4 (14.81%) CISA
2 4 (14.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 2 (7.41%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (7.41%) Degree
4 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (55.56%) GDPR
2 8 (29.63%) NIST
3 7 (25.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 5 (18.52%) PCI DSS
5 4 (14.81%) COBIT
5 4 (14.81%) GRC
5 4 (14.81%) NIST 800
6 3 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (11.11%) ISO 9001
6 3 (11.11%) SOC 2
7 2 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (3.70%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 7 (25.93%) Active Directory
1 7 (25.93%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (25.93%) SCCM
3 3 (11.11%) Kubernetes
3 3 (11.11%) RSA Archer
3 3 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 7 (25.93%) Citrix
2 7 (25.93%) VMware
3 4 (14.81%) Rapid7
4 3 (11.11%) ServiceNow
4 3 (11.11%) Splunk
5 2 (7.41%) Alteryx
5 2 (7.41%) Google