ISO/IEC 27001 Contract Job Trends in the East of England

ISO/IEC 27001
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 70 86
Rank change year-on-year -27 +16 +27
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 16 14 24
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.87% 1.31% 1.27%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.16% 7.91% 11.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 14
10th Percentile £501 £475 £351
25th Percentile £541 £494 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £564 £547 £613
Median % change year-on-year +3.11% -10.69% -2.00%
75th Percentile £641 £600 £650
90th Percentile £650 £608 £668
England median daily rate £536 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -10.67% +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.25
Median hourly rate - - £44.50
75th Percentile - - £46.75
90th Percentile - - £47.20
England median hourly rate £36.00 £67.55 £44.50
% change year-on-year -46.70% +51.79% -39.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 310 177 217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 16.90% 16.60% 11.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 99 127
10th Percentile £287 £295 £269
25th Percentile £413 £373 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £600
90th Percentile £675 £678 £675
England median daily rate £505 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 19 41
10th Percentile £16.14 £17.51 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £24.13 £14.16
Median hourly rate £18.50 £41.50 £15.79
Median % change year-on-year -55.42% +162.82% -10.89%
75th Percentile £20.09 £73.13 £46.75
90th Percentile £32.79 £77.60 -
England median hourly rate £25.77 £31.76 £26.66
% change year-on-year -18.86% +19.13% -23.83%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

ISO/IEC 27001 job vacancy trend in the East of England

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in the East of England

ISO/IEC 27001
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

ISO/IEC 27001
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 27 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
Hertfordshire -22 7 £575 +15.00% 5
Cambridgeshire +3 4 £613 +2.08% 3
Suffolk +7 3 £550 +5.97%
Bedfordshire -9 2 £348 -30.50% 2
ISO/IEC 27001
England

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

Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
2 4 (25.00%) AWS
2 4 (25.00%) GCP
3 3 (18.75%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (12.50%) Serverless
5 1 (6.25%) AWS KMS
5 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (6.25%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
5 1 (6.25%) GitHub
5 1 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Firewall
1 2 (12.50%) Network Security
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (6.25%) DHCP
2 1 (6.25%) DNS
2 1 (6.25%) LAN
2 1 (6.25%) Modbus
2 1 (6.25%) SD-WAN
2 1 (6.25%) VPN
2 1 (6.25%) WAN
2 1 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Burp Suite
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Finance
4 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.25%) Police
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Cloud Security Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Specialist
2 2 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Specialist
2 2 (12.50%) Security Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Security Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Security Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 1 (6.25%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Cloud Security Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Governance Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Security Assurance Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Security Solutions Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Threat Intelligence Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) eBPF
1 1 (6.25%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (56.25%) Security Posture
2 5 (31.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 5 (31.25%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (18.75%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (12.50%) Cloud Native
4 2 (12.50%) Operational Technology
5 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (6.25%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
5 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
5 1 (6.25%) SCADA
5 1 (6.25%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Security Operations
2 9 (56.25%) Incident Response
2 9 (56.25%) Threat Detection
3 8 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (43.75%) Threat Intelligence
4 7 (43.75%) Threat Modelling
5 6 (37.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 6 (37.50%) Decision-Making
5 6 (37.50%) SIEM
6 5 (31.25%) Cloud Security
6 5 (31.25%) Cyber Intelligence
6 5 (31.25%) Information Security
6 5 (31.25%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 4 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
7 4 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
7 4 (25.00%) Information Assurance
7 4 (25.00%) OSINT
7 4 (25.00%) SOAR
7 4 (25.00%) Threat Analysis
7 4 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) Bash
2 1 (6.25%) Bicep
2 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Security Cleared
2 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 5 (31.25%) CISSP
4 3 (18.75%) CISM
5 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (6.25%) AWS Certification
6 1 (6.25%) Azure Certification
6 1 (6.25%) CCIE
6 1 (6.25%) CCIE Security
6 1 (6.25%) CCNP
6 1 (6.25%) CCSP
6 1 (6.25%) CEH
6 1 (6.25%) CRISC
6 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
6 1 (6.25%) GIAC
6 1 (6.25%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (93.75%) NIST
2 6 (37.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (37.50%) GDPR
3 4 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (18.75%) GRC
5 2 (12.50%) HIPAA
5 2 (12.50%) PCI DSS
6 1 (6.25%) Def Stans
6 1 (6.25%) GPG13
6 1 (6.25%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.25%) FortiGate
2 1 (6.25%) Nexpose
2 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Computacenter
1 2 (12.50%) Fortinet
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 2 (12.50%) Splunk
2 1 (6.25%) CheckPoint
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco
2 1 (6.25%) Cribl.io
2 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto
2 1 (6.25%) Qualys
2 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow
2 1 (6.25%) Tenable
2 1 (6.25%) Zscaler