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 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 77 91
Rank change year-on-year +4 +14 +34
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 30 10 26
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.99% 0.77% 1.41%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.28% 5.85% 10.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 6 11
10th Percentile £291 £488 £463
25th Percentile £500 £516 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +6.82% -15.38%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £649
90th Percentile £650 £613 £650
England median daily rate £527 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -8.30% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 10
10th Percentile £28.32 - -
25th Percentile £29.51 - £42.25
Median hourly rate £32.74 - £44.50
75th Percentile £100.00 - £46.75
90th Percentile £103.30 - £49.00
England median hourly rate £33.50 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -4.29% -21.35% +36.92%

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 266 171 254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 17.64% 13.23% 13.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 81 129
10th Percentile £235 £263 £298
25th Percentile £348 £318 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £556 £600
90th Percentile £650 £645 £712
England median daily rate £500 £501 £540
% change year-on-year -0.10% -7.31% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 21 27
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.42 £13.29
25th Percentile £16.92 £16.23 £14.08
Median hourly rate £19.91 £25.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.36% -43.82% +154.29%
75th Percentile £80.00 £52.50 £47.88
90th Percentile £91.50 £67.50 £62.50
England median hourly rate £26.54 £30.11 £36.00
% change year-on-year -11.86% -16.38% +46.94%

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 14 November 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in the East of England over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

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

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 14 November 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
Bedfordshire -2 10 £600 +20.00% 1
Hertfordshire -7 10 £553 +0.55% 15
Cambridgeshire -8 4 £588 -2.08% 9
Suffolk - 4 £550 - 1
Essex - 1 £375 - 1
Norfolk - 1 £500 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (43.33%) Azure
2 8 (26.67%) Entra ID
2 8 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 5 (16.67%) AWS
4 5 (16.67%) OneDrive
5 4 (13.33%) GCP
6 2 (6.67%) Power Platform
7 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (3.33%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (3.33%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (3.33%) GitHub
7 1 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (3.33%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.33%) Network Security
2 3 (10.00%) Firewall
3 2 (6.67%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (6.67%) DHCP
3 2 (6.67%) DNS
3 2 (6.67%) LAN
3 2 (6.67%) SD-WAN
3 2 (6.67%) VPN
3 2 (6.67%) WAN
3 2 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (3.33%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Burp Suite
General
1 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Finance
3 3 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.33%) French Language
5 1 (3.33%) Legal
5 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.33%) Police
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) Security Engineer
2 6 (20.00%) Analyst
2 6 (20.00%) Design Engineer
2 6 (20.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 5 (16.67%) Architect
3 5 (16.67%) Security Architect
4 3 (10.00%) Consultant
5 2 (6.67%) Compliance Consultant
5 2 (6.67%) Cyber Threat Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Information Security Consultant
5 2 (6.67%) Network Architect
5 2 (6.67%) Network Security Architect
5 2 (6.67%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Risk Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Security Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Security Consultant
5 2 (6.67%) Security Manager
5 2 (6.67%) SOC Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) FIDO
1 1 (3.33%) HTML
1 1 (3.33%) JSON
1 1 (3.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 6 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (16.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 5 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (6.67%) Data Centre
4 2 (6.67%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.33%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (3.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (3.33%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (23.33%) Windows
2 1 (3.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (56.67%) Security Operations
2 13 (43.33%) Incident Response
3 12 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
4 10 (33.33%) Zero Trust
5 9 (30.00%) Identity Access Management
5 9 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 8 (26.67%) Information Security
6 8 (26.67%) SIEM
6 8 (26.67%) Threat Intelligence
7 7 (23.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 7 (23.33%) Impact Analysis
8 6 (20.00%) Cloud Security
8 6 (20.00%) Decision-Making
8 6 (20.00%) Identity Management
8 6 (20.00%) Threat Detection
9 5 (16.67%) Cyber Intelligence
9 5 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
9 5 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
9 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (26.67%) PowerShell
2 3 (10.00%) Python
3 1 (3.33%) Bash
3 1 (3.33%) Bicep
3 1 (3.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (43.33%) CISSP
2 8 (26.67%) CISM
2 8 (26.67%) SC Cleared
2 8 (26.67%) Security Cleared
3 7 (23.33%) Degree
4 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (13.33%) OSCP
6 3 (10.00%) CEH
6 3 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (6.67%) CCIE
7 2 (6.67%) CCIE Security
7 2 (6.67%) CCNP
7 2 (6.67%) CRISC
7 2 (6.67%) GIAC
8 1 (3.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (3.33%) Azure Certification
8 1 (3.33%) CCSP
8 1 (3.33%) CISA
8 1 (3.33%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (3.33%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (96.67%) NIST
2 18 (60.00%) GDPR
3 10 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (26.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (23.33%) HIPAA
6 5 (16.67%) GRC
6 5 (16.67%) PCI DSS
7 3 (10.00%) COBIT
8 1 (3.33%) Def Stans
8 1 (3.33%) GPG13
8 1 (3.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (3.33%) ISO 22301
8 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (3.33%) JSP 440
8 1 (3.33%) NCSC
8 1 (3.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (23.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) FortiGate
1 1 (3.33%) Nexpose
1 1 (3.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.00%) Fortinet
2 3 (10.00%) Zscaler
3 2 (6.67%) Cisco
3 2 (6.67%) Computacenter
3 2 (6.67%) Palo Alto
3 2 (6.67%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.67%) Tenable
4 1 (3.33%) BeyondTrust
4 1 (3.33%) Citrix
4 1 (3.33%) Cribl.io
4 1 (3.33%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (3.33%) CyberArk
4 1 (3.33%) Qualys
4 1 (3.33%) Thycotic
4 1 (3.33%) VMware