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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 76 82
Rank change year-on-year -24 +6 +13
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 26 26 11
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.08% 1.92% 0.76%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.07% 10.83% 6.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 7
10th Percentile £485 £256 £341
25th Percentile £497 £466 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £552 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% -4.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £566 £631 £600
90th Percentile £588 £650 £610
England median daily rate £545 £545 £575
% change year-on-year - -5.22% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 5 0
10th Percentile - £28.32 -
25th Percentile - £29.51 -
Median hourly rate £80.00 £32.74 -
Median % change year-on-year +144.39% - -
75th Percentile - £100.00 -
90th Percentile £88.50 £103.30 -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £33.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +123.88% -4.29% -21.35%

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 428 240 172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 17.73% 17.69% 11.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 116 80
10th Percentile £301 £219 £257
25th Percentile £385 £337 £317
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £500 £433
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% +15.61% -13.50%
75th Percentile £600 £576 £550
90th Percentile £736 £650 £601
England median daily rate £513 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +2.50% -2.44% -5.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 46 22
10th Percentile £13.51 £13.50 £14.55
25th Percentile £16.01 £16.45 £17.17
Median hourly rate £40.00 £19.91 £30.67
Median % change year-on-year +100.90% -35.07% -31.09%
75th Percentile £67.50 £87.88 £60.94
90th Percentile £80.00 £91.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £32.40 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -0.32% -7.14% -4.76%

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
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 13 October 2026.

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 13 October 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 -13 17 £563 +1.72% 4
Bedfordshire -4 6 £510 +46.76% 6
Suffolk -22 2 £503 -8.64% 7
Essex -19 1 £550 +46.67% 5
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 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (23.08%) Azure
2 4 (15.38%) AWS
3 3 (11.54%) SaaS
4 2 (7.69%) Azure AKS
4 2 (7.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.85%) GCP
5 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (19.23%) Firewall
2 3 (11.54%) Network Security
3 2 (7.69%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 14 (53.85%) Aerospace
2 8 (30.77%) Military
3 5 (19.23%) Manufacturing
4 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
5 2 (7.69%) Finance
5 2 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Automotive
6 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 12 (46.15%) Coordinator
2 5 (19.23%) Security Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Lead
4 3 (11.54%) Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Product Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Architect
5 2 (7.69%) Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) Lead Architect
5 2 (7.69%) SailPoint Architect
5 2 (7.69%) Technical Architect
5 2 (7.69%) Technical Leader
6 1 (3.85%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) DevSecOps Consultant
6 1 (3.85%) DevSecOps Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.85%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 13 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (19.23%) Onboarding
3 3 (11.54%) Management Information System
3 3 (11.54%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
1 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (76.92%) Stakeholder Management
2 19 (73.08%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (65.38%) Information Security
3 17 (65.38%) Security Management
4 16 (61.54%) Risk Management
4 16 (61.54%) Vulnerability Management
5 15 (57.69%) Incident Response
6 13 (50.00%) Information Security Management
6 13 (50.00%) Security Operations
7 5 (19.23%) Due Diligence
7 5 (19.23%) GAP Analysis
7 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (15.38%) Identity Access Management
8 4 (15.38%) Migration
9 3 (11.54%) Cryptography
9 3 (11.54%) Cyber Resilience
9 3 (11.54%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 3 (11.54%) Patch Management
9 3 (11.54%) Penetration Testing
9 3 (11.54%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) Bash
1 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (42.31%) Security Cleared
2 9 (34.62%) SC Cleared
3 5 (19.23%) Degree
4 3 (11.54%) ISACA
5 2 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (7.69%) CCSP
5 2 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (7.69%) DV Cleared
6 1 (3.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (3.85%) CBAP
6 1 (3.85%) CISM
6 1 (3.85%) CISSP
6 1 (3.85%) CRISC
6 1 (3.85%) IIBA
6 1 (3.85%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (69.23%) GDPR
2 8 (30.77%) NIST
3 4 (15.38%) NCSC
4 3 (11.54%) NIST 800
4 3 (11.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (7.69%) SOC 2
6 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (3.85%) Def Stans
6 1 (3.85%) GRC
6 1 (3.85%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (15.38%) Active Directory
1 4 (15.38%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) Palo Alto
2 1 (3.85%) SAP