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 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 82 90
Rank change year-on-year +11 +8 +36
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 26 12 23
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.87% 0.86% 1.23%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.40% 6.94% 8.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 8
10th Percentile £256 £341 £451
25th Percentile £466 £488 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £552 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £631 £600 £603
90th Percentile £650 £610 £649
England median daily rate £540 £578 £600
% change year-on-year -6.49% -3.75% -
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% +81.63%

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 250 173 266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 18.00% 12.37% 14.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 80 132
10th Percentile £220 £262 £286
25th Percentile £341 £318 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £575 £557 £600
90th Percentile £650 £638 £718
England median daily rate £500 £513 £540
% change year-on-year -2.44% -5.09% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 21 29
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.42 £13.23
25th Percentile £16.45 £16.23 £14.00
Median hourly rate £19.91 £30.21 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.09% -32.11% +154.29%
75th Percentile £87.75 £63.75 £49.00
90th Percentile £91.50 £67.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £31.50 £33.93 £35.82
% change year-on-year -7.16% -5.26% +49.23%

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 20 October 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 20 October 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 20 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
Hertfordshire -2 10 £553 +10.60% 14
Bedfordshire 0 9 £348 -30.50%
Cambridgeshire -1 3 £588 -2.08% 3
Suffolk - 2 £550 - 3
Essex - 1 £375 - 2
Norfolk - 1 £500 - 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (19.23%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (50.00%) Azure
2 8 (30.77%) Entra ID
2 8 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (23.08%) Azure Sentinel
3 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Purview
4 5 (19.23%) AWS
4 5 (19.23%) OneDrive
5 4 (15.38%) GCP
6 2 (7.69%) Power Platform
7 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (3.85%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (3.85%) GitHub
7 1 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (3.85%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) Network Security
2 2 (7.69%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (7.69%) DHCP
2 2 (7.69%) DNS
2 2 (7.69%) Firewall
2 2 (7.69%) LAN
2 2 (7.69%) SD-WAN
2 2 (7.69%) VPN
2 2 (7.69%) WAN
2 2 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Burp Suite
General
1 10 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Finance
3 3 (11.54%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.85%) French Language
5 1 (3.85%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) Security Engineer
2 6 (23.08%) Analyst
2 6 (23.08%) Design Engineer
2 6 (23.08%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Architect
3 4 (15.38%) Security Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) Compliance Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) Cyber Threat Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Cyber Threat Specialist
5 2 (7.69%) Information Security Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) Network Architect
5 2 (7.69%) Network Security Architect
5 2 (7.69%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.69%) Risk Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Security Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Security Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) Senior
5 2 (7.69%) SOC Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) FIDO
1 1 (3.85%) HTML
1 1 (3.85%) JSON
1 1 (3.85%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (34.62%) Security Posture
2 6 (23.08%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (19.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 4 (15.38%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (7.69%) Data Centre
6 1 (3.85%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (3.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (3.85%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (57.69%) Security Operations
2 12 (46.15%) Incident Response
3 10 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (34.62%) Identity Access Management
4 9 (34.62%) Threat Modelling
4 9 (34.62%) Vulnerability Management
4 9 (34.62%) Zero Trust
5 7 (26.92%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 7 (26.92%) Impact Analysis
5 7 (26.92%) Information Security
5 7 (26.92%) Threat Intelligence
6 6 (23.08%) Cloud Security
6 6 (23.08%) Identity Management
6 6 (23.08%) SIEM
7 5 (19.23%) Cyber Intelligence
7 5 (19.23%) Data Loss Prevention
7 5 (19.23%) Decision-Making
7 5 (19.23%) Knowledge Transfer
7 5 (19.23%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 5 (19.23%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 8 (30.77%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.69%) Python
3 1 (3.85%) Bash
3 1 (3.85%) Bicep
3 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (42.31%) CISSP
2 7 (26.92%) CISM
2 7 (26.92%) Degree
2 7 (26.92%) SC Cleared
2 7 (26.92%) Security Cleared
3 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (15.38%) OSCP
5 3 (11.54%) CEH
5 3 (11.54%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (7.69%) CCIE
6 2 (7.69%) CCIE Security
6 2 (7.69%) CCNP
6 2 (7.69%) CRISC
6 2 (7.69%) GIAC
7 1 (3.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
7 1 (3.85%) CCSP
7 1 (3.85%) CISA
7 1 (3.85%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (96.15%) NIST
2 17 (65.38%) GDPR
3 10 (38.46%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (30.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (26.92%) HIPAA
6 5 (19.23%) GRC
6 5 (19.23%) PCI DSS
7 3 (11.54%) COBIT
8 1 (3.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (3.85%) ISO 22301
8 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (3.85%) NCSC
8 1 (3.85%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (26.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Nexpose
1 1 (3.85%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) Zscaler
3 2 (7.69%) Cisco
3 2 (7.69%) Computacenter
3 2 (7.69%) Fortinet
3 2 (7.69%) Palo Alto
3 2 (7.69%) Tenable
4 1 (3.85%) BeyondTrust
4 1 (3.85%) Citrix
4 1 (3.85%) Cribl.io
4 1 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (3.85%) CyberArk
4 1 (3.85%) Qualys
4 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.85%) Thycotic
4 1 (3.85%) VMware