ISO/IEC 27001 Contract Job Trends in England

ISO/IEC 27001
UK > England

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

 6 months to
6 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 158 223
Rank change year-on-year -4 +65 -47
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 750 503 349
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.65% 1.82% 1.04%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.47% 10.65% 7.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 462 349 274
10th Percentile £413 £358 £400
25th Percentile £475 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £551 £585
Median % change year-on-year -0.09% -5.90% -2.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £746
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £576
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.22% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 10 2
10th Percentile £43.81 £29.31 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £33.90 £26.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £52.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% +90.91% -60.71%
75th Percentile £81.69 £69.94 £28.75
90th Percentile £84.00 £100.55 -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £52.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +42.86% +90.91% -57.13%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,921 4,725 4,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.40% 17.10% 13.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,080 3,091 2,795
10th Percentile £340 £281 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £607 £623 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.57% -3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 535 216 282
10th Percentile £14.33 £15.12 £10.96
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.22 £14.41
Median hourly rate £40.00 £30.75 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.10% +11.80% -34.16%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.06 £62.19
90th Percentile £81.14 £85.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £27.35 £25.77
% change year-on-year +46.25% +6.15% -34.64%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

ISO/IEC 27001 job vacancy trend in England

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in England over the 6 months to 6 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in England

ISO/IEC 27001
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

ISO/IEC 27001
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in England over the 6 months to 6 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in England

ISO/IEC 27001
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 6 August 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
London -14 322 £550 -4.35% 282
South East +17 243 £563 -6.25% 139
North of England -69 55 £540 -1.82% 86
Midlands -31 52 £500 +11.11% 40
West Midlands -29 46 £500 +11.11% 24
South West -54 36 £613 -2.00% 61
North West -39 32 £545 -0.91% 60
East of England -7 30 £515 +0.49% 29
Yorkshire -57 21 £520 +9.47% 20
East Midlands -12 6 £536 +26.12% 16
ISO/IEC 27001
UK

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 24 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.67%) Confluence
3 12 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.93%) IIS
5 2 (0.27%) Apache
5 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
6 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.13%) nginx
6 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.80%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.13%) iTrent
3 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 262 (34.93%) Azure
2 160 (21.33%) AWS
3 115 (15.33%) Entra ID
4 81 (10.80%) GCP
5 69 (9.20%) Microsoft 365
6 40 (5.33%) SaaS
7 32 (4.27%) Microsoft Purview
8 30 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
9 25 (3.33%) Serverless
10 23 (3.07%) GitHub
11 20 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (2.53%) OCI
13 16 (2.13%) Power Platform
14 14 (1.87%) GitHub Actions
15 13 (1.73%) Azure Key Vault
16 10 (1.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
18 8 (1.07%) IaaS
18 8 (1.07%) PaaS
19 7 (0.93%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 62 (8.27%) Firewall
2 59 (7.87%) Network Security
3 23 (3.07%) VPN
4 14 (1.87%) DNS
5 12 (1.60%) WAN
5 12 (1.60%) Wireless
6 11 (1.47%) Intrusion Detection
7 10 (1.33%) LAN
7 10 (1.33%) NGFW
8 9 (1.20%) HTTP
9 8 (1.07%) SSH
10 7 (0.93%) SSL
10 7 (0.93%) TCP/IP
11 6 (0.80%) DHCP
11 6 (0.80%) HTTPS
11 6 (0.80%) SAN
12 5 (0.67%) IPsec
12 5 (0.67%) Kerberos
12 5 (0.67%) NAS
12 5 (0.67%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.33%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.60%) Power BI
3 10 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (1.33%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.67%) Big Data
4 5 (0.67%) Data Lake
4 5 (0.67%) Delta Lake
4 5 (0.67%) Metadata
4 5 (0.67%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.27%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.27%) MySQL
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.13%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 26 (3.47%) JIRA
2 7 (0.93%) Burp Suite
2 7 (0.93%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.67%) Snyk
4 4 (0.53%) GitLab
5 3 (0.40%) Git
5 3 (0.40%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.27%) JMeter
6 2 (0.27%) MSTest
6 2 (0.27%) Selenium
6 2 (0.27%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.13%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.13%) MSI
7 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.13%) sqlmap
General
1 257 (34.27%) Social Skills
2 121 (16.13%) Finance
3 104 (13.87%) Analytical Skills
3 104 (13.87%) Public Sector
4 70 (9.33%) Documentation Skills
5 45 (6.00%) Legal
6 39 (5.20%) Aerospace
7 27 (3.60%) Banking
8 22 (2.93%) Manufacturing
9 19 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (2.40%) Military
10 18 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (2.13%) Telecoms
12 14 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (1.47%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.07%) Retail
16 7 (0.93%) Law
16 7 (0.93%) Local Government
17 4 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 131 (17.47%) Architect
2 110 (14.67%) Analyst
3 74 (9.87%) Consultant
4 62 (8.27%) Lead
5 61 (8.13%) Security Architect
6 53 (7.07%) Security Consultant
7 50 (6.67%) Security Analyst
8 45 (6.00%) Senior
9 42 (5.60%) Security Engineer
10 38 (5.07%) Project Manager
11 35 (4.67%) Security Manager
12 34 (4.53%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 28 (3.73%) Business Analyst
14 27 (3.60%) Security Specialist
15 25 (3.33%) Solutions Architect
16 21 (2.80%) Cybersecurity Architect
17 19 (2.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 19 (2.53%) Security Project Manager
18 18 (2.40%) Cloud Architect
18 18 (2.40%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (4.27%) LDAP
2 31 (4.13%) OAuth
3 30 (4.00%) SAML
4 28 (3.73%) SailPoint
5 25 (3.33%) OpenID
6 19 (2.53%) OAuth2
7 13 (1.73%) REST
8 12 (1.60%) Web Services
9 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Graph
10 7 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
10 7 (0.93%) Kafka
11 4 (0.53%) 802.1X
11 4 (0.53%) ARM Templates
11 4 (0.53%) Middleware
11 4 (0.53%) Oracle Fusion
12 3 (0.40%) FIDO
12 3 (0.40%) GraphQL
12 3 (0.40%) JSON
13 2 (0.27%) Playwright
13 2 (0.27%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 78 (10.40%) Operational Technology
2 77 (10.27%) Onboarding
3 54 (7.20%) Security Posture
4 51 (6.80%) Cloud Native
5 48 (6.40%) Management Information System
6 34 (4.53%) Cyber Threat
7 30 (4.00%) SCADA
8 24 (3.20%) Data Centre
9 22 (2.93%) Analytical Mindset
10 21 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
11 20 (2.67%) Security Operations Centre
12 18 (2.40%) Cyber Defence
12 18 (2.40%) PKI
13 16 (2.13%) Virtual Team
14 14 (1.87%) Product Ownership
15 12 (1.60%) BYOD
15 12 (1.60%) CMDB
15 12 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
16 10 (1.33%) IoT
16 10 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 116 (15.47%) Windows
2 73 (9.73%) Linux
3 41 (5.47%) Unix
4 39 (5.20%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.80%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.53%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.40%) CentOS
8 3 (0.40%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.27%) AIX
9 2 (0.27%) Alpine Linux
9 2 (0.27%) Android
9 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.27%) Solaris
9 2 (0.27%) VMS
10 1 (0.13%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 411 (54.80%) Cybersecurity
2 205 (27.33%) Information Security
3 197 (26.27%) Risk Management
4 156 (20.80%) SIEM
5 153 (20.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 146 (19.47%) Stakeholder Management
7 128 (17.07%) Vulnerability Management
8 125 (16.67%) Incident Response
9 118 (15.73%) Cloud Security
10 113 (15.07%) Security Operations
11 108 (14.40%) Continuous Improvement
12 107 (14.27%) Security Architecture
13 102 (13.60%) Roadmaps
14 88 (11.73%) Zero Trust
15 86 (11.47%) CI/CD
15 86 (11.47%) Problem-Solving
16 84 (11.20%) DevOps
17 83 (11.07%) ITSM
18 82 (10.93%) Agile
19 78 (10.40%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 106 (14.13%) PowerShell
2 95 (12.67%) Python
3 28 (3.73%) Bash
4 21 (2.80%) SQL
5 14 (1.87%) Bicep
6 6 (0.80%) Perl
7 4 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.40%) C#
8 3 (0.40%) Java
9 2 (0.27%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.27%) Ruby
10 1 (0.13%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.13%) Go
10 1 (0.13%) PHP
10 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 267 (35.60%) Security Cleared
2 211 (28.13%) SC Cleared
3 191 (25.47%) CISSP
4 137 (18.27%) CISM
5 106 (14.13%) Degree
6 66 (8.80%) Cisco Certification
7 53 (7.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 49 (6.53%) DV Cleared
9 45 (6.00%) CRISC
10 35 (4.67%) PMI Certification
11 34 (4.53%) CEH
12 33 (4.40%) CompTIA Security+
12 33 (4.40%) PMP
13 32 (4.27%) CISA
14 30 (4.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 28 (3.73%) Azure Certification
15 28 (3.73%) GIAC
16 26 (3.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 24 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
18 22 (2.93%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 461 (61.47%) NIST
2 189 (25.20%) GDPR
3 110 (14.67%) GRC
4 94 (12.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 72 (9.60%) PCI DSS
6 69 (9.20%) NCSC
7 64 (8.53%) SOC 2
8 39 (5.20%) COBIT
9 38 (5.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 35 (4.67%) NIST 800
11 34 (4.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 23 (3.07%) Data Quality
13 22 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 21 (2.80%) HIPAA
15 15 (2.00%) ISO 31000
15 15 (2.00%) SLA
16 14 (1.87%) JSP 440
17 13 (1.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 12 (1.60%) ITGC
19 11 (1.47%) PMO
System Software
1 132 (17.60%) Active Directory
2 23 (3.07%) Docker
3 16 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.73%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.40%) vSphere
6 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.13%) Ceph
7 1 (0.13%) Firmware
7 1 (0.13%) KVM
7 1 (0.13%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 40 (5.33%) Terraform
2 33 (4.40%) Kubernetes
3 30 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
4 25 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (2.40%) Ansible
6 5 (0.67%) CASB
6 5 (0.67%) Grafana
6 5 (0.67%) QRadar
7 4 (0.53%) Nessus
7 4 (0.53%) Podman
7 4 (0.53%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.40%) Puppet
8 3 (0.40%) RSA Archer
9 2 (0.27%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.27%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.27%) Istio
9 2 (0.27%) Nexpose
9 2 (0.27%) Nmap
10 1 (0.13%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 171 (22.80%) Microsoft
2 59 (7.87%) CyberArk
3 46 (6.13%) ServiceNow
4 40 (5.33%) BeyondTrust
5 38 (5.07%) Oracle
6 21 (2.80%) Splunk
7 19 (2.53%) Cisco
8 17 (2.27%) Google
8 17 (2.27%) VMware
9 13 (1.73%) Qualys
10 12 (1.60%) CrowdStrike
10 12 (1.60%) Palo Alto
11 11 (1.47%) Tenable
12 10 (1.33%) Databricks
13 9 (1.20%) Rapid7
13 9 (1.20%) SAP
14 8 (1.07%) Juniper
15 7 (0.93%) Okta
15 7 (0.93%) SolarWinds
16 6 (0.80%) Zscaler
606 ISO/IEC 27001 jobs in England