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

 6 months to
18 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 213 162
Rank change year-on-year +75 -51 +151
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 650 356 617
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.16% 1.16% 1.56%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.24% 8.82% 10.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 235 460
10th Percentile £375 £425 £435
25th Percentile £447 £500 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £649 £668 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £768
UK median daily rate £540 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 8 15
10th Percentile £31.77 £21.98 -
25th Percentile - £26.25 £42.25
Median hourly rate £33.50 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -21.35% +36.92%
75th Percentile £64.50 £66.28 £77.90
90th Percentile £94.50 £79.84 £83.34
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year +2.86% -21.35% +36.92%

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 5,310 4,038 5,661
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.63% 13.16% 14.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,432 2,345 3,797
10th Percentile £310 £288 £320
25th Percentile £403 £395 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 174 232
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.28 £14.61
25th Percentile £17.69 £16.10 £20.51
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.11 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.46% -22.81% +65.96%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.66 £67.63
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £83.24
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £27.50 £36.75
% change year-on-year -8.55% -25.17% +56.38%

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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 2025.

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 18 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
London +53 274 £564 -3.22% 318
South East +51 111 £500 -13.04% 195
North of England +15 76 £513 -10.48% 95
Midlands 0 61 £463 -7.50% 64
South West +31 60 £550 -13.73% 54
Yorkshire +7 47 £500 -27.54% 31
West Midlands -12 32 £525 +5.00% 36
East of England +3 30 £550 -6.38% 27
East Midlands +5 29 £449 -10.20% 28
North West -14 27 £600 +6.19% 60
North East -5 2 £403 +15.00% 4
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 29 (4.46%) SharePoint
2 26 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (2.62%) Confluence
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
4 2 (0.31%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.15%) IIS
Applications
1 24 (3.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (1.08%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.15%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.46%) Maximo
3 2 (0.31%) Oracle CRM
3 2 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.15%) Q-Pulse
4 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 283 (43.54%) Azure
2 211 (32.46%) AWS
3 118 (18.15%) GCP
4 84 (12.92%) Entra ID
5 71 (10.92%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (8.00%) Azure Sentinel
7 38 (5.85%) SaaS
8 25 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
9 23 (3.54%) GitHub
10 21 (3.23%) Power Platform
11 20 (3.08%) GitHub Actions
12 18 (2.77%) AWS CloudFormation
13 17 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (2.62%) IaaS
13 17 (2.62%) OneDrive
14 16 (2.46%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 16 (2.46%) PaaS
15 15 (2.31%) OpenShift
16 14 (2.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 13 (2.00%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 92 (14.15%) Firewall
2 68 (10.46%) Network Security
3 35 (5.38%) VPN
4 16 (2.46%) DNS
4 16 (2.46%) WAN
5 15 (2.31%) SD-WAN
6 11 (1.69%) LAN
7 10 (1.54%) DHCP
8 9 (1.38%) Cisco ASA
8 9 (1.38%) Intrusion Detection
8 9 (1.38%) VLAN
9 8 (1.23%) BGP
9 8 (1.23%) Kerberos
9 8 (1.23%) OSPF
10 7 (1.08%) Wireless
11 6 (0.92%) MPLS
11 6 (0.92%) TCP/IP
11 6 (0.92%) WLAN
12 5 (0.77%) IPv4
12 5 (0.77%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.77%) Power BI
2 8 (1.23%) Tableau
3 6 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (0.92%) Delta Lake
4 5 (0.77%) Metadata
5 4 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.62%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.46%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (0.46%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.46%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.31%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (0.31%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.31%) GIS
7 2 (0.31%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.31%) MySQL
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.31%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 47 (7.23%) JIRA
2 13 (2.00%) GitLab
3 11 (1.69%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.54%) Git
5 9 (1.38%) Snyk
6 6 (0.92%) CircleCI
6 6 (0.92%) Postman
6 6 (0.92%) SoapUI
7 4 (0.62%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.62%) Metasploit
8 3 (0.46%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.31%) ERwin
9 2 (0.31%) PowerDesigner
10 1 (0.15%) Ant
10 1 (0.15%) JMeter
10 1 (0.15%) MSTest
10 1 (0.15%) Selenium
10 1 (0.15%) TestDirector
10 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 272 (41.85%) Social Skills
2 128 (19.69%) Finance
3 81 (12.46%) Public Sector
4 77 (11.85%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (6.62%) Legal
6 35 (5.38%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (3.69%) Presentation Skills
8 23 (3.54%) Banking
9 21 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (2.77%) Telecoms
12 17 (2.62%) Manufacturing
13 13 (2.00%) Marketing
14 12 (1.85%) Electronics
14 12 (1.85%) Law
15 11 (1.69%) Financial Institution
15 11 (1.69%) Police
16 10 (1.54%) Local Government
17 7 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 5 (0.77%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 113 (17.38%) Architect
2 99 (15.23%) Analyst
3 78 (12.00%) Consultant
4 61 (9.38%) Security Architect
5 56 (8.62%) Security Engineer
6 50 (7.69%) Senior
7 41 (6.31%) Security Consultant
8 39 (6.00%) Security Analyst
9 38 (5.85%) Lead
10 32 (4.92%) Security Specialist
11 25 (3.85%) Security Manager
12 22 (3.38%) Solutions Architect
13 21 (3.23%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 16 (2.46%) Azure Engineer
14 16 (2.46%) Cloud Architect
15 15 (2.31%) Azure Architect
16 14 (2.15%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 14 (2.15%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 14 (2.15%) Security Advisor
16 14 (2.15%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.62%) LDAP
2 25 (3.85%) OAuth
3 23 (3.54%) SAML
4 22 (3.38%) SailPoint
5 17 (2.62%) OpenID
6 11 (1.69%) OAuth2
7 10 (1.54%) REST
8 8 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
9 7 (1.08%) ARM Templates
9 7 (1.08%) Loki
10 5 (0.77%) AWS CDK
11 4 (0.62%) Elastic Stack
11 4 (0.62%) FIDO
11 4 (0.62%) Google JAX
11 4 (0.62%) JAX
11 4 (0.62%) PyTorch
11 4 (0.62%) scikit-learn
11 4 (0.62%) TensorFlow
12 3 (0.46%) GraphQL
12 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 80 (12.31%) Security Posture
2 62 (9.54%) Management Information System
3 45 (6.92%) Cloud Native
4 37 (5.69%) Cyber Threat
5 29 (4.46%) Security Operations Centre
6 22 (3.38%) Hybrid Cloud
7 20 (3.08%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.46%) Data Centre
8 16 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (2.46%) Operational Technology
9 12 (1.85%) Cloud Security Posture
9 12 (1.85%) NHS
9 12 (1.85%) Product Ownership
10 11 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (1.69%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 9 (1.38%) SCADA
12 8 (1.23%) CSOC
12 8 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.23%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 56 (8.62%) Windows
2 33 (5.08%) Linux
3 17 (2.62%) Mac OS
4 11 (1.69%) Windows 10
5 10 (1.54%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.62%) AIX
6 4 (0.62%) Solaris
7 2 (0.31%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.31%) VMS
8 1 (0.15%) Android
8 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.15%) CentOS
8 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (40.77%) Cybersecurity
2 169 (26.00%) Cloud Security
3 164 (25.23%) Incident Response
4 160 (24.62%) Information Security
5 151 (23.23%) Risk Management
6 139 (21.38%) SIEM
7 112 (17.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 110 (16.92%) CI/CD
9 104 (16.00%) DevOps
9 104 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 98 (15.08%) Zero Trust
11 93 (14.31%) Identity Access Management
12 89 (13.69%) Security Operations
13 87 (13.38%) Threat Modelling
14 83 (12.77%) DevSecOps
15 80 (12.31%) Vulnerability Management
16 79 (12.15%) Security Architecture
17 76 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
18 74 (11.38%) Infrastructure as Code
19 71 (10.92%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 112 (17.23%) PowerShell
2 72 (11.08%) Python
3 35 (5.38%) Bash
4 22 (3.38%) Bicep
5 13 (2.00%) SQL
6 10 (1.54%) Java
7 8 (1.23%) Kusto Query Language
8 5 (0.77%) C
8 5 (0.77%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.62%) C++
9 4 (0.62%) R
9 4 (0.62%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.46%) Go
11 2 (0.31%) BeanShell
11 2 (0.31%) Rust
11 2 (0.31%) Solidity
12 1 (0.15%) Perl
12 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 218 (33.54%) CISSP
2 190 (29.23%) Security Cleared
3 162 (24.92%) CISM
4 150 (23.08%) SC Cleared
5 83 (12.77%) Degree
6 47 (7.23%) Cisco Certification
7 42 (6.46%) Azure Certification
7 42 (6.46%) CISA
8 39 (6.00%) DV Cleared
9 37 (5.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 36 (5.54%) AWS Certification
11 33 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
12 32 (4.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 29 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
14 27 (4.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 26 (4.00%) CCSP
16 24 (3.69%) CEH
17 23 (3.54%) GIAC
17 23 (3.54%) Master's Degree
18 19 (2.92%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 397 (61.08%) NIST
2 244 (37.54%) GDPR
3 83 (12.77%) PCI DSS
4 76 (11.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 73 (11.23%) NCSC
6 58 (8.92%) GRC
7 43 (6.62%) COBIT
8 37 (5.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 36 (5.54%) NIST 800
10 35 (5.38%) SOC 2
11 32 (4.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 23 (3.54%) HIPAA
13 21 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 18 (2.77%) JSP 440
15 17 (2.62%) RMADS
16 16 (2.46%) QA
17 15 (2.31%) ISO 9001
18 11 (1.69%) Def Stans
18 11 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27005
19 10 (1.54%) ITGC
System Software
1 87 (13.38%) Active Directory
2 32 (4.92%) Docker
3 14 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.62%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.46%) Firmware
7 1 (0.15%) Snort
7 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 63 (9.69%) Terraform
2 55 (8.46%) Kubernetes
3 39 (6.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 30 (4.62%) Single Sign-On
5 23 (3.54%) SCCM
6 19 (2.92%) Ansible
7 14 (2.15%) QRadar
7 14 (2.15%) RSA Archer
8 13 (2.00%) Prometheus
9 9 (1.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 9 (1.38%) Fluentd
10 8 (1.23%) Nessus
11 7 (1.08%) Grafana
12 6 (0.92%) PingFederate
13 5 (0.77%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 5 (0.77%) CSIRT
13 5 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.46%) CASB
15 2 (0.31%) Nmap
15 2 (0.31%) SELinux
Vendors
1 168 (25.85%) Microsoft
2 49 (7.54%) Splunk
3 37 (5.69%) CyberArk
4 27 (4.15%) BeyondTrust
4 27 (4.15%) ServiceNow
5 25 (3.85%) Google
6 24 (3.69%) Cisco
7 22 (3.38%) SAP
8 20 (3.08%) Oracle
8 20 (3.08%) Rapid7
9 18 (2.77%) VMware
10 17 (2.62%) Fortinet
10 17 (2.62%) Palo Alto
11 16 (2.46%) CrowdStrike
12 14 (2.15%) Tenable
13 12 (1.85%) ArcSight
13 12 (1.85%) Citrix
14 11 (1.69%) Thycotic
15 10 (1.54%) Okta
15 10 (1.54%) Qualys
734 ISO/IEC 27001 jobs in England