ISO/IEC 27001 Contracts in England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for ISO/IEC 27001 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ISO/IEC 27001 over the 3 months to 27 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

ISO/IEC 27001 UK / England
Location	3 months to 27 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	315	260	332
Rank change year-on-year	-55	+72
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001	310	463	330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England	0.72%	0.93%	0.66%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	6.17%	8.26%	5.79%
Number of daily rates quoted	196	278	200
Median daily rate	£478	£450	£425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+6.11%	+5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£323	£350	£285
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£625	£650	£550
UK excluding London median daily rate	£475	£450	£425
% change year-on-year	+5.55%	+5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted	4	4	0
Median hourly rate	£46.00	£36.81	-
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+24.96%	-
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£46.00	£49.90	£51.17
% change year-on-year	-7.81%	-2.48%

ISO/IEC 27001 is in the quality assurance and compliance skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance and compliance skills.

Contract Quality Assurance & Compliance Skills England
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance and compliance skills	5021	5606	5696
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England	11.61%	11.30%	11.34%
Number of daily rates quoted	3255	3656	3744
Median daily rate	£450	£425	£407
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.88%	+4.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£275	£250	£250
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£613	£600	£600
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£380	£375
% change year-on-year	+5.26%	+1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted	163	203	183
Median hourly rate	£25.12	£28.00	£21.55
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-10.28%	+29.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.00	£12.37	£12.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£47.00	£47.50	£52.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£25.00	£28.00	£21.78
% change year-on-year	-10.71%	+28.58%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in England

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in England citing ISO/IEC 27001 as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Job vacancy trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in England

ISO/IEC 27001
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in England.

Contractor daily rate trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in England

ISO/IEC 27001
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in England over the 3 months to 27 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in England

ISO/IEC 27001
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in England.

Contractor hourly rate trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in England

ISO/IEC 27001
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in England

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in England over the 3 months to 27 June 2017.

Contractor 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 3 months to 27 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
London	-13	130	£480	-4.00%	49
South East	+18	83	£500	+11.11%	36
East of England	+2	31	£408	-4.11%	18
North West	-20	28	£550	-	24
South West	-31	15	£513	+13.88%	7
West Midlands	-14	9	£450	+10.63%	13
North East	+79	8	£500	+11.11%	2
Yorkshire	+3	6	£225	-50.54%	13
Midlands	+11	1	£500	-16.66%	20
ISO/IEC 27001 UK

ISO/IEC 27001
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England

For the 6 months to 27 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the England region with a requirement for ISO/IEC 27001.

1	339 (55.57%)	Information Security
2	216 (35.41%)	CISSP
3	163 (26.72%)	PCI DSS
4	158 (25.90%)	CISM
5	141 (23.11%)	ITIL
6	126 (20.66%)	Cybersecurity
7	101 (16.56%)	Risk Management
8	100 (16.39%)	Firewall
9	95 (15.57%)	Finance
9	95 (15.57%)	Agile Software Development
10	94 (15.41%)	Security Cleared
11	91 (14.92%)	ISMS
12	86 (14.10%)	Management Information System
13	81 (13.28%)	Cisco
14	80 (13.11%)	Security Management

14	80 (13.11%)	Security Architecture
15	77 (12.62%)	Data Protection
16	76 (12.46%)	Windows
17	75 (12.30%)	CISA
18	73 (11.97%)	Microsoft
19	71 (11.64%)	Information Security Management
20	69 (11.31%)	SIEM
21	67 (10.98%)	SC Cleared
22	65 (10.66%)	Degree
22	65 (10.66%)	GDPR
23	64 (10.49%)	Penetration Testing
24	62 (10.16%)	Information Assurance
25	60 (9.84%)	COBIT
26	57 (9.34%)	Project Management
27	54 (8.85%)	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	9 (1.48%)	MS Exchange
1	9 (1.48%)	SharePoint
2	7 (1.15%)	CMS
3	6 (0.98%)	Apache
3	6 (0.98%)	ColdFusion
3	6 (0.98%)	Railo
4	4 (0.66%)	IIS
5	3 (0.49%)	Apache Pig
5	3 (0.49%)	Exchange Server 2010
5	3 (0.49%)	Exchange Server 2013
5	3 (0.49%)	Tomcat
6	2 (0.33%)	JBoss
6	2 (0.33%)	Skype for Business
7	1 (0.16%)	BizTalk Server
7	1 (0.16%)	Confluence

Applications
1	30 (4.92%)	Microsoft Office
2	20 (3.28%)	MS Visio
3	8 (1.31%)	Microsoft Excel
3	8 (1.31%)	Microsoft Project
4	7 (1.15%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
5	6 (0.98%)	Spreadsheet

Business Applications
1	7 (1.15%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	5 (0.82%)	SAP GRC
3	2 (0.33%)	Dynamics AX
4	1 (0.16%)	Dynamics CRM
4	1 (0.16%)	Remedy ITSM
4	1 (0.16%)	SAP ERP

Cloud Services
1	51 (8.36%)	Microsoft Azure
2	49 (8.03%)	Amazon AWS
3	24 (3.93%)	Office 365
4	20 (3.28%)	IaaS
4	20 (3.28%)	SaaS
5	13 (2.13%)	Mimecast
6	12 (1.97%)	PaaS
7	8 (1.31%)	Cloud Computing
8	2 (0.33%)	Google Cloud Platform
9	1 (0.16%)	Amazon CloudWatch
9	1 (0.16%)	Amazon EC2
9	1 (0.16%)	Amazon S3
9	1 (0.16%)	AWS CloudFormation
9	1 (0.16%)	AWS CloudTrail
9	1 (0.16%)	Azure Active Directory
9	1 (0.16%)	CloudFront
9	1 (0.16%)	G Suite
9	1 (0.16%)	Google Tag Manager
9	1 (0.16%)	Virtual Private Cloud
9	1 (0.16%)	Yammer

Communications & Networking
1	100 (16.39%)	Firewall
2	37 (6.07%)	Network Security
3	25 (4.10%)	WAN
4	22 (3.61%)	Cisco Nexus
4	22 (3.61%)	LAN
4	22 (3.61%)	TCP/IP
5	20 (3.28%)	DNS
5	20 (3.28%)	Internet
5	20 (3.28%)	VPN
6	17 (2.79%)	SAN
7	16 (2.62%)	Wireless
8	15 (2.46%)	Intrusion Detection
9	11 (1.80%)	Cisco ASA
10	10 (1.64%)	SSL
11	9 (1.48%)	NetScaler
12	8 (1.31%)	ATM
12	8 (1.31%)	HTTP
13	7 (1.15%)	IPsec
14	6 (0.98%)	DHCP
14	6 (0.98%)	Kerberos

Database & Business Intelligence
1	26 (4.26%)	SQL Server
2	8 (1.31%)	SQL Server 2008
3	6 (0.98%)	Relational Database
3	6 (0.98%)	SQL Server 2016
4	5 (0.82%)	Big Data
4	5 (0.82%)	SAP HANA
4	5 (0.82%)	Star Schema
5	3 (0.49%)	Hadoop
5	3 (0.49%)	Oracle Database
5	3 (0.49%)	PostgreSQL
6	2 (0.33%)	MySQL
6	2 (0.33%)	RDBMS
6	2 (0.33%)	Redis
6	2 (0.33%)	SQL Server 2005
6	2 (0.33%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
6	2 (0.33%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
7	1 (0.16%)	Apache Cassandra
7	1 (0.16%)	Data Warehouse
7	1 (0.16%)	GIS
7	1 (0.16%)	MongoDB

Development Applications
1	12 (1.97%)	Team Foundation Server
2	7 (1.15%)	Git (software)
2	7 (1.15%)	Jenkins
3	6 (0.98%)	Hudson
3	6 (0.98%)	Visual Studio
4	3 (0.49%)	JIRA
4	3 (0.49%)	Metasploit
5	2 (0.33%)	VSS/SourceSafe
6	1 (0.16%)	Bitbucket
6	1 (0.16%)	Talend Open Studio

General
1	95 (15.57%)	Finance
2	35 (5.74%)	Legal
3	26 (4.26%)	Telecoms
4	23 (3.77%)	Banking
5	20 (3.28%)	Retail
6	12 (1.97%)	Law
7	9 (1.48%)	Manufacturing
8	8 (1.31%)	Marketing
9	7 (1.15%)	Local Government
10	6 (0.98%)	Electronics
10	6 (0.98%)	Financial Institution
11	5 (0.82%)	Pharmaceutical
12	4 (0.66%)	Back Office
12	4 (0.66%)	Investment Banking
13	2 (0.33%)	Digital Economy
14	1 (0.16%)	Aerospace
14	1 (0.16%)	Billing
14	1 (0.16%)	General Ledger
14	1 (0.16%)	Publishing
14	1 (0.16%)	Retail Banking

Job Titles
1	140 (22.95%)	Consultant
2	120 (19.67%)	Analyst
3	110 (18.03%)	Security Consultant
4	90 (14.75%)	Security Analyst
5	83 (13.61%)	Architect
6	53 (8.69%)	Security Manager
7	51 (8.36%)	Security Architect
8	46 (7.54%)	Information Security Consultant
9	33 (5.41%)	Information Analyst
9	33 (5.41%)	Information Security Analyst
10	30 (4.92%)	Project Manager
11	29 (4.75%)	Security Engineer
12	27 (4.43%)	IT Analyst
13	25 (4.10%)	Cybersecurity Analyst
14	24 (3.93%)	Information Manager
15	23 (3.77%)	Information Assurance Consultant
15	23 (3.77%)	Information Security Manager
16	20 (3.28%)	IT Manager
16	20 (3.28%)	IT Security Analyst
16	20 (3.28%)	Security Project Manager

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	16 (2.62%)	Web Services
2	13 (2.13%)	CSS
2	13 (2.13%)	HTML
3	12 (1.97%)	.NET
4	11 (1.80%)	jQuery
5	7 (1.15%)	.NET Framework
6	6 (0.98%)	HTML5
6	6 (0.98%)	Twitter Bootstrap
7	5 (0.82%)	OpenID
7	5 (0.82%)	SailPoint
8	4 (0.66%)	Ajax
8	4 (0.66%)	OAuth
8	4 (0.66%)	SAML
9	2 (0.33%)	ActiveMQ
9	2 (0.33%)	ASP.NET
9	2 (0.33%)	JAAS
9	2 (0.33%)	JMS
9	2 (0.33%)	JMX
9	2 (0.33%)	JNDI
9	2 (0.33%)	XML

Miscellaneous
1	86 (14.10%)	Management Information System
2	51 (8.36%)	Data Centre
3	40 (6.56%)	CESG
4	36 (5.90%)	Analytical Skills
5	28 (4.59%)	Data Protection Act
6	20 (3.28%)	PKI
7	16 (2.62%)	Public Cloud
8	14 (2.30%)	CESG CLAS
8	14 (2.30%)	Computer Science
9	13 (2.13%)	Cyberthreat
9	13 (2.13%)	Security Operations Centre
10	8 (1.31%)	Clustering
11	6 (0.98%)	Cyber Attack
11	6 (0.98%)	Greenfield Project
12	5 (0.82%)	BYOD
12	5 (0.82%)	Virtual Team
13	4 (0.66%)	Enterprise Software
13	4 (0.66%)	Hybrid Cloud
13	4 (0.66%)	Smart Meter
14	3 (0.49%)	Smart Energy

Operating Systems
1	76 (12.46%)	Windows
2	34 (5.57%)	Windows Server
3	33 (5.41%)	Linux
3	33 (5.41%)	Unix
4	19 (3.11%)	Windows Server 2008
4	19 (3.11%)	Windows Server 2012
5	14 (2.30%)	Windows 7
6	13 (2.13%)	Windows 10
7	8 (1.31%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8	7 (1.15%)	CentOS
8	7 (1.15%)	Windows Server 2003
9	4 (0.66%)	AIX
9	4 (0.66%)	Solaris
10	1 (0.16%)	Android
10	1 (0.16%)	Apple iOS

Processes & Methodologies
1	339 (55.57%)	Information Security
2	141 (23.11%)	ITIL
3	126 (20.66%)	Cybersecurity
4	101 (16.56%)	Risk Management
5	95 (15.57%)	Agile Software Development
6	91 (14.92%)	ISMS
7	80 (13.11%)	Security Architecture
7	80 (13.11%)	Security Management
8	77 (12.62%)	Data Protection
9	71 (11.64%)	Information Security Management
10	69 (11.31%)	SIEM
11	64 (10.49%)	Penetration Testing
12	62 (10.16%)	Information Assurance
13	57 (9.34%)	Project Management
14	47 (7.70%)	Service Management
15	44 (7.21%)	Risk Assessment
15	44 (7.21%)	Stakeholder Management
16	37 (6.07%)	Vulnerability Management
17	34 (5.57%)	Business Continuity
18	33 (5.41%)	Incident Management

Programming Languages
1	19 (3.11%)	SQL
2	13 (2.13%)	JavaScript
3	11 (1.80%)	Java
4	9 (1.48%)	Python
5	8 (1.31%)	PowerShell
6	7 (1.15%)	C#
7	6 (0.98%)	C
8	5 (0.82%)	Perl
9	3 (0.49%)	C++
9	3 (0.49%)	Ruby
10	2 (0.33%)	Bash Shell
10	2 (0.33%)	PHP
10	2 (0.33%)	Shell Script
11	1 (0.16%)	Scala
11	1 (0.16%)	VB

Qualifications
1	216 (35.41%)	CISSP
2	158 (25.90%)	CISM
3	94 (15.41%)	Security Cleared
4	75 (12.30%)	CISA
5	67 (10.98%)	SC Cleared
6	65 (10.66%)	Degree
7	39 (6.39%)	Cisco Certification
8	36 (5.90%)	CLAS
9	34 (5.57%)	SANS
10	31 (5.08%)	ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10	31 (5.08%)	SSCP
11	30 (4.92%)	CESG Certified Professional
12	24 (3.93%)	Microsoft Certification
13	22 (3.61%)	CCNP
13	22 (3.61%)	CCSP
14	21 (3.44%)	CEH
15	16 (2.62%)	ITIL Certification
16	15 (2.46%)	CRISC
17	13 (2.13%)	CCDP
18	12 (1.97%)	DV Cleared

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	163 (26.72%)	PCI DSS
2	65 (10.66%)	GDPR
3	60 (9.84%)	COBIT
4	54 (8.85%)	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5	31 (5.08%)	HMG Security Policy Framework
5	31 (5.08%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
6	23 (3.77%)	SLA
7	20 (3.28%)	ISO 9001
8	19 (3.11%)	ISO/IEC 27005
9	18 (2.95%)	Cyber Essentials
9	18 (2.95%)	RMADS
10	15 (2.46%)	ISO/IEC 15288
11	11 (1.80%)	ISO 22301
12	9 (1.48%)	GPG13
13	7 (1.15%)	ISO 14001
13	7 (1.15%)	ISO/IEC 20000
13	7 (1.15%)	JSP 440
13	7 (1.15%)	QA
14	6 (0.98%)	NIST 800
14	6 (0.98%)	SSAE 16

System Software
1	52 (8.52%)	Active Directory
2	19 (3.11%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	9 (1.48%)	Hyper-V
4	4 (0.66%)	Virtual Machines
4	4 (0.66%)	VMware ESXi
4	4 (0.66%)	vSphere
5	3 (0.49%)	Snort
6	2 (0.33%)	Docker
6	2 (0.33%)	XenDesktop
7	1 (0.16%)	BitLocker
7	1 (0.16%)	Microsoft App-V
7	1 (0.16%)	vCloud
7	1 (0.16%)	VMware Workstation
7	1 (0.16%)	Xen
7	1 (0.16%)	XenApp

Systems Management
1	18 (2.95%)	SCOM
2	14 (2.30%)	McAfee ePO
3	9 (1.48%)	SCCM
4	8 (1.31%)	Puppet
5	7 (1.15%)	Opscode Chef
6	6 (0.98%)	Nessus
7	5 (0.82%)	Ansible
8	4 (0.66%)	Terraform
9	3 (0.49%)	AirWatch
9	3 (0.49%)	Nmap
9	3 (0.49%)	SmoothWall
9	3 (0.49%)	vCenter Server
10	2 (0.33%)	Cobbler
10	2 (0.33%)	Computer Incident Response Team
10	2 (0.33%)	Host Intrusion Detection System
10	2 (0.33%)	Microsoft Clustering
10	2 (0.33%)	Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10	2 (0.33%)	RSA enVision
11	1 (0.16%)	Microsoft Intune
11	1 (0.16%)	Nexpose

Vendors
1	81 (13.28%)	Cisco
2	73 (11.97%)	Microsoft
3	39 (6.39%)	CheckPoint
4	34 (5.57%)	Splunk
4	34 (5.57%)	VMware
5	27 (4.43%)	McAfee
6	25 (4.10%)	HP
6	25 (4.10%)	Juniper
7	23 (3.77%)	Palo Alto
8	21 (3.44%)	Citrix
9	19 (3.11%)	SAP
10	16 (2.62%)	ArcSight
10	16 (2.62%)	Qualys
11	15 (2.46%)	F5
12	14 (2.30%)	FireEye
12	14 (2.30%)	Oracle
13	13 (2.13%)	IBM
13	13 (2.13%)	Tufin
14	11 (1.80%)	Symantec
15	10 (1.64%)	Sophos