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 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 139 224
Rank change year-on-year -32 +85 -66
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 755 560 356
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.62% 2.02% 1.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.08% 11.65% 8.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 477 380 254
10th Percentile £413 £350 £413
25th Percentile £485 £447 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £580
Median % change year-on-year - -5.17% -3.33%
75th Percentile £650 £651 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 20 4
10th Percentile £43.81 £30.50 -
25th Percentile £51.25 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £71.00 £33.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +111.94% +7.20% -29.78%
75th Percentile £80.00 £57.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.25 £75.25 -
UK median hourly rate £71.00 £33.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +111.94% -4.29% -21.35%

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 8,316 4,808 4,221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.86% 17.33% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,212 3,139 2,459
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £614 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £718 £763
UK median daily rate £507 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +1.45% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 619 230 199
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £12.24
25th Percentile £16.84 £17.83 £16.75
Median hourly rate £32.40 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.32% -7.14% -11.62%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.40 £67.50
90th Percentile £74.46 £80.28 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.40 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +7.98% +9.09% -22.82%

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 30 September 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 30 September 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 30 September 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 -23 345 £575 +4.55% 536
South East +1 186 £538 -2.27% 148
North of England -59 86 £500 - 138
South West -41 55 £525 -9.68% 80
North West -22 52 £525 -4.55% 81
Midlands -39 43 £500 +8.11% 69
West Midlands -26 39 £500 -11.11% 46
Yorkshire -48 32 £475 +3.26% 42
East of England -21 27 £515 -1.90% 41
East Midlands -37 4 - - 23
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 17 (2.25%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.85%) IIS
3 10 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.19%) Confluence
5 3 (0.40%) Apache
6 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.26%) nginx
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.13%) iTrent
2 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.13%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 274 (36.29%) Azure
2 169 (22.38%) AWS
3 130 (17.22%) Entra ID
4 99 (13.11%) GCP
5 78 (10.33%) Microsoft 365
6 44 (5.83%) SaaS
7 35 (4.64%) Azure Sentinel
8 29 (3.84%) Microsoft Purview
9 26 (3.44%) OCI
10 25 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
10 25 (3.31%) GitHub
11 19 (2.52%) Power Platform
12 17 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (2.12%) Serverless
14 14 (1.85%) Azure Key Vault
15 13 (1.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 12 (1.59%) IaaS
16 12 (1.59%) PaaS
17 11 (1.46%) Microsoft Copilot
17 11 (1.46%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 67 (8.87%) Firewall
2 64 (8.48%) Network Security
3 23 (3.05%) VPN
4 11 (1.46%) DNS
5 10 (1.32%) Intrusion Detection
6 9 (1.19%) WAN
6 9 (1.19%) Wireless
7 8 (1.06%) LAN
8 7 (0.93%) NGFW
8 7 (0.93%) X.509
9 6 (0.79%) HTTPS
9 6 (0.79%) Modbus
9 6 (0.79%) SSL
9 6 (0.79%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.66%) Internet
10 5 (0.66%) IPsec
10 5 (0.66%) SAN
10 5 (0.66%) SSH
10 5 (0.66%) Structured Cabling
10 5 (0.66%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (2.91%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.19%) Power BI
3 6 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (0.79%) Data Lake
4 5 (0.66%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.26%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.26%) Metadata
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.13%) EDMS
7 1 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.13%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.13%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.13%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (3.05%) JIRA
2 17 (2.25%) Jenkins
3 13 (1.72%) GitLab
4 9 (1.19%) Git
5 5 (0.66%) Snyk
6 4 (0.53%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.40%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.40%) Selenium
7 3 (0.40%) TestRail
8 2 (0.26%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.26%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.13%) MSI
General
1 297 (39.34%) Social Skills
2 110 (14.57%) Finance
3 95 (12.58%) Public Sector
4 94 (12.45%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (8.08%) Documentation Skills
6 42 (5.56%) Legal
7 34 (4.50%) Manufacturing
8 32 (4.24%) Aerospace
9 28 (3.71%) Influencing Skills
10 25 (3.31%) Banking
11 23 (3.05%) Military
12 18 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (1.85%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.19%) Local Government
16 8 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
18 5 (0.66%) Financial Institution
18 5 (0.66%) Retail
19 4 (0.53%) Cyber-Physical System
Job Titles
1 155 (20.53%) Architect
2 102 (13.51%) Analyst
3 78 (10.33%) Lead
4 68 (9.01%) Consultant
5 67 (8.87%) Security Architect
6 53 (7.02%) Security Engineer
7 50 (6.62%) Security Analyst
8 49 (6.49%) Senior
9 39 (5.17%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 38 (5.03%) Security Manager
11 33 (4.37%) Security Consultant
12 26 (3.44%) Security Specialist
13 24 (3.18%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 22 (2.91%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 21 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
16 20 (2.65%) Project Manager
17 19 (2.52%) Cybersecurity Manager
18 17 (2.25%) Cloud Engineer
19 15 (1.99%) Cloud Architect
19 15 (1.99%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (7.68%) Terraform
2 53 (7.02%) LDAP
3 32 (4.24%) OAuth
3 32 (4.24%) SailPoint
3 32 (4.24%) SAML
4 26 (3.44%) OpenID
5 21 (2.78%) OAuth2
6 14 (1.85%) REST
7 13 (1.72%) Web Services
8 9 (1.19%) Microsoft Graph
9 8 (1.06%) JSON
9 8 (1.06%) Middleware
10 6 (0.79%) RESTful
11 5 (0.66%) ARM Templates
11 5 (0.66%) Elastic Stack
11 5 (0.66%) Kafka
12 4 (0.53%) JWT
12 4 (0.53%) Node.js
12 4 (0.53%) Playwright
12 4 (0.53%) React
Miscellaneous
1 79 (10.46%) Onboarding
2 76 (10.07%) Operational Technology
3 63 (8.34%) Security Posture
4 60 (7.95%) Management Information System
5 58 (7.68%) Cloud Native
5 58 (7.68%) Cyber Threat
6 28 (3.71%) PKI
7 26 (3.44%) Data Centre
8 24 (3.18%) SCADA
9 20 (2.65%) Security Operations Centre
10 18 (2.38%) Cyber Defence
10 18 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (2.38%) IoT
11 13 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (1.72%) Public Cloud
12 10 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.32%) NHS
13 8 (1.06%) Cloud Security Posture
13 8 (1.06%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 110 (14.57%) Windows
2 68 (9.01%) Linux
3 36 (4.77%) Unix
4 33 (4.37%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.93%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.79%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.66%) CentOS
9 3 (0.40%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.26%) Alpine Linux
10 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.13%) Android
11 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.13%) CoreOS
11 1 (0.13%) VMS
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (57.09%) Cybersecurity
2 210 (27.81%) Risk Management
3 196 (25.96%) Stakeholder Management
4 191 (25.30%) Information Security
5 181 (23.97%) SIEM
6 150 (19.87%) Continuous Improvement
6 150 (19.87%) Vulnerability Management
7 149 (19.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 145 (19.21%) Security Architecture
9 139 (18.41%) Incident Response
10 128 (16.95%) Cloud Security
11 113 (14.97%) Security Operations
12 102 (13.51%) ITSM
13 100 (13.25%) Roadmaps
14 95 (12.58%) Identity Access Management
15 88 (11.66%) Problem-Solving
16 87 (11.52%) Zero Trust
17 86 (11.39%) DevOps
18 83 (10.99%) RBAC
19 78 (10.33%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 111 (14.70%) PowerShell
2 98 (12.98%) Python
3 33 (4.37%) Bash
4 15 (1.99%) SQL
5 14 (1.85%) Bicep
6 8 (1.06%) Java
7 6 (0.79%) BeanShell
7 6 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (0.79%) Perl
8 5 (0.66%) Go
9 1 (0.13%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.13%) Korn
9 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 285 (37.75%) Security Cleared
2 212 (28.08%) SC Cleared
3 201 (26.62%) CISSP
4 153 (20.26%) CISM
5 87 (11.52%) Degree
6 70 (9.27%) DV Cleared
7 65 (8.61%) Cisco Certification
8 59 (7.81%) CRISC
9 57 (7.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 41 (5.43%) CISA
11 33 (4.37%) Azure Certification
12 31 (4.11%) CompTIA Security+
13 30 (3.97%) CCSP
13 30 (3.97%) GIAC
13 30 (3.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 28 (3.71%) CEH
15 27 (3.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 26 (3.44%) Microsoft Certification
17 23 (3.05%) PMI Certification
18 22 (2.91%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 477 (63.18%) NIST
2 144 (19.07%) GDPR
3 132 (17.48%) GRC
4 106 (14.04%) NCSC
5 95 (12.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 72 (9.54%) PCI DSS
7 45 (5.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 45 (5.96%) SOC 2
8 32 (4.24%) NIST 800
9 31 (4.11%) COBIT
10 27 (3.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 23 (3.05%) Data Quality
11 23 (3.05%) HIPAA
12 19 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 18 (2.38%) ISO 22301
13 18 (2.38%) ISO 9001
14 16 (2.12%) ISO 31000
15 14 (1.85%) JSP 440
15 14 (1.85%) QA
16 12 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 152 (20.13%) Active Directory
2 20 (2.65%) Docker
3 13 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.06%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.66%) ISA Server
6 4 (0.53%) Firmware
7 3 (0.40%) vSphere
8 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.13%) Ceph
9 1 (0.13%) KVM
9 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 47 (6.23%) Kubernetes
2 32 (4.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 26 (3.44%) Ansible
4 19 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (1.06%) QRadar
6 7 (0.93%) CASB
7 4 (0.53%) Argo
7 4 (0.53%) Grafana
7 4 (0.53%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.40%) Nessus
8 3 (0.40%) Podman
8 3 (0.40%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.40%) Puppet
9 2 (0.26%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.26%) Istio
9 2 (0.26%) Nexpose
9 2 (0.26%) SCCM
10 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 192 (25.43%) Microsoft
2 69 (9.14%) CyberArk
3 50 (6.62%) ServiceNow
4 31 (4.11%) BeyondTrust
5 30 (3.97%) Oracle
6 29 (3.84%) Google
7 27 (3.58%) Splunk
8 23 (3.05%) CrowdStrike
9 21 (2.78%) Cisco
9 21 (2.78%) Qualys
10 18 (2.38%) Palo Alto
11 16 (2.12%) Rapid7
12 15 (1.99%) VMware
13 14 (1.85%) Okta
14 12 (1.59%) SAP
14 12 (1.59%) Tenable
15 9 (1.19%) Tripwire
16 8 (1.06%) Databricks
16 8 (1.06%) F5
17 7 (0.93%) Zscaler