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 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 185 222
Rank change year-on-year +43 +37 +19
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 709 340 393
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.77% 1.39% 1.06%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.48% 8.82% 7.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 482 223 301
10th Percentile £413 £364 £363
25th Percentile £475 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -2.54%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £763
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -2.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 8 1
10th Percentile £36.00 £51.25 -
25th Percentile £43.81 £58.37 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £61.50 £83.41
Median % change year-on-year -10.56% -26.27% +19.16%
75th Percentile £82.25 £79.60 -
90th Percentile £83.60 £86.74 -
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £61.50 £83.41
% change year-on-year +2.67% -26.27% +19.16%

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 6,767 3,856 5,315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.94% 15.76% 14.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,424 2,474 3,383
10th Percentile £340 £272 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £607 £630 £638
90th Percentile £705 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 418 160 345
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.78 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.27 £13.00
Median hourly rate £30.58 £34.75 £21.12
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +64.57% -50.32%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £79.11 £66.43
UK median hourly rate £33.55 £34.50 £20.50
% change year-on-year -2.75% +68.29% -46.05%

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 26 April 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 26 April 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 26 April 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 +7 284 £575 -4.17% 87
South East +32 209 £560 +1.82% 82
North of England -17 79 £548 -0.45% 51
Midlands -29 53 £500 -4.76% 41
West Midlands -35 43 £500 -13.04% 30
North West -7 38 £577 +4.86% 33
South West -16 38 £550 -8.33% 37
Yorkshire -35 36 £500 +53.85% 14
East of England -18 21 £550 +5.36% 22
East Midlands -31 10 £442 +10.56% 10
North East -20 5 £400 -42.86% 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 19 (2.68%) Confluence
2 17 (2.40%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.85%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 3 (0.42%) Apache
6 2 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.28%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.14%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.14%) nginx
7 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 23 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.85%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (1.55%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (0.85%) Maximo
3 2 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 248 (34.98%) Azure
2 198 (27.93%) AWS
3 93 (13.12%) GCP
4 65 (9.17%) Entra ID
5 49 (6.91%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (4.37%) OpenShift
7 28 (3.95%) Azure Sentinel
8 26 (3.67%) AWS CloudFormation
9 25 (3.53%) Microsoft Purview
9 25 (3.53%) Serverless
10 20 (2.82%) OCI
11 19 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
12 18 (2.54%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 18 (2.54%) GitHub
12 18 (2.54%) Power Platform
13 14 (1.97%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 14 (1.97%) SaaS
13 14 (1.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 12 (1.69%) Amazon S3
14 12 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 75 (10.58%) Firewall
2 58 (8.18%) Network Security
3 42 (5.92%) VPN
4 19 (2.68%) DNS
5 18 (2.54%) Wireless
6 11 (1.55%) DHCP
7 9 (1.27%) BGP
7 9 (1.27%) HTTP
8 8 (1.13%) MPLS
8 8 (1.13%) WAN
9 7 (0.99%) NGFW
10 6 (0.85%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (0.85%) Cisco IOS
10 6 (0.85%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.85%) TACACS
11 5 (0.71%) Kerberos
11 5 (0.71%) LAN
11 5 (0.71%) Reverse Proxy
11 5 (0.71%) SSH
11 5 (0.71%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.40%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.97%) Power BI
3 10 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (1.41%) NoSQL
4 7 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
4 7 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (0.85%) Amazon Aurora
5 6 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (0.85%) Metadata
5 6 (0.85%) MySQL
6 5 (0.71%) Big Data
6 5 (0.71%) DynamoDB
6 5 (0.71%) Oracle Database
7 4 (0.56%) DocumentDB
7 4 (0.56%) Redis
8 3 (0.42%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.42%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.28%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.28%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 23 (3.24%) Jenkins
2 18 (2.54%) Burp Suite
2 18 (2.54%) JIRA
2 18 (2.54%) Metasploit
3 11 (1.55%) GitLab
4 5 (0.71%) Git
5 2 (0.28%) JMeter
5 2 (0.28%) MSTest
5 2 (0.28%) Selenium
6 1 (0.14%) AppScan
6 1 (0.14%) MSI
6 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.14%) Snyk
6 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.14%) sqlmap
General
1 256 (36.11%) Social Skills
2 118 (16.64%) Finance
3 94 (13.26%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (11.57%) Public Sector
5 66 (9.31%) Documentation Skills
6 54 (7.62%) Legal
7 31 (4.37%) Banking
8 29 (4.09%) Influencing Skills
9 19 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (2.54%) Manufacturing
11 16 (2.26%) Financial Institution
12 14 (1.97%) Aerospace
13 12 (1.69%) Law
14 10 (1.41%) Retail
14 10 (1.41%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.85%) Marketing
16 4 (0.56%) Military
16 4 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
17 3 (0.42%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 124 (17.49%) Architect
2 89 (12.55%) Analyst
3 83 (11.71%) Consultant
4 55 (7.76%) Security Engineer
5 54 (7.62%) Security Consultant
6 53 (7.48%) Security Architect
7 42 (5.92%) Lead
8 41 (5.78%) Project Manager
9 39 (5.50%) Security Manager
10 38 (5.36%) Security Analyst
11 35 (4.94%) Senior
12 24 (3.39%) Business Analyst
13 21 (2.96%) Security Project Manager
14 20 (2.82%) CyberArk Architect
15 18 (2.54%) Azure Engineer
15 18 (2.54%) Cloud Architect
15 18 (2.54%) Penetration Tester
16 17 (2.40%) Security Specialist
16 17 (2.40%) Tester
17 16 (2.26%) AWS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (7.76%) LDAP
2 38 (5.36%) OpenID
2 38 (5.36%) SAML
3 32 (4.51%) OAuth
4 20 (2.82%) OAuth2
5 17 (2.40%) Oracle Fusion
6 13 (1.83%) REST
7 11 (1.55%) SailPoint
8 10 (1.41%) ARM Templates
8 10 (1.41%) Middleware
9 9 (1.27%) Kafka
10 8 (1.13%) AWS CDK
10 8 (1.13%) RESTful
11 5 (0.71%) OpenTelemetry
11 5 (0.71%) Spring
11 5 (0.71%) Web Services
12 4 (0.56%) gRPC
12 4 (0.56%) JWT
12 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Graph
12 4 (0.56%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 68 (9.59%) Onboarding
2 59 (8.32%) Cloud Native
3 53 (7.48%) Security Posture
4 46 (6.49%) Operational Technology
5 44 (6.21%) Management Information System
6 22 (3.10%) Data Centre
7 21 (2.96%) Hybrid Cloud
8 20 (2.82%) SCADA
9 19 (2.68%) Product Ownership
10 17 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
10 17 (2.40%) PKI
11 16 (2.26%) Security Operations Centre
12 13 (1.83%) CMDB
12 13 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (1.83%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (1.55%) BYOD
15 10 (1.41%) NHS
16 9 (1.27%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 92 (12.98%) Windows
2 56 (7.90%) Linux
3 31 (4.37%) Windows Server
4 21 (2.96%) Unix
5 8 (1.13%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.85%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.71%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.28%) AIX
9 2 (0.28%) CentOS
9 2 (0.28%) Solaris
9 2 (0.28%) VMS
10 1 (0.14%) Android
10 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.14%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.14%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.14%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (43.72%) Cybersecurity
2 210 (29.62%) Information Security
3 165 (23.27%) Risk Management
4 137 (19.32%) Cloud Security
5 136 (19.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 132 (18.62%) SIEM
7 125 (17.63%) CI/CD
8 123 (17.35%) DevOps
9 113 (15.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 94 (13.26%) Continuous Improvement
11 93 (13.12%) Incident Response
11 93 (13.12%) Problem-Solving
11 93 (13.12%) Threat Modelling
12 87 (12.27%) Security Architecture
13 86 (12.13%) Agile
14 83 (11.71%) Data Protection
14 83 (11.71%) Security Operations
15 81 (11.42%) Infrastructure as Code
16 76 (10.72%) Roadmaps
17 70 (9.87%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 104 (14.67%) PowerShell
2 89 (12.55%) Python
3 23 (3.24%) SQL
4 20 (2.82%) Bash
5 16 (2.26%) Bicep
6 8 (1.13%) Java
7 6 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (0.56%) C#
8 4 (0.56%) Go
8 4 (0.56%) PHP
9 3 (0.42%) Ruby
10 2 (0.28%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.14%) C
11 1 (0.14%) Lisp
11 1 (0.14%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 260 (36.67%) Security Cleared
2 205 (28.91%) SC Cleared
3 170 (23.98%) CISSP
4 130 (18.34%) CISM
5 100 (14.10%) Degree
6 56 (7.90%) DV Cleared
7 39 (5.50%) Cisco Certification
8 33 (4.65%) CISA
8 33 (4.65%) PMI Certification
9 32 (4.51%) PMP
10 28 (3.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 28 (3.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 27 (3.81%) AWS Certification
11 27 (3.81%) CRISC
12 26 (3.67%) Azure Certification
13 25 (3.53%) CEH
14 24 (3.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 23 (3.24%) CompTIA Security+
15 23 (3.24%) GIAC
16 18 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 445 (62.76%) NIST
2 230 (32.44%) GDPR
3 97 (13.68%) PCI DSS
4 83 (11.71%) GRC
5 71 (10.01%) NCSC
6 62 (8.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 53 (7.48%) SOC 2
8 46 (6.49%) COBIT
9 35 (4.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 33 (4.65%) NIST 800
11 27 (3.81%) QA
12 26 (3.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 18 (2.54%) JSP 440
14 17 (2.40%) PMO
15 16 (2.26%) Data Quality
16 14 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 13 (1.83%) HIPAA
17 13 (1.83%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 13 (1.83%) SLA
18 12 (1.69%) RMADS
System Software
1 101 (14.25%) Active Directory
2 22 (3.10%) Docker
3 21 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.27%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.14%) Ceph
7 1 (0.14%) Firmware
7 1 (0.14%) GPFS
7 1 (0.14%) Lustre
7 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.14%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 63 (8.89%) Kubernetes
2 54 (7.62%) Terraform
3 24 (3.39%) Single Sign-On
4 21 (2.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (2.26%) Ansible
5 16 (2.26%) Nmap
6 8 (1.13%) Nessus
7 7 (0.99%) Grafana
8 6 (0.85%) CASB
8 6 (0.85%) Fluentd
8 6 (0.85%) vCenter Server
9 5 (0.71%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.71%) SCCM
10 4 (0.56%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.42%) OpenVAS
11 3 (0.42%) QRadar
11 3 (0.42%) SCOM
12 2 (0.28%) Podman
12 2 (0.28%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 117 (16.50%) Microsoft
2 85 (11.99%) CyberArk
3 43 (6.06%) BeyondTrust
4 42 (5.92%) Splunk
5 36 (5.08%) Oracle
6 33 (4.65%) ServiceNow
7 22 (3.10%) VMware
8 21 (2.96%) Cisco
9 16 (2.26%) Google
10 11 (1.55%) Fortinet
10 11 (1.55%) SAP
11 10 (1.41%) Qualys
12 9 (1.27%) IBM
12 9 (1.27%) Rapid7
13 8 (1.13%) Red Hat
14 7 (0.99%) Tenable
15 6 (0.85%) Cribl.io
15 6 (0.85%) Palo Alto
16 5 (0.71%) Databricks
16 5 (0.71%) Okta