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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 203 168
Rank change year-on-year +69 -35 +137
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 650 368 609
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.13% 1.20% 1.57%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.17% 8.84% 11.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 443 246 456
10th Percentile £375 £414 £425
25th Percentile £449 £500 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £584 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.06% -2.71% -
75th Percentile £649 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £765
UK median daily rate £537 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -6.57% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 7 16
10th Percentile - £25.80 -
25th Percentile £33.50 £35.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £61.50 £46.75
Median % change year-on-year -41.46% +31.54% +43.85%
75th Percentile £60.00 £80.80 £78.36
90th Percentile £88.65 £87.92 £85.04
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £52.77 £46.75
% change year-on-year -31.78% +12.87% +43.85%

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 5,343 4,164 5,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.54% 13.61% 14.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,465 2,421 3,718
10th Percentile £313 £288 £320
25th Percentile £404 £394 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £545
Median % change year-on-year - -8.26% +3.81%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £710 £738 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 275 179 225
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.26 £14.82
25th Percentile £17.69 £17.31 £20.51
Median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.28% -19.44% +58.24%
75th Percentile £56.88 £62.99 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.41 £70.00 £83.34
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £26.50 £35.79
% change year-on-year -5.09% -25.96% +52.30%

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 1 December 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 1 December 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 1 December 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 +44 273 £550 -8.33% 116
South East +54 127 £496 -13.74% 122
North of England +3 72 £516 -11.75% 38
Midlands +1 60 £464 -7.25% 51
South West +33 59 £550 -15.38% 44
Yorkshire 0 44 £500 -20.95% 14
West Midlands -4 34 £538 +7.50% 27
East Midlands +9 26 £450 -10.10% 24
East of England +1 25 £553 -5.87% 21
North West -16 24 £600 +1.27% 20
North East -4 4 £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 28 (4.31%) SharePoint
2 26 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (2.62%) Confluence
4 3 (0.46%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 2 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.15%) Apache
6 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.15%) IIS
6 1 (0.15%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 27 (4.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.08%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.15%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (0.92%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.46%) Maximo
3 2 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle CRM
4 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 286 (44.00%) Azure
2 214 (32.92%) AWS
3 119 (18.31%) GCP
4 82 (12.62%) Entra ID
5 68 (10.46%) Microsoft 365
6 51 (7.85%) Azure Sentinel
7 35 (5.38%) SaaS
8 24 (3.69%) Microsoft Purview
9 23 (3.54%) GitHub
10 22 (3.38%) Power Platform
11 20 (3.08%) AWS CloudFormation
11 20 (3.08%) GitHub Actions
12 18 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (2.46%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 16 (2.46%) IaaS
13 16 (2.46%) OneDrive
14 15 (2.31%) PaaS
14 15 (2.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 14 (2.15%) OpenShift
16 13 (2.00%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 92 (14.15%) Firewall
2 62 (9.54%) Network Security
3 35 (5.38%) VPN
4 16 (2.46%) WAN
5 15 (2.31%) DNS
5 15 (2.31%) SD-WAN
6 11 (1.69%) DHCP
6 11 (1.69%) LAN
6 11 (1.69%) Wireless
7 9 (1.38%) Intrusion Detection
7 9 (1.38%) VLAN
8 8 (1.23%) BGP
8 8 (1.23%) Cisco ASA
8 8 (1.23%) Kerberos
8 8 (1.23%) OSPF
9 6 (0.92%) MPLS
9 6 (0.92%) WLAN
10 5 (0.77%) EIGRP
10 5 (0.77%) IPv4
10 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%) Amazon Redshift
4 5 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (0.77%) Metadata
5 4 (0.62%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.46%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.46%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.31%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.31%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.31%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.31%) MySQL
7 2 (0.31%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.31%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.15%) GIS
Development Applications
1 47 (7.23%) JIRA
2 12 (1.85%) GitLab
3 11 (1.69%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.54%) Git
5 9 (1.38%) Snyk
6 8 (1.23%) Burp Suite
6 8 (1.23%) Metasploit
7 6 (0.92%) CircleCI
7 6 (0.92%) Postman
7 6 (0.92%) SoapUI
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
General
1 280 (43.08%) Social Skills
2 122 (18.77%) Finance
3 80 (12.31%) Public Sector
4 79 (12.15%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (6.15%) Documentation Skills
5 40 (6.15%) Legal
6 24 (3.69%) Banking
6 24 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
6 24 (3.69%) Presentation Skills
7 22 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (2.46%) Telecoms
9 15 (2.31%) Manufacturing
10 12 (1.85%) Financial Institution
11 11 (1.69%) Law
11 11 (1.69%) Marketing
12 10 (1.54%) Electronics
12 10 (1.54%) Local Government
12 10 (1.54%) Police
13 7 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.77%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 109 (16.77%) Architect
2 105 (16.15%) Analyst
3 74 (11.38%) Consultant
4 57 (8.77%) Security Architect
5 54 (8.31%) Security Engineer
6 52 (8.00%) Senior
7 45 (6.92%) Security Analyst
8 38 (5.85%) Lead
8 38 (5.85%) Security Consultant
9 28 (4.31%) Security Specialist
10 22 (3.38%) Security Manager
10 22 (3.38%) Solutions Architect
11 20 (3.08%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 16 (2.46%) Azure Engineer
12 16 (2.46%) Tester
13 15 (2.31%) Cloud Architect
14 14 (2.15%) Azure Architect
14 14 (2.15%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 14 (2.15%) SOC Analyst
15 13 (2.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (5.85%) LDAP
2 25 (3.85%) OAuth
3 23 (3.54%) SAML
4 22 (3.38%) SailPoint
5 16 (2.46%) OpenID
6 11 (1.69%) OAuth2
7 10 (1.54%) REST
8 7 (1.08%) ARM Templates
8 7 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (0.92%) Loki
10 5 (0.77%) AWS CDK
11 4 (0.62%) Elastic Stack
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%) Microsoft Graph
12 3 (0.46%) Next.js
12 3 (0.46%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 79 (12.15%) Security Posture
2 62 (9.54%) Management Information System
3 47 (7.23%) Cloud Native
4 36 (5.54%) Cyber Threat
5 25 (3.85%) Security Operations Centre
6 22 (3.38%) Hybrid Cloud
7 21 (3.23%) Onboarding
8 17 (2.62%) Operational Technology
9 16 (2.46%) Data Centre
9 16 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (2.00%) Cloud Security Posture
10 13 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (2.00%) NHS
11 12 (1.85%) Product Ownership
12 11 (1.69%) Public Cloud
13 9 (1.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 9 (1.38%) SCADA
14 8 (1.23%) CSOC
14 8 (1.23%) PKI
15 6 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 56 (8.62%) Windows
2 31 (4.77%) Linux
3 16 (2.46%) Mac OS
4 11 (1.69%) Windows 10
5 9 (1.38%) 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
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (40.62%) Cybersecurity
2 164 (25.23%) Cloud Security
3 162 (24.92%) Information Security
4 161 (24.77%) Incident Response
5 152 (23.38%) Risk Management
6 137 (21.08%) SIEM
7 116 (17.85%) CI/CD
8 113 (17.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 110 (16.92%) DevOps
10 109 (16.77%) Stakeholder Management
11 94 (14.46%) Zero Trust
12 89 (13.69%) Identity Access Management
13 86 (13.23%) DevSecOps
13 86 (13.23%) Problem-Solving
14 82 (12.62%) Security Operations
15 80 (12.31%) Threat Modelling
16 76 (11.69%) Security Architecture
17 75 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
17 75 (11.54%) Infrastructure as Code
18 73 (11.23%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 120 (18.46%) PowerShell
2 79 (12.15%) Python
3 34 (5.23%) Bash
4 22 (3.38%) Bicep
5 12 (1.85%) 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 2 (0.31%) BeanShell
10 2 (0.31%) Go
10 2 (0.31%) Rust
10 2 (0.31%) Solidity
11 1 (0.15%) Perl
Qualifications
1 210 (32.31%) CISSP
2 190 (29.23%) Security Cleared
3 156 (24.00%) CISM
4 151 (23.23%) SC Cleared
5 86 (13.23%) Degree
6 44 (6.77%) CISA
7 42 (6.46%) Cisco Certification
8 40 (6.15%) Azure Certification
9 37 (5.69%) DV Cleared
9 37 (5.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 36 (5.54%) AWS Certification
11 32 (4.92%) Microsoft Certification
12 28 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
13 27 (4.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 27 (4.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 25 (3.85%) CEH
15 23 (3.54%) Master's Degree
16 22 (3.38%) CCSP
17 18 (2.77%) CompTIA Security+
17 18 (2.77%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 390 (60.00%) NIST
2 253 (38.92%) GDPR
3 87 (13.38%) PCI DSS
4 72 (11.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 67 (10.31%) NCSC
6 61 (9.38%) GRC
7 42 (6.46%) COBIT
8 37 (5.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 35 (5.38%) NIST 800
10 34 (5.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 31 (4.77%) SOC 2
12 21 (3.23%) HIPAA
12 21 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 19 (2.92%) QA
14 16 (2.46%) JSP 440
15 14 (2.15%) ISO 9001
15 14 (2.15%) RMADS
16 11 (1.69%) Def Stans
16 11 (1.69%) ITGC
16 11 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 89 (13.69%) Active Directory
2 30 (4.62%) 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 54 (8.31%) Kubernetes
3 39 (6.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 28 (4.31%) Single Sign-On
5 23 (3.54%) SCCM
6 18 (2.77%) Ansible
7 14 (2.15%) RSA Archer
8 13 (2.00%) QRadar
9 11 (1.69%) Prometheus
10 9 (1.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 9 (1.38%) Fluentd
11 8 (1.23%) Nessus
12 6 (0.92%) Grafana
12 6 (0.92%) Nmap
12 6 (0.92%) PingFederate
13 5 (0.77%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 5 (0.77%) CSIRT
14 4 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
15 3 (0.46%) CASB
16 2 (0.31%) logstash
Vendors
1 166 (25.54%) Microsoft
2 47 (7.23%) Splunk
3 46 (7.08%) CyberArk
4 34 (5.23%) BeyondTrust
5 26 (4.00%) ServiceNow
6 24 (3.69%) Google
7 23 (3.54%) Cisco
8 22 (3.38%) SAP
9 20 (3.08%) Oracle
9 20 (3.08%) Rapid7
10 18 (2.77%) VMware
11 17 (2.62%) Fortinet
12 16 (2.46%) CrowdStrike
12 16 (2.46%) Palo Alto
13 13 (2.00%) Tenable
14 12 (1.85%) ArcSight
14 12 (1.85%) Citrix
15 11 (1.69%) Okta
15 11 (1.69%) Thycotic
16 10 (1.54%) Qualys
339 ISO/IEC 27001 jobs in England