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

 6 months to
12 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 140 225
Rank change year-on-year -41 +85 -50
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 753 550 362
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.62% 1.98% 1.10%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.17% 11.49% 8.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 465 371 269
10th Percentile £413 £350 £413
25th Percentile £488 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £578
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -3.75%
75th Percentile £650 £651 £670
90th Percentile £750 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 14 4
10th Percentile £44.54 £29.84 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £33.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £71.00 £40.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +75.31% +29.60% -48.64%
75th Percentile £80.00 £60.12 £35.00
90th Percentile £85.78 £91.75 -
UK median hourly rate £71.00 £40.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +75.31% +15.71% -29.29%

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 8,208 4,786 4,318
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.71% 17.20% 13.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,174 3,121 2,605
10th Percentile £329 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £720 £757
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% -3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 578 230 220
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £12.24
25th Percentile £17.03 £17.96 £15.13
Median hourly rate £33.98 £32.25 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.36% +9.32% -15.71%
75th Percentile £67.84 £62.25 £63.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £82.96 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £30.00 £26.68
% change year-on-year +10.00% +12.44% -23.77%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -28 329 £575 +4.26% 445
South East +7 203 £550 - 147
North of England -55 77 £530 +8.72% 92
North West -18 54 £534 -3.00% 58
South West -43 53 £575 -7.07% 53
Midlands -47 46 £500 +8.11% 38
West Midlands -33 42 £500 -9.09% 24
East of England -8 33 £515 -1.90% 31
Yorkshire -56 21 £500 +11.11% 23
East Midlands -30 4 - - 14
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 21 (2.79%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.59%) Confluence
2 12 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.46%) IIS
4 3 (0.40%) Apache
5 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.27%) nginx
6 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.53%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.80%) 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
1 278 (36.92%) Azure
2 169 (22.44%) AWS
3 129 (17.13%) Entra ID
4 92 (12.22%) GCP
5 76 (10.09%) Microsoft 365
6 45 (5.98%) SaaS
7 31 (4.12%) Azure Sentinel
8 27 (3.59%) Microsoft Purview
9 26 (3.45%) GitHub
10 25 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (2.92%) OCI
11 22 (2.92%) Serverless
12 19 (2.52%) Power Platform
13 17 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
14 15 (1.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 13 (1.73%) Azure Key Vault
16 11 (1.46%) Amazon GuardDuty
16 11 (1.46%) IaaS
16 11 (1.46%) Microsoft Copilot
16 11 (1.46%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (8.23%) Firewall
2 60 (7.97%) Network Security
3 20 (2.66%) VPN
4 14 (1.86%) DNS
5 11 (1.46%) WAN
6 10 (1.33%) Intrusion Detection
6 10 (1.33%) LAN
6 10 (1.33%) Wireless
7 7 (0.93%) NGFW
7 7 (0.93%) SAN
8 6 (0.80%) DHCP
8 6 (0.80%) HTTPS
8 6 (0.80%) IPsec
8 6 (0.80%) NAS
8 6 (0.80%) SSL
8 6 (0.80%) VLAN
8 6 (0.80%) X.509
9 5 (0.66%) Internet
9 5 (0.66%) Modbus
9 5 (0.66%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (2.92%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.33%) Power BI
3 8 (1.06%) NoSQL
4 7 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (0.80%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.40%) Delta Lake
7 3 (0.40%) Metadata
7 3 (0.40%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.27%) Big Data
8 2 (0.27%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.27%) MySQL
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.13%) EDMS
9 1 (0.13%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 22 (2.92%) JIRA
2 15 (1.99%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.59%) GitLab
4 6 (0.80%) Git
5 5 (0.66%) Burp Suite
5 5 (0.66%) Snyk
6 2 (0.27%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.27%) Robot Framework
6 2 (0.27%) Selenium
6 2 (0.27%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.27%) TestRail
7 1 (0.13%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.13%) MSI
7 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.13%) sqlmap
General
1 278 (36.92%) Social Skills
2 112 (14.87%) Finance
3 93 (12.35%) Analytical Skills
3 93 (12.35%) Public Sector
4 62 (8.23%) Documentation Skills
5 43 (5.71%) Legal
6 35 (4.65%) Aerospace
7 29 (3.85%) Manufacturing
8 26 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
9 24 (3.19%) Banking
10 23 (3.05%) Military
11 17 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (1.86%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.06%) Local Government
16 7 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (0.80%) Retail
18 5 (0.66%) Law
19 4 (0.53%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 159 (21.12%) Architect
2 108 (14.34%) Analyst
3 71 (9.43%) Lead
4 68 (9.03%) Security Architect
5 65 (8.63%) Consultant
6 49 (6.51%) Security Analyst
7 47 (6.24%) Security Engineer
8 44 (5.84%) Senior
9 38 (5.05%) Security Consultant
10 36 (4.78%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 35 (4.65%) Security Manager
12 28 (3.72%) Project Manager
13 25 (3.32%) Security Specialist
14 24 (3.19%) Solutions Architect
15 23 (3.05%) Cybersecurity Architect
16 20 (2.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 19 (2.52%) Business Analyst
18 18 (2.39%) Cybersecurity Engineer
19 17 (2.26%) Cybersecurity Manager
20 16 (2.12%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (7.17%) Terraform
2 51 (6.77%) LDAP
3 34 (4.52%) OAuth
4 33 (4.38%) SailPoint
5 31 (4.12%) SAML
6 26 (3.45%) OpenID
7 19 (2.52%) OAuth2
8 16 (2.12%) REST
9 12 (1.59%) Web Services
10 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Graph
11 6 (0.80%) Kafka
12 5 (0.66%) ARM Templates
12 5 (0.66%) Elastic Stack
13 4 (0.53%) JDBC
13 4 (0.53%) JSON
13 4 (0.53%) SOAP
14 3 (0.40%) FIDO
14 3 (0.40%) Middleware
14 3 (0.40%) Playwright
15 2 (0.27%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 75 (9.96%) Onboarding
2 74 (9.83%) Operational Technology
3 57 (7.57%) Management Information System
4 55 (7.30%) Security Posture
5 50 (6.64%) Cloud Native
6 40 (5.31%) Cyber Threat
7 27 (3.59%) PKI
7 27 (3.59%) SCADA
8 23 (3.05%) Data Centre
9 19 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
9 19 (2.52%) Security Operations Centre
10 17 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
10 17 (2.26%) Cyber Defence
10 17 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (1.73%) IoT
12 11 (1.46%) NHS
13 9 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (1.20%) Virtual Team
14 8 (1.06%) Public Cloud
15 7 (0.93%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 110 (14.61%) Windows
2 70 (9.30%) Linux
3 37 (4.91%) Unix
4 36 (4.78%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.80%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.66%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.53%) CentOS
9 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.27%) Alpine Linux
10 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
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 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 421 (55.91%) Cybersecurity
2 204 (27.09%) Risk Management
3 182 (24.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 175 (23.24%) Information Security
4 175 (23.24%) SIEM
5 156 (20.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 142 (18.86%) Vulnerability Management
7 135 (17.93%) Security Architecture
8 134 (17.80%) Continuous Improvement
9 133 (17.66%) Incident Response
10 122 (16.20%) Cloud Security
11 104 (13.81%) Security Operations
12 99 (13.15%) ITSM
13 93 (12.35%) Zero Trust
14 92 (12.22%) Identity Access Management
14 92 (12.22%) Roadmaps
15 89 (11.82%) DevOps
16 86 (11.42%) Problem-Solving
17 80 (10.62%) CI/CD
17 80 (10.62%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 114 (15.14%) PowerShell
2 95 (12.62%) Python
3 34 (4.52%) Bash
4 16 (2.12%) Bicep
5 15 (1.99%) SQL
6 8 (1.06%) Java
7 6 (0.80%) BeanShell
7 6 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (0.80%) Perl
8 2 (0.27%) Ruby
9 1 (0.13%) Go
9 1 (0.13%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 284 (37.72%) Security Cleared
2 207 (27.49%) SC Cleared
3 192 (25.50%) CISSP
4 137 (18.19%) CISM
5 87 (11.55%) Degree
6 71 (9.43%) DV Cleared
7 62 (8.23%) Cisco Certification
8 52 (6.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 51 (6.77%) CRISC
10 35 (4.65%) CISA
11 33 (4.38%) Azure Certification
11 33 (4.38%) CEH
11 33 (4.38%) CompTIA Security+
12 32 (4.25%) GIAC
13 28 (3.72%) PMI Certification
14 26 (3.45%) CCSP
14 26 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
14 26 (3.45%) PMP
15 23 (3.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 20 (2.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 469 (62.28%) NIST
2 158 (20.98%) GDPR
3 124 (16.47%) GRC
4 95 (12.62%) NCSC
5 91 (12.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 62 (8.23%) PCI DSS
7 47 (6.24%) SOC 2
8 44 (5.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 35 (4.65%) COBIT
9 35 (4.65%) NIST 800
10 33 (4.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 21 (2.79%) Data Quality
12 20 (2.66%) HIPAA
13 19 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 17 (2.26%) JSP 440
15 14 (1.86%) ISO 31000
16 13 (1.73%) ISO 22301
16 13 (1.73%) ISO 9001
16 13 (1.73%) ITGC
16 13 (1.73%) PMO
System Software
1 154 (20.45%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.92%) Docker
3 16 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.73%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.53%) Firmware
6 3 (0.40%) ISA Server
6 3 (0.40%) vSphere
7 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.13%) Ceph
8 1 (0.13%) KVM
8 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 42 (5.58%) Kubernetes
2 27 (3.59%) Single Sign-On
3 26 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (3.32%) Ansible
5 7 (0.93%) QRadar
6 5 (0.66%) CASB
6 5 (0.66%) Grafana
7 4 (0.53%) Nessus
7 4 (0.53%) Podman
7 4 (0.53%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.40%) Argo
8 3 (0.40%) Puppet
8 3 (0.40%) RSA Archer
9 2 (0.27%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.27%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.27%) Istio
9 2 (0.27%) Nexpose
10 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 185 (24.57%) Microsoft
2 71 (9.43%) CyberArk
3 46 (6.11%) ServiceNow
4 33 (4.38%) BeyondTrust
5 31 (4.12%) Oracle
6 24 (3.19%) Splunk
7 20 (2.66%) Cisco
7 20 (2.66%) CrowdStrike
8 19 (2.52%) Google
9 18 (2.39%) Qualys
9 18 (2.39%) VMware
10 14 (1.86%) Palo Alto
10 14 (1.86%) SAP
11 12 (1.59%) Tenable
12 10 (1.33%) Okta
12 10 (1.33%) Rapid7
13 9 (1.20%) Databricks
14 7 (0.93%) Tripwire
15 6 (0.80%) Fortinet
15 6 (0.80%) Juniper
783 ISO/IEC 27001 jobs in England