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 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
3 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 151 232
Rank change year-on-year -13 +81 -52
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 747 503 348
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.65% 1.81% 1.04%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.48% 10.63% 7.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 348 272
10th Percentile £413 £354 £400
25th Percentile £475 £461 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year - -5.98% -2.50%
75th Percentile £650 £657 £675
90th Percentile £750 £773 £749
UK median daily rate £550 £573 £576
% change year-on-year -3.93% -0.65% -3.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 10 2
10th Percentile £43.81 £29.31 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £35.77 £26.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £57.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% +107.26% -59.00%
75th Percentile £82.25 £69.94 £28.75
90th Percentile £84.00 £100.55 -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £57.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +31.58% +107.26% -57.13%

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 7,882 4,732 4,462
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.38% 17.04% 13.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,044 3,094 2,803
10th Percentile £340 £281 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £605 £622 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £505
% change year-on-year - -0.99% -3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 535 217 282
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.12 £10.96
25th Percentile £19.39 £18.20 £14.41
Median hourly rate £38.72 £30.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.07% +9.09% -35.29%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £62.54
90th Percentile £81.14 £85.45 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £38.86 £26.93 £25.77
% change year-on-year +44.33% +4.50% -34.79%

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 3 August 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 3 August 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 3 August 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 -7 319 £550 -4.35% 224
South East +15 243 £564 -6.04% 131
North of England -69 56 £540 -1.82% 84
Midlands -26 51 £500 +11.11% 37
West Midlands -34 45 £500 +11.11% 22
South West -47 36 £613 -2.00% 53
North West -37 33 £540 -1.82% 59
East of England -3 30 £515 +0.49% 23
Yorkshire -57 21 £520 +9.47% 20
East Midlands -20 6 £536 +26.12% 15
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 24 (3.21%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.68%) Confluence
3 12 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.94%) IIS
5 2 (0.27%) Apache
5 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
6 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.13%) nginx
6 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.80%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.13%) iTrent
3 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 258 (34.54%) Azure
2 159 (21.29%) AWS
3 112 (14.99%) Entra ID
4 80 (10.71%) GCP
5 70 (9.37%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (5.09%) SaaS
7 31 (4.15%) Microsoft Purview
8 30 (4.02%) Azure Sentinel
9 24 (3.21%) Serverless
10 21 (2.81%) GitHub
11 20 (2.68%) OCI
12 18 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (2.14%) Power Platform
14 12 (1.61%) Azure Key Vault
14 12 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
15 10 (1.34%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
17 8 (1.07%) IaaS
17 8 (1.07%) PaaS
18 7 (0.94%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 63 (8.43%) Firewall
2 58 (7.76%) Network Security
3 23 (3.08%) VPN
4 14 (1.87%) DNS
5 12 (1.61%) WAN
5 12 (1.61%) Wireless
6 11 (1.47%) Intrusion Detection
7 10 (1.34%) LAN
7 10 (1.34%) NGFW
8 9 (1.20%) HTTP
9 8 (1.07%) SSH
10 7 (0.94%) SSL
10 7 (0.94%) TCP/IP
11 6 (0.80%) DHCP
11 6 (0.80%) HTTPS
11 6 (0.80%) SAN
12 5 (0.67%) IPsec
12 5 (0.67%) Kerberos
12 5 (0.67%) NAS
12 5 (0.67%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.35%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.61%) Power BI
3 9 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (1.20%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.67%) Big Data
4 5 (0.67%) Metadata
5 4 (0.54%) Data Lake
5 4 (0.54%) Delta Lake
5 4 (0.54%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.27%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.27%) MySQL
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.13%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 26 (3.48%) JIRA
2 7 (0.94%) Burp Suite
3 6 (0.80%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.67%) Snyk
5 3 (0.40%) Git
5 3 (0.40%) GitLab
5 3 (0.40%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.27%) JMeter
6 2 (0.27%) MSTest
6 2 (0.27%) Selenium
6 2 (0.27%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.13%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.13%) MSI
7 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.13%) sqlmap
General
1 256 (34.27%) Social Skills
2 121 (16.20%) Finance
3 103 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
3 103 (13.79%) Public Sector
4 68 (9.10%) Documentation Skills
5 44 (5.89%) Legal
6 38 (5.09%) Aerospace
7 26 (3.48%) Banking
8 21 (2.81%) Manufacturing
9 19 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (2.41%) Military
11 17 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (2.14%) Telecoms
13 13 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (1.47%) Financial Institution
15 9 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (1.07%) Retail
17 7 (0.94%) Law
18 6 (0.80%) Local Government
19 3 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 127 (17.00%) Architect
2 111 (14.86%) Analyst
3 75 (10.04%) Consultant
4 62 (8.30%) Lead
5 59 (7.90%) Security Architect
6 53 (7.10%) Security Consultant
7 49 (6.56%) Security Analyst
8 44 (5.89%) Security Engineer
9 43 (5.76%) Senior
10 38 (5.09%) Project Manager
11 35 (4.69%) Security Manager
12 33 (4.42%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 28 (3.75%) Business Analyst
14 26 (3.48%) Security Specialist
15 23 (3.08%) Solutions Architect
16 21 (2.81%) Cybersecurity Architect
17 19 (2.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 19 (2.54%) Security Project Manager
18 18 (2.41%) Cybersecurity Manager
19 17 (2.28%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (4.15%) LDAP
2 30 (4.02%) OAuth
3 29 (3.88%) SAML
4 27 (3.61%) SailPoint
5 24 (3.21%) OpenID
6 18 (2.41%) OAuth2
7 13 (1.74%) REST
8 12 (1.61%) Web Services
9 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Graph
10 7 (0.94%) Elastic Stack
11 6 (0.80%) Kafka
12 5 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
13 4 (0.54%) 802.1X
13 4 (0.54%) Middleware
14 3 (0.40%) FIDO
14 3 (0.40%) GraphQL
14 3 (0.40%) JSON
15 2 (0.27%) ARM Templates
15 2 (0.27%) AWS CDK
15 2 (0.27%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 80 (10.71%) Operational Technology
2 75 (10.04%) Onboarding
3 54 (7.23%) Security Posture
4 48 (6.43%) Cloud Native
4 48 (6.43%) Management Information System
5 34 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
6 29 (3.88%) SCADA
7 23 (3.08%) Data Centre
8 21 (2.81%) Analytical Mindset
9 20 (2.68%) Hybrid Cloud
9 20 (2.68%) Security Operations Centre
10 18 (2.41%) Cyber Defence
10 18 (2.41%) PKI
11 16 (2.14%) Virtual Team
12 14 (1.87%) Product Ownership
13 12 (1.61%) BYOD
13 12 (1.61%) CMDB
13 12 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (1.34%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 115 (15.39%) Windows
2 72 (9.64%) Linux
3 40 (5.35%) Unix
4 39 (5.22%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.80%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.54%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.40%) CentOS
8 3 (0.40%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.27%) AIX
9 2 (0.27%) Alpine Linux
9 2 (0.27%) Android
9 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.27%) Solaris
9 2 (0.27%) VMS
10 1 (0.13%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 409 (54.75%) Cybersecurity
2 209 (27.98%) Information Security
3 199 (26.64%) Risk Management
4 153 (20.48%) SIEM
5 151 (20.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 142 (19.01%) Stakeholder Management
7 128 (17.14%) Vulnerability Management
8 123 (16.47%) Incident Response
9 116 (15.53%) Cloud Security
10 112 (14.99%) Security Operations
11 107 (14.32%) Continuous Improvement
12 103 (13.79%) Security Architecture
13 99 (13.25%) Roadmaps
14 86 (11.51%) Problem-Solving
14 86 (11.51%) Zero Trust
15 84 (11.24%) CI/CD
16 83 (11.11%) ITSM
17 80 (10.71%) Agile
17 80 (10.71%) DevOps
18 76 (10.17%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 105 (14.06%) PowerShell
2 94 (12.58%) Python
3 27 (3.61%) Bash
4 20 (2.68%) SQL
5 12 (1.61%) Bicep
6 6 (0.80%) Perl
7 3 (0.40%) C#
7 3 (0.40%) Java
7 3 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.27%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.27%) Ruby
9 1 (0.13%) BeanShell
9 1 (0.13%) Go
9 1 (0.13%) PHP
9 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 267 (35.74%) Security Cleared
2 211 (28.25%) SC Cleared
3 190 (25.44%) CISSP
4 137 (18.34%) CISM
5 106 (14.19%) Degree
6 64 (8.57%) Cisco Certification
7 51 (6.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 49 (6.56%) DV Cleared
9 44 (5.89%) CRISC
10 35 (4.69%) PMI Certification
11 33 (4.42%) CEH
11 33 (4.42%) PMP
12 32 (4.28%) CISA
12 32 (4.28%) CompTIA Security+
13 30 (4.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 28 (3.75%) GIAC
15 26 (3.48%) Azure Certification
15 26 (3.48%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 23 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
17 21 (2.81%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 463 (61.98%) NIST
2 189 (25.30%) GDPR
3 111 (14.86%) GRC
4 94 (12.58%) Cyber Essentials
5 71 (9.50%) PCI DSS
6 69 (9.24%) NCSC
7 65 (8.70%) SOC 2
8 40 (5.35%) COBIT
9 37 (4.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 35 (4.69%) NIST 800
11 34 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 22 (2.95%) Data Quality
12 22 (2.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 21 (2.81%) HIPAA
14 16 (2.14%) JSP 440
15 15 (2.01%) ISO 31000
15 15 (2.01%) SLA
16 13 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 12 (1.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 12 (1.61%) ITGC
System Software
1 130 (17.40%) Active Directory
2 23 (3.08%) Docker
3 16 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.74%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.40%) vSphere
6 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.13%) Ceph
7 1 (0.13%) Firmware
7 1 (0.13%) KVM
7 1 (0.13%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 38 (5.09%) Terraform
2 32 (4.28%) Kubernetes
3 30 (4.02%) Single Sign-On
4 25 (3.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (2.28%) Ansible
6 5 (0.67%) CASB
6 5 (0.67%) Grafana
6 5 (0.67%) QRadar
7 4 (0.54%) Nessus
7 4 (0.54%) Podman
7 4 (0.54%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
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
9 2 (0.27%) Nmap
10 1 (0.13%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 168 (22.49%) Microsoft
2 59 (7.90%) CyberArk
3 46 (6.16%) ServiceNow
4 39 (5.22%) BeyondTrust
5 38 (5.09%) Oracle
6 21 (2.81%) Splunk
7 20 (2.68%) Cisco
8 17 (2.28%) Google
8 17 (2.28%) VMware
9 13 (1.74%) Qualys
10 12 (1.61%) CrowdStrike
10 12 (1.61%) Palo Alto
11 11 (1.47%) Tenable
12 9 (1.20%) Rapid7
13 8 (1.07%) Databricks
13 8 (1.07%) Juniper
13 8 (1.07%) SAP
14 7 (0.94%) Okta
14 7 (0.94%) SolarWinds
15 6 (0.80%) Zscaler
516 ISO/IEC 27001 jobs in England