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

 6 months to
1 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 203 161
Rank change year-on-year +67 -42 +136
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 651 356 551
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.05% 1.27% 1.52%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.85% 8.92% 10.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 228 412
10th Percentile £385 £400 £401
25th Percentile £450 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £585 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £767
UK median daily rate £525 £579 £600
% change year-on-year -9.29% -3.54% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 9 15
10th Percentile - £30.40 -
25th Percentile £33.50 £35.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £73.60 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.09% +65.39% -11.00%
75th Percentile £55.56 £83.20 £78.36
90th Percentile £79.35 £85.56 £85.36
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £73.60 £44.50
% change year-on-year -51.09% +65.39% -11.00%

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 5,494 3,992 5,238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.33% 14.20% 14.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,578 2,314 3,510
10th Percentile £313 £265 £325
25th Percentile £406 £384 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £634 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 158 218
10th Percentile £15.61 £14.70 £14.02
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.22 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.11 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year -16.46% -10.80% +45.05%
75th Percentile £60.77 £64.48 £61.63
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £83.15
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -13.28% -12.12% +46.07%

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 January 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 1 January 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 1 January 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 +42 278 £550 -8.33% 223
South East +46 126 £492 -10.55% 125
North of England -6 73 £500 -14.53% 60
South West +26 61 £488 -25.00% 59
Midlands -2 58 £475 -5.00% 53
Yorkshire -13 44 £500 +11.11% 21
West Midlands -14 35 £550 +10.00% 36
North West -19 24 £519 -13.54% 33
East Midlands +1 23 £450 +12.38% 17
East of England -10 19 £553 -3.83% 25
North East -5 5 £400 +14.29% 6
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 23 (3.53%) SharePoint
2 21 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.00%) 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 28 (4.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (2.76%) 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%) Maximo
1 6 (0.92%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.15%) Oracle CRM
2 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 286 (43.93%) Azure
2 217 (33.33%) AWS
3 104 (15.98%) GCP
4 79 (12.14%) Entra ID
5 67 (10.29%) Microsoft 365
6 48 (7.37%) Azure Sentinel
7 29 (4.45%) SaaS
8 23 (3.53%) AWS CloudFormation
8 23 (3.53%) GitHub
9 21 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (3.07%) GitHub Actions
10 20 (3.07%) Microsoft Purview
11 19 (2.92%) OpenShift
12 17 (2.61%) Power Platform
13 16 (2.46%) OCI
13 16 (2.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 15 (2.30%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 15 (2.30%) Azure Monitor
15 14 (2.15%) Amazon S3
15 14 (2.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 97 (14.90%) Firewall
2 61 (9.37%) Network Security
3 41 (6.30%) VPN
4 17 (2.61%) Wireless
5 16 (2.46%) DNS
5 16 (2.46%) WAN
6 14 (2.15%) SD-WAN
7 12 (1.84%) LAN
8 10 (1.54%) DHCP
9 9 (1.38%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (1.08%) BGP
10 7 (1.08%) Cisco ASA
10 7 (1.08%) Kerberos
10 7 (1.08%) OSPF
10 7 (1.08%) TCP/IP
10 7 (1.08%) VLAN
11 6 (0.92%) WLAN
12 5 (0.77%) IPv4
12 5 (0.77%) IPv6
12 5 (0.77%) S/MIME
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.00%) Power BI
2 10 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (0.92%) Metadata
3 6 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
4 5 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (0.77%) DynamoDB
4 5 (0.77%) MySQL
4 5 (0.77%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.77%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.61%) Delta Lake
6 3 (0.46%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (0.46%) Amazon Aurora
6 3 (0.46%) DocumentDB
6 3 (0.46%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.46%) Redis
6 3 (0.46%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.46%) Tableau
7 2 (0.31%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 36 (5.53%) JIRA
2 15 (2.30%) Burp Suite
2 15 (2.30%) GitLab
2 15 (2.30%) Jenkins
2 15 (2.30%) Metasploit
3 9 (1.38%) Snyk
4 8 (1.23%) Git
5 6 (0.92%) CircleCI
5 6 (0.92%) Postman
5 6 (0.92%) SoapUI
6 3 (0.46%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.31%) ERwin
7 2 (0.31%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.15%) Ant
8 1 (0.15%) JMeter
8 1 (0.15%) MSTest
8 1 (0.15%) Selenium
8 1 (0.15%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 268 (41.17%) Social Skills
2 115 (17.67%) Finance
3 76 (11.67%) Public Sector
4 75 (11.52%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (6.91%) Legal
6 41 (6.30%) Documentation Skills
7 25 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (3.69%) Presentation Skills
9 22 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
10 21 (3.23%) Banking
11 13 (2.00%) Law
11 13 (2.00%) Manufacturing
11 13 (2.00%) Telecoms
12 12 (1.84%) Financial Institution
13 11 (1.69%) Marketing
14 10 (1.54%) Police
15 8 (1.23%) Electronics
15 8 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (1.23%) Local Government
16 5 (0.77%) Military
Job Titles
1 106 (16.28%) Architect
2 105 (16.13%) Analyst
3 70 (10.75%) Consultant
4 53 (8.14%) Security Architect
5 51 (7.83%) Senior
6 49 (7.53%) Security Analyst
6 49 (7.53%) Security Engineer
7 37 (5.68%) Lead
8 32 (4.92%) Security Consultant
9 25 (3.84%) Security Manager
9 25 (3.84%) Security Specialist
10 21 (3.23%) Azure Engineer
10 21 (3.23%) Tester
11 19 (2.92%) Solutions Architect
12 18 (2.76%) Project Manager
13 16 (2.46%) Penetration Tester
13 16 (2.46%) SOC Analyst
14 15 (2.30%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 14 (2.15%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 13 (2.00%) Security Advisor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (5.84%) LDAP
2 28 (4.30%) OAuth
3 24 (3.69%) SAML
4 20 (3.07%) OpenID
5 15 (2.30%) REST
6 13 (2.00%) OAuth2
6 13 (2.00%) SailPoint
7 10 (1.54%) ARM Templates
7 10 (1.54%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (0.92%) Loki
8 6 (0.92%) RESTful
9 5 (0.77%) AWS CDK
10 4 (0.61%) .NET
10 4 (0.61%) Kafka
10 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Graph
10 4 (0.61%) Middleware
10 4 (0.61%) OpenTelemetry
10 4 (0.61%) React
10 4 (0.61%) Spring
11 3 (0.46%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 81 (12.44%) Security Posture
2 60 (9.22%) Management Information System
3 46 (7.07%) Cloud Native
4 34 (5.22%) Cyber Threat
5 29 (4.45%) Onboarding
6 23 (3.53%) Security Operations Centre
7 22 (3.38%) Operational Technology
8 20 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
8 20 (3.07%) Hybrid Cloud
9 18 (2.76%) Data Centre
10 13 (2.00%) Cloud Security Posture
11 11 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.69%) NHS
12 10 (1.54%) PKI
12 10 (1.54%) Product Ownership
12 10 (1.54%) Public Cloud
12 10 (1.54%) SCADA
13 8 (1.23%) CSOC
13 8 (1.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 6 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 65 (9.98%) Windows
2 33 (5.07%) Linux
3 16 (2.46%) Mac OS
4 14 (2.15%) Windows 10
5 12 (1.84%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.61%) AIX
6 4 (0.61%) Solaris
7 3 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.31%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.31%) VMS
9 1 (0.15%) Android
9 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.15%) CentOS
9 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (39.63%) Cybersecurity
2 171 (26.27%) Cloud Security
3 166 (25.50%) Information Security
4 165 (25.35%) Incident Response
5 146 (22.43%) Risk Management
6 145 (22.27%) SIEM
7 122 (18.74%) CI/CD
8 115 (17.67%) DevOps
9 112 (17.20%) Stakeholder Management
10 109 (16.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 93 (14.29%) Zero Trust
12 88 (13.52%) Identity Access Management
13 86 (13.21%) DevSecOps
13 86 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
14 81 (12.44%) Continuous Improvement
14 81 (12.44%) Data Protection
15 80 (12.29%) Security Operations
16 75 (11.52%) Threat Modelling
17 74 (11.37%) Infrastructure as Code
17 74 (11.37%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 116 (17.82%) PowerShell
2 75 (11.52%) Python
3 33 (5.07%) Bash
4 20 (3.07%) Bicep
5 17 (2.61%) SQL
6 11 (1.69%) Java
7 9 (1.38%) Kusto Query Language
8 5 (0.77%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.61%) C
9 4 (0.61%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.31%) BeanShell
10 2 (0.31%) C++
10 2 (0.31%) R
10 2 (0.31%) Rust
10 2 (0.31%) Solidity
11 1 (0.15%) C#
11 1 (0.15%) Go
11 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 213 (32.72%) CISSP
2 198 (30.41%) Security Cleared
3 162 (24.88%) SC Cleared
4 159 (24.42%) CISM
5 90 (13.82%) Degree
6 41 (6.30%) DV Cleared
7 40 (6.14%) CISA
7 40 (6.14%) Cisco Certification
8 36 (5.53%) Azure Certification
9 33 (5.07%) AWS Certification
10 29 (4.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 28 (4.30%) Microsoft Certification
12 26 (3.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 26 (3.99%) CEH
12 26 (3.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 26 (3.99%) Master's Degree
13 25 (3.84%) Computer Science Degree
14 23 (3.53%) CCSP
15 22 (3.38%) GIAC
16 21 (3.23%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 388 (59.60%) NIST
2 249 (38.25%) GDPR
3 99 (15.21%) PCI DSS
4 77 (11.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 72 (11.06%) NCSC
6 61 (9.37%) GRC
7 39 (5.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 37 (5.68%) COBIT
9 35 (5.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 27 (4.15%) NIST 800
10 27 (4.15%) SOC 2
11 25 (3.84%) QA
12 17 (2.61%) HIPAA
13 16 (2.46%) JSP 440
14 14 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 12 (1.84%) ISO 9001
15 12 (1.84%) PMO
15 12 (1.84%) SLA
16 11 (1.69%) Def Stans
16 11 (1.69%) ITGC
System Software
1 86 (13.21%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.76%) Docker
3 16 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.61%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.31%) Firmware
7 1 (0.15%) Snort
7 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 63 (9.68%) Terraform
2 58 (8.91%) Kubernetes
3 43 (6.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (3.84%) SCCM
4 25 (3.84%) Single Sign-On
5 18 (2.76%) Ansible
6 13 (2.00%) Nmap
7 12 (1.84%) QRadar
8 11 (1.69%) Prometheus
9 9 (1.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 9 (1.38%) Fluentd
10 8 (1.23%) Nessus
10 8 (1.23%) RSA Archer
11 6 (0.92%) CSIRT
11 6 (0.92%) Grafana
11 6 (0.92%) PingFederate
12 5 (0.77%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 4 (0.61%) CASB
14 2 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
14 2 (0.31%) logstash
Vendors
1 164 (25.19%) Microsoft
2 49 (7.53%) CyberArk
3 48 (7.37%) Splunk
4 33 (5.07%) BeyondTrust
5 24 (3.69%) Google
5 24 (3.69%) Oracle
6 21 (3.23%) Cisco
6 21 (3.23%) SAP
6 21 (3.23%) VMware
7 19 (2.92%) ServiceNow
8 17 (2.61%) CrowdStrike
9 15 (2.30%) Fortinet
9 15 (2.30%) Rapid7
10 14 (2.15%) Citrix
11 13 (2.00%) Palo Alto
12 12 (1.84%) ArcSight
12 12 (1.84%) Qualys
13 10 (1.54%) Tenable
14 9 (1.38%) Cribl.io
14 9 (1.38%) LogRhythm
511 ISO/IEC 27001 jobs in England