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

 6 months to
7 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 152 229
Rank change year-on-year -8 +77 -44
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 756 507 345
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.66% 1.84% 1.03%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.53% 10.72% 7.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 464 354 272
10th Percentile £413 £359 £400
25th Percentile £475 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -5.94% -2.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £749
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £581
% change year-on-year -4.35% -1.08% -2.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 10 2
10th Percentile £43.81 £29.31 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £33.90 £26.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £52.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% +90.91% -60.71%
75th Percentile £81.69 £69.94 £28.75
90th Percentile £84.00 £100.55 -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £52.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +42.86% +90.91% -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 7,934 4,728 4,448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.39% 17.14% 13.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,088 3,091 2,788
10th Percentile £340 £281 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £610 £624 £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 533 219 280
10th Percentile £14.04 £15.12 £10.95
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.36 £14.41
Median hourly rate £39.00 £31.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% +14.55% -32.99%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.00 £62.51
90th Percentile £80.00 £85.35 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £27.59 £25.77
% change year-on-year +45.01% +7.06% -34.64%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -13 326 £550 -4.35% 291
South East +16 245 £563 -6.25% 136
North of England -78 55 £540 -1.82% 86
Midlands -35 52 £500 +11.11% 45
West Midlands -36 46 £500 +11.11% 28
South West -42 36 £613 -2.00% 64
North West -33 31 £550 - 60
East of England -9 30 £515 +0.49% 29
Yorkshire -49 22 £520 +9.47% 18
East Midlands -18 6 £536 +26.12% 17
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 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.65%) Confluence
3 12 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.93%) IIS
5 2 (0.26%) Apache
5 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.26%) 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 13 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.13%) iTrent
3 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 263 (34.79%) Azure
2 161 (21.30%) AWS
3 116 (15.34%) Entra ID
4 82 (10.85%) GCP
5 69 (9.13%) Microsoft 365
6 41 (5.42%) SaaS
7 31 (4.10%) Microsoft Purview
8 29 (3.84%) Azure Sentinel
9 25 (3.31%) Serverless
10 23 (3.04%) GitHub
11 20 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (2.51%) OCI
13 16 (2.12%) Power Platform
14 14 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
15 13 (1.72%) Azure Key Vault
16 10 (1.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 9 (1.19%) IaaS
17 9 (1.19%) Microsoft Copilot
17 9 (1.19%) PaaS
18 8 (1.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 62 (8.20%) Firewall
2 60 (7.94%) Network Security
3 23 (3.04%) VPN
4 14 (1.85%) DNS
5 12 (1.59%) WAN
5 12 (1.59%) Wireless
6 11 (1.46%) Intrusion Detection
7 10 (1.32%) LAN
7 10 (1.32%) NGFW
8 9 (1.19%) HTTP
9 8 (1.06%) SSH
10 7 (0.93%) SAN
10 7 (0.93%) SSL
10 7 (0.93%) TCP/IP
11 6 (0.79%) DHCP
11 6 (0.79%) HTTPS
11 6 (0.79%) NAS
12 5 (0.66%) IPsec
12 5 (0.66%) Kerberos
12 5 (0.66%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.31%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.59%) Power BI
3 10 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (1.32%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.66%) Big Data
4 5 (0.66%) Data Lake
4 5 (0.66%) Delta Lake
4 5 (0.66%) Metadata
4 5 (0.66%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.26%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.26%) MySQL
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.13%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 26 (3.44%) JIRA
2 7 (0.93%) Burp Suite
2 7 (0.93%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.66%) Snyk
4 4 (0.53%) GitLab
5 3 (0.40%) Git
5 3 (0.40%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.26%) JMeter
6 2 (0.26%) MSTest
6 2 (0.26%) Selenium
6 2 (0.26%) 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
1 260 (34.39%) Social Skills
2 122 (16.14%) Finance
3 105 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
4 104 (13.76%) Public Sector
5 70 (9.26%) Documentation Skills
6 46 (6.08%) Legal
7 39 (5.16%) Aerospace
8 27 (3.57%) Banking
9 23 (3.04%) Manufacturing
10 19 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (2.38%) Military
11 18 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (2.12%) Telecoms
13 14 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (1.46%) Financial Institution
15 9 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (1.06%) Retail
17 7 (0.93%) Law
17 7 (0.93%) Local Government
18 4 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 132 (17.46%) Architect
2 111 (14.68%) Analyst
3 74 (9.79%) Consultant
4 64 (8.47%) Lead
5 61 (8.07%) Security Architect
6 53 (7.01%) Security Consultant
7 51 (6.75%) Security Analyst
8 45 (5.95%) Senior
9 41 (5.42%) Security Engineer
10 38 (5.03%) Project Manager
11 35 (4.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 35 (4.63%) Security Manager
12 28 (3.70%) Business Analyst
13 27 (3.57%) Security Specialist
14 25 (3.31%) Solutions Architect
15 21 (2.78%) Cybersecurity Architect
16 19 (2.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 19 (2.51%) Security Project Manager
17 18 (2.38%) Cloud Architect
17 18 (2.38%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (4.23%) LDAP
2 31 (4.10%) OAuth
3 30 (3.97%) SAML
4 28 (3.70%) SailPoint
5 25 (3.31%) OpenID
6 19 (2.51%) OAuth2
7 13 (1.72%) REST
8 12 (1.59%) Web Services
9 9 (1.19%) Microsoft Graph
10 7 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
10 7 (0.93%) Kafka
11 5 (0.66%) Middleware
12 4 (0.53%) 802.1X
12 4 (0.53%) ARM Templates
12 4 (0.53%) Oracle Fusion
13 3 (0.40%) FIDO
13 3 (0.40%) GraphQL
13 3 (0.40%) JSON
14 2 (0.26%) EDI
14 2 (0.26%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 79 (10.45%) Operational Technology
2 77 (10.19%) Onboarding
3 54 (7.14%) Security Posture
4 51 (6.75%) Cloud Native
5 49 (6.48%) Management Information System
6 34 (4.50%) Cyber Threat
7 30 (3.97%) SCADA
8 26 (3.44%) Data Centre
9 22 (2.91%) Analytical Mindset
10 21 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
11 20 (2.65%) Security Operations Centre
12 19 (2.51%) PKI
13 18 (2.38%) Cyber Defence
14 16 (2.12%) Virtual Team
15 14 (1.85%) Product Ownership
16 12 (1.59%) BYOD
16 12 (1.59%) CMDB
16 12 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
17 11 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
18 10 (1.32%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 117 (15.48%) Windows
2 73 (9.66%) Linux
3 41 (5.42%) Unix
4 39 (5.16%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.79%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.53%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.40%) CentOS
8 3 (0.40%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.26%) AIX
9 2 (0.26%) Alpine Linux
9 2 (0.26%) Android
9 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.26%) Solaris
9 2 (0.26%) VMS
10 1 (0.13%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 415 (54.89%) Cybersecurity
2 205 (27.12%) Information Security
3 197 (26.06%) Risk Management
4 159 (21.03%) SIEM
5 153 (20.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 148 (19.58%) Stakeholder Management
7 128 (16.93%) Vulnerability Management
8 126 (16.67%) Incident Response
9 121 (16.01%) Cloud Security
10 113 (14.95%) Security Operations
11 110 (14.55%) Security Architecture
12 108 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
13 102 (13.49%) Roadmaps
14 88 (11.64%) Zero Trust
15 87 (11.51%) CI/CD
15 87 (11.51%) Problem-Solving
16 84 (11.11%) DevOps
17 83 (10.98%) ITSM
18 82 (10.85%) Agile
19 79 (10.45%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 106 (14.02%) PowerShell
2 95 (12.57%) Python
3 28 (3.70%) Bash
4 21 (2.78%) SQL
5 14 (1.85%) Bicep
6 6 (0.79%) Perl
7 4 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.40%) C#
8 3 (0.40%) Java
9 2 (0.26%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.26%) Ruby
10 1 (0.13%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.13%) Go
10 1 (0.13%) PHP
10 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 269 (35.58%) Security Cleared
2 212 (28.04%) SC Cleared
3 193 (25.53%) CISSP
4 138 (18.25%) CISM
5 106 (14.02%) Degree
6 66 (8.73%) Cisco Certification
7 53 (7.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 49 (6.48%) DV Cleared
9 45 (5.95%) CRISC
10 35 (4.63%) CEH
10 35 (4.63%) PMI Certification
11 34 (4.50%) CompTIA Security+
12 33 (4.37%) PMP
13 32 (4.23%) CISA
14 31 (4.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 30 (3.97%) GIAC
16 28 (3.70%) Azure Certification
17 26 (3.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 24 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
19 22 (2.91%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 464 (61.38%) NIST
2 189 (25.00%) GDPR
3 110 (14.55%) GRC
4 93 (12.30%) Cyber Essentials
5 72 (9.52%) PCI DSS
6 70 (9.26%) NCSC
7 64 (8.47%) SOC 2
8 40 (5.29%) COBIT
9 38 (5.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 36 (4.76%) NIST 800
11 34 (4.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 23 (3.04%) Data Quality
13 22 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 21 (2.78%) HIPAA
15 15 (1.98%) ISO 31000
15 15 (1.98%) JSP 440
15 15 (1.98%) SLA
16 13 (1.72%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 12 (1.59%) ITGC
18 11 (1.46%) PMO
System Software
1 133 (17.59%) Active Directory
2 23 (3.04%) Docker
3 17 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.72%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.40%) vSphere
6 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.26%) 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 40 (5.29%) Terraform
2 33 (4.37%) Kubernetes
3 30 (3.97%) Single Sign-On
4 25 (3.31%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (2.38%) Ansible
6 5 (0.66%) CASB
6 5 (0.66%) Grafana
6 5 (0.66%) Nessus
6 5 (0.66%) QRadar
7 4 (0.53%) Podman
7 4 (0.53%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.40%) Puppet
8 3 (0.40%) RSA Archer
9 2 (0.26%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.26%) Istio
9 2 (0.26%) Nexpose
9 2 (0.26%) Nmap
10 1 (0.13%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 173 (22.88%) Microsoft
2 59 (7.80%) CyberArk
3 46 (6.08%) ServiceNow
4 40 (5.29%) BeyondTrust
5 38 (5.03%) Oracle
6 21 (2.78%) Splunk
7 18 (2.38%) Cisco
7 18 (2.38%) VMware
8 17 (2.25%) Google
9 14 (1.85%) Qualys
10 13 (1.72%) CrowdStrike
11 12 (1.59%) Palo Alto
11 12 (1.59%) Tenable
12 10 (1.32%) Databricks
12 10 (1.32%) Rapid7
13 9 (1.19%) SAP
14 8 (1.06%) Juniper
15 7 (0.93%) Okta
15 7 (0.93%) SolarWinds
15 7 (0.93%) Zscaler
618 ISO/IEC 27001 jobs in England