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

 6 months to
14 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 152 227
Rank change year-on-year -16 +75 -51
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 749 515 349
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.64% 1.86% 1.05%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.42% 10.84% 7.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 358 275
10th Percentile £413 £358 £400
25th Percentile £475 £457 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year - -5.98% -2.50%
75th Percentile £650 £673 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £745
UK median daily rate £550 £558 £578
% change year-on-year -1.35% -3.46% -3.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 10 2
10th Percentile £45.76 £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 £82.25 £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 7,947 4,753 4,398
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.43% 17.20% 13.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,079 3,100 2,753
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% -2.05%
75th Percentile £609 £623 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.57% -3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 534 225 273
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £10.97
25th Percentile £18.77 £18.87 £14.41
Median hourly rate £38.72 £31.64 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.38% +15.05% -28.50%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £62.56
90th Percentile £80.00 £86.65 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £38.72 £28.18 £26.68
% change year-on-year +37.40% +5.62% -27.40%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -11 323 £553 -3.19% 301
South East +11 241 £563 -6.25% 135
North of England -63 58 £534 -3.00% 90
Midlands -31 49 £500 +11.11% 45
West Midlands -29 45 £500 +11.11% 27
North West -31 34 £540 -1.82% 59
South West -57 34 £625 - 68
East of England -6 31 £515 +0.49% 36
Yorkshire -47 22 £500 +8.11% 21
East Midlands -27 4 - - 18
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 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.27%) Confluence
3 11 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.07%) IIS
5 3 (0.40%) Apache
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.27%) nginx
7 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.67%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.13%) iTrent
2 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 272 (36.32%) Azure
2 164 (21.90%) AWS
3 117 (15.62%) Entra ID
4 86 (11.48%) GCP
5 69 (9.21%) Microsoft 365
6 42 (5.61%) SaaS
7 31 (4.14%) Microsoft Purview
8 30 (4.01%) Azure Sentinel
9 25 (3.34%) GitHub
9 25 (3.34%) Serverless
10 24 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (2.40%) OCI
12 16 (2.14%) Power Platform
13 15 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
14 14 (1.87%) Azure Key Vault
15 10 (1.34%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
16 9 (1.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 8 (1.07%) IaaS
17 8 (1.07%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (8.28%) Firewall
1 62 (8.28%) Network Security
2 21 (2.80%) VPN
3 14 (1.87%) DNS
4 12 (1.60%) Intrusion Detection
4 12 (1.60%) WAN
5 11 (1.47%) LAN
6 10 (1.34%) NGFW
6 10 (1.34%) Wireless
7 9 (1.20%) HTTP
8 7 (0.93%) SAN
8 7 (0.93%) SSL
8 7 (0.93%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.80%) DHCP
9 6 (0.80%) HTTPS
9 6 (0.80%) NAS
10 5 (0.67%) Kerberos
10 5 (0.67%) Structured Cabling
10 5 (0.67%) VLAN
11 4 (0.53%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (2.80%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.60%) Power BI
3 10 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (1.34%) NoSQL
4 6 (0.80%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.67%) Big Data
5 5 (0.67%) Delta Lake
5 5 (0.67%) Metadata
5 5 (0.67%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.27%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.27%) MySQL
9 1 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (0.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 24 (3.20%) JIRA
2 9 (1.20%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.80%) Burp Suite
3 6 (0.80%) GitLab
4 5 (0.67%) Snyk
5 4 (0.53%) Git
6 2 (0.27%) JMeter
6 2 (0.27%) Metasploit
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%) sqlmap
General
1 249 (33.24%) Social Skills
2 122 (16.29%) Finance
3 101 (13.48%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (13.22%) Public Sector
5 67 (8.95%) Documentation Skills
6 47 (6.28%) Legal
7 40 (5.34%) Aerospace
8 27 (3.60%) Banking
9 24 (3.20%) Manufacturing
10 21 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
11 20 (2.67%) Military
12 18 (2.40%) Telecoms
13 17 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 9 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (1.07%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.07%) Retail
17 7 (0.93%) Law
17 7 (0.93%) Local Government
18 4 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 134 (17.89%) Architect
2 110 (14.69%) Analyst
3 73 (9.75%) Consultant
4 65 (8.68%) Lead
5 64 (8.54%) Security Architect
6 52 (6.94%) Security Consultant
7 50 (6.68%) Security Analyst
8 44 (5.87%) Senior
9 40 (5.34%) Security Engineer
10 37 (4.94%) Project Manager
11 35 (4.67%) Security Manager
12 34 (4.54%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 26 (3.47%) Business Analyst
14 25 (3.34%) Security Specialist
14 25 (3.34%) Solutions Architect
15 21 (2.80%) Cybersecurity Architect
16 20 (2.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 19 (2.54%) Security Project Manager
18 18 (2.40%) Cloud Architect
18 18 (2.40%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (4.27%) LDAP
2 30 (4.01%) OAuth
3 29 (3.87%) SAML
4 28 (3.74%) SailPoint
5 24 (3.20%) OpenID
6 18 (2.40%) OAuth2
7 14 (1.87%) REST
8 12 (1.60%) Web Services
9 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Graph
10 8 (1.07%) Kafka
11 7 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
12 5 (0.67%) ARM Templates
12 5 (0.67%) Middleware
13 3 (0.40%) 802.1X
13 3 (0.40%) FIDO
13 3 (0.40%) GraphQL
13 3 (0.40%) JSON
14 2 (0.27%) Oracle Fusion
14 2 (0.27%) RESTful
14 2 (0.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 78 (10.41%) Operational Technology
2 72 (9.61%) Onboarding
3 54 (7.21%) Security Posture
4 52 (6.94%) Cloud Native
5 50 (6.68%) Management Information System
6 34 (4.54%) Cyber Threat
7 30 (4.01%) SCADA
8 24 (3.20%) Data Centre
9 22 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
10 21 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
11 20 (2.67%) Security Operations Centre
12 19 (2.54%) PKI
13 18 (2.40%) Cyber Defence
14 16 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
15 15 (2.00%) Virtual Team
16 14 (1.87%) Product Ownership
17 12 (1.60%) BYOD
17 12 (1.60%) CMDB
18 11 (1.47%) NHS
19 10 (1.34%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 109 (14.55%) Windows
2 67 (8.95%) Linux
3 36 (4.81%) Windows Server
4 35 (4.67%) Unix
5 9 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.80%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.53%) CentOS
7 4 (0.53%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.27%) Alpine Linux
9 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.13%) AIX
10 1 (0.13%) Android
10 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.13%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.13%) Solaris
10 1 (0.13%) VMS
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (55.27%) Cybersecurity
2 192 (25.63%) Risk Management
3 189 (25.23%) Information Security
4 161 (21.50%) SIEM
5 158 (21.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 149 (19.89%) Stakeholder Management
7 128 (17.09%) Vulnerability Management
8 126 (16.82%) Incident Response
9 123 (16.42%) Cloud Security
10 114 (15.22%) Security Architecture
11 109 (14.55%) Security Operations
12 105 (14.02%) Continuous Improvement
13 98 (13.08%) Roadmaps
14 93 (12.42%) Zero Trust
15 90 (12.02%) CI/CD
16 87 (11.62%) DevOps
17 86 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
18 83 (11.08%) Identity Access Management
18 83 (11.08%) ITSM
19 77 (10.28%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 108 (14.42%) PowerShell
2 93 (12.42%) Python
3 32 (4.27%) Bash
4 21 (2.80%) SQL
5 16 (2.14%) Bicep
6 6 (0.80%) Perl
7 5 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (0.53%) Java
9 3 (0.40%) C#
10 2 (0.27%) BeanShell
10 2 (0.27%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.27%) Ruby
11 1 (0.13%) Go
11 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 262 (34.98%) Security Cleared
2 205 (27.37%) SC Cleared
3 188 (25.10%) CISSP
4 134 (17.89%) CISM
5 97 (12.95%) Degree
6 64 (8.54%) Cisco Certification
7 52 (6.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 50 (6.68%) DV Cleared
9 42 (5.61%) CRISC
10 36 (4.81%) CEH
11 34 (4.54%) CompTIA Security+
11 34 (4.54%) PMI Certification
12 32 (4.27%) GIAC
12 32 (4.27%) PMP
13 30 (4.01%) Azure Certification
14 28 (3.74%) CISA
15 26 (3.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 24 (3.20%) CCSP
17 23 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
18 22 (2.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 456 (60.88%) NIST
2 182 (24.30%) GDPR
3 107 (14.29%) GRC
4 91 (12.15%) Cyber Essentials
5 74 (9.88%) NCSC
6 63 (8.41%) PCI DSS
7 58 (7.74%) SOC 2
8 37 (4.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 35 (4.67%) COBIT
9 35 (4.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 32 (4.27%) NIST 800
11 24 (3.20%) Data Quality
12 22 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 21 (2.80%) HIPAA
14 15 (2.00%) JSP 440
15 13 (1.74%) ISO 31000
16 12 (1.60%) ISO 22301
16 12 (1.60%) ITGC
16 12 (1.60%) SLA
17 11 (1.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 130 (17.36%) Active Directory
2 23 (3.07%) Docker
3 15 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.60%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.40%) vSphere
6 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.13%) Ceph
7 1 (0.13%) Firmware
7 1 (0.13%) KVM
7 1 (0.13%) Varnish
7 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 45 (6.01%) Terraform
2 37 (4.94%) Kubernetes
3 29 (3.87%) Single Sign-On
4 26 (3.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (2.80%) Ansible
6 7 (0.93%) QRadar
7 6 (0.80%) Grafana
8 5 (0.67%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.53%) CASB
9 4 (0.53%) Nessus
9 4 (0.53%) Podman
10 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.40%) Puppet
10 3 (0.40%) RSA Archer
11 2 (0.27%) CSIRT
11 2 (0.27%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.27%) Istio
11 2 (0.27%) Nexpose
12 1 (0.13%) Argo
12 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 178 (23.77%) Microsoft
2 55 (7.34%) CyberArk
3 45 (6.01%) ServiceNow
4 34 (4.54%) BeyondTrust
5 33 (4.41%) Oracle
6 24 (3.20%) Splunk
7 18 (2.40%) Google
8 17 (2.27%) Cisco
9 16 (2.14%) VMware
10 15 (2.00%) CrowdStrike
11 14 (1.87%) Qualys
12 13 (1.74%) Tenable
13 12 (1.60%) Palo Alto
14 11 (1.47%) Databricks
14 11 (1.47%) SAP
15 9 (1.20%) Rapid7
16 7 (0.93%) Juniper
16 7 (0.93%) Okta
16 7 (0.93%) Zscaler
17 6 (0.80%) SolarWinds
633 ISO/IEC 27001 jobs in England