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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 201 222
Rank change year-on-year +65 +21 +32
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 747 318 403
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.96% 1.31% 1.07%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.29% 8.44% 7.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 511 200 310
10th Percentile £408 £400 £363
25th Percentile £463 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £653 £668 £675
90th Percentile £770 £788 £751
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 11 2
10th Percentile £31.94 £51.25 £83.77
25th Percentile £38.37 £56.00 £84.31
Median hourly rate £81.25 £61.50 £85.21
Median % change year-on-year +32.12% -27.83% +21.72%
75th Percentile £83.00 £80.80 £86.10
90th Percentile £84.00 £83.20 £86.64
UK median hourly rate £81.25 £67.55 £85.21
% change year-on-year +20.29% -20.72% +21.72%

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 6,618 3,768 5,327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.40% 15.52% 14.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,288 2,442 3,399
10th Percentile £340 £265 £305
25th Percentile £413 £393 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.81% -
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £705 £737 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £511
% change year-on-year - -2.20% -2.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 393 156 340
10th Percentile £15.25 £17.24 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.14 £13.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £32.66 £22.01
Median % change year-on-year -14.26% +48.36% -48.21%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £78.55 £65.24
UK median hourly rate £30.58 £32.25 £21.12
% change year-on-year -5.18% +52.74% -47.21%

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 31 March 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 31 March 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 31 March 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 +34 312 £575 -4.17% 119
South East +38 192 £525 -4.55% 96
North of England -11 83 £540 -6.09% 74
Midlands -25 62 £500 - 37
West Midlands -25 48 £525 -12.50% 28
South West 0 47 £538 -14.00% 46
North West -3 40 £574 -0.26% 47
Yorkshire -24 38 £500 -11.11% 19
East of England -23 21 £553 +8.54% 19
East Midlands -27 14 £442 +10.56% 9
North East -14 5 £400 -17.95% 8
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 22 (2.95%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.81%) Confluence
3 17 (2.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.80%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 2 (0.27%) Apache
5 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.13%) IIS
Applications
1 19 (2.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 19 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.67%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (1.47%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (0.94%) Maximo
3 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 264 (35.34%) Azure
2 222 (29.72%) AWS
3 97 (12.99%) GCP
4 71 (9.50%) Entra ID
5 50 (6.69%) Microsoft 365
6 36 (4.82%) Azure Sentinel
7 30 (4.02%) OpenShift
8 28 (3.75%) AWS CloudFormation
9 26 (3.48%) Microsoft Purview
10 25 (3.35%) Serverless
11 23 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
12 22 (2.95%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 20 (2.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 19 (2.54%) GitHub
14 19 (2.54%) OCI
15 18 (2.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 18 (2.41%) Power Platform
16 15 (2.01%) Azure Monitor
17 14 (1.87%) Amazon EKS
17 14 (1.87%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 88 (11.78%) Firewall
2 65 (8.70%) Network Security
3 47 (6.29%) VPN
4 23 (3.08%) DNS
5 22 (2.95%) Wireless
6 17 (2.28%) WAN
7 15 (2.01%) BGP
7 15 (2.01%) DHCP
8 14 (1.87%) LAN
8 14 (1.87%) SD-WAN
9 13 (1.74%) Cisco ASA
9 13 (1.74%) MPLS
10 10 (1.34%) HTTP
11 9 (1.20%) IPv6
11 9 (1.20%) OSPF
12 8 (1.07%) IPv4
12 8 (1.07%) NGFW
13 7 (0.94%) VLAN
14 6 (0.80%) Cisco IOS
14 6 (0.80%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (1.87%) Power BI
2 10 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (1.20%) NoSQL
4 7 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
4 7 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (0.80%) Amazon Aurora
5 6 (0.80%) DynamoDB
5 6 (0.80%) MySQL
6 5 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.67%) Big Data
6 5 (0.67%) Metadata
6 5 (0.67%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.67%) SQL Server
7 4 (0.54%) DocumentDB
7 4 (0.54%) Redis
8 3 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (0.40%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.27%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.27%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 24 (3.21%) Jenkins
1 24 (3.21%) JIRA
2 19 (2.54%) Burp Suite
2 19 (2.54%) Metasploit
3 11 (1.47%) GitLab
4 7 (0.94%) Git
5 3 (0.40%) JMeter
5 3 (0.40%) MSTest
5 3 (0.40%) Selenium
6 1 (0.13%) AppScan
6 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.13%) Snyk
6 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.13%) sqlmap
6 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 283 (37.88%) Social Skills
2 124 (16.60%) Finance
3 90 (12.05%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (11.78%) Public Sector
5 63 (8.43%) Documentation Skills
6 50 (6.69%) Legal
7 32 (4.28%) Influencing Skills
8 29 (3.88%) Banking
9 17 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (2.14%) Financial Institution
10 16 (2.14%) Law
10 16 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (1.87%) Manufacturing
12 13 (1.74%) Aerospace
13 10 (1.34%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.07%) Police
15 7 (0.94%) Marketing
15 7 (0.94%) Retail
16 5 (0.67%) Aviation
17 4 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 132 (17.67%) Architect
2 99 (13.25%) Analyst
3 87 (11.65%) Consultant
4 61 (8.17%) Security Engineer
5 57 (7.63%) Security Architect
6 48 (6.43%) Security Consultant
7 46 (6.16%) Senior
8 41 (5.49%) Security Analyst
9 40 (5.35%) Lead
10 39 (5.22%) Project Manager
11 36 (4.82%) Security Manager
12 22 (2.95%) Business Analyst
12 22 (2.95%) Solutions Architect
13 21 (2.81%) Azure Engineer
14 20 (2.68%) CyberArk Architect
14 20 (2.68%) Tester
15 19 (2.54%) Penetration Tester
15 19 (2.54%) Security Specialist
16 18 (2.41%) Cloud Architect
16 18 (2.41%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (7.50%) LDAP
2 35 (4.69%) OpenID
2 35 (4.69%) SAML
3 29 (3.88%) OAuth
4 17 (2.28%) Oracle Fusion
5 15 (2.01%) OAuth2
6 14 (1.87%) REST
7 11 (1.47%) ARM Templates
8 10 (1.34%) Middleware
9 9 (1.20%) Kafka
9 9 (1.20%) RESTful
10 8 (1.07%) AWS CDK
10 8 (1.07%) SailPoint
11 5 (0.67%) Node.js
11 5 (0.67%) OpenTelemetry
11 5 (0.67%) Spring
12 4 (0.54%) 802.1X
12 4 (0.54%) Hibernate
12 4 (0.54%) JPA
12 4 (0.54%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 66 (8.84%) Onboarding
2 63 (8.43%) Security Posture
3 56 (7.50%) Cloud Native
4 44 (5.89%) Management Information System
5 41 (5.49%) Operational Technology
6 26 (3.48%) Data Centre
6 26 (3.48%) Hybrid Cloud
7 23 (3.08%) Product Ownership
8 22 (2.95%) Security Operations Centre
9 20 (2.68%) Cyber Threat
10 18 (2.41%) SCADA
11 16 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
13 14 (1.87%) PKI
14 13 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
14 13 (1.74%) CMDB
15 12 (1.61%) BYOD
15 12 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (1.61%) Public Cloud
16 11 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 83 (11.11%) Windows
2 48 (6.43%) Linux
3 26 (3.48%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.34%) Unix
5 7 (0.94%) Mac OS
5 7 (0.94%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.80%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.54%) AIX
7 4 (0.54%) Solaris
8 3 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.27%) Android
9 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.13%) CentOS
10 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.13%) Rocky
10 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 332 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
2 206 (27.58%) Information Security
3 164 (21.95%) Risk Management
4 161 (21.55%) Cloud Security
5 152 (20.35%) Stakeholder Management
6 138 (18.47%) DevOps
7 137 (18.34%) SIEM
8 135 (18.07%) CI/CD
9 120 (16.06%) Incident Response
10 115 (15.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 105 (14.06%) Continuous Improvement
12 100 (13.39%) Threat Modelling
13 97 (12.99%) Security Operations
14 93 (12.45%) Agile
15 92 (12.32%) Security Architecture
16 90 (12.05%) Zero Trust
17 87 (11.65%) Infrastructure as Code
18 85 (11.38%) Data Protection
18 85 (11.38%) Problem-Solving
19 78 (10.44%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 99 (13.25%) PowerShell
2 84 (11.24%) Python
3 22 (2.95%) SQL
4 20 (2.68%) Bicep
5 16 (2.14%) Bash
6 10 (1.34%) Kusto Query Language
7 7 (0.94%) Java
8 4 (0.54%) C#
8 4 (0.54%) Go
8 4 (0.54%) PHP
9 3 (0.40%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.40%) Ruby
10 2 (0.27%) C
10 2 (0.27%) Rust
10 2 (0.27%) Solidity
10 2 (0.27%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.13%) Lisp
11 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 290 (38.82%) Security Cleared
2 228 (30.52%) SC Cleared
3 189 (25.30%) CISSP
4 141 (18.88%) CISM
5 93 (12.45%) Degree
6 66 (8.84%) DV Cleared
7 45 (6.02%) Cisco Certification
8 32 (4.28%) AWS Certification
9 31 (4.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 31 (4.15%) Azure Certification
9 31 (4.15%) CISA
10 30 (4.02%) CEH
10 30 (4.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 30 (4.02%) PMI Certification
11 29 (3.88%) PMP
12 26 (3.48%) GIAC
13 25 (3.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 24 (3.21%) CompTIA Security+
14 24 (3.21%) CRISC
15 21 (2.81%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 467 (62.52%) NIST
2 254 (34.00%) GDPR
3 107 (14.32%) PCI DSS
4 95 (12.72%) NCSC
5 80 (10.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 79 (10.58%) GRC
7 53 (7.10%) SOC 2
8 51 (6.83%) COBIT
9 41 (5.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 38 (5.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 33 (4.42%) NIST 800
12 28 (3.75%) QA
13 25 (3.35%) JSP 440
14 20 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 18 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 17 (2.28%) PMO
17 15 (2.01%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 15 (2.01%) SLA
18 13 (1.74%) Data Quality
19 12 (1.61%) ITGC
System Software
1 91 (12.18%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.95%) Docker
3 21 (2.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.94%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.54%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.13%) Firmware
7 1 (0.13%) GPFS
7 1 (0.13%) Lustre
7 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.13%) Varnish
7 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 66 (8.84%) Kubernetes
2 63 (8.43%) Terraform
3 28 (3.75%) Single Sign-On
4 23 (3.08%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (2.54%) Ansible
6 17 (2.28%) Nmap
7 11 (1.47%) Nessus
8 8 (1.07%) SCCM
9 7 (0.94%) CASB
9 7 (0.94%) Grafana
10 6 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (0.80%) Fluentd
10 6 (0.80%) vCenter Server
11 5 (0.67%) Prometheus
12 4 (0.54%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.54%) PingFederate
12 4 (0.54%) QRadar
12 4 (0.54%) RSA Archer
13 3 (0.40%) OpenVAS
13 3 (0.40%) SCOM
Vendors
1 123 (16.47%) Microsoft
2 81 (10.84%) CyberArk
3 46 (6.16%) Splunk
4 40 (5.35%) BeyondTrust
5 34 (4.55%) Oracle
6 33 (4.42%) Cisco
6 33 (4.42%) ServiceNow
7 23 (3.08%) VMware
8 18 (2.41%) Fortinet
8 18 (2.41%) Google
8 18 (2.41%) SAP
9 14 (1.87%) Palo Alto
10 11 (1.47%) IBM
10 11 (1.47%) Qualys
10 11 (1.47%) Rapid7
11 10 (1.34%) Tenable
12 9 (1.20%) Okta
13 7 (0.94%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (0.94%) Ping Identity
13 7 (0.94%) Zscaler