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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 134 222
Rank change year-on-year -46 +88 -50
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 757 602 371
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.62% 2.13% 1.16%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.94% 12.05% 8.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 490 406 256
10th Percentile £420 £353 £413
25th Percentile £481 £447 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -6.09% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £546 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.74% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 22 7
10th Percentile £44.54 £30.90 £20.55
25th Percentile £58.43 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £33.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +123.88% -4.29% -21.35%
75th Percentile £80.00 £63.38 £56.70
90th Percentile £89.25 £94.88 £80.32
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £33.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +123.88% -4.29% -21.35%

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.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 8,472 4,995 4,210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.10% 17.71% 13.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,280 3,251 2,441
10th Percentile £325 £300 £291
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -2.44% -5.09%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £720 £750
UK median daily rate £501 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +0.10% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 689 245 197
10th Percentile £13.74 £15.13 £13.16
25th Percentile £16.60 £17.69 £18.13
Median hourly rate £31.46 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% -7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.40 £67.50
90th Percentile £74.32 £81.80 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £27.67
% change year-on-year - +8.42% -23.14%

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 16 October 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 16 October 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 16 October 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 -19 359 £575 +4.55% 511
South East -21 165 £525 -1.13% 140
North of England -40 91 £500 - 127
South West -37 57 £525 - 79
North West -17 55 £525 -4.55% 67
Midlands -51 45 £500 +8.11% 68
West Midlands -26 40 £500 -9.09% 44
Yorkshire -40 31 £475 +3.26% 44
East of England -26 27 £510 -7.52% 41
East Midlands -28 5 £575 +27.92% 24
North East - 3 £500 - 16
ISO/IEC 27001
UK

ISO/IEC 27001 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1NIST63.0%477
2GDPR18.5%140
3GRC17.6%133
4NCSC14.9%113
5Cyber Essentials12.9%98
6PCI DSS10.7%81
7Cyber Essentials PLUS6.1%46
8SOC 25.4%41
9NIST 8004.0%30
10COBIT3.6%27
11Data Quality2.9%22
11Sarbanes-Oxley2.9%22
13HIPAA2.8%21
13ISO 223012.8%21
13ISO 90012.8%21
16ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)2.5%19
17QA2.2%17
18ISO 310002.1%16
19JSP 4401.7%13
20Def Stans1.6%12