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

 6 months to
7 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 199 168
Rank change year-on-year +59 -31 +123
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 641 352 533
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.03% 1.29% 1.48%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.73% 9.02% 10.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 225 396
10th Percentile £400 £403 £400
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
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 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £583 £600
% change year-on-year -9.87% -2.92% -
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 5,465 3,901 5,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.27% 14.26% 14.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,563 2,267 3,461
10th Percentile £313 £263 £320
25th Percentile £410 £381 £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 273 153 215
10th Percentile £15.62 £14.70 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £17.61
Median hourly rate £26.11 £30.21 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.57% -8.45% +36.08%
75th Percentile £63.40 £64.73 £61.50
90th Percentile £73.50 £75.00 £81.87
UK median hourly rate £26.11 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -9.97% -10.77% +36.74%

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 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 7 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 7 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 +44 278 £550 -8.33% 180
South East +36 122 £492 -9.93% 134
North of England -7 67 £500 -14.53% 60
South West +32 61 £488 -25.00% 61
Midlands -6 58 £475 -5.00% 51
Yorkshire -16 38 £500 +11.11% 23
West Midlands -18 36 £556 +11.25% 29
North West -18 24 £519 -13.54% 32
East Midlands -7 22 £449 +12.25% 22
East of England -15 18 £553 -3.83% 50
North East -10 5 £400 +14.29% 5
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 (3.59%) SharePoint
2 21 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.03%) Confluence
4 3 (0.47%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 2 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.16%) Apache
6 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.16%) IIS
6 1 (0.16%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 29 (4.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (3.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.09%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.16%) Revit
Business Applications
1 8 (1.25%) Maximo
2 6 (0.94%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.16%) Oracle CRM
3 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 281 (43.84%) Azure
2 212 (33.07%) AWS
3 97 (15.13%) GCP
4 78 (12.17%) Entra ID
5 65 (10.14%) Microsoft 365
6 50 (7.80%) Azure Sentinel
7 29 (4.52%) SaaS
8 23 (3.59%) AWS CloudFormation
8 23 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (3.59%) GitHub
9 21 (3.28%) OpenShift
10 20 (3.12%) GitHub Actions
10 20 (3.12%) Microsoft Purview
11 17 (2.65%) Azure Monitor
12 16 (2.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 16 (2.50%) OCI
12 16 (2.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 15 (2.34%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 15 (2.34%) Power Platform
14 14 (2.18%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 100 (15.60%) Firewall
2 60 (9.36%) Network Security
3 43 (6.71%) VPN
4 19 (2.96%) Wireless
5 16 (2.50%) DNS
6 15 (2.34%) WAN
7 13 (2.03%) SD-WAN
8 12 (1.87%) LAN
9 10 (1.56%) DHCP
10 9 (1.40%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (1.09%) BGP
11 7 (1.09%) Cisco ASA
11 7 (1.09%) Kerberos
11 7 (1.09%) OSPF
11 7 (1.09%) TCP/IP
11 7 (1.09%) VLAN
12 6 (0.94%) WLAN
13 5 (0.78%) IPv4
13 5 (0.78%) IPv6
13 5 (0.78%) S/MIME
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.87%) Power BI
2 10 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
4 5 (0.78%) DynamoDB
4 5 (0.78%) Metadata
4 5 (0.78%) MySQL
4 5 (0.78%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.78%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.47%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (0.47%) Amazon Aurora
6 3 (0.47%) Delta Lake
6 3 (0.47%) DocumentDB
6 3 (0.47%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.47%) Redis
6 3 (0.47%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.47%) Tableau
7 2 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.31%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 30 (4.68%) JIRA
2 18 (2.81%) Burp Suite
2 18 (2.81%) Metasploit
3 15 (2.34%) GitLab
3 15 (2.34%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.40%) Snyk
5 6 (0.94%) CircleCI
5 6 (0.94%) Git
6 3 (0.47%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.16%) Ant
7 1 (0.16%) ERwin
7 1 (0.16%) JMeter
7 1 (0.16%) MSTest
7 1 (0.16%) Postman
7 1 (0.16%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.16%) Selenium
7 1 (0.16%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.16%) TestDirector
7 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 263 (41.03%) Social Skills
2 113 (17.63%) Finance
3 73 (11.39%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (11.39%) Public Sector
4 44 (6.86%) Legal
5 41 (6.40%) Documentation Skills
6 25 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
7 24 (3.74%) Presentation Skills
8 22 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (3.28%) Banking
10 13 (2.03%) Financial Institution
10 13 (2.03%) Law
11 12 (1.87%) Manufacturing
11 12 (1.87%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.56%) Marketing
12 10 (1.56%) Police
13 8 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.09%) Electronics
14 7 (1.09%) Local Government
15 5 (0.78%) Military
Job Titles
1 102 (15.91%) Architect
2 100 (15.60%) Analyst
3 67 (10.45%) Consultant
4 50 (7.80%) Security Architect
5 48 (7.49%) Security Analyst
5 48 (7.49%) Security Engineer
6 47 (7.33%) Senior
7 36 (5.62%) Lead
8 29 (4.52%) Security Consultant
9 26 (4.06%) Security Manager
10 25 (3.90%) Security Specialist
11 23 (3.59%) Azure Engineer
11 23 (3.59%) Tester
12 19 (2.96%) Penetration Tester
12 19 (2.96%) Project Manager
12 19 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
13 15 (2.34%) SOC Analyst
14 14 (2.18%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 14 (2.18%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 14 (2.18%) Security Advisor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (5.93%) LDAP
2 28 (4.37%) OAuth
3 24 (3.74%) SAML
4 20 (3.12%) OpenID
5 15 (2.34%) REST
6 13 (2.03%) OAuth2
6 13 (2.03%) SailPoint
7 12 (1.87%) ARM Templates
8 10 (1.56%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (0.94%) Loki
9 6 (0.94%) RESTful
10 5 (0.78%) AWS CDK
10 5 (0.78%) Middleware
11 4 (0.62%) .NET
11 4 (0.62%) Kafka
11 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (0.62%) OpenTelemetry
11 4 (0.62%) React
11 4 (0.62%) Spring
12 3 (0.47%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 81 (12.64%) Security Posture
2 59 (9.20%) Management Information System
3 45 (7.02%) Cloud Native
4 33 (5.15%) Cyber Threat
5 31 (4.84%) Onboarding
6 23 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
7 22 (3.43%) Hybrid Cloud
7 22 (3.43%) Operational Technology
7 22 (3.43%) Security Operations Centre
8 18 (2.81%) Data Centre
9 13 (2.03%) Cloud Security Posture
10 11 (1.72%) NHS
11 10 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.56%) Product Ownership
11 10 (1.56%) Public Cloud
11 10 (1.56%) SCADA
12 9 (1.40%) PKI
13 8 (1.25%) CSOC
13 8 (1.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 6 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 65 (10.14%) Windows
2 31 (4.84%) Linux
3 14 (2.18%) Mac OS
4 13 (2.03%) Windows 10
5 11 (1.72%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.62%) AIX
6 4 (0.62%) Solaris
7 2 (0.31%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.31%) VMS
8 1 (0.16%) Android
8 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (40.25%) Cybersecurity
2 169 (26.37%) Information Security
3 167 (26.05%) Cloud Security
4 162 (25.27%) Incident Response
5 146 (22.78%) Risk Management
6 145 (22.62%) SIEM
7 114 (17.78%) CI/CD
7 114 (17.78%) DevOps
8 113 (17.63%) Stakeholder Management
9 105 (16.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 92 (14.35%) Zero Trust
11 84 (13.10%) Identity Access Management
12 82 (12.79%) Continuous Improvement
13 81 (12.64%) Security Operations
14 80 (12.48%) DevSecOps
15 79 (12.32%) Problem-Solving
16 77 (12.01%) Data Protection
17 73 (11.39%) Infrastructure as Code
18 72 (11.23%) Threat Modelling
19 71 (11.08%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 114 (17.78%) PowerShell
2 71 (11.08%) Python
3 32 (4.99%) Bash
4 22 (3.43%) Bicep
5 15 (2.34%) SQL
6 9 (1.40%) Java
6 9 (1.40%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (0.62%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.62%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.31%) BeanShell
8 2 (0.31%) C
8 2 (0.31%) Rust
8 2 (0.31%) Solidity
9 1 (0.16%) C#
9 1 (0.16%) Go
9 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 206 (32.14%) CISSP
2 201 (31.36%) Security Cleared
3 167 (26.05%) SC Cleared
4 154 (24.02%) CISM
5 90 (14.04%) Degree
6 43 (6.71%) DV Cleared
7 40 (6.24%) CISA
8 39 (6.08%) Cisco Certification
9 38 (5.93%) Azure Certification
10 33 (5.15%) AWS Certification
11 31 (4.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 28 (4.37%) Microsoft Certification
13 26 (4.06%) CEH
14 25 (3.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 25 (3.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 24 (3.74%) Master's Degree
16 23 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
17 22 (3.43%) CCSP
17 22 (3.43%) CompTIA Security+
17 22 (3.43%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 382 (59.59%) NIST
2 241 (37.60%) GDPR
3 96 (14.98%) PCI DSS
4 76 (11.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 72 (11.23%) NCSC
6 63 (9.83%) GRC
7 38 (5.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 36 (5.62%) COBIT
9 35 (5.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 29 (4.52%) NIST 800
11 26 (4.06%) QA
11 26 (4.06%) SOC 2
12 16 (2.50%) HIPAA
12 16 (2.50%) JSP 440
13 14 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 14 (2.18%) PMO
14 11 (1.72%) Def Stans
14 11 (1.72%) ITGC
14 11 (1.72%) SLA
15 10 (1.56%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 86 (13.42%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.84%) Docker
3 15 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.62%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.31%) Firmware
7 1 (0.16%) Snort
7 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 65 (10.14%) Terraform
2 58 (9.05%) Kubernetes
3 43 (6.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (3.90%) Single Sign-On
5 23 (3.59%) SCCM
6 17 (2.65%) Ansible
7 16 (2.50%) Nmap
8 12 (1.87%) QRadar
9 11 (1.72%) Prometheus
10 9 (1.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 9 (1.40%) Fluentd
11 8 (1.25%) RSA Archer
12 7 (1.09%) Nessus
13 6 (0.94%) CSIRT
13 6 (0.94%) Grafana
13 6 (0.94%) PingFederate
14 4 (0.62%) CASB
14 4 (0.62%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
15 2 (0.31%) Kibana
15 2 (0.31%) logstash
Vendors
1 156 (24.34%) Microsoft
2 46 (7.18%) CyberArk
2 46 (7.18%) Splunk
3 28 (4.37%) BeyondTrust
4 24 (3.74%) Oracle
5 21 (3.28%) Cisco
6 20 (3.12%) VMware
7 19 (2.96%) Google
7 19 (2.96%) SAP
8 18 (2.81%) ServiceNow
9 15 (2.34%) Fortinet
10 14 (2.18%) CrowdStrike
10 14 (2.18%) Rapid7
11 13 (2.03%) Citrix
11 13 (2.03%) Palo Alto
12 11 (1.72%) Qualys
13 10 (1.56%) ArcSight
13 10 (1.56%) IBM
14 9 (1.40%) Cribl.io
14 9 (1.40%) Tenable
471 ISO/IEC 27001 jobs in England