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

 6 months to
15 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 212 198
Rank change year-on-year +71 -14 +82
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 678 312 466
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.99% 1.20% 1.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.52% 8.16% 8.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 457 188 351
10th Percentile £400 £411 £388
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £667
90th Percentile £754 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £527 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.13% +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 10 12
10th Percentile £29.57 £32.70 -
25th Percentile - £41.44 £42.25
Median hourly rate £33.50 £67.55 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.41% +51.79% -39.35%
75th Percentile £48.35 £82.00 £56.34
90th Percentile £76.05 £84.38 £82.91
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £73.60 £44.50
% change year-on-year -51.09% +65.39% -39.35%

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,886 3,824 5,449
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.28% 14.71% 14.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,811 2,252 3,589
10th Percentile £325 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 334 148 307
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.91 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.15 £20.14 £14.50
Median hourly rate £23.60 £30.11 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.62% +20.42% -23.08%
75th Percentile £61.09 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £69.18 £75.00 £74.25
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £27.68 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.88% +10.70% -14.24%

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 15 February 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 15 February 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 15 February 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 +60 294 £565 -9.60% 110
South East +45 140 £492 -6.29% 109
North of England -14 75 £520 -11.11% 47
Midlands -10 65 £475 -6.40% 54
South West +12 59 £500 -20.00% 43
West Midlands -19 39 £550 +6.80% 34
Yorkshire -33 39 £500 -14.89% 13
North West -13 31 £550 -7.17% 25
East Midlands -5 26 £450 +12.38% 20
East of England -18 17 £553 +1.10% 28
North East -11 5 £400 +14.29% 9
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 (3.39%) SharePoint
2 22 (3.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (2.21%) Confluence
4 5 (0.74%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 2 (0.29%) Apache
5 2 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.29%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.15%) IIS
6 1 (0.15%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 22 (3.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.44%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.15%) Revit
Business Applications
1 10 (1.47%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (1.18%) Maximo
3 2 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 266 (39.23%) Azure
2 212 (31.27%) AWS
3 100 (14.75%) GCP
4 82 (12.09%) Entra ID
5 67 (9.88%) Microsoft 365
6 48 (7.08%) Azure Sentinel
7 35 (5.16%) OpenShift
8 27 (3.98%) AWS CloudFormation
9 25 (3.69%) Microsoft Purview
10 24 (3.54%) SaaS
11 21 (3.10%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 20 (2.95%) OCI
13 19 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
14 17 (2.51%) Azure Monitor
14 17 (2.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 16 (2.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 16 (2.36%) GitHub
15 16 (2.36%) Power Platform
16 15 (2.21%) Amazon EKS
16 15 (2.21%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 98 (14.45%) Firewall
2 62 (9.14%) Network Security
3 50 (7.37%) VPN
4 21 (3.10%) Wireless
5 18 (2.65%) DNS
6 15 (2.21%) BGP
7 14 (2.06%) WAN
8 13 (1.92%) Cisco ASA
8 13 (1.92%) MPLS
9 12 (1.77%) LAN
9 12 (1.77%) SD-WAN
10 11 (1.62%) DHCP
11 9 (1.33%) OSPF
12 6 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (0.88%) IPv6
12 6 (0.88%) Kerberos
12 6 (0.88%) S/MIME
12 6 (0.88%) TACACS
12 6 (0.88%) TCP/IP
12 6 (0.88%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.77%) Power BI
2 11 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.03%) SQL Server
4 6 (0.88%) DynamoDB
4 6 (0.88%) MySQL
4 6 (0.88%) NoSQL
5 5 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (0.74%) Metadata
6 4 (0.59%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.59%) DocumentDB
6 4 (0.59%) Redis
7 3 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.44%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.44%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.29%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 26 (3.83%) Jenkins
2 25 (3.69%) JIRA
3 18 (2.65%) Burp Suite
3 18 (2.65%) Metasploit
4 14 (2.06%) GitLab
5 7 (1.03%) Git
6 3 (0.44%) Snyk
7 1 (0.15%) Ant
7 1 (0.15%) AppScan
7 1 (0.15%) JMeter
7 1 (0.15%) MSTest
7 1 (0.15%) Selenium
7 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 292 (43.07%) Social Skills
2 119 (17.55%) Finance
3 77 (11.36%) Public Sector
4 76 (11.21%) Analytical Skills
5 63 (9.29%) Documentation Skills
6 40 (5.90%) Legal
7 33 (4.87%) Influencing Skills
8 26 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
9 23 (3.39%) Banking
9 23 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (2.36%) Financial Institution
11 10 (1.47%) Law
12 8 (1.18%) Marketing
12 8 (1.18%) Police
12 8 (1.18%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.03%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.74%) Aviation
14 5 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.59%) Electronics
15 4 (0.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 107 (15.78%) Architect
2 97 (14.31%) Analyst
3 71 (10.47%) Consultant
4 59 (8.70%) Security Engineer
5 47 (6.93%) Security Architect
6 46 (6.78%) Senior
7 45 (6.64%) Security Analyst
8 29 (4.28%) Lead
8 29 (4.28%) Security Consultant
9 27 (3.98%) Security Manager
9 27 (3.98%) Security Specialist
10 24 (3.54%) Azure Engineer
11 23 (3.39%) Tester
12 19 (2.80%) Penetration Tester
12 19 (2.80%) Project Manager
13 17 (2.51%) Solutions Architect
14 16 (2.36%) CyberArk Architect
15 15 (2.21%) Security Officer
15 15 (2.21%) SOC Analyst
16 14 (2.06%) Security Advisor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (8.85%) LDAP
2 42 (6.19%) SAML
3 40 (5.90%) OpenID
4 36 (5.31%) OAuth
5 20 (2.95%) OAuth2
6 15 (2.21%) Oracle Fusion
6 15 (2.21%) REST
7 12 (1.77%) SailPoint
8 11 (1.62%) ARM Templates
9 7 (1.03%) RESTful
10 6 (0.88%) AWS CDK
10 6 (0.88%) Kafka
10 6 (0.88%) Middleware
11 5 (0.74%) JWT
11 5 (0.74%) OpenTelemetry
11 5 (0.74%) Spring
12 4 (0.59%) .NET
12 4 (0.59%) Hibernate
12 4 (0.59%) JPA
12 4 (0.59%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 79 (11.65%) Security Posture
2 59 (8.70%) Management Information System
3 58 (8.55%) Onboarding
4 47 (6.93%) Cloud Native
5 27 (3.98%) Cyber Threat
6 26 (3.83%) Operational Technology
7 21 (3.10%) Security Operations Centre
8 18 (2.65%) Data Centre
9 17 (2.51%) Hybrid Cloud
10 16 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (2.06%) PKI
12 13 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (1.77%) NHS
14 11 (1.62%) Product Ownership
15 10 (1.47%) Public Cloud
16 9 (1.33%) Cloud Security Posture
16 9 (1.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 9 (1.33%) SCADA
17 8 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
17 8 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 68 (10.03%) Windows
2 42 (6.19%) Linux
3 14 (2.06%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.92%) Mac OS
5 11 (1.62%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.03%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.88%) Unix
8 3 (0.44%) AIX
8 3 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.44%) Solaris
8 3 (0.44%) VMS
9 2 (0.29%) Android
9 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.15%) CentOS
10 1 (0.15%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.15%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (42.18%) Cybersecurity
2 196 (28.91%) Information Security
3 164 (24.19%) Risk Management
4 163 (24.04%) Cloud Security
5 147 (21.68%) Stakeholder Management
6 146 (21.53%) SIEM
7 140 (20.65%) Incident Response
8 122 (17.99%) DevOps
9 121 (17.85%) CI/CD
10 103 (15.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 100 (14.75%) Continuous Improvement
12 89 (13.13%) Zero Trust
13 87 (12.83%) Security Operations
14 83 (12.24%) Threat Modelling
15 82 (12.09%) Regulatory Compliance
16 81 (11.95%) Identity Access Management
17 80 (11.80%) Data Protection
17 80 (11.80%) Problem-Solving
18 76 (11.21%) DevSecOps
19 75 (11.06%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 114 (16.81%) PowerShell
2 82 (12.09%) Python
3 24 (3.54%) Bash
4 21 (3.10%) Bicep
5 16 (2.36%) SQL
6 10 (1.47%) Java
6 10 (1.47%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (0.59%) Go
7 4 (0.59%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.59%) PHP
7 4 (0.59%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.29%) C
8 2 (0.29%) Rust
8 2 (0.29%) Solidity
9 1 (0.15%) BeanShell
9 1 (0.15%) C#
9 1 (0.15%) Lisp
9 1 (0.15%) Ruby
9 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 256 (37.76%) Security Cleared
2 209 (30.83%) SC Cleared
3 190 (28.02%) CISSP
4 147 (21.68%) CISM
5 92 (13.57%) Degree
6 57 (8.41%) DV Cleared
7 38 (5.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 36 (5.31%) Cisco Certification
9 33 (4.87%) CISA
10 32 (4.72%) Azure Certification
11 28 (4.13%) AWS Certification
12 27 (3.98%) Microsoft Certification
13 26 (3.83%) Master's Degree
14 25 (3.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 24 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
16 23 (3.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 22 (3.24%) BPSS Clearance
17 22 (3.24%) GIAC
18 20 (2.95%) CEH
18 20 (2.95%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 409 (60.32%) NIST
2 239 (35.25%) GDPR
3 99 (14.60%) PCI DSS
4 95 (14.01%) NCSC
5 81 (11.95%) GRC
6 72 (10.62%) Cyber Essentials
7 42 (6.19%) COBIT
8 40 (5.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 38 (5.60%) SOC 2
10 35 (5.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 31 (4.57%) NIST 800
12 28 (4.13%) QA
13 20 (2.95%) JSP 440
14 17 (2.51%) PMO
15 16 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 14 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 14 (2.06%) SLA
17 13 (1.92%) Actionable Recommendations
18 12 (1.77%) HIPAA
19 11 (1.62%) Def Stans
System Software
1 93 (13.72%) Active Directory
2 21 (3.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (2.95%) Docker
4 7 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.59%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.15%) Firmware
7 1 (0.15%) GPFS
7 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.15%) Lustre
7 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 65 (9.59%) Kubernetes
2 59 (8.70%) Terraform
3 38 (5.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 29 (4.28%) Single Sign-On
5 21 (3.10%) SCCM
6 18 (2.65%) Ansible
7 16 (2.36%) Nmap
8 10 (1.47%) Nessus
9 9 (1.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 9 (1.33%) Fluentd
10 7 (1.03%) RSA Archer
11 6 (0.88%) PingFederate
11 6 (0.88%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.59%) CASB
12 4 (0.59%) Grafana
12 4 (0.59%) QRadar
13 3 (0.44%) CSIRT
13 3 (0.44%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.44%) OpenVAS
13 3 (0.44%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 141 (20.80%) Microsoft
2 69 (10.18%) CyberArk
3 46 (6.78%) Splunk
4 37 (5.46%) BeyondTrust
5 29 (4.28%) Cisco
5 29 (4.28%) Oracle
6 26 (3.83%) ServiceNow
7 24 (3.54%) VMware
8 19 (2.80%) Google
9 17 (2.51%) Fortinet
9 17 (2.51%) SAP
10 16 (2.36%) Rapid7
11 15 (2.21%) Palo Alto
12 11 (1.62%) Okta
13 10 (1.47%) Citrix
13 10 (1.47%) IBM
13 10 (1.47%) Qualys
14 9 (1.33%) Cribl.io
14 9 (1.33%) CrowdStrike
14 9 (1.33%) Ping Identity
354 ISO/IEC 27001 jobs in England