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

 6 months to
12 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 181 234
Rank change year-on-year +27 +53 -11
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 716 382 357
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.68% 1.56% 0.95%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.95% 9.58% 7.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 252 278
10th Percentile £413 £313 £363
25th Percentile £492 £484 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £655 £670
90th Percentile £775 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £563 £551 £575
% change year-on-year +2.18% -4.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 9 2
10th Percentile £43.62 £29.11 -
25th Percentile £50.00 £51.25 £26.25
Median hourly rate £63.14 £61.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% +123.62% -60.71%
75th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £28.75
90th Percentile £84.00 £82.72 -
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £61.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +2.67% +123.62% -60.71%

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 7,194 3,989 5,080
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.87% 16.27% 13.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,659 2,558 3,206
10th Percentile £350 £268 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.89% -3.90% -
75th Percentile £608 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £509
% change year-on-year - -1.77% -3.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 462 169 382
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.26 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.77 £22.14 £12.88
Median hourly rate £35.50 £33.88 £23.90
Median % change year-on-year +4.78% +41.76% -43.76%
75th Percentile £67.50 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £83.78 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.07 £32.50 £23.30
% change year-on-year +10.98% +39.51% -39.82%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +8 307 £585 +1.74% 128
South East +27 221 £563 -6.25% 115
North of England -49 63 £545 -0.91% 70
Midlands -39 48 £500 +5.26% 56
West Midlands -36 41 £500 -4.76% 40
South West -15 39 £600 - 41
North West -10 37 £577 +4.86% 39
Yorkshire -44 26 £520 +41.50% 23
East of England -18 17 £540 +2.86% 20
East Midlands -20 7 £447 +11.19% 16
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 20 (2.79%) Confluence
2 17 (2.37%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.98%) IIS
5 3 (0.42%) Apache
5 3 (0.42%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
6 2 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.28%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.14%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.14%) nginx
7 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.84%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.70%) Maximo
1 5 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.14%) iTrent
2 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 251 (35.06%) Azure
2 176 (24.58%) AWS
3 87 (12.15%) GCP
4 86 (12.01%) Entra ID
5 64 (8.94%) Microsoft 365
6 32 (4.47%) Azure Sentinel
7 31 (4.33%) Microsoft Purview
8 27 (3.77%) SaaS
9 25 (3.49%) Serverless
10 23 (3.21%) OpenShift
11 21 (2.93%) GitHub
12 19 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (2.23%) Power Platform
14 15 (2.09%) AWS CloudFormation
14 15 (2.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 15 (2.09%) OCI
15 13 (1.82%) GitHub Actions
16 12 (1.68%) Azure Monitor
17 11 (1.54%) Azure AKS
18 10 (1.40%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 63 (8.80%) Firewall
2 60 (8.38%) Network Security
3 31 (4.33%) VPN
4 16 (2.23%) DNS
5 9 (1.26%) BGP
5 9 (1.26%) HTTP
5 9 (1.26%) NGFW
5 9 (1.26%) Wireless
6 8 (1.12%) MPLS
6 8 (1.12%) WAN
7 7 (0.98%) DHCP
7 7 (0.98%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (0.98%) SSH
8 6 (0.84%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (0.84%) Cisco IOS
8 6 (0.84%) HTTPS
8 6 (0.84%) LAN
8 6 (0.84%) Reverse Proxy
8 6 (0.84%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.84%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (3.07%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.96%) Power BI
3 12 (1.68%) NoSQL
4 8 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (0.98%) Metadata
6 6 (0.84%) Amazon Aurora
6 6 (0.84%) MySQL
7 5 (0.70%) Big Data
8 4 (0.56%) DocumentDB
8 4 (0.56%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.56%) Redis
9 3 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.42%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.42%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.28%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.28%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 24 (3.35%) JIRA
2 21 (2.93%) Jenkins
3 11 (1.54%) Burp Suite
4 10 (1.40%) Metasploit
5 6 (0.84%) GitLab
6 3 (0.42%) Git
7 2 (0.28%) JMeter
7 2 (0.28%) MSTest
7 2 (0.28%) Selenium
7 2 (0.28%) Snyk
8 1 (0.14%) AppScan
8 1 (0.14%) MSI
8 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.14%) sqlmap
General
1 251 (35.06%) Social Skills
2 132 (18.44%) Finance
3 96 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (12.29%) Public Sector
5 72 (10.06%) Documentation Skills
6 47 (6.56%) Legal
7 28 (3.91%) Banking
8 24 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (2.51%) Aerospace
10 17 (2.37%) Manufacturing
11 16 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (2.09%) Financial Institution
13 10 (1.40%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.12%) Law
15 8 (1.12%) Military
15 8 (1.12%) Retail
16 7 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 4 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
18 3 (0.42%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 131 (18.30%) Architect
2 93 (12.99%) Analyst
3 72 (10.06%) Consultant
4 58 (8.10%) Security Architect
5 49 (6.84%) Security Engineer
6 47 (6.56%) Lead
7 46 (6.42%) Security Consultant
8 45 (6.28%) Project Manager
9 41 (5.73%) Security Manager
10 39 (5.45%) Security Analyst
11 36 (5.03%) Senior
12 27 (3.77%) Business Analyst
12 27 (3.77%) Security Specialist
13 22 (3.07%) Cloud Architect
13 22 (3.07%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 21 (2.93%) Security Project Manager
15 20 (2.79%) CyberArk Architect
15 20 (2.79%) Cybersecurity Architect
16 19 (2.65%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 19 (2.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (6.84%) LDAP
2 41 (5.73%) OpenID
2 41 (5.73%) SAML
3 34 (4.75%) OAuth
4 22 (3.07%) OAuth2
5 18 (2.51%) SailPoint
6 16 (2.23%) REST
7 11 (1.54%) Oracle Fusion
8 10 (1.40%) Kafka
9 9 (1.26%) Middleware
9 9 (1.26%) Web Services
10 8 (1.12%) RESTful
11 7 (0.98%) ARM Templates
11 7 (0.98%) Microsoft Graph
12 5 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
12 5 (0.70%) Spring
12 5 (0.70%) Spring Boot
13 4 (0.56%) 802.1X
13 4 (0.56%) Hibernate
13 4 (0.56%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 79 (11.03%) Onboarding
2 68 (9.50%) Operational Technology
3 64 (8.94%) Cloud Native
4 51 (7.12%) Security Posture
5 50 (6.98%) Management Information System
6 25 (3.49%) SCADA
7 23 (3.21%) Hybrid Cloud
8 22 (3.07%) Data Centre
9 21 (2.93%) PKI
10 20 (2.79%) Analytical Mindset
11 18 (2.51%) Product Ownership
12 17 (2.37%) Security Operations Centre
13 15 (2.09%) Virtual Team
14 14 (1.96%) CMDB
15 13 (1.82%) Cyber Threat
16 12 (1.68%) Cyber Defence
16 12 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
17 11 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
18 10 (1.40%) BYOD
18 10 (1.40%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 115 (16.06%) Windows
2 75 (10.47%) Linux
3 37 (5.17%) Windows Server
4 36 (5.03%) Unix
5 11 (1.54%) Ubuntu
6 7 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.42%) CentOS
7 3 (0.42%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.28%) AIX
8 2 (0.28%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (0.28%) Android
8 2 (0.28%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.28%) Solaris
8 2 (0.28%) VMS
8 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.14%) CoreOS
9 1 (0.14%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.14%) Rocky
9 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 361 (50.42%) Cybersecurity
2 207 (28.91%) Information Security
3 175 (24.44%) Risk Management
4 158 (22.07%) SIEM
5 139 (19.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 135 (18.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 133 (18.58%) Cloud Security
8 117 (16.34%) DevOps
9 109 (15.22%) Security Architecture
10 105 (14.66%) CI/CD
10 105 (14.66%) Continuous Improvement
11 102 (14.25%) Incident Response
12 97 (13.55%) Threat Modelling
13 94 (13.13%) Vulnerability Management
14 93 (12.99%) Security Operations
15 91 (12.71%) Roadmaps
16 89 (12.43%) Agile
17 88 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
18 86 (12.01%) ITSM
19 80 (11.17%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 100 (13.97%) PowerShell
2 96 (13.41%) Python
3 27 (3.77%) SQL
4 22 (3.07%) Bash
5 15 (2.09%) Bicep
6 8 (1.12%) Java
7 4 (0.56%) Go
7 4 (0.56%) PHP
8 3 (0.42%) C#
8 3 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.42%) Perl
8 3 (0.42%) Ruby
9 2 (0.28%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.14%) Lisp
10 1 (0.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 282 (39.39%) Security Cleared
2 219 (30.59%) SC Cleared
3 174 (24.30%) CISSP
4 129 (18.02%) CISM
5 110 (15.36%) Degree
6 63 (8.80%) DV Cleared
7 49 (6.84%) Cisco Certification
8 39 (5.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 38 (5.31%) PMI Certification
10 37 (5.17%) CRISC
11 36 (5.03%) PMP
12 34 (4.75%) GIAC
13 31 (4.33%) CISA
14 28 (3.91%) CompTIA Security+
15 27 (3.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 26 (3.63%) Azure Certification
16 26 (3.63%) CEH
17 25 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
18 21 (2.93%) BPSS Clearance
18 21 (2.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 467 (65.22%) NIST
2 190 (26.54%) GDPR
3 93 (12.99%) GRC
4 88 (12.29%) PCI DSS
5 79 (11.03%) NCSC
6 76 (10.61%) Cyber Essentials
7 59 (8.24%) SOC 2
8 49 (6.84%) COBIT
9 38 (5.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 33 (4.61%) NIST 800
11 26 (3.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 20 (2.79%) Data Quality
13 17 (2.37%) HIPAA
13 17 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 16 (2.23%) QA
15 15 (2.09%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 15 (2.09%) JSP 440
16 14 (1.96%) ISO 31000
16 14 (1.96%) SLA
17 13 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 111 (15.50%) Active Directory
2 24 (3.35%) Docker
3 19 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.68%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.28%) vSphere
7 1 (0.14%) Ceph
7 1 (0.14%) GPFS
7 1 (0.14%) KVM
7 1 (0.14%) Lustre
7 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.14%) Varnish
7 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 56 (7.82%) Kubernetes
2 47 (6.56%) Terraform
3 28 (3.91%) Single Sign-On
4 18 (2.51%) Ansible
5 17 (2.37%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (1.12%) Nmap
7 7 (0.98%) Nessus
8 6 (0.84%) CASB
8 6 (0.84%) Grafana
8 6 (0.84%) vCenter Server
9 5 (0.70%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.42%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.42%) OpenVAS
10 3 (0.42%) Podman
10 3 (0.42%) Puppet
10 3 (0.42%) QRadar
10 3 (0.42%) SCOM
11 2 (0.28%) Nexpose
11 2 (0.28%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 140 (19.55%) Microsoft
2 76 (10.61%) CyberArk
3 39 (5.45%) BeyondTrust
4 38 (5.31%) Splunk
5 37 (5.17%) Oracle
5 37 (5.17%) ServiceNow
6 26 (3.63%) Cisco
7 21 (2.93%) VMware
8 16 (2.23%) Google
9 11 (1.54%) Qualys
9 11 (1.54%) Tenable
10 10 (1.40%) Rapid7
11 9 (1.26%) Fortinet
11 9 (1.26%) Palo Alto
12 8 (1.12%) Okta
13 7 (0.98%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (0.98%) IBM
13 7 (0.98%) Red Hat
14 6 (0.84%) SAP
14 6 (0.84%) Zscaler
390 ISO/IEC 27001 jobs in England