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

 6 months to
27 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 150 229
Rank change year-on-year -19 +79 -53
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 753 520 353
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.65% 1.88% 1.06%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.39% 10.97% 8.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 459 363 276
10th Percentile £413 £350 £403
25th Percentile £476 £455 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year - -5.98% -2.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £751 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £583
% change year-on-year - -5.58% -2.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 10 2
10th Percentile £45.03 £29.31 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £33.90 £26.25
Median hourly rate £73.00 £52.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.05% +90.91% -59.00%
75th Percentile £80.00 £69.94 £28.75
90th Percentile £84.00 £100.55 -
UK median hourly rate £73.00 £52.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +39.05% +90.91% -57.13%

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 8,020 4,741 4,361
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.54% 17.18% 13.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,083 3,103 2,683
10th Percentile £331 £285 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £611 £619 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £511
% change year-on-year - -2.07% -2.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 551 227 253
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £10.95
25th Percentile £17.57 £18.50 £13.25
Median hourly rate £36.07 £31.64 £25.77
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% +22.80% -27.42%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £79.00 £85.45 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £30.00 £24.18
% change year-on-year +20.00% +24.07% -30.91%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -19 324 £565 -1.74% 530
South East +10 223 £564 -4.04% 167
North of England -53 75 £530 -3.64% 106
North West -17 53 £534 -3.00% 62
Midlands -43 49 £500 +11.11% 56
West Midlands -28 45 £500 -4.76% 33
South West -49 38 £638 +2.00% 104
East of England -10 31 £515 -1.90% 56
Yorkshire -59 20 £500 +8.11% 30
East Midlands -26 4 - - 23
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 (3.05%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.99%) Confluence
3 11 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.06%) IIS
5 3 (0.40%) Apache
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.27%) nginx
7 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.53%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.13%) iTrent
2 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.13%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 280 (37.18%) Azure
2 172 (22.84%) AWS
3 122 (16.20%) Entra ID
4 92 (12.22%) GCP
5 70 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
6 44 (5.84%) SaaS
7 30 (3.98%) Azure Sentinel
8 29 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
9 27 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (3.59%) Serverless
10 25 (3.32%) GitHub
11 20 (2.66%) OCI
12 18 (2.39%) Power Platform
13 15 (1.99%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (1.73%) Azure Key Vault
15 12 (1.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 10 (1.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 9 (1.20%) Amazon GuardDuty
18 8 (1.06%) Azure Logic Apps
18 8 (1.06%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 67 (8.90%) Firewall
2 64 (8.50%) Network Security
3 22 (2.92%) VPN
4 14 (1.86%) DNS
5 12 (1.59%) WAN
6 11 (1.46%) LAN
7 10 (1.33%) Intrusion Detection
7 10 (1.33%) Wireless
8 9 (1.20%) NGFW
9 7 (0.93%) HTTP
9 7 (0.93%) SAN
9 7 (0.93%) SSL
9 7 (0.93%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.80%) DHCP
10 6 (0.80%) HTTPS
10 6 (0.80%) IPsec
10 6 (0.80%) NAS
10 6 (0.80%) X.509
11 5 (0.66%) Kerberos
11 5 (0.66%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (2.79%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.59%) Power BI
3 10 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (1.33%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.66%) Big Data
4 5 (0.66%) Data Lake
4 5 (0.66%) Delta Lake
4 5 (0.66%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.53%) Metadata
5 4 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.27%) Data Vault
7 2 (0.27%) MySQL
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.13%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.13%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 24 (3.19%) JIRA
2 12 (1.59%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.20%) GitLab
4 6 (0.80%) Burp Suite
4 6 (0.80%) Git
5 5 (0.66%) Snyk
6 4 (0.53%) Selenium
7 2 (0.27%) JMeter
7 2 (0.27%) Metasploit
7 2 (0.27%) MSTest
7 2 (0.27%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.27%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.27%) TestRail
8 1 (0.13%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.13%) MSI
8 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.13%) sqlmap
General
1 255 (33.86%) Social Skills
2 122 (16.20%) Finance
3 99 (13.15%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (12.62%) Public Sector
5 65 (8.63%) Documentation Skills
6 47 (6.24%) Legal
7 38 (5.05%) Aerospace
8 26 (3.45%) Banking
9 24 (3.19%) Manufacturing
10 23 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
11 20 (2.66%) Military
12 17 (2.26%) Telecoms
13 16 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 15 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (1.20%) Retail
16 7 (0.93%) Local Government
17 6 (0.80%) Law
18 5 (0.66%) Financial Institution
18 5 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 140 (18.59%) Architect
2 105 (13.94%) Analyst
3 71 (9.43%) Consultant
3 71 (9.43%) Lead
4 64 (8.50%) Security Architect
5 48 (6.37%) Security Consultant
6 47 (6.24%) Security Analyst
7 46 (6.11%) Senior
8 41 (5.44%) Security Engineer
9 37 (4.91%) Security Manager
10 33 (4.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 33 (4.38%) Project Manager
11 28 (3.72%) Security Specialist
12 25 (3.32%) Solutions Architect
13 22 (2.92%) Business Analyst
14 20 (2.66%) Cybersecurity Architect
15 19 (2.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 18 (2.39%) Cloud Architect
16 18 (2.39%) Security Project Manager
17 16 (2.12%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (6.64%) Terraform
2 37 (4.91%) LDAP
3 34 (4.52%) OAuth
4 32 (4.25%) SAML
5 30 (3.98%) SailPoint
6 26 (3.45%) OpenID
7 19 (2.52%) OAuth2
8 16 (2.12%) REST
9 12 (1.59%) Web Services
10 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Graph
11 8 (1.06%) Kafka
12 7 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
13 6 (0.80%) ARM Templates
14 5 (0.66%) Middleware
15 4 (0.53%) JSON
15 4 (0.53%) SOAP
16 3 (0.40%) FIDO
16 3 (0.40%) JDBC
16 3 (0.40%) Playwright
17 2 (0.27%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 74 (9.83%) Onboarding
1 74 (9.83%) Operational Technology
2 56 (7.44%) Security Posture
3 53 (7.04%) Cloud Native
4 50 (6.64%) Management Information System
5 36 (4.78%) Cyber Threat
6 27 (3.59%) SCADA
7 24 (3.19%) Data Centre
8 22 (2.92%) PKI
9 20 (2.66%) Security Operations Centre
10 19 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
10 19 (2.52%) Hybrid Cloud
11 18 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
11 18 (2.39%) Cyber Defence
12 13 (1.73%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.59%) NHS
14 11 (1.46%) CMDB
14 11 (1.46%) IoT
14 11 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (1.46%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 112 (14.87%) Windows
2 66 (8.76%) Linux
3 36 (4.78%) Unix
4 35 (4.65%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.80%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.66%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.53%) CentOS
9 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.27%) Alpine Linux
10 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.13%) Android
11 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.13%) CoreOS
11 1 (0.13%) VMS
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 420 (55.78%) Cybersecurity
2 197 (26.16%) Risk Management
3 180 (23.90%) Information Security
4 166 (22.05%) SIEM
5 156 (20.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 155 (20.58%) Stakeholder Management
7 130 (17.26%) Vulnerability Management
8 125 (16.60%) Incident Response
9 123 (16.33%) Cloud Security
10 116 (15.41%) Security Architecture
11 114 (15.14%) Continuous Improvement
12 103 (13.68%) Security Operations
13 96 (12.75%) Roadmaps
14 93 (12.35%) Zero Trust
15 90 (11.95%) DevOps
16 88 (11.69%) Identity Access Management
16 88 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
17 87 (11.55%) CI/CD
18 85 (11.29%) ITSM
19 81 (10.76%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 113 (15.01%) PowerShell
2 97 (12.88%) Python
3 33 (4.38%) Bash
4 20 (2.66%) SQL
5 17 (2.26%) Bicep
6 7 (0.93%) Java
7 6 (0.80%) Perl
8 5 (0.66%) BeanShell
8 5 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.27%) C#
9 2 (0.27%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.27%) Ruby
10 1 (0.13%) Go
10 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 265 (35.19%) Security Cleared
2 203 (26.96%) SC Cleared
3 188 (24.97%) CISSP
4 133 (17.66%) CISM
5 91 (12.08%) Degree
6 62 (8.23%) Cisco Certification
7 55 (7.30%) DV Cleared
8 51 (6.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 43 (5.71%) CRISC
10 38 (5.05%) CEH
11 33 (4.38%) CompTIA Security+
12 32 (4.25%) PMI Certification
13 31 (4.12%) GIAC
14 30 (3.98%) PMP
15 29 (3.85%) Azure Certification
15 29 (3.85%) CISA
16 25 (3.32%) CCSP
16 25 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
17 21 (2.79%) AWS Certification
18 20 (2.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 458 (60.82%) NIST
2 171 (22.71%) GDPR
3 116 (15.41%) GRC
4 90 (11.95%) Cyber Essentials
5 85 (11.29%) NCSC
6 63 (8.37%) PCI DSS
7 50 (6.64%) SOC 2
8 41 (5.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 35 (4.65%) COBIT
10 33 (4.38%) NIST 800
10 33 (4.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 24 (3.19%) Data Quality
12 21 (2.79%) HIPAA
13 20 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 17 (2.26%) JSP 440
15 12 (1.59%) ISO 31000
15 12 (1.59%) ITGC
15 12 (1.59%) SLA
16 11 (1.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 11 (1.46%) PMO
System Software
1 138 (18.33%) Active Directory
2 24 (3.19%) Docker
3 15 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.59%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.40%) vSphere
6 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.13%) Ceph
7 1 (0.13%) Firmware
7 1 (0.13%) KVM
7 1 (0.13%) Varnish
7 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 40 (5.31%) Kubernetes
2 28 (3.72%) Single Sign-On
3 27 (3.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (3.19%) Ansible
5 7 (0.93%) QRadar
6 6 (0.80%) Grafana
7 5 (0.66%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.53%) CASB
8 4 (0.53%) Nessus
8 4 (0.53%) Podman
9 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.40%) Argo
9 3 (0.40%) Puppet
9 3 (0.40%) RSA Archer
10 2 (0.27%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.27%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.27%) Istio
10 2 (0.27%) Nexpose
11 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 180 (23.90%) Microsoft
2 58 (7.70%) CyberArk
3 46 (6.11%) ServiceNow
4 34 (4.52%) BeyondTrust
5 33 (4.38%) Oracle
6 23 (3.05%) Splunk
7 19 (2.52%) Google
8 17 (2.26%) Cisco
9 16 (2.12%) CrowdStrike
9 16 (2.12%) VMware
10 15 (1.99%) SAP
11 13 (1.73%) Palo Alto
11 13 (1.73%) Qualys
12 11 (1.46%) Databricks
12 11 (1.46%) Tenable
13 9 (1.20%) Okta
13 9 (1.20%) Rapid7
14 7 (0.93%) Juniper
14 7 (0.93%) Zscaler
15 6 (0.80%) Fortinet
980 ISO/IEC 27001 jobs in England