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

 6 months to
1 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 151 219
Rank change year-on-year -20 +68 -42
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 756 521 360
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.66% 1.89% 1.09%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.41% 11.05% 8.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 459 360 281
10th Percentile £413 £350 £406
25th Percentile £479 £454 £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 £750 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £583
% change year-on-year - -5.58% -2.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 10 2
10th Percentile £45.27 £29.31 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £33.90 £26.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £52.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% +90.91% -51.39%
75th Percentile £80.00 £69.94 £28.75
90th Percentile £84.40 £100.55 -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £52.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +42.86% +90.91% -44.44%

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 8,034 4,717 4,355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.59% 17.11% 13.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,076 3,088 2,664
10th Percentile £331 £290 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £610 £623 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £512
% change year-on-year - -2.39% -2.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 555 218 238
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £11.33
25th Percentile £17.57 £18.10 £13.89
Median hourly rate £36.07 £31.64 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% +15.05% -21.43%
75th Percentile £68.75 £64.69 £63.31
90th Percentile £79.60 £83.83 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.07 £30.00 £25.30
% change year-on-year +20.23% +18.58% -26.67%

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 1 September 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 1 September 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 1 September 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 -29 325 £568 +3.13% 534
South East +7 218 £564 -4.04% 154
North of England -50 74 £528 -4.09% 110
North West -26 53 £530 -3.64% 69
Midlands -44 49 £500 +11.11% 51
West Midlands -28 45 £500 -4.76% 32
South West -40 44 £614 -1.80% 103
East of England -8 33 £515 -1.90% 49
Yorkshire -47 19 £500 +8.11% 30
East Midlands -25 4 - - 19
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 (3.04%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.72%) Confluence
3 11 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.06%) IIS
5 3 (0.40%) Apache
6 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.26%) 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 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.53%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.79%) 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
1 282 (37.30%) Azure
2 173 (22.88%) AWS
3 126 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 94 (12.43%) GCP
5 71 (9.39%) Microsoft 365
6 44 (5.82%) SaaS
7 31 (4.10%) Azure Sentinel
8 30 (3.97%) Microsoft Purview
9 29 (3.84%) GitHub
10 28 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
11 27 (3.57%) Serverless
12 21 (2.78%) OCI
13 18 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
13 18 (2.38%) Power Platform
14 14 (1.85%) Azure Key Vault
15 13 (1.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 11 (1.46%) Amazon GuardDuty
17 10 (1.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
18 9 (1.19%) AWS CloudTrail
18 9 (1.19%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 67 (8.86%) Firewall
2 60 (7.94%) Network Security
3 23 (3.04%) VPN
4 15 (1.98%) DNS
5 12 (1.59%) WAN
6 11 (1.46%) LAN
6 11 (1.46%) Wireless
7 10 (1.32%) Intrusion Detection
8 7 (0.93%) DHCP
8 7 (0.93%) NGFW
8 7 (0.93%) SAN
9 6 (0.79%) HTTPS
9 6 (0.79%) IPsec
9 6 (0.79%) Modbus
9 6 (0.79%) NAS
9 6 (0.79%) SSL
9 6 (0.79%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.79%) VLAN
9 6 (0.79%) X.509
10 5 (0.66%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (2.78%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.59%) Power BI
3 10 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (1.32%) NoSQL
4 6 (0.79%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.66%) Big Data
5 5 (0.66%) Delta Lake
5 5 (0.66%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.53%) Metadata
6 4 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.26%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.26%) MySQL
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.13%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.13%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 22 (2.91%) JIRA
2 13 (1.72%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.32%) GitLab
4 6 (0.79%) Burp Suite
4 6 (0.79%) Git
5 5 (0.66%) Snyk
6 4 (0.53%) Selenium
7 2 (0.26%) JMeter
7 2 (0.26%) Metasploit
7 2 (0.26%) MSTest
7 2 (0.26%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.26%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.26%) TestRail
8 1 (0.13%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.13%) MSI
8 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.13%) sqlmap
General
1 262 (34.66%) Social Skills
2 119 (15.74%) Finance
3 98 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
3 98 (12.96%) Public Sector
4 64 (8.47%) Documentation Skills
5 47 (6.22%) Legal
6 39 (5.16%) Aerospace
7 27 (3.57%) Manufacturing
8 25 (3.31%) Banking
8 25 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
9 22 (2.91%) Military
10 17 (2.25%) Telecoms
11 16 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.19%) Retail
14 8 (1.06%) Local Government
14 8 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.53%) Financial Institution
16 4 (0.53%) Law
Job Titles
1 148 (19.58%) Architect
2 105 (13.89%) Analyst
3 71 (9.39%) Lead
4 68 (8.99%) Consultant
5 65 (8.60%) Security Architect
6 47 (6.22%) Security Analyst
7 45 (5.95%) Senior
8 44 (5.82%) Security Consultant
9 43 (5.69%) Security Engineer
10 37 (4.89%) Security Manager
11 33 (4.37%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 32 (4.23%) Project Manager
13 26 (3.44%) Security Specialist
14 25 (3.31%) Solutions Architect
15 21 (2.78%) Business Analyst
16 20 (2.65%) Cybersecurity Architect
16 20 (2.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 18 (2.38%) Cloud Architect
17 18 (2.38%) Security Project Manager
18 16 (2.12%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (7.14%) Terraform
2 43 (5.69%) LDAP
3 34 (4.50%) OAuth
4 32 (4.23%) SailPoint
5 31 (4.10%) SAML
6 26 (3.44%) OpenID
7 19 (2.51%) OAuth2
8 17 (2.25%) REST
9 12 (1.59%) Web Services
10 9 (1.19%) Microsoft Graph
11 8 (1.06%) Kafka
12 7 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
13 6 (0.79%) ARM Templates
14 5 (0.66%) Middleware
14 5 (0.66%) SOAP
15 4 (0.53%) JDBC
15 4 (0.53%) JSON
16 3 (0.40%) FIDO
16 3 (0.40%) Playwright
17 2 (0.26%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 75 (9.92%) Onboarding
1 75 (9.92%) Operational Technology
2 55 (7.28%) Security Posture
3 54 (7.14%) Cloud Native
3 54 (7.14%) Management Information System
4 36 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
5 27 (3.57%) SCADA
6 25 (3.31%) Data Centre
7 23 (3.04%) PKI
8 20 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
8 20 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
8 20 (2.65%) Security Operations Centre
9 19 (2.51%) Analytical Mindset
10 17 (2.25%) Cyber Defence
11 13 (1.72%) Virtual Team
12 12 (1.59%) IoT
13 11 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (1.46%) NHS
14 9 (1.19%) CMDB
15 7 (0.93%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 112 (14.81%) Windows
2 66 (8.73%) Linux
3 37 (4.89%) Unix
4 36 (4.76%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.79%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.66%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.53%) CentOS
9 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.26%) Alpine Linux
10 2 (0.26%) 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
1 421 (55.69%) Cybersecurity
2 200 (26.46%) Risk Management
3 177 (23.41%) Information Security
4 169 (22.35%) SIEM
5 162 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 158 (20.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 133 (17.59%) Vulnerability Management
8 129 (17.06%) Incident Response
9 123 (16.27%) Cloud Security
10 120 (15.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 120 (15.87%) Security Architecture
11 101 (13.36%) Security Operations
12 97 (12.83%) Roadmaps
13 94 (12.43%) DevOps
14 92 (12.17%) Zero Trust
15 90 (11.90%) Identity Access Management
16 89 (11.77%) CI/CD
16 89 (11.77%) ITSM
17 87 (11.51%) Problem-Solving
18 83 (10.98%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 117 (15.48%) PowerShell
2 100 (13.23%) Python
3 35 (4.63%) Bash
4 20 (2.65%) SQL
5 18 (2.38%) Bicep
6 8 (1.06%) Java
7 6 (0.79%) BeanShell
7 6 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (0.79%) Perl
8 3 (0.40%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.26%) C#
9 2 (0.26%) Ruby
10 1 (0.13%) Go
10 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 274 (36.24%) Security Cleared
2 206 (27.25%) SC Cleared
3 189 (25.00%) CISSP
4 134 (17.72%) CISM
5 92 (12.17%) Degree
6 62 (8.20%) Cisco Certification
7 61 (8.07%) DV Cleared
8 50 (6.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 47 (6.22%) CRISC
10 36 (4.76%) CEH
11 33 (4.37%) CompTIA Security+
12 32 (4.23%) CISA
13 31 (4.10%) Azure Certification
13 31 (4.10%) GIAC
13 31 (4.10%) PMI Certification
14 29 (3.84%) PMP
15 26 (3.44%) Microsoft Certification
16 24 (3.17%) CCSP
17 23 (3.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 22 (2.91%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 464 (61.38%) NIST
2 168 (22.22%) GDPR
3 116 (15.34%) GRC
4 92 (12.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 88 (11.64%) NCSC
6 61 (8.07%) PCI DSS
7 51 (6.75%) SOC 2
8 41 (5.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 36 (4.76%) NIST 800
10 35 (4.63%) COBIT
11 34 (4.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 23 (3.04%) Data Quality
13 21 (2.78%) HIPAA
14 18 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 17 (2.25%) JSP 440
16 12 (1.59%) ISO 22301
16 12 (1.59%) ISO 31000
16 12 (1.59%) ITGC
17 11 (1.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 11 (1.46%) PMO
System Software
1 146 (19.31%) Active Directory
2 27 (3.57%) Docker
3 15 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.72%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.40%) Firmware
5 3 (0.40%) vSphere
6 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.13%) Ceph
7 1 (0.13%) KVM
7 1 (0.13%) Varnish
7 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 42 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 28 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
3 24 (3.17%) Ansible
4 7 (0.93%) QRadar
5 6 (0.79%) Grafana
6 5 (0.66%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.53%) Nessus
7 4 (0.53%) Podman
8 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.40%) Argo
8 3 (0.40%) Puppet
8 3 (0.40%) RSA Archer
9 2 (0.26%) CASB
9 2 (0.26%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.26%) Istio
9 2 (0.26%) Nexpose
10 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 182 (24.07%) Microsoft
2 64 (8.47%) CyberArk
3 44 (5.82%) ServiceNow
4 34 (4.50%) BeyondTrust
5 33 (4.37%) Oracle
6 23 (3.04%) Splunk
7 20 (2.65%) Google
8 17 (2.25%) Cisco
8 17 (2.25%) CrowdStrike
8 17 (2.25%) VMware
9 16 (2.12%) SAP
10 14 (1.85%) Qualys
11 13 (1.72%) Palo Alto
12 12 (1.59%) Tenable
13 11 (1.46%) Databricks
14 10 (1.32%) Okta
15 9 (1.19%) Rapid7
16 7 (0.93%) Juniper
17 6 (0.79%) SolarWinds
17 6 (0.79%) Zscaler
967 ISO/IEC 27001 jobs in England