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

 6 months to
31 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 148 225
Rank change year-on-year -20 +77 -54
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 762 525 360
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.67% 1.89% 1.09%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.47% 11.06% 8.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 363 281
10th Percentile £413 £350 £406
25th Percentile £478 £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 £753 £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% -57.13%
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% -51.82%

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 8,046 4,746 4,350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.59% 17.10% 13.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,092 3,108 2,664
10th Percentile £331 £292 £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 £622 £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 555 220 238
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £11.33
25th Percentile £17.57 £18.37 £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 £65.00 £63.31
90th Percentile £79.60 £85.30 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.82 £30.00 £25.30
% change year-on-year +19.40% +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 31 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 31 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 31 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 -15 329 £568 +0.84% 333
South East +11 221 £565 -3.83% 119
North of England -53 74 £528 -4.09% 68
North West -19 53 £530 -3.64% 44
Midlands -39 49 £500 +11.11% 34
West Midlands -23 45 £500 -4.76% 16
South West -44 43 £615 -1.60% 74
East of England -2 33 £515 -1.90% 36
Yorkshire -55 19 £500 +8.11% 17
East Midlands -24 4 - - 18
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 24 (3.15%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.84%) Confluence
3 11 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.05%) IIS
5 3 (0.39%) 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 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.52%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.39%) 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
1 281 (36.88%) Azure
2 174 (22.83%) AWS
3 125 (16.40%) Entra ID
4 94 (12.34%) GCP
5 71 (9.32%) Microsoft 365
6 44 (5.77%) SaaS
7 31 (4.07%) Azure Sentinel
8 30 (3.94%) Microsoft Purview
9 29 (3.81%) GitHub
10 28 (3.67%) Azure DevOps
10 28 (3.67%) Serverless
11 21 (2.76%) OCI
12 19 (2.49%) Power Platform
13 18 (2.36%) GitHub Actions
14 14 (1.84%) Azure Key Vault
15 13 (1.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 11 (1.44%) Amazon GuardDuty
17 10 (1.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
18 9 (1.18%) AWS CloudTrail
18 9 (1.18%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 68 (8.92%) Firewall
2 61 (8.01%) Network Security
3 23 (3.02%) VPN
4 16 (2.10%) DNS
5 12 (1.57%) WAN
6 11 (1.44%) LAN
6 11 (1.44%) Wireless
7 10 (1.31%) Intrusion Detection
8 8 (1.05%) NGFW
9 7 (0.92%) DHCP
9 7 (0.92%) SAN
9 7 (0.92%) SSL
9 7 (0.92%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.79%) HTTP
10 6 (0.79%) HTTPS
10 6 (0.79%) IPsec
10 6 (0.79%) Modbus
10 6 (0.79%) NAS
10 6 (0.79%) VLAN
10 6 (0.79%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (2.76%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.71%) Power BI
3 10 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (1.31%) 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 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.52%) Metadata
6 4 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.39%) 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%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 23 (3.02%) JIRA
2 13 (1.71%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.31%) GitLab
4 6 (0.79%) Burp Suite
4 6 (0.79%) Git
5 5 (0.66%) Snyk
6 4 (0.52%) 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
1 263 (34.51%) Social Skills
2 120 (15.75%) Finance
3 99 (12.99%) Public Sector
4 98 (12.86%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (8.40%) Documentation Skills
6 47 (6.17%) Legal
7 39 (5.12%) Aerospace
8 27 (3.54%) Manufacturing
9 25 (3.28%) Banking
9 25 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
10 22 (2.89%) Military
11 17 (2.23%) Telecoms
12 16 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.18%) Retail
15 8 (1.05%) Local Government
15 8 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.66%) Law
16 5 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (0.52%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 147 (19.29%) Architect
2 105 (13.78%) Analyst
3 71 (9.32%) Consultant
3 71 (9.32%) Lead
4 65 (8.53%) Security Architect
5 48 (6.30%) Senior
6 47 (6.17%) Security Analyst
6 47 (6.17%) Security Consultant
7 43 (5.64%) Security Engineer
8 37 (4.86%) Security Manager
9 33 (4.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 32 (4.20%) Project Manager
11 26 (3.41%) Security Specialist
12 25 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
13 21 (2.76%) Business Analyst
14 20 (2.62%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 20 (2.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 19 (2.49%) Cloud Architect
16 18 (2.36%) Security Project Manager
17 16 (2.10%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (7.09%) Terraform
2 41 (5.38%) LDAP
3 34 (4.46%) OAuth
4 32 (4.20%) SAML
5 31 (4.07%) SailPoint
6 26 (3.41%) OpenID
7 19 (2.49%) OAuth2
8 16 (2.10%) REST
9 12 (1.57%) Web Services
10 9 (1.18%) Microsoft Graph
11 8 (1.05%) Kafka
12 7 (0.92%) Elastic Stack
13 6 (0.79%) ARM Templates
14 5 (0.66%) Middleware
15 4 (0.52%) JSON
15 4 (0.52%) SOAP
16 3 (0.39%) FIDO
16 3 (0.39%) JDBC
16 3 (0.39%) Playwright
17 2 (0.26%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 75 (9.84%) Onboarding
1 75 (9.84%) Operational Technology
2 56 (7.35%) Security Posture
3 55 (7.22%) Cloud Native
4 54 (7.09%) Management Information System
5 36 (4.72%) Cyber Threat
6 27 (3.54%) SCADA
7 25 (3.28%) Data Centre
8 23 (3.02%) PKI
9 20 (2.62%) Hybrid Cloud
9 20 (2.62%) Security Operations Centre
10 19 (2.49%) Analytical Mindset
10 19 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
11 18 (2.36%) Cyber Defence
12 13 (1.71%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.57%) IoT
13 12 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (1.44%) NHS
15 10 (1.31%) CMDB
16 8 (1.05%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 113 (14.83%) Windows
2 66 (8.66%) Linux
3 37 (4.86%) Unix
4 36 (4.72%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.79%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.66%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.52%) CentOS
9 3 (0.39%) 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
1 424 (55.64%) Cybersecurity
2 202 (26.51%) Risk Management
3 179 (23.49%) Information Security
4 169 (22.18%) SIEM
5 161 (21.13%) Stakeholder Management
6 159 (20.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 133 (17.45%) Vulnerability Management
8 129 (16.93%) Incident Response
9 125 (16.40%) Cloud Security
10 120 (15.75%) Security Architecture
11 119 (15.62%) Continuous Improvement
12 102 (13.39%) Security Operations
13 97 (12.73%) Roadmaps
14 95 (12.47%) DevOps
15 93 (12.20%) Zero Trust
16 90 (11.81%) CI/CD
16 90 (11.81%) Identity Access Management
17 89 (11.68%) ITSM
18 87 (11.42%) Problem-Solving
19 82 (10.76%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 116 (15.22%) PowerShell
2 100 (13.12%) Python
3 35 (4.59%) Bash
4 20 (2.62%) SQL
5 18 (2.36%) Bicep
6 7 (0.92%) Java
7 6 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (0.79%) Perl
8 5 (0.66%) BeanShell
9 3 (0.39%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.26%) C#
10 2 (0.26%) Ruby
11 1 (0.13%) Go
11 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 276 (36.22%) Security Cleared
2 209 (27.43%) SC Cleared
3 189 (24.80%) CISSP
4 134 (17.59%) CISM
5 92 (12.07%) Degree
6 62 (8.14%) Cisco Certification
7 61 (8.01%) DV Cleared
8 50 (6.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 47 (6.17%) CRISC
10 36 (4.72%) CEH
11 33 (4.33%) CompTIA Security+
12 32 (4.20%) CISA
13 31 (4.07%) Azure Certification
13 31 (4.07%) GIAC
13 31 (4.07%) PMI Certification
14 29 (3.81%) PMP
15 26 (3.41%) Microsoft Certification
16 24 (3.15%) CCSP
17 23 (3.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 22 (2.89%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 465 (61.02%) NIST
2 167 (21.92%) GDPR
3 117 (15.35%) GRC
4 92 (12.07%) Cyber Essentials
5 88 (11.55%) NCSC
6 63 (8.27%) PCI DSS
7 51 (6.69%) SOC 2
8 41 (5.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 36 (4.72%) COBIT
9 36 (4.72%) NIST 800
10 33 (4.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 24 (3.15%) Data Quality
12 21 (2.76%) HIPAA
13 19 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 17 (2.23%) JSP 440
15 13 (1.71%) ITGC
16 12 (1.57%) ISO 22301
16 12 (1.57%) ISO 31000
17 11 (1.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 11 (1.44%) PMO
System Software
1 144 (18.90%) Active Directory
2 27 (3.54%) Docker
3 15 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.71%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.39%) Firmware
5 3 (0.39%) 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 (5.51%) Kubernetes
2 28 (3.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (3.67%) Single Sign-On
3 24 (3.15%) Ansible
4 7 (0.92%) QRadar
5 6 (0.79%) Grafana
6 5 (0.66%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.52%) Nessus
7 4 (0.52%) Podman
8 3 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.39%) Argo
8 3 (0.39%) CASB
8 3 (0.39%) Puppet
8 3 (0.39%) RSA Archer
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%) Nmap
10 1 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 183 (24.02%) Microsoft
2 62 (8.14%) CyberArk
3 44 (5.77%) ServiceNow
4 34 (4.46%) BeyondTrust
5 33 (4.33%) Oracle
6 24 (3.15%) Splunk
7 20 (2.62%) Google
8 18 (2.36%) Cisco
9 17 (2.23%) CrowdStrike
9 17 (2.23%) VMware
10 15 (1.97%) SAP
11 14 (1.84%) Qualys
12 13 (1.71%) Palo Alto
13 12 (1.57%) Tenable
14 11 (1.44%) Databricks
15 9 (1.18%) Okta
15 9 (1.18%) Rapid7
16 7 (0.92%) Juniper
16 7 (0.92%) Zscaler
17 6 (0.79%) SolarWinds
622 ISO/IEC 27001 jobs in England