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

 6 months to
5 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 152 222
Rank change year-on-year -22 +70 -45
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 761 518 350
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.66% 1.89% 1.08%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.35% 11.03% 8.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 355 265
10th Percentile £413 £350 £406
25th Percentile £481 £452 £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 £578
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 10 2
10th Percentile £44.54 £29.31 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £33.90 £26.25
Median hourly rate £71.00 £52.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.24% +90.91% -51.39%
75th Percentile £80.00 £69.94 £28.75
90th Percentile £84.70 £100.55 -
UK median hourly rate £71.00 £52.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +35.24% +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 8,138 4,695 4,246
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.73% 17.14% 13.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,155 3,072 2,599
10th Percentile £336 £300 £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 £625 £640
90th Percentile £713 £725 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £512
% change year-on-year - -2.27% -2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 564 217 221
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £11.88
25th Percentile £17.32 £18.50 £14.70
Median hourly rate £36.07 £32.50 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.98% +16.07% -20.00%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £77.85 £84.10 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £34.49 £30.00 £25.77
% change year-on-year +14.97% +16.44% -25.86%

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 5 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 5 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 5 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 -22 331 £575 +2.18% 435
South East +3 211 £563 -4.26% 134
North of England -49 75 £530 -3.64% 88
North West -28 54 £534 -3.00% 53
Midlands -44 50 £500 +11.11% 47
South West -36 48 £605 -3.20% 72
West Midlands -26 46 £500 -4.76% 27
East of England -9 33 £515 -1.90% 32
Yorkshire -55 19 £520 +12.43% 21
East Midlands -29 4 - - 20
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 22 (2.89%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.71%) Confluence
3 11 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.31%) 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 (0.53%) 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
1 284 (37.32%) Azure
2 173 (22.73%) AWS
3 128 (16.82%) Entra ID
4 94 (12.35%) GCP
5 75 (9.86%) Microsoft 365
6 46 (6.04%) SaaS
7 31 (4.07%) Azure Sentinel
8 29 (3.81%) GitHub
8 29 (3.81%) Microsoft Purview
9 28 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
10 26 (3.42%) Serverless
11 22 (2.89%) OCI
12 20 (2.63%) Power Platform
13 18 (2.37%) GitHub Actions
14 14 (1.84%) Azure Key Vault
15 13 (1.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 11 (1.45%) Amazon GuardDuty
17 10 (1.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 10 (1.31%) IaaS
17 10 (1.31%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 64 (8.41%) Firewall
2 60 (7.88%) Network Security
3 20 (2.63%) VPN
4 15 (1.97%) DNS
5 12 (1.58%) WAN
6 11 (1.45%) LAN
6 11 (1.45%) Wireless
7 10 (1.31%) Intrusion Detection
8 7 (0.92%) DHCP
8 7 (0.92%) NGFW
8 7 (0.92%) 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 22 (2.89%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.58%) 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 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.53%) Metadata
6 4 (0.53%) 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%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.13%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 22 (2.89%) 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 (0.53%) Selenium
7 2 (0.26%) Claude Code
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%) MSI
8 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.13%) sqlmap
General
1 273 (35.87%) Social Skills
2 113 (14.85%) Finance
3 99 (13.01%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (12.35%) Public Sector
5 63 (8.28%) Documentation Skills
6 48 (6.31%) Legal
7 36 (4.73%) Aerospace
8 26 (3.42%) Manufacturing
9 24 (3.15%) Banking
9 24 (3.15%) 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 8 (1.05%) Local Government
14 8 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.79%) Retail
17 5 (0.66%) Law
18 4 (0.53%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 154 (20.24%) Architect
2 109 (14.32%) Analyst
3 73 (9.59%) Lead
4 65 (8.54%) Consultant
4 65 (8.54%) Security Architect
5 49 (6.44%) Security Analyst
6 47 (6.18%) Senior
7 44 (5.78%) Security Engineer
8 40 (5.26%) Security Consultant
9 35 (4.60%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 35 (4.60%) Security Manager
10 31 (4.07%) Project Manager
11 27 (3.55%) Solutions Architect
12 26 (3.42%) Security Specialist
13 22 (2.89%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 21 (2.76%) Business Analyst
15 20 (2.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 17 (2.23%) Cybersecurity Engineer
16 17 (2.23%) Security Project Manager
17 16 (2.10%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (7.10%) Terraform
2 46 (6.04%) LDAP
3 34 (4.47%) OAuth
4 33 (4.34%) SailPoint
5 31 (4.07%) SAML
6 26 (3.42%) OpenID
7 19 (2.50%) OAuth2
8 17 (2.23%) REST
9 12 (1.58%) 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
14 5 (0.66%) SOAP
15 4 (0.53%) JDBC
15 4 (0.53%) JSON
16 3 (0.39%) FIDO
16 3 (0.39%) Playwright
17 2 (0.26%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 76 (9.99%) Onboarding
2 74 (9.72%) Operational Technology
3 56 (7.36%) Security Posture
4 55 (7.23%) Management Information System
5 53 (6.96%) Cloud Native
6 39 (5.12%) Cyber Threat
7 27 (3.55%) SCADA
8 25 (3.29%) Data Centre
8 25 (3.29%) PKI
9 20 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
9 20 (2.63%) Security Operations Centre
10 19 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
11 18 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
12 17 (2.23%) Cyber Defence
13 13 (1.71%) IoT
14 11 (1.45%) NHS
14 11 (1.45%) Virtual Team
15 9 (1.18%) CMDB
15 9 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
16 7 (0.92%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 111 (14.59%) Windows
2 69 (9.07%) Linux
3 37 (4.86%) Unix
4 36 (4.73%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.79%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.66%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.53%) 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
1 422 (55.45%) Cybersecurity
2 202 (26.54%) Risk Management
3 178 (23.39%) Information Security
4 172 (22.60%) Stakeholder Management
5 171 (22.47%) SIEM
6 158 (20.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 135 (17.74%) Vulnerability Management
8 130 (17.08%) Incident Response
9 127 (16.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 126 (16.56%) Security Architecture
11 124 (16.29%) Cloud Security
12 104 (13.67%) Security Operations
13 94 (12.35%) Zero Trust
14 93 (12.22%) ITSM
15 92 (12.09%) DevOps
16 91 (11.96%) Identity Access Management
17 90 (11.83%) Roadmaps
18 89 (11.70%) Problem-Solving
19 87 (11.43%) CI/CD
20 83 (10.91%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 116 (15.24%) PowerShell
2 99 (13.01%) Python
3 35 (4.60%) Bash
4 20 (2.63%) SQL
5 18 (2.37%) Bicep
6 8 (1.05%) Java
7 6 (0.79%) BeanShell
7 6 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (0.79%) Perl
8 3 (0.39%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.26%) C#
9 2 (0.26%) Ruby
10 1 (0.13%) Go
10 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 278 (36.53%) Security Cleared
2 208 (27.33%) SC Cleared
3 189 (24.84%) CISSP
4 133 (17.48%) CISM
5 91 (11.96%) Degree
6 64 (8.41%) DV Cleared
7 62 (8.15%) Cisco Certification
8 50 (6.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 49 (6.44%) CRISC
10 34 (4.47%) CISA
11 33 (4.34%) Azure Certification
11 33 (4.34%) CEH
12 32 (4.20%) CompTIA Security+
13 30 (3.94%) GIAC
13 30 (3.94%) PMI Certification
14 28 (3.68%) PMP
15 26 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
16 25 (3.29%) CCSP
17 23 (3.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 22 (2.89%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 467 (61.37%) NIST
2 166 (21.81%) GDPR
3 123 (16.16%) GRC
4 92 (12.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 90 (11.83%) NCSC
6 61 (8.02%) PCI DSS
7 51 (6.70%) SOC 2
8 43 (5.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 35 (4.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 34 (4.47%) COBIT
10 34 (4.47%) NIST 800
11 23 (3.02%) Data Quality
12 21 (2.76%) HIPAA
13 18 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 17 (2.23%) JSP 440
15 14 (1.84%) ISO 31000
15 14 (1.84%) ISO 9001
16 13 (1.71%) ISO 22301
16 13 (1.71%) ITGC
16 13 (1.71%) PMO
System Software
1 148 (19.45%) Active Directory
2 27 (3.55%) 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%) ISA Server
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%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 42 (5.52%) Kubernetes
2 28 (3.68%) Single Sign-On
3 25 (3.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (3.15%) Ansible
5 7 (0.92%) QRadar
6 6 (0.79%) Grafana
7 5 (0.66%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.53%) CASB
8 4 (0.53%) Nessus
8 4 (0.53%) Podman
9 3 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.39%) Argo
9 3 (0.39%) Puppet
9 3 (0.39%) RSA Archer
10 2 (0.26%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.26%) Istio
10 2 (0.26%) Nexpose
11 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 188 (24.70%) Microsoft
2 67 (8.80%) CyberArk
3 47 (6.18%) ServiceNow
4 33 (4.34%) BeyondTrust
4 33 (4.34%) Oracle
5 23 (3.02%) Splunk
6 21 (2.76%) Google
7 19 (2.50%) Cisco
7 19 (2.50%) CrowdStrike
8 17 (2.23%) VMware
9 16 (2.10%) Qualys
9 16 (2.10%) SAP
10 13 (1.71%) Palo Alto
11 11 (1.45%) Databricks
11 11 (1.45%) Tenable
12 10 (1.31%) Okta
13 9 (1.18%) Rapid7
14 7 (0.92%) Juniper
15 6 (0.79%) SolarWinds
15 6 (0.79%) Tripwire
783 ISO/IEC 27001 jobs in England