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

 6 months to
1 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 151 230
Rank change year-on-year -15 +79 -46
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 746 502 350
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.64% 1.82% 1.04%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.42% 10.68% 7.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 459 347 274
10th Percentile £413 £354 £400
25th Percentile £475 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year - -5.98% -2.50%
75th Percentile £650 £661 £675
90th Percentile £750 £774 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -3.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 10 2
10th Percentile £43.81 £29.31 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £35.77 £26.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £57.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% +107.26% -59.00%
75th Percentile £82.25 £69.94 £28.75
90th Percentile £84.00 £100.55 -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £57.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +31.58% +107.26% -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 7,918 4,700 4,517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.40% 17.03% 13.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,070 3,070 2,833
10th Percentile £340 £281 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -4.76% -1.87%
75th Percentile £607 £622 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £501
% change year-on-year - -0.17% -4.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 533 216 290
10th Percentile £14.05 £15.12 £10.95
25th Percentile £19.46 £18.22 £14.41
Median hourly rate £38.72 £30.75 £27.09
Median % change year-on-year +25.94% +13.49% -35.14%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.06 £60.94
90th Percentile £82.18 £85.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £27.35 £25.00
% change year-on-year +46.25% +9.40% -35.42%

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 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 1 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 1 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 -10 317 £550 -4.35% 199
South East +18 244 £563 -6.25% 131
North of England -68 56 £540 -1.82% 78
Midlands -31 51 £500 +11.11% 35
West Midlands -36 45 £500 +11.11% 21
South West -48 36 £613 -2.00% 51
North West -37 33 £540 -1.82% 58
East of England -5 30 £515 +0.49% 23
Yorkshire -49 21 £520 +9.47% 16
East Midlands -20 6 £536 +26.12% 14
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 (3.22%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.68%) Confluence
3 12 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.94%) IIS
5 2 (0.27%) Apache
5 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
6 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.13%) nginx
6 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.80%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.13%) iTrent
3 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 258 (34.58%) Azure
2 158 (21.18%) AWS
3 112 (15.01%) Entra ID
4 80 (10.72%) GCP
5 70 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (5.09%) SaaS
7 31 (4.16%) Microsoft Purview
8 30 (4.02%) Azure Sentinel
9 24 (3.22%) Serverless
10 21 (2.82%) GitHub
11 20 (2.68%) OCI
12 18 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (2.28%) Power Platform
14 12 (1.61%) Azure Key Vault
14 12 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
15 10 (1.34%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Copilot
17 8 (1.07%) IaaS
17 8 (1.07%) PaaS
18 7 (0.94%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 63 (8.45%) Firewall
2 58 (7.77%) Network Security
3 23 (3.08%) VPN
4 14 (1.88%) DNS
5 12 (1.61%) WAN
5 12 (1.61%) Wireless
6 11 (1.47%) Intrusion Detection
7 10 (1.34%) LAN
7 10 (1.34%) NGFW
8 9 (1.21%) HTTP
9 8 (1.07%) SSH
10 7 (0.94%) SSL
10 7 (0.94%) TCP/IP
11 6 (0.80%) DHCP
11 6 (0.80%) HTTPS
11 6 (0.80%) SAN
12 5 (0.67%) IPsec
12 5 (0.67%) Kerberos
12 5 (0.67%) NAS
12 5 (0.67%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.35%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.74%) Power BI
3 9 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (1.21%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.67%) Big Data
4 5 (0.67%) Metadata
5 4 (0.54%) Data Lake
5 4 (0.54%) Delta Lake
5 4 (0.54%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
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 BI Publisher
8 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.13%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 26 (3.49%) JIRA
2 7 (0.94%) Burp Suite
3 6 (0.80%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.67%) Snyk
5 3 (0.40%) Git
5 3 (0.40%) GitLab
5 3 (0.40%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.27%) JMeter
6 2 (0.27%) MSTest
6 2 (0.27%) Selenium
6 2 (0.27%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.13%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.13%) MSI
7 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.13%) sqlmap
General
1 256 (34.32%) Social Skills
2 121 (16.22%) Finance
3 104 (13.94%) Public Sector
4 103 (13.81%) Analytical Skills
5 68 (9.12%) Documentation Skills
6 44 (5.90%) Legal
7 38 (5.09%) Aerospace
8 26 (3.49%) Banking
9 21 (2.82%) Manufacturing
10 19 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (2.41%) Military
12 17 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (2.01%) Telecoms
14 13 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (1.47%) Financial Institution
16 9 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (1.07%) Retail
18 7 (0.94%) Law
19 6 (0.80%) Local Government
20 3 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 127 (17.02%) Architect
2 111 (14.88%) Analyst
3 74 (9.92%) Consultant
4 61 (8.18%) Lead
5 59 (7.91%) Security Architect
6 52 (6.97%) Security Consultant
7 49 (6.57%) Security Analyst
8 44 (5.90%) Security Engineer
9 43 (5.76%) Senior
10 38 (5.09%) Project Manager
11 35 (4.69%) Security Manager
12 33 (4.42%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 28 (3.75%) Business Analyst
14 26 (3.49%) Security Specialist
15 23 (3.08%) Solutions Architect
16 21 (2.82%) Cybersecurity Architect
17 19 (2.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 19 (2.55%) Security Project Manager
18 18 (2.41%) Cybersecurity Manager
19 17 (2.28%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (4.16%) LDAP
2 30 (4.02%) OAuth
3 29 (3.89%) SAML
4 27 (3.62%) SailPoint
5 24 (3.22%) OpenID
6 18 (2.41%) OAuth2
7 13 (1.74%) REST
8 12 (1.61%) Web Services
9 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Graph
10 7 (0.94%) Elastic Stack
11 6 (0.80%) Kafka
12 5 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
13 4 (0.54%) 802.1X
13 4 (0.54%) Middleware
14 3 (0.40%) FIDO
14 3 (0.40%) GraphQL
14 3 (0.40%) JSON
15 2 (0.27%) ARM Templates
15 2 (0.27%) AWS CDK
15 2 (0.27%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 80 (10.72%) Operational Technology
2 74 (9.92%) Onboarding
3 54 (7.24%) Security Posture
4 48 (6.43%) Cloud Native
5 47 (6.30%) Management Information System
6 34 (4.56%) Cyber Threat
7 29 (3.89%) SCADA
8 23 (3.08%) Data Centre
9 21 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
10 20 (2.68%) Hybrid Cloud
10 20 (2.68%) Security Operations Centre
11 18 (2.41%) Cyber Defence
11 18 (2.41%) PKI
12 16 (2.14%) Virtual Team
13 14 (1.88%) Product Ownership
14 13 (1.74%) CMDB
15 12 (1.61%) BYOD
15 12 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
16 10 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
16 10 (1.34%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 115 (15.42%) Windows
2 72 (9.65%) Linux
3 40 (5.36%) Unix
4 39 (5.23%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.80%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.54%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.40%) CentOS
8 3 (0.40%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.27%) AIX
9 2 (0.27%) Alpine Linux
9 2 (0.27%) Android
9 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.27%) Solaris
9 2 (0.27%) VMS
10 1 (0.13%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 408 (54.69%) Cybersecurity
2 208 (27.88%) Information Security
3 198 (26.54%) Risk Management
4 153 (20.51%) SIEM
5 151 (20.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 141 (18.90%) Stakeholder Management
7 128 (17.16%) Vulnerability Management
8 123 (16.49%) Incident Response
9 115 (15.42%) Cloud Security
10 112 (15.01%) Security Operations
11 107 (14.34%) Continuous Improvement
12 103 (13.81%) Security Architecture
13 98 (13.14%) Roadmaps
14 86 (11.53%) Problem-Solving
15 85 (11.39%) Zero Trust
16 84 (11.26%) CI/CD
16 84 (11.26%) ITSM
17 80 (10.72%) Agile
17 80 (10.72%) DevOps
18 76 (10.19%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 105 (14.08%) PowerShell
2 94 (12.60%) Python
3 27 (3.62%) Bash
4 20 (2.68%) SQL
5 12 (1.61%) Bicep
6 6 (0.80%) Perl
7 3 (0.40%) C#
7 3 (0.40%) Java
7 3 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.27%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.27%) Ruby
9 1 (0.13%) BeanShell
9 1 (0.13%) Go
9 1 (0.13%) PHP
9 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 267 (35.79%) Security Cleared
2 210 (28.15%) SC Cleared
3 189 (25.34%) CISSP
4 136 (18.23%) CISM
5 106 (14.21%) Degree
6 63 (8.45%) Cisco Certification
7 50 (6.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 49 (6.57%) DV Cleared
9 43 (5.76%) CRISC
10 35 (4.69%) PMI Certification
11 33 (4.42%) CEH
11 33 (4.42%) PMP
12 32 (4.29%) CISA
12 32 (4.29%) CompTIA Security+
13 30 (4.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 28 (3.75%) GIAC
15 26 (3.49%) Azure Certification
15 26 (3.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 23 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
17 21 (2.82%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 463 (62.06%) NIST
2 189 (25.34%) GDPR
3 111 (14.88%) GRC
4 94 (12.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 71 (9.52%) PCI DSS
6 68 (9.12%) NCSC
7 64 (8.58%) SOC 2
8 40 (5.36%) COBIT
9 37 (4.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 35 (4.69%) NIST 800
11 34 (4.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 23 (3.08%) Data Quality
13 22 (2.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 21 (2.82%) HIPAA
15 16 (2.14%) JSP 440
16 15 (2.01%) ISO 31000
16 15 (2.01%) SLA
17 13 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 12 (1.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 12 (1.61%) ITGC
System Software
1 130 (17.43%) Active Directory
2 23 (3.08%) Docker
3 16 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.74%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.40%) vSphere
6 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.13%) Ceph
7 1 (0.13%) Firmware
7 1 (0.13%) KVM
7 1 (0.13%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 38 (5.09%) Terraform
2 32 (4.29%) Kubernetes
3 30 (4.02%) Single Sign-On
4 25 (3.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (2.28%) Ansible
6 5 (0.67%) CASB
6 5 (0.67%) Grafana
6 5 (0.67%) QRadar
7 4 (0.54%) Nessus
7 4 (0.54%) Podman
7 4 (0.54%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.40%) Puppet
8 3 (0.40%) RSA Archer
9 2 (0.27%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.27%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.27%) Istio
9 2 (0.27%) Nexpose
9 2 (0.27%) Nmap
10 1 (0.13%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 168 (22.52%) Microsoft
2 59 (7.91%) CyberArk
3 46 (6.17%) ServiceNow
4 39 (5.23%) BeyondTrust
5 38 (5.09%) Oracle
6 21 (2.82%) Splunk
7 20 (2.68%) Cisco
8 17 (2.28%) Google
8 17 (2.28%) VMware
9 13 (1.74%) Qualys
10 12 (1.61%) CrowdStrike
10 12 (1.61%) Palo Alto
11 11 (1.47%) Tenable
12 9 (1.21%) Rapid7
13 8 (1.07%) Databricks
13 8 (1.07%) Juniper
13 8 (1.07%) SAP
14 7 (0.94%) Okta
14 7 (0.94%) SolarWinds
15 6 (0.80%) Zscaler
473 ISO/IEC 27001 jobs in England