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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 140 225
Rank change year-on-year -31 +85 -63
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 757 540 356
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.64% 1.97% 1.10%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.21% 11.40% 8.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 361 262
10th Percentile £413 £350 £413
25th Percentile £481 £447 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £576
Median % change year-on-year - -4.56% -3.96%
75th Percentile £645 £660 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 18 4
10th Percentile £43.81 £30.28 -
25th Percentile £51.25 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £71.00 £33.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +111.94% +7.20% -29.78%
75th Percentile £80.00 £47.15 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.11 £80.75 -
UK median hourly rate £71.00 £33.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +111.94% -4.29% -23.91%

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 8,219 4,738 4,261
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.76% 17.28% 13.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,163 3,093 2,530
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £765
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +0.05% -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 594 224 207
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £12.24
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.96 £15.50
Median hourly rate £33.00 £32.50 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% -1.72% -10.01%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.54 £64.86
90th Percentile £75.70 £82.93 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -22.68%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -18 347 £575 - 753
South East +9 193 £550 -2.22% 212
North of England -54 76 £510 +2.00% 174
South West -38 55 £525 -14.29% 97
North West -29 48 £525 -4.55% 120
Midlands -49 43 £500 +7.53% 71
West Midlands -28 39 £500 -13.04% 48
East of England -23 29 £515 -1.90% 50
Yorkshire -52 26 £468 +2.75% 40
East Midlands -33 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 18 (2.38%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.59%) IIS
2 12 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.45%) Confluence
4 3 (0.40%) Apache
5 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.26%) nginx
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
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
1 280 (36.99%) Azure
2 170 (22.46%) AWS
3 138 (18.23%) Entra ID
4 94 (12.42%) GCP
5 80 (10.57%) Microsoft 365
6 44 (5.81%) SaaS
7 35 (4.62%) Azure Sentinel
8 28 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
9 25 (3.30%) GitHub
10 24 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
11 23 (3.04%) OCI
12 18 (2.38%) Power Platform
13 16 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (2.11%) Serverless
13 16 (2.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 14 (1.85%) Azure Key Vault
15 12 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
16 11 (1.45%) IaaS
16 11 (1.45%) OpenShift
16 11 (1.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 63 (8.32%) Firewall
2 61 (8.06%) Network Security
3 22 (2.91%) VPN
4 14 (1.85%) DNS
5 10 (1.32%) Intrusion Detection
5 10 (1.32%) Wireless
6 9 (1.19%) WAN
7 8 (1.06%) LAN
8 7 (0.92%) NGFW
8 7 (0.92%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.92%) X.509
9 6 (0.79%) HTTPS
9 6 (0.79%) Modbus
9 6 (0.79%) SSL
9 6 (0.79%) VLAN
10 5 (0.66%) Internet
10 5 (0.66%) IPsec
10 5 (0.66%) Reverse Proxy
10 5 (0.66%) SAN
10 5 (0.66%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (2.91%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.06%) Power BI
3 7 (0.92%) NoSQL
4 6 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (0.79%) Data Lake
5 4 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.26%) Data Vault
6 2 (0.26%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.26%) Metadata
6 2 (0.26%) MySQL
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.13%) Big Data
7 1 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.13%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (2.77%) JIRA
2 17 (2.25%) Jenkins
3 13 (1.72%) GitLab
4 9 (1.19%) Git
5 5 (0.66%) Snyk
6 4 (0.53%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.40%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.40%) Selenium
7 3 (0.40%) TestRail
8 2 (0.26%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.26%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.13%) MSI
General
1 289 (38.18%) Social Skills
2 113 (14.93%) Finance
3 97 (12.81%) Public Sector
4 95 (12.55%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (8.06%) Documentation Skills
6 43 (5.68%) Legal
7 35 (4.62%) Manufacturing
8 33 (4.36%) Aerospace
9 28 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
10 26 (3.43%) Banking
11 23 (3.04%) Military
12 18 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (1.85%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.32%) Local Government
16 9 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
18 6 (0.79%) Retail
19 5 (0.66%) Financial Institution
20 4 (0.53%) Law
Job Titles
1 157 (20.74%) Architect
2 103 (13.61%) Analyst
3 75 (9.91%) Lead
4 67 (8.85%) Security Architect
5 64 (8.45%) Consultant
6 49 (6.47%) Security Analyst
6 49 (6.47%) Senior
7 48 (6.34%) Security Engineer
8 38 (5.02%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 38 (5.02%) Security Manager
9 34 (4.49%) Security Consultant
10 24 (3.17%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 24 (3.17%) Security Specialist
11 23 (3.04%) Project Manager
12 22 (2.91%) Solutions Architect
13 20 (2.64%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 19 (2.51%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 15 (1.98%) Cloud Engineer
15 15 (1.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 14 (1.85%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (7.79%) Terraform
2 55 (7.27%) LDAP
3 36 (4.76%) SAML
4 35 (4.62%) OAuth
5 34 (4.49%) SailPoint
6 29 (3.83%) OpenID
7 21 (2.77%) OAuth2
8 14 (1.85%) REST
9 12 (1.59%) Web Services
10 9 (1.19%) Microsoft Graph
11 8 (1.06%) Middleware
12 5 (0.66%) ARM Templates
12 5 (0.66%) Elastic Stack
12 5 (0.66%) Kafka
12 5 (0.66%) RESTful
13 4 (0.53%) JSON
13 4 (0.53%) JWT
13 4 (0.53%) Node.js
13 4 (0.53%) Playwright
13 4 (0.53%) React
Miscellaneous
1 77 (10.17%) Operational Technology
2 76 (10.04%) Onboarding
3 60 (7.93%) Security Posture
4 56 (7.40%) Management Information System
5 54 (7.13%) Cloud Native
6 52 (6.87%) Cyber Threat
7 27 (3.57%) PKI
8 24 (3.17%) Data Centre
8 24 (3.17%) SCADA
9 18 (2.38%) Cyber Defence
9 18 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (2.38%) IoT
9 18 (2.38%) Security Operations Centre
10 15 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
11 14 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (1.59%) Public Cloud
13 11 (1.45%) NHS
14 8 (1.06%) Industrial Internet of Things
14 8 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 111 (14.66%) Windows
2 71 (9.38%) Linux
3 37 (4.89%) Unix
4 35 (4.62%) Windows Server
5 10 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.92%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.79%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.66%) CentOS
9 3 (0.40%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.26%) Alpine Linux
10 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
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 2008
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 426 (56.27%) Cybersecurity
2 212 (28.01%) Risk Management
3 191 (25.23%) Stakeholder Management
4 182 (24.04%) Information Security
5 181 (23.91%) SIEM
6 155 (20.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 145 (19.15%) Vulnerability Management
8 144 (19.02%) Security Architecture
9 143 (18.89%) Continuous Improvement
10 137 (18.10%) Incident Response
11 127 (16.78%) Cloud Security
12 110 (14.53%) Security Operations
13 104 (13.74%) ITSM
14 100 (13.21%) Identity Access Management
15 99 (13.08%) Roadmaps
16 91 (12.02%) Problem-Solving
17 89 (11.76%) Zero Trust
18 87 (11.49%) RBAC
19 86 (11.36%) DevOps
20 81 (10.70%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 115 (15.19%) PowerShell
2 100 (13.21%) Python
3 35 (4.62%) Bash
4 14 (1.85%) Bicep
5 13 (1.72%) SQL
6 8 (1.06%) Java
7 6 (0.79%) BeanShell
7 6 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (0.79%) Perl
8 5 (0.66%) Go
9 2 (0.26%) Ruby
10 1 (0.13%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.13%) Korn
10 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 285 (37.65%) Security Cleared
2 208 (27.48%) SC Cleared
3 197 (26.02%) CISSP
4 146 (19.29%) CISM
5 89 (11.76%) Degree
6 71 (9.38%) DV Cleared
7 66 (8.72%) Cisco Certification
8 57 (7.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 52 (6.87%) CRISC
10 33 (4.36%) Azure Certification
10 33 (4.36%) CISA
11 32 (4.23%) CompTIA Security+
12 31 (4.10%) GIAC
13 30 (3.96%) CEH
14 29 (3.83%) CCSP
15 27 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
16 26 (3.43%) PMI Certification
17 25 (3.30%) PMP
18 24 (3.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
19 21 (2.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 476 (62.88%) NIST
2 152 (20.08%) GDPR
3 124 (16.38%) GRC
4 99 (13.08%) NCSC
5 95 (12.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 66 (8.72%) PCI DSS
7 48 (6.34%) SOC 2
8 45 (5.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 36 (4.76%) NIST 800
10 32 (4.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 28 (3.70%) COBIT
12 24 (3.17%) HIPAA
13 21 (2.77%) Data Quality
14 18 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 15 (1.98%) JSP 440
16 14 (1.85%) ISO 22301
16 14 (1.85%) ISO 31000
17 13 (1.72%) ISO 9001
18 12 (1.59%) PMO
18 12 (1.59%) SLA
System Software
1 160 (21.14%) Active Directory
2 21 (2.77%) Docker
3 14 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.19%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.53%) Firmware
5 4 (0.53%) ISA Server
6 3 (0.40%) vSphere
7 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.13%) Ceph
8 1 (0.13%) KVM
8 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 48 (6.34%) Kubernetes
2 32 (4.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 26 (3.43%) Ansible
4 25 (3.30%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.92%) QRadar
6 6 (0.79%) CASB
7 4 (0.53%) Argo
7 4 (0.53%) Grafana
7 4 (0.53%) Podman
7 4 (0.53%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.40%) Nessus
8 3 (0.40%) Puppet
9 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.26%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.26%) Istio
9 2 (0.26%) Nexpose
9 2 (0.26%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.26%) SCCM
10 1 (0.13%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 192 (25.36%) Microsoft
2 74 (9.78%) CyberArk
3 50 (6.61%) ServiceNow
4 33 (4.36%) BeyondTrust
5 31 (4.10%) Oracle
6 29 (3.83%) Google
7 23 (3.04%) Splunk
8 22 (2.91%) CrowdStrike
9 20 (2.64%) Cisco
9 20 (2.64%) Qualys
10 17 (2.25%) Palo Alto
11 16 (2.11%) VMware
12 14 (1.85%) Okta
13 13 (1.72%) Rapid7
14 12 (1.59%) SAP
14 12 (1.59%) Tenable
15 8 (1.06%) Databricks
15 8 (1.06%) F5
15 8 (1.06%) Tripwire
16 7 (0.92%) Zscaler