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

 6 months to
1 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 172 248
Rank change year-on-year +13 +76 -42
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 733 420 354
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.67% 1.64% 0.95%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.85% 9.93% 7.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 478 288 275
10th Percentile £415 £354 £400
25th Percentile £492 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £673 £650 £670
90th Percentile £775 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £563 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +2.27% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 10 2
10th Percentile £43.66 £29.31 -
25th Percentile £50.00 £35.77 £26.25
Median hourly rate £63.14 £57.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% +107.26% -60.71%
75th Percentile £82.25 £69.94 £28.75
90th Percentile £84.00 £100.55 -
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £57.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +10.77% +107.26% -60.71%

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 7,445 4,228 5,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.99% 16.49% 13.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,802 2,738 3,142
10th Percentile £350 £270 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £712 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 500 186 380
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £11.00
25th Percentile £19.33 £20.49 £13.18
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.25 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +10.08% +33.37% -43.11%
75th Percentile £67.50 £65.00 £51.75
90th Percentile £81.94 £84.33 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.07 £30.00 £23.80
% change year-on-year +20.23% +26.05% -37.37%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 -6 307 £575 +4.45% 163
South East +25 235 £563 +2.27% 108
North of England -54 64 £550 - 76
Midlands -32 53 £500 +11.11% 51
West Midlands -26 44 £500 +11.11% 34
South West -25 38 £600 -2.04% 42
North West -20 37 £580 +5.45% 47
Yorkshire -43 27 £520 -0.95% 21
East of England -19 18 £525 +0.57% 31
East Midlands -12 9 £447 +8.10% 17
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 (3.00%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.73%) Confluence
3 12 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.95%) IIS
5 3 (0.41%) Apache
5 3 (0.41%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.14%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.14%) nginx
7 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (2.18%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.82%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.27%) Maximo
4 1 (0.14%) iTrent
4 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 250 (34.11%) Azure
2 170 (23.19%) AWS
3 96 (13.10%) Entra ID
4 92 (12.55%) GCP
5 71 (9.69%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (4.23%) Azure Sentinel
6 31 (4.23%) Microsoft Purview
6 31 (4.23%) SaaS
7 24 (3.27%) Serverless
8 20 (2.73%) GitHub
9 19 (2.59%) OpenShift
10 18 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (2.32%) Power Platform
12 16 (2.18%) OCI
13 13 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
14 12 (1.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 11 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
16 10 (1.36%) Amazon GuardDuty
16 10 (1.36%) Azure Monitor
17 9 (1.23%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 64 (8.73%) Firewall
2 62 (8.46%) Network Security
3 29 (3.96%) VPN
4 13 (1.77%) DNS
5 11 (1.50%) Intrusion Detection
6 10 (1.36%) NGFW
7 9 (1.23%) BGP
7 9 (1.23%) HTTP
7 9 (1.23%) WAN
8 8 (1.09%) MPLS
8 8 (1.09%) Wireless
9 7 (0.95%) DHCP
9 7 (0.95%) SSH
10 6 (0.82%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (0.82%) Cisco IOS
10 6 (0.82%) HTTPS
10 6 (0.82%) LAN
10 6 (0.82%) Reverse Proxy
10 6 (0.82%) SAN
10 6 (0.82%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.27%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.05%) Power BI
3 9 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (1.23%) NoSQL
4 6 (0.82%) Metadata
5 5 (0.68%) Big Data
5 5 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.41%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.41%) Delta Lake
7 3 (0.41%) MySQL
7 3 (0.41%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.27%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (0.14%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.14%) Redis
9 1 (0.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 26 (3.55%) JIRA
2 19 (2.59%) Jenkins
3 11 (1.50%) Burp Suite
4 7 (0.95%) Metasploit
5 5 (0.68%) Snyk
6 4 (0.55%) GitLab
7 3 (0.41%) Git
8 2 (0.27%) JMeter
8 2 (0.27%) MSTest
8 2 (0.27%) Selenium
8 2 (0.27%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.14%) AppScan
9 1 (0.14%) MSI
9 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.14%) sqlmap
General
1 261 (35.61%) Social Skills
2 126 (17.19%) Finance
3 104 (14.19%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (12.69%) Public Sector
5 77 (10.50%) Documentation Skills
6 44 (6.00%) Legal
7 28 (3.82%) Banking
8 25 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (2.86%) Aerospace
10 20 (2.73%) Manufacturing
11 19 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (1.77%) Financial Institution
12 13 (1.77%) Telecoms
13 9 (1.23%) Military
13 9 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (1.23%) Retail
14 8 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.09%) Law
15 4 (0.55%) Local Government
16 3 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 129 (17.60%) Architect
2 102 (13.92%) Analyst
3 73 (9.96%) Consultant
4 59 (8.05%) Security Architect
5 55 (7.50%) Lead
6 54 (7.37%) Security Engineer
7 46 (6.28%) Security Consultant
8 45 (6.14%) Security Analyst
9 41 (5.59%) Project Manager
10 39 (5.32%) Security Manager
10 39 (5.32%) Senior
11 28 (3.82%) Business Analyst
12 27 (3.68%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 25 (3.41%) Security Specialist
14 21 (2.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 20 (2.73%) Security Project Manager
16 19 (2.59%) Cloud Architect
16 19 (2.59%) Cybersecurity Architect
16 19 (2.59%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 19 (2.59%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (6.55%) LDAP
2 40 (5.46%) SAML
3 37 (5.05%) OpenID
4 31 (4.23%) OAuth
5 19 (2.59%) OAuth2
5 19 (2.59%) SailPoint
6 13 (1.77%) REST
7 9 (1.23%) Web Services
8 8 (1.09%) Microsoft Graph
8 8 (1.09%) Middleware
8 8 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
9 7 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (0.95%) Kafka
10 5 (0.68%) RESTful
11 4 (0.55%) 802.1X
11 4 (0.55%) ARM Templates
12 3 (0.41%) AWS CDK
12 3 (0.41%) FIDO
12 3 (0.41%) JWT
12 3 (0.41%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 76 (10.37%) Onboarding
2 73 (9.96%) Operational Technology
3 63 (8.59%) Cloud Native
4 59 (8.05%) Security Posture
5 47 (6.41%) Management Information System
6 26 (3.55%) SCADA
7 23 (3.14%) Data Centre
8 22 (3.00%) Security Operations Centre
9 21 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
10 20 (2.73%) Analytical Mindset
11 19 (2.59%) PKI
12 18 (2.46%) Product Ownership
13 16 (2.18%) Cyber Threat
13 16 (2.18%) Virtual Team
14 14 (1.91%) CMDB
15 13 (1.77%) Cyber Defence
16 12 (1.64%) BYOD
16 12 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
17 10 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
17 10 (1.36%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 119 (16.23%) Windows
2 78 (10.64%) Linux
3 38 (5.18%) Unix
4 37 (5.05%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.50%) Ubuntu
6 7 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.41%) CentOS
7 3 (0.41%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.41%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.27%) AIX
8 2 (0.27%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (0.27%) Android
8 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.27%) Solaris
8 2 (0.27%) VMS
9 1 (0.14%) CoreOS
9 1 (0.14%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.14%) Rocky
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 381 (51.98%) Cybersecurity
2 204 (27.83%) Information Security
3 178 (24.28%) Risk Management
4 167 (22.78%) SIEM
5 143 (19.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 141 (19.24%) Stakeholder Management
7 121 (16.51%) Cloud Security
8 112 (15.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 108 (14.73%) Security Architecture
10 106 (14.46%) DevOps
11 105 (14.32%) Incident Response
12 104 (14.19%) CI/CD
13 99 (13.51%) Vulnerability Management
14 97 (13.23%) Security Operations
15 96 (13.10%) ITSM
15 96 (13.10%) Threat Modelling
16 94 (12.82%) Roadmaps
17 90 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
18 87 (11.87%) Agile
19 80 (10.91%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 106 (14.46%) PowerShell
2 101 (13.78%) Python
3 25 (3.41%) Bash
4 23 (3.14%) SQL
5 12 (1.64%) Bicep
6 6 (0.82%) Perl
7 5 (0.68%) Java
8 4 (0.55%) Go
8 4 (0.55%) PHP
9 3 (0.41%) C#
9 3 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.41%) Ruby
10 2 (0.27%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.14%) Lisp
11 1 (0.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 288 (39.29%) Security Cleared
2 219 (29.88%) SC Cleared
3 176 (24.01%) CISSP
4 128 (17.46%) CISM
5 111 (15.14%) Degree
6 65 (8.87%) DV Cleared
7 54 (7.37%) Cisco Certification
8 43 (5.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 40 (5.46%) CRISC
10 35 (4.77%) PMI Certification
11 34 (4.64%) GIAC
12 33 (4.50%) PMP
13 31 (4.23%) CISA
14 29 (3.96%) CEH
14 29 (3.96%) CompTIA Security+
15 26 (3.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 24 (3.27%) Azure Certification
17 22 (3.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 21 (2.86%) AWS Certification
18 21 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 465 (63.44%) NIST
2 188 (25.65%) GDPR
3 106 (14.46%) GRC
4 82 (11.19%) Cyber Essentials
4 82 (11.19%) NCSC
5 81 (11.05%) PCI DSS
6 63 (8.59%) SOC 2
7 46 (6.28%) COBIT
8 35 (4.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 31 (4.23%) NIST 800
10 28 (3.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 23 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 20 (2.73%) Data Quality
13 19 (2.59%) HIPAA
14 17 (2.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 16 (2.18%) JSP 440
15 16 (2.18%) SLA
16 15 (2.05%) ISO 31000
17 13 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 12 (1.64%) QA
System Software
1 121 (16.51%) Active Directory
2 23 (3.14%) Docker
3 20 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.64%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.41%) vSphere
7 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.14%) Ceph
8 1 (0.14%) GPFS
8 1 (0.14%) KVM
8 1 (0.14%) Lustre
8 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.14%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 52 (7.09%) Kubernetes
2 43 (5.87%) Terraform
3 30 (4.09%) Single Sign-On
4 24 (3.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (2.46%) Ansible
6 7 (0.95%) Nessus
7 6 (0.82%) Grafana
7 6 (0.82%) vCenter Server
8 5 (0.68%) CASB
8 5 (0.68%) Nmap
8 5 (0.68%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.41%) OpenVAS
9 3 (0.41%) Podman
9 3 (0.41%) Puppet
9 3 (0.41%) QRadar
9 3 (0.41%) RSA Archer
9 3 (0.41%) SCOM
10 2 (0.27%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.27%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 146 (19.92%) Microsoft
2 74 (10.10%) CyberArk
3 47 (6.41%) ServiceNow
4 41 (5.59%) BeyondTrust
5 38 (5.18%) Oracle
6 36 (4.91%) Splunk
7 27 (3.68%) Cisco
8 21 (2.86%) VMware
9 17 (2.32%) Google
10 13 (1.77%) Qualys
11 11 (1.50%) Palo Alto
11 11 (1.50%) Tenable
12 10 (1.36%) Fortinet
12 10 (1.36%) Rapid7
13 9 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
14 8 (1.09%) Okta
15 7 (0.95%) SAP
15 7 (0.95%) SolarWinds
16 6 (0.82%) Zscaler
17 5 (0.68%) Veracode
436 ISO/IEC 27001 jobs in England