ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) Contract Job Trends in England

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 575 451 495
Rank change year-on-year -124 +44 +80
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) 20 29 42
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.049% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.29% 0.74% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 20 35
10th Percentile £441 £378 £274
25th Percentile £538 £487 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% -6.38%
75th Percentile £590 £650 £608
90th Percentile £606 £750 £710
UK median daily rate £550 £585 £550
% change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% -4.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) 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 6,859 3,925 5,136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.68% 16.04% 14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,466 2,545 3,294
10th Percentile £344 £263 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £605 £630 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 429 155 348
10th Percentile £14.02 £18.11 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.63 £13.18
Median hourly rate £33.98 £35.00 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +53.85% -40.99%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.31 £45.00
90th Percentile £81.20 £79.48 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £34.50 £21.12
% change year-on-year +4.35% +63.39% -39.67%

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) job vacancy trend in England

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799).

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) in England

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799).

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
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 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) within the England region over the 6 months to 17 May 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 -73 7 £595 +1.71%
South East -55 6 £550 - 1
Midlands -67 3 £438 -27.45%
East Midlands - 3 £438 -
North West -36 2 £577 +59.10%
North of England -66 2 £577 +59.10%
East of England - 2 - - 1
ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
UK

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
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 4 (20.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (30.00%) AWS
1 6 (30.00%) GCP
2 4 (20.00%) Azure
3 3 (15.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 3 (15.00%) AWS CloudFormation
3 3 (15.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (40.00%) Network Security
2 5 (25.00%) Firewall
3 3 (15.00%) NGFW
3 3 (15.00%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (10.00%) ADSL
4 2 (10.00%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (10.00%) IPsec
4 2 (10.00%) VPN
5 1 (5.00%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (15.00%) Legal
1 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Banking
2 1 (5.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Analyst
2 6 (30.00%) Security Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) Architect
4 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 3 (15.00%) Lead
4 3 (15.00%) Product Owner
4 3 (15.00%) Security Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Firewall Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Security Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Cloud Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Consultant
6 1 (5.00%) Migration Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Risk Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Security Consultant
6 1 (5.00%) Security Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) 802.1X
1 3 (15.00%) OAuth
1 3 (15.00%) OAuth2
1 3 (15.00%) OpenID
1 3 (15.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Product Ownership
2 4 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 4 (20.00%) Operational Technology
3 3 (15.00%) Security Posture
4 2 (10.00%) PKI
4 2 (10.00%) SCADA
5 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Linux
2 1 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (60.00%) CI/CD
3 8 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 7 (35.00%) Cloud Security
4 7 (35.00%) Threat Modelling
5 6 (30.00%) DevSecOps
5 6 (30.00%) Security Architecture
5 6 (30.00%) SIEM
5 6 (30.00%) Supplier Management
5 6 (30.00%) Zero Trust
6 5 (25.00%) Application Security
6 5 (25.00%) Containerisation
6 5 (25.00%) Information Security
6 5 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
6 5 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
6 5 (25.00%) Roadmaps
6 5 (25.00%) Security Operations
6 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) Bicep
2 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 2 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.00%) CISSP
3 1 (5.00%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (70.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 14 (70.00%) NIST
2 9 (45.00%) NCSC
3 7 (35.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (35.00%) GRC
3 7 (35.00%) PCI DSS
4 6 (30.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (30.00%) IASME
4 6 (30.00%) NIST 800
5 5 (25.00%) SOC 2
6 4 (20.00%) GDPR
7 2 (10.00%) ISA99
8 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (40.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (15.00%) CASB
2 3 (15.00%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (15.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (20.00%) Splunk
3 3 (15.00%) Cisco
3 3 (15.00%) Fortinet
4 2 (10.00%) VMware
5 1 (5.00%) ForeScout
5 1 (5.00%) Infoblox
5 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow
5 1 (5.00%) Zscaler