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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 591 480 492
Rank change year-on-year -111 +12 +72
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) 28 30 49
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.063% 0.11% 0.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.36% 0.66% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 21 42
10th Percentile £500 £378 £438
25th Percentile £550 £420 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £562 £550 £548
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% +0.46% -0.45%
75th Percentile £793 £603 £585
90th Percentile £850 £750 £740
UK median daily rate £574 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.27% - +1.85%

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 7,694 4,535 4,963
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.19% 16.68% 13.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,939 2,937 3,094
10th Percentile £349 £271 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -3.85% -2.62%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £630
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 517 212 367
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.12 £11.07
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.87 £13.51
Median hourly rate £36.07 £31.88 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.14% +27.52% -41.18%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £53.68
90th Percentile £82.25 £85.70 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £38.72 £30.00 £24.18
% change year-on-year +29.07% +24.07% -38.66%

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 16 July 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 16 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
South East -49 12 £700 - 4
London -79 10 £570 -2.56% 1
East Midlands -12 2 £442 -4.89%
North West -50 2 £577 +59.10%
Midlands -63 2 £442 -10.66%
North of England -81 2 £577 +59.10%
East of England - 2 - - 1
ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
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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 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 6 (21.43%) AWS
2 5 (17.86%) Azure
2 5 (17.86%) GCP
3 3 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (7.14%) Akamai
4 2 (7.14%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 2 (7.14%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 2 (7.14%) SaaS
5 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (25.00%) Network Security
2 5 (17.86%) Firewall
3 3 (10.71%) NGFW
4 2 (7.14%) ADSL
4 2 (7.14%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (7.14%) IPsec
4 2 (7.14%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (7.14%) VPN
5 1 (3.57%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (17.86%) JIRA
2 2 (7.14%) Burp Suite
2 2 (7.14%) Snyk
General
1 4 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.71%) Legal
3 1 (3.57%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.57%) Banking
3 1 (3.57%) Finance
3 1 (3.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (32.14%) Architect
2 8 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 8 (28.57%) Security Architect
3 7 (25.00%) Analyst
4 6 (21.43%) Security Analyst
5 5 (17.86%) Security Engineer
6 4 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 3 (10.71%) Lead
7 3 (10.71%) Product Owner
8 2 (7.14%) Firewall Engineer
8 2 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
9 1 (3.57%) Consultant
9 1 (3.57%) Principal Engineer
9 1 (3.57%) Principal Security Engineer
9 1 (3.57%) Risk Analyst
9 1 (3.57%) Security Consultant
9 1 (3.57%) Security Solutions Architect
9 1 (3.57%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.71%) 802.1X
2 2 (7.14%) OAuth
2 2 (7.14%) OAuth2
2 2 (7.14%) OpenID
2 2 (7.14%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Operational Technology
1 5 (17.86%) Product Ownership
2 3 (10.71%) Cloud Native
2 3 (10.71%) Security Posture
3 2 (7.14%) PKI
3 2 (7.14%) SCADA
4 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Linux
2 1 (3.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (82.14%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 11 (39.29%) Zero Trust
4 9 (32.14%) Security Architecture
4 9 (32.14%) Threat Modelling
5 8 (28.57%) Cloud Security
5 8 (28.57%) DevSecOps
5 8 (28.57%) Risk Management
6 7 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
6 7 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (21.43%) Acceptance Criteria
7 6 (21.43%) Agile
7 6 (21.43%) Roadmaps
7 6 (21.43%) SABSA
7 6 (21.43%) Supplier Management
8 5 (17.86%) Containerisation
8 5 (17.86%) Information Security
8 5 (17.86%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 5 (17.86%) TOGAF
8 5 (17.86%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) Python
2 2 (7.14%) Bicep
2 2 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) CISSP
2 4 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 4 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (10.71%) CEH
3 3 (10.71%) CISA
3 3 (10.71%) CISM
3 3 (10.71%) CRISC
3 3 (10.71%) GIAC
3 3 (10.71%) GPEN
3 3 (10.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 3 (10.71%) OSCP
3 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
3 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.57%) CCSK
4 1 (3.57%) CSPO
4 1 (3.57%) GCFA
4 1 (3.57%) GCIA
4 1 (3.57%) GCIH
4 1 (3.57%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (78.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 22 (78.57%) NIST
2 9 (32.14%) NCSC
3 7 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (21.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (21.43%) GRC
4 6 (21.43%) IASME
4 6 (21.43%) NIST 800
4 6 (21.43%) PCI DSS
5 4 (14.29%) SOC 2
6 3 (10.71%) GDPR
7 2 (7.14%) ISA99
8 1 (3.57%) Def Stans
8 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (10.71%) CASB
3 2 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) Cisco
2 3 (10.71%) Fortinet
2 3 (10.71%) Splunk
3 2 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (7.14%) Qualys
3 2 (7.14%) VMware
4 1 (3.57%) BMC
4 1 (3.57%) ForeScout
4 1 (3.57%) Infoblox
4 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.57%) Zscaler