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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 536 479 507
Rank change year-on-year -57 +28 +134
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) 16 14 46
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.047% 0.054% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.27% 0.37% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 7 36
10th Percentile £418 £535 £500
25th Percentile £434 £550 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.55% +3.64% -13.52%
75th Percentile £580 £614 £650
90th Percentile £709 £648 £700
UK median daily rate £530 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -7.02% +3.64% -12.95%

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 5,878 3,805 5,446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.28% 14.75% 14.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,805 2,240 3,584
10th Percentile £325 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 334 148 307
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.91 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.15 £20.14 £14.50
Median hourly rate £22.91 £30.11 £25.12
Median % change year-on-year -23.92% +19.87% -28.24%
75th Percentile £61.09 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £69.18 £75.00 £73.15
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £27.68 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.88% +10.70% -23.08%

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 February 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 February 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
Midlands -47 7 £438 - 1
East Midlands - 7 £438 - 1
London -37 5 £588 +6.82% 1
South East - 2 £530 - 1
North West -31 1 £513 -10.09%
North of England -62 1 £513 -10.09%
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:

Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (56.25%) AWS
2 3 (18.75%) Amazon GuardDuty
2 3 (18.75%) AWS CloudFormation
2 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
2 3 (18.75%) GCP
3 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
4 1 (6.25%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Network Security
1 3 (18.75%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Power BI
1 2 (12.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) JIRA
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Law
2 4 (25.00%) Police
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Product Owner
2 3 (18.75%) Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Security Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Security Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Security Specialist
3 2 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Migration Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Risk Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Security Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Security Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Security Tester
4 1 (6.25%) Senior
4 1 (6.25%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) SailPoint
2 3 (18.75%) OAuth
2 3 (18.75%) OAuth2
2 3 (18.75%) OpenID
2 3 (18.75%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 4 (25.00%) Public Cloud
3 3 (18.75%) Cloud Native
4 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
5 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (6.25%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (43.75%) Cloud Security
3 7 (43.75%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 4 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 4 (25.00%) Information Security
4 4 (25.00%) IT Audit
4 4 (25.00%) Programme Governance
4 4 (25.00%) SABSA
5 3 (18.75%) Agile
5 3 (18.75%) Data Security
5 3 (18.75%) Kanban
5 3 (18.75%) OWASP
5 3 (18.75%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Security Architecture
5 3 (18.75%) SIEM
5 3 (18.75%) TOGAF
5 3 (18.75%) Use Case
5 3 (18.75%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) CISM
1 5 (31.25%) CISSP
1 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
1 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 4 (25.00%) CISA
2 4 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 2 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (87.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (68.75%) NIST
3 6 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 6 (37.50%) NCSC
3 6 (37.50%) NIST 800
4 4 (25.00%) COBIT
4 4 (25.00%) GDPR
4 4 (25.00%) GRC
4 4 (25.00%) PCI DSS
5 3 (18.75%) SOC 2
6 2 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (12.50%) IASME
7 1 (6.25%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Kubernetes
1 3 (18.75%) RSA Archer
1 3 (18.75%) Single Sign-On
1 3 (18.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Rapid7
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) ServiceNow
2 3 (18.75%) Splunk
3 2 (12.50%) Alteryx
4 1 (6.25%) CyberArk