ISO/IEC 27001 Contract Job Trends in Leeds

ISO/IEC 27001
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 53 63
Rank change year-on-year -2 +10 +27
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 21 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 2.55% 0.93% 0.36%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.28% 6.90% 3.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 4 3
10th Percentile £435 - £505
25th Percentile £450 £313 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -22.73% +27.54%
75th Percentile £540 £553 £563
90th Percentile £600 £581 £570
West Yorkshire median daily rate £515 £425 £550
% change year-on-year +21.29% -22.73% +15.79%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 171 58 84
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 20.75% 13.52% 10.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 44 58
10th Percentile £358 £263 £227
25th Percentile £463 £322 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £521
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -11.23% +0.68%
75th Percentile £584 £566 £628
90th Percentile £640 £734 £729
West Yorkshire median daily rate £510 £444 £500
% change year-on-year +14.93% -11.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £14.43 £31.50 -
25th Percentile £14.69 £31.54 -
Median hourly rate £15.81 £32.96 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year -52.03% +80.41% -
75th Percentile £17.36 £34.38 -
90th Percentile £17.88 £34.43 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £15.81 £22.14 £18.27
% change year-on-year -28.59% +21.18% +38.83%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISO/IEC 27001 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

ISO/IEC 27001 job vacancy trend in Leeds

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing ISO/IEC 27001.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing ISO/IEC 27001

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in Leeds over the 6 months to 30 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in Leeds

ISO/IEC 27001
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing ISO/IEC 27001.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing ISO/IEC 27001

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (52.38%) AWS
2 9 (42.86%) Azure
3 6 (28.57%) GCP
4 3 (14.29%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 3 (14.29%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (9.52%) Entra ID
6 1 (4.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (4.76%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (4.76%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (4.76%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (4.76%) Amazon S3
6 1 (4.76%) AWS CloudTrail
6 1 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (4.76%) OCI
6 1 (4.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (23.81%) Firewall
2 4 (19.05%) Network Security
3 1 (4.76%) BGP
3 1 (4.76%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (4.76%) EIGRP
3 1 (4.76%) LAN
3 1 (4.76%) OSPF
3 1 (4.76%) SD-WAN
3 1 (4.76%) VLAN
3 1 (4.76%) VPN
3 1 (4.76%) WAN
3 1 (4.76%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.76%) Git
General
1 11 (52.38%) Legal
2 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
3 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Finance
5 2 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Analyst
2 3 (14.29%) Architect
2 3 (14.29%) AWS Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Security Analyst
2 3 (14.29%) Security Architect
2 3 (14.29%) Security Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Azure Security Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Consultant
3 2 (9.52%) Governance Consultant
3 2 (9.52%) Management Consultant
3 2 (9.52%) Risk Consultant
3 2 (9.52%) Risk Management Consultant
4 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Network Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Programme Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Security Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Senior
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) ARM Templates
1 2 (9.52%) AWS CDK
1 2 (9.52%) Flash
1 2 (9.52%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Cloud Native
1 4 (19.05%) Cloud Security Posture
1 4 (19.05%) Security Posture
2 3 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (9.52%) Blockchain
3 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
3 2 (9.52%) NHS
3 2 (9.52%) Public Cloud
4 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
4 1 (4.76%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Linux
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
1 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Risk Management
2 9 (42.86%) Cloud Security
2 9 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (42.86%) Information Security
3 8 (38.10%) SIEM
4 7 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
5 6 (28.57%) CI/CD
5 6 (28.57%) Infrastructure as Code
5 6 (28.57%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 5 (23.81%) DevSecOps
6 5 (23.81%) Incident Response
6 5 (23.81%) Zero Trust
7 4 (19.05%) Application Security
7 4 (19.05%) Data Loss Prevention
7 4 (19.05%) Data Security
7 4 (19.05%) Regulatory Compliance
7 4 (19.05%) Remediation Plan
7 4 (19.05%) SDLC
7 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (19.05%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) PowerShell
2 2 (9.52%) Bicep
2 2 (9.52%) Python
2 2 (9.52%) Rust
2 2 (9.52%) Solidity
3 1 (4.76%) Bash
3 1 (4.76%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) CISSP
2 4 (19.05%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (14.29%) AWS Certification
3 3 (14.29%) CCSP
3 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 2 (9.52%) Azure Certification
4 2 (9.52%) CCSK
4 2 (9.52%) CEH
4 2 (9.52%) CISA
4 2 (9.52%) CISM
4 2 (9.52%) OSCP
5 1 (4.76%) CCNA
5 1 (4.76%) CCNP
5 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.76%) GCIA
5 1 (4.76%) GCIH
5 1 (4.76%) GIAC
5 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.76%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (52.38%) NIST
2 7 (33.33%) GDPR
3 6 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (28.57%) PCI DSS
4 4 (19.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (14.29%) PSD2
6 2 (9.52%) GRC
6 2 (9.52%) NCSC
6 2 (9.52%) SOC 2
7 1 (4.76%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Docker
2 1 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (4.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.76%) Ansible
2 1 (4.76%) SCCM
2 1 (4.76%) Terraform
2 1 (4.76%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 3 (14.29%) Rapid7
2 2 (9.52%) Cisco
3 1 (4.76%) Splunk
3 1 (4.76%) VMware