ISO/IEC 27001 Contract Job Trends in London

ISO/IEC 27001
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	174	147	184
Rank change year-on-year	-27	+37	-5
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001	352	262	217
As % of all contract jobs in London	1.73%	1.96%	1.36%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	8.84%	10.98%	10.09%
Number of daily rates quoted	241	176	144
10^th Percentile	£431	£400	£441
25^th Percentile	£495	£473	£513
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£575	£565	£594
Median % change year-on-year	+1.77%	-4.84%	-5.00%
75^th Percentile	£675	£688	£678
90^th Percentile	£750	£838	£785
England median daily rate	£540	£545	£575
% change year-on-year	-0.92%	-5.22%	-4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	4	4
10^th Percentile	-	£45.93	-
25^th Percentile	-	£49.19	£35.00
Median hourly rate	-	£70.75	£54.30
Median % change year-on-year	-	+30.29%	+14.32%
75^th Percentile	-	£94.06	£79.60
90^th Percentile	-	£94.63	£81.76
England median hourly rate	£75.00	£33.50	£35.00
% change year-on-year	+123.88%	-4.29%	-21.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills	3,982	2,387	2,150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	19.53%	17.85%	13.44%
Number of daily rates quoted	2,695	1,587	1,329
10^th Percentile	£350	£325	£319
25^th Percentile	£435	£413	£425
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£538	£525	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+2.38%	-4.55%	-3.30%
75^th Percentile	£638	£650	£675
90^th Percentile	£738	£750	£800
England median daily rate	£515	£500	£513
% change year-on-year	+3.00%	-2.44%	-5.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted	48	57	35
10^th Percentile	£14.67	£19.22	£18.13
25^th Percentile	£21.28	£25.15	£23.80
Median hourly rate	£28.03	£34.00	£33.07
Median % change year-on-year	-17.57%	+2.81%	+1.75%
75^th Percentile	£42.69	£44.75	£53.38
90^th Percentile	£59.35	£67.00	£81.42
England median hourly rate	£32.40	£31.50	£35.00
% change year-on-year	+2.84%	-10.00%	-6.67%

ISO/IEC 27001 Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

ISO/IEC 27001 Daily Rate Trend in London

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

ISO/IEC 27001 Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in London over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in London

ISO/IEC 27001 Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

ISO/IEC 27001 Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 18 October 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
Central London	-36	33	£588	+2.17%	68
West London	-16	7	£600	+41.59%	11
East London	+2	3	£750	+33.33%	6
South London	-9	2	£495	-3.41%	6
North London	-3	1	£650	-	1
ISO/IEC 27001 England

ISO/IEC 27001 Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing ISO/IEC 27001 also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region with a requirement for ISO/IEC 27001.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	NIST	60.2%	212
2	Cybersecurity	57.1%	201
3	Azure	42.0%	148
4	CISSP	32.4%	114
5	Microsoft	30.4%	107
6	Risk Management	29.8%	105
6	Stakeholder Management	29.8%	105
8	AWS	29.5%	104
9	Cloud Security	25.0%	88
10	CISM	24.1%	85
11	Security Cleared	23.3%	82
12	Information Security	22.2%	78
12	Stakeholder Engagement	22.2%	78
14	Security Architecture	21.9%	77
15	GDPR	21.6%	76
16	SC Cleared	19.0%	67
17	Entra ID	18.8%	66
17	Roadmaps	18.8%	66
17	Vulnerability Management	18.8%	66
20	GCP	17.0%	60
21	Incident Response	15.9%	56
22	GRC	15.3%	54
23	Identity Access Management	15.1%	53
23	TOGAF	15.1%	53
25	DevOps	14.8%	52
25	NCSC	14.8%	52
27	Active Directory	14.2%	50
27	Zero Trust	14.2%	50
29	Continuous Improvement	13.9%	49
29	SIEM	13.9%	49

ISO/IEC 27001 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	NIST	60.2%	212
2	GDPR	21.6%	76
3	GRC	15.3%	54
4	NCSC	14.8%	52
5	PCI DSS	13.1%	46
6	Cyber Essentials	12.2%	43
7	SOC 2	9.7%	34
8	Cyber Essentials PLUS	7.1%	25
9	COBIT	6.3%	22
10	Sarbanes-Oxley	5.1%	18
11	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)	3.7%	13
12	ISO 22301	3.4%	12
13	NIST 800	3.1%	11
13	PMO	3.1%	11
15	HIPAA	2.8%	10
15	QA	2.8%	10
15	SLA	2.8%	10
18	ITGC	2.3%	8
19	Actionable Recommendations	1.7%	6
20	Data Quality	1.4%	5