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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 171 220
Rank change year-on-year -2 +49 -21
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 319 235 182
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.58% 1.71% 1.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.46% 10.07% 8.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 173 145
10th Percentile £425 £422 £438
25th Percentile £488 £500 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £650 £678 £688
90th Percentile £763 £823 £775
England median daily rate £550 £550 £585
% change year-on-year - -5.98% -2.50%

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,770 2,333 2,238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.69% 17.00% 13.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,537 1,570 1,543
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £430 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £652 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £788
England median daily rate £508 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.50% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 37 44
10th Percentile £19.00 £22.75 £17.05
25th Percentile £25.25 £25.15 £20.28
Median hourly rate £28.55 £34.48 £26.62
Median % change year-on-year -17.20% +29.53% -20.44%
75th Percentile £47.59 £44.75 £45.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £55.70 £58.50
England median hourly rate £38.72 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +29.07% +9.09% -35.29%

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 job vacancy trend in London

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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 2 August 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.

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 2 August 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 -3 47 £575 -10.16% 47
South London -6 9 £500 +11.11% 3
East London -4 4 £750 +28.21% 3
North London -2 1 £650 -
West London -22 1 £600 +41.18% 14
ISO/IEC 27001
England

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 15 (4.70%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.82%) Confluence
3 7 (2.19%) IIS
3 7 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.31%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.31%) Apache
4 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.31%) nginx
4 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.94%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.31%) iTrent
2 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 130 (40.75%) Azure
2 82 (25.71%) AWS
3 49 (15.36%) Entra ID
4 43 (13.48%) GCP
5 36 (11.29%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (5.96%) Azure Sentinel
7 14 (4.39%) Microsoft Purview
8 13 (4.08%) SaaS
9 11 (3.45%) OCI
10 10 (3.13%) GitHub
11 9 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (2.82%) Serverless
12 8 (2.51%) Azure Key Vault
13 7 (2.19%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (2.19%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (1.57%) GitHub Actions
15 4 (1.25%) Azure Logic Apps
15 4 (1.25%) Datadog
15 4 (1.25%) Power Automate
15 4 (1.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.21%) Network Security
2 15 (4.70%) Firewall
3 9 (2.82%) DNS
3 9 (2.82%) VPN
4 6 (1.88%) HTTPS
5 5 (1.57%) Kerberos
5 5 (1.57%) NGFW
5 5 (1.57%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.25%) Cisco IPT
6 4 (1.25%) DHCP
6 4 (1.25%) Internet
6 4 (1.25%) SSL
6 4 (1.25%) WAN
6 4 (1.25%) Wireless
6 4 (1.25%) X.509
7 3 (0.94%) 4G
7 3 (0.94%) 5G
7 3 (0.94%) HTTP
7 3 (0.94%) LAN
8 2 (0.63%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (1.25%) Big Data
2 2 (0.63%) Data Lake
2 2 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (0.63%) Power BI
3 1 (0.31%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.31%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (6.27%) JIRA
2 5 (1.57%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.25%) Burp Suite
3 4 (1.25%) Snyk
4 2 (0.63%) Git
4 2 (0.63%) GitLab
4 2 (0.63%) JMeter
4 2 (0.63%) MSTest
4 2 (0.63%) Selenium
4 2 (0.63%) SonarQube
General
1 105 (32.92%) Social Skills
2 86 (26.96%) Finance
3 47 (14.73%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (10.66%) Public Sector
5 26 (8.15%) Legal
6 20 (6.27%) Banking
7 11 (3.45%) Telecoms
8 10 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.51%) Financial Institution
10 8 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.88%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.57%) Law
12 5 (1.57%) Local Government
13 3 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.94%) Retail
14 2 (0.63%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.31%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.31%) Automotive
15 1 (0.31%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 65 (20.38%) Architect
2 45 (14.11%) Analyst
3 31 (9.72%) Senior
4 29 (9.09%) Consultant
5 28 (8.78%) Lead
6 26 (8.15%) Security Architect
7 22 (6.90%) Security Engineer
8 20 (6.27%) Security Analyst
9 17 (5.33%) Security Consultant
10 16 (5.02%) Project Manager
11 15 (4.70%) Solutions Architect
12 13 (4.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 13 (4.08%) Security Manager
13 12 (3.76%) Security Specialist
14 10 (3.13%) Head of Security
15 9 (2.82%) Business Analyst
15 9 (2.82%) IT Manager
16 8 (2.51%) Cloud Architect
16 8 (2.51%) Cloud Engineer
17 7 (2.19%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.45%) REST
2 8 (2.51%) SAML
3 7 (2.19%) LDAP
3 7 (2.19%) OAuth
3 7 (2.19%) SailPoint
4 3 (0.94%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (0.94%) JSON
4 3 (0.94%) Middleware
4 3 (0.94%) OpenID
5 2 (0.63%) Azure Blueprints
5 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.63%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.63%) Playwright
5 2 (0.63%) RESTful
6 1 (0.31%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.31%) Flask
6 1 (0.31%) Kafka
6 1 (0.31%) RAML
6 1 (0.31%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.31%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.40%) Security Posture
2 29 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 26 (8.15%) Onboarding
4 18 (5.64%) Operational Technology
5 16 (5.02%) Management Information System
6 13 (4.08%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.51%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (2.51%) PKI
8 7 (2.19%) CMDB
8 7 (2.19%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.19%) SCADA
9 6 (1.88%) BYOD
9 6 (1.88%) Cyber Defence
9 6 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.57%) Cloud Security Posture
10 5 (1.57%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.25%) NHS
11 4 (1.25%) Security Operations Centre
11 4 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 35 (10.97%) Windows
2 12 (3.76%) Linux
3 9 (2.82%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.25%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.25%) Unix
6 3 (0.94%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.63%) Alpine Linux
7 2 (0.63%) Android
7 2 (0.63%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.63%) CentOS
7 2 (0.63%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (47.65%) Cybersecurity
2 83 (26.02%) Information Security
3 78 (24.45%) Risk Management
4 69 (21.63%) Cloud Security
4 69 (21.63%) Stakeholder Management
5 66 (20.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 52 (16.30%) Roadmaps
6 52 (16.30%) Security Architecture
7 50 (15.67%) Incident Response
8 48 (15.05%) Agile
8 48 (15.05%) Vulnerability Management
9 47 (14.73%) Continuous Improvement
10 43 (13.48%) CI/CD
11 42 (13.17%) DevOps
12 41 (12.85%) Security Operations
12 41 (12.85%) Zero Trust
13 38 (11.91%) Data Protection
13 38 (11.91%) SIEM
14 37 (11.60%) AI
14 37 (11.60%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (7.52%) PowerShell
2 23 (7.21%) Python
3 9 (2.82%) SQL
4 7 (2.19%) Bash
5 4 (1.25%) Bicep
6 3 (0.94%) C#
6 3 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.63%) Java
7 2 (0.63%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.31%) BeanShell
8 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 105 (32.92%) CISSP
2 70 (21.94%) Security Cleared
3 66 (20.69%) CISM
4 58 (18.18%) SC Cleared
5 37 (11.60%) Degree
6 31 (9.72%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (8.78%) CRISC
8 27 (8.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 22 (6.90%) CISA
10 20 (6.27%) CEH
10 20 (6.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 17 (5.33%) Azure Certification
11 17 (5.33%) CompTIA Security+
11 17 (5.33%) GIAC
11 17 (5.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 17 (5.33%) PMI Certification
11 17 (5.33%) PMP
12 11 (3.45%) AWS Certification
12 11 (3.45%) CCSP
13 8 (2.51%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (62.70%) NIST
2 84 (26.33%) GDPR
3 61 (19.12%) GRC
4 41 (12.85%) PCI DSS
5 40 (12.54%) Cyber Essentials
6 39 (12.23%) SOC 2
7 34 (10.66%) COBIT
8 32 (10.03%) NCSC
9 21 (6.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 19 (5.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 15 (4.70%) NIST 800
12 13 (4.08%) SLA
13 12 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 12 (3.76%) ITGC
14 11 (3.45%) HIPAA
15 7 (2.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 6 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 6 (1.88%) PMO
17 5 (1.57%) Government Security Classifications
18 4 (1.25%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 37 (11.60%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.45%) Docker
3 1 (0.31%) Firmware
3 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.31%) Varnish
3 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (5.33%) Terraform
2 15 (4.70%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.57%) Ansible
6 3 (0.94%) Puppet
7 2 (0.63%) Grafana
7 2 (0.63%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.63%) Nexpose
7 2 (0.63%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.31%) CASB
8 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.31%) Nessus
8 1 (0.31%) QRadar
8 1 (0.31%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 91 (28.53%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.72%) ServiceNow
3 18 (5.64%) CyberArk
4 15 (4.70%) Splunk
5 11 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
5 11 (3.45%) Google
6 10 (3.13%) Qualys
6 10 (3.13%) Tenable
7 6 (1.88%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.57%) Okta
8 5 (1.57%) Oracle
8 5 (1.57%) Rapid7
8 5 (1.57%) Workday
9 4 (1.25%) Veracode
9 4 (1.25%) Zscaler
10 3 (0.94%) Cisco
10 3 (0.94%) Juniper
10 3 (0.94%) SAP
11 2 (0.63%) Forcepoint
11 2 (0.63%) IBM