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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 166 207
Rank change year-on-year -1 +41 +9
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 283 202 204
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.58% 1.61% 1.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.71% 10.04% 8.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 144 167
10th Percentile £425 £404 £363
25th Percentile £500 £505 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £580 £585
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% -0.85% -7.41%
75th Percentile £725 £688 £695
90th Percentile £893 £825 £775
England median daily rate £563 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -2.17% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £83.20 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £61.50 £83.41
% change year-on-year -10.56% -26.27% +19.16%

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 3,250 2,011 2,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.11% 16.07% 14.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,184 1,339 1,744
10th Percentile £350 £315 £350
25th Percentile £421 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £775 £800
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 29 62
10th Percentile £19.68 £19.63 £12.70
25th Percentile £25.25 £22.27 £17.85
Median hourly rate £28.00 £34.50 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year -18.84% +42.68% -30.91%
75th Percentile £37.50 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £67.25 £85.31 £57.13
England median hourly rate £33.98 £35.00 £22.75
% change year-on-year -2.91% +53.85% -40.85%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 +14 56 £575 -9.09% 36
South London -6 9 £500 +11.11% 3
East London -16 2 £650 +11.11% 3
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 10 (3.53%) Confluence
2 8 (2.83%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.06%) IIS
5 1 (0.35%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.35%) Apache
5 1 (0.35%) nginx
5 1 (0.35%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.06%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.35%) iTrent
2 1 (0.35%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 101 (35.69%) Azure
2 72 (25.44%) AWS
3 29 (10.25%) GCP
4 24 (8.48%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (7.77%) Entra ID
6 13 (4.59%) OpenShift
7 10 (3.53%) Azure Sentinel
7 10 (3.53%) SaaS
8 9 (3.18%) Amazon EKS
8 9 (3.18%) GitHub
9 8 (2.83%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (2.83%) Serverless
10 7 (2.47%) Amazon ECS
10 7 (2.47%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 7 (2.47%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (2.12%) OCI
12 5 (1.77%) AWS KMS
12 5 (1.77%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (1.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 4 (1.41%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.30%) Firewall
1 15 (5.30%) Network Security
2 14 (4.95%) DNS
3 6 (2.12%) DHCP
3 6 (2.12%) VPN
4 5 (1.77%) Kerberos
4 5 (1.77%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.41%) NGFW
5 4 (1.41%) WAN
6 3 (1.06%) Cisco IPT
6 3 (1.06%) HTTPS
6 3 (1.06%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (1.06%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.71%) HTTP
7 2 (0.71%) IPv4
7 2 (0.71%) IPv6
7 2 (0.71%) LAN
7 2 (0.71%) SSL
8 1 (0.35%) IPsec
8 1 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.41%) Amazon Aurora
1 4 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (1.41%) Big Data
1 4 (1.41%) DocumentDB
1 4 (1.41%) DynamoDB
1 4 (1.41%) MySQL
1 4 (1.41%) NoSQL
1 4 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (1.41%) Redis
2 2 (0.71%) Metadata
3 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.35%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.35%) EDRMS
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 18 (6.36%) Jenkins
2 12 (4.24%) JIRA
3 4 (1.41%) GitLab
4 2 (0.71%) JMeter
4 2 (0.71%) MSTest
4 2 (0.71%) Selenium
5 1 (0.35%) Snyk
General
1 95 (33.57%) Social Skills
2 85 (30.04%) Finance
3 45 (15.90%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (9.54%) Legal
5 26 (9.19%) Public Sector
6 23 (8.13%) Banking
7 21 (7.42%) Influencing Skills
8 17 (6.01%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (4.59%) Financial Institution
10 8 (2.83%) Law
11 7 (2.47%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.06%) Retail
14 2 (0.71%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.35%) Back Office
15 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 1 (0.35%) Local Government
15 1 (0.35%) Military
Job Titles
1 59 (20.85%) Architect
2 35 (12.37%) Analyst
3 28 (9.89%) Consultant
4 25 (8.83%) Senior
5 23 (8.13%) Security Architect
6 21 (7.42%) Lead
7 20 (7.07%) Project Manager
8 19 (6.71%) Security Engineer
9 18 (6.36%) CyberArk Architect
10 15 (5.30%) Security Analyst
10 15 (5.30%) Security Consultant
11 14 (4.95%) Security Manager
12 13 (4.59%) Security Specialist
13 11 (3.89%) Cloud Architect
13 11 (3.89%) Migration Manager
13 11 (3.89%) Migration Project Manager
14 9 (3.18%) AWS Architect
15 8 (2.83%) Azure Engineer
15 8 (2.83%) Business Analyst
15 8 (2.83%) Head of Security
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.71%) OpenID
1 19 (6.71%) SAML
2 17 (6.01%) LDAP
3 11 (3.89%) OAuth
4 10 (3.53%) REST
5 6 (2.12%) RESTful
6 5 (1.77%) OAuth2
7 4 (1.41%) gRPC
7 4 (1.41%) Hibernate
7 4 (1.41%) JPA
7 4 (1.41%) Kafka
7 4 (1.41%) OpenTelemetry
7 4 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (1.41%) Spring
7 4 (1.41%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.41%) Spring Cloud
8 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (1.06%) Middleware
9 2 (0.71%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.71%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 36 (12.72%) Onboarding
2 34 (12.01%) Cloud Native
3 22 (7.77%) Security Posture
4 18 (6.36%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.53%) Operational Technology
6 8 (2.83%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.47%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.77%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.41%) BYOD
9 4 (1.41%) CMDB
9 4 (1.41%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.41%) NHS
10 3 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.06%) Mainframe
10 3 (1.06%) Replication
10 3 (1.06%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.60%) Windows
2 9 (3.18%) Linux
3 7 (2.47%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.06%) Unix
5 2 (0.71%) Android
5 2 (0.71%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.71%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.35%) CentOS
6 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (42.05%) Cybersecurity
2 83 (29.33%) Information Security
3 70 (24.73%) Risk Management
4 67 (23.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 57 (20.14%) Cloud Security
6 53 (18.73%) Agile
7 51 (18.02%) CI/CD
7 51 (18.02%) DevOps
8 47 (16.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 47 (16.61%) Security Architecture
8 47 (16.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 43 (15.19%) Incident Response
10 42 (14.84%) Threat Modelling
11 39 (13.78%) Roadmaps
12 38 (13.43%) Infrastructure as Code
13 37 (13.07%) Regulatory Compliance
14 35 (12.37%) Data Protection
14 35 (12.37%) SIEM
15 31 (10.95%) Problem-Solving
16 30 (10.60%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 20 (7.07%) PowerShell
2 15 (5.30%) Python
3 11 (3.89%) SQL
4 6 (2.12%) Bash
5 4 (1.41%) Java
6 3 (1.06%) C#
6 3 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.71%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.35%) Bicep
8 1 (0.35%) Go
8 1 (0.35%) Ruby
8 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 81 (28.62%) Security Cleared
2 77 (27.21%) CISSP
3 70 (24.73%) SC Cleared
4 49 (17.31%) CISM
5 43 (15.19%) Degree
6 25 (8.83%) Cisco Certification
7 22 (7.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 21 (7.42%) CRISC
9 19 (6.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 19 (6.71%) PMI Certification
9 19 (6.71%) PMP
10 18 (6.36%) CISA
10 18 (6.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 16 (5.65%) CEH
11 16 (5.65%) CompTIA Security+
12 15 (5.30%) GIAC
13 12 (4.24%) Azure Certification
14 10 (3.53%) AWS Certification
14 10 (3.53%) CCSP
15 8 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (60.78%) NIST
2 84 (29.68%) GDPR
3 49 (17.31%) GRC
4 48 (16.96%) NCSC
5 40 (14.13%) PCI DSS
6 34 (12.01%) COBIT
7 25 (8.83%) Cyber Essentials
8 22 (7.77%) SOC 2
9 16 (5.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 15 (5.30%) NIST 800
11 11 (3.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (3.18%) ITGC
13 8 (2.83%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 7 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 7 (2.47%) SLA
15 6 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 5 (1.77%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (1.77%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (1.77%) HIPAA
17 4 (1.41%) QA
System Software
1 22 (7.77%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.53%) Docker
3 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.35%) Varnish
3 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (9.54%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.95%) Terraform
3 10 (3.53%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (2.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.06%) Ansible
5 3 (1.06%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.06%) Nessus
6 2 (0.71%) CASB
6 2 (0.71%) Grafana
6 2 (0.71%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.71%) Puppet
7 1 (0.35%) Nexpose
7 1 (0.35%) QRadar
7 1 (0.35%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.35%) SELinux
Vendors
1 53 (18.73%) Microsoft
2 33 (11.66%) CyberArk
3 22 (7.77%) Splunk
4 18 (6.36%) ServiceNow
5 7 (2.47%) Oracle
6 5 (1.77%) CrowdStrike
6 5 (1.77%) Google
6 5 (1.77%) Qualys
6 5 (1.77%) Tenable
7 4 (1.41%) Cisco
7 4 (1.41%) Zscaler
8 3 (1.06%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.06%) SAP
8 3 (1.06%) Workday
9 2 (0.71%) Databricks
9 2 (0.71%) Forcepoint
9 2 (0.71%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.71%) IBM
9 2 (0.71%) Okta
9 2 (0.71%) VMware