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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 156 196
Rank change year-on-year -17 +40 -15
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 349 250 210
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.71% 1.86% 1.30%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.87% 10.67% 9.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 171 146
10th Percentile £430 £400 £450
25th Percentile £500 £464 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £684
90th Percentile £763 £850 £778
England median daily rate £545 £550 £580
% change year-on-year -0.82% -5.17% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
Median hourly rate - £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +54.29% -26.32%
England median hourly rate £71.00 £33.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year +111.94% +7.20% -29.78%

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 3,936 2,342 2,213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 19.34% 17.38% 13.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,676 1,551 1,390
10th Percentile £350 £325 £319
25th Percentile £430 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £684
90th Percentile £725 £750 £800
England median daily rate £513 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +2.50% -3.85% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 54 39
10th Percentile £15.93 £23.47 £18.13
25th Percentile £21.33 £25.15 £23.80
Median hourly rate £28.00 £34.00 £31.62
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +7.53% +12.43%
75th Percentile £40.00 £44.37 £50.88
90th Percentile £59.15 £62.60 £73.25
England median hourly rate £32.40 £32.74 £33.93
% change year-on-year -1.04% -3.52% -13.93%

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 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.

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 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 -37 36 £570 +1.33% 67
West London -20 7 £600 +41.18% 11
East London +2 3 £750 +33.33% 4
South London - 2 £495 - 6
North London 0 1 £650 -
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 (2.87%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.29%) IIS
3 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.15%) Confluence
5 1 (0.29%) Apache
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.29%) nginx
5 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.29%) iTrent
2 1 (0.29%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 149 (42.69%) Azure
2 103 (29.51%) AWS
3 64 (18.34%) Entra ID
4 58 (16.62%) GCP
5 45 (12.89%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (6.59%) Azure Sentinel
7 17 (4.87%) OCI
7 17 (4.87%) SaaS
8 15 (4.30%) Microsoft Purview
9 12 (3.44%) GitHub
9 12 (3.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 11 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (2.87%) Microsoft Copilot
11 10 (2.87%) Serverless
12 9 (2.58%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 9 (2.58%) AWS CloudFormation
12 9 (2.58%) Azure Key Vault
12 9 (2.58%) Power Platform
13 8 (2.29%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (2.01%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 32 (9.17%) Network Security
2 25 (7.16%) Firewall
3 11 (3.15%) VPN
4 8 (2.29%) DNS
5 7 (2.01%) X.509
6 6 (1.72%) HTTPS
7 5 (1.43%) IPsec
7 5 (1.43%) Wireless
8 4 (1.15%) Internet
8 4 (1.15%) Modbus
8 4 (1.15%) NGFW
8 4 (1.15%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.86%) 4G
9 3 (0.86%) 5G
9 3 (0.86%) SAN
9 3 (0.86%) SSL
9 3 (0.86%) WAN
10 2 (0.57%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.57%) NAS
10 2 (0.57%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.15%) Power BI
2 3 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (0.86%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.57%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.29%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.29%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (4.30%) JIRA
2 11 (3.15%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.29%) GitLab
4 5 (1.43%) Git
5 4 (1.15%) Burp Suite
5 4 (1.15%) Snyk
6 3 (0.86%) Robot Framework
6 3 (0.86%) Selenium
6 3 (0.86%) TestRail
7 2 (0.57%) SonarQube
General
1 128 (36.68%) Social Skills
2 79 (22.64%) Finance
3 42 (12.03%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (11.46%) Public Sector
5 25 (7.16%) Legal
6 15 (4.30%) Banking
7 13 (3.72%) Manufacturing
8 12 (3.44%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (2.58%) Local Government
10 9 (2.58%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.86%) Digital Health
14 3 (0.86%) Digital Healthcare
14 3 (0.86%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.86%) International Banking
14 3 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 82 (23.50%) Architect
2 44 (12.61%) Lead
3 38 (10.89%) Analyst
4 37 (10.60%) Security Architect
5 32 (9.17%) Consultant
6 29 (8.31%) Senior
7 22 (6.30%) Security Engineer
7 22 (6.30%) Security Manager
8 20 (5.73%) Security Analyst
9 18 (5.16%) Solutions Architect
10 14 (4.01%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 13 (3.72%) Security Consultant
12 12 (3.44%) Project Manager
13 11 (3.15%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 9 (2.58%) Cloud Architect
14 9 (2.58%) Cloud Engineer
14 9 (2.58%) IT Manager
15 8 (2.29%) Head of Security
15 8 (2.29%) Senior Analyst
15 8 (2.29%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (9.17%) Terraform
2 15 (4.30%) SailPoint
3 14 (4.01%) REST
4 10 (2.87%) OAuth
4 10 (2.87%) SAML
5 9 (2.58%) LDAP
6 5 (1.43%) JSON
7 4 (1.15%) JDBC
7 4 (1.15%) OpenID
7 4 (1.15%) Playwright
7 4 (1.15%) SOAP
8 3 (0.86%) pytest
9 2 (0.57%) Azure Blueprints
9 2 (0.57%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (0.57%) Middleware
9 2 (0.57%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.57%) Software Packaging
9 2 (0.57%) Web Services
10 1 (0.29%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 39 (11.17%) Security Posture
2 33 (9.46%) Cloud Native
3 28 (8.02%) Onboarding
4 27 (7.74%) Cyber Threat
5 24 (6.88%) Operational Technology
6 22 (6.30%) Management Information System
7 16 (4.58%) PKI
8 10 (2.87%) IoT
9 8 (2.29%) Cloud Security Posture
9 8 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (2.29%) SCADA
10 7 (2.01%) Data Centre
10 7 (2.01%) NHS
10 7 (2.01%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.15%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (1.15%) Cyberattack
12 4 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 34 (9.74%) Windows
2 11 (3.15%) Linux
3 10 (2.87%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.43%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.15%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.86%) CentOS
7 3 (0.86%) Unix
8 2 (0.57%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (0.57%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.29%) Android
9 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (55.87%) Cybersecurity
2 100 (28.65%) Risk Management
3 98 (28.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 83 (23.78%) Cloud Security
5 81 (23.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 76 (21.78%) Information Security
7 73 (20.92%) Security Architecture
8 65 (18.62%) Roadmaps
8 65 (18.62%) Vulnerability Management
9 60 (17.19%) Incident Response
10 54 (15.47%) Identity Access Management
11 52 (14.90%) TOGAF
12 50 (14.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 48 (13.75%) Security Operations
14 47 (13.47%) SIEM
15 46 (13.18%) DevOps
16 45 (12.89%) Threat Modelling
17 44 (12.61%) Zero Trust
18 43 (12.32%) CI/CD
18 43 (12.32%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 32 (9.17%) PowerShell
2 29 (8.31%) Python
3 9 (2.58%) Bash
4 7 (2.01%) Java
4 7 (2.01%) SQL
5 6 (1.72%) BeanShell
6 5 (1.43%) Bicep
6 5 (1.43%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.57%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 113 (32.38%) CISSP
2 83 (23.78%) Security Cleared
3 78 (22.35%) CISM
4 67 (19.20%) SC Cleared
5 36 (10.32%) CRISC
6 27 (7.74%) Cisco Certification
7 25 (7.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 25 (7.16%) Degree
8 23 (6.59%) Azure Certification
8 23 (6.59%) CISA
9 18 (5.16%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 18 (5.16%) PMP
10 17 (4.87%) PMI Certification
11 16 (4.58%) CompTIA Security+
11 16 (4.58%) GIAC
12 15 (4.30%) CCSP
12 15 (4.30%) CEH
12 15 (4.30%) DV Cleared
13 14 (4.01%) AWS Certification
14 12 (3.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 213 (61.03%) NIST
2 71 (20.34%) GDPR
3 57 (16.33%) GRC
4 54 (15.47%) NCSC
5 45 (12.89%) Cyber Essentials
6 41 (11.75%) PCI DSS
7 33 (9.46%) SOC 2
8 26 (7.45%) COBIT
8 26 (7.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 19 (5.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 15 (4.30%) NIST 800
11 13 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 11 (3.15%) ISO 22301
12 11 (3.15%) PMO
13 10 (2.87%) QA
13 10 (2.87%) SLA
14 9 (2.58%) HIPAA
14 9 (2.58%) ITGC
15 6 (1.72%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 5 (1.43%) Data Quality
System Software
1 48 (13.75%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.72%) Docker
3 5 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.57%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.29%) Firmware
5 1 (0.29%) ISA Server
5 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (6.88%) Kubernetes
2 21 (6.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (3.15%) Ansible
4 8 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.86%) Argo
5 3 (0.86%) Puppet
6 2 (0.57%) CASB
6 2 (0.57%) Grafana
6 2 (0.57%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.57%) Nessus
6 2 (0.57%) Nexpose
6 2 (0.57%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.57%) QRadar
7 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.29%) SCCM
7 1 (0.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 105 (30.09%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.31%) ServiceNow
3 17 (4.87%) CrowdStrike
3 17 (4.87%) Google
4 15 (4.30%) CyberArk
5 14 (4.01%) Splunk
6 13 (3.72%) Qualys
7 10 (2.87%) Palo Alto
7 10 (2.87%) Rapid7
7 10 (2.87%) Tenable
8 9 (2.58%) Okta
9 8 (2.29%) Oracle
10 7 (2.01%) Zscaler
11 6 (1.72%) SAP
11 6 (1.72%) VMware
12 5 (1.43%) Cisco
13 4 (1.15%) ForgeRock
13 4 (1.15%) Salesforce
13 4 (1.15%) Veracode
14 3 (0.86%) Databricks