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 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 187 189
Rank change year-on-year +40 +2 +121
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 271 201 267
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.96% 1.30% 1.31%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.93% 10.08% 9.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 132 205
10th Percentile £400 £439 £461
25th Percentile £475 £513 £521
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £583 £615
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -5.28% +2.50%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £700
90th Percentile £825 £799 £788
England median daily rate £530 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 0
10th Percentile £45.93 - -
25th Percentile £49.19 £35.00 -
Median hourly rate £70.75 £54.30 -
Median % change year-on-year +30.29% - -
75th Percentile £94.06 £79.60 -
90th Percentile £94.63 £81.76 -
England median hourly rate £33.50 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -4.29% -21.35% +36.92%

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 2,480 1,994 2,819
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 17.89% 12.94% 13.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,653 1,226 2,106
10th Percentile £325 £313 £363
25th Percentile £413 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.79% -1.32%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £700
90th Percentile £750 £788 £788
England median daily rate £500 £501 £540
% change year-on-year -0.10% -7.31% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 24 47
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.30 £17.64
25th Percentile £25.15 £25.26 £21.25
Median hourly rate £33.73 £35.90 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +10.46% +31.10%
75th Percentile £44.75 £52.56 £47.04
90th Percentile £69.68 £93.21 £66.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £30.11 £37.50
% change year-on-year -0.35% -19.72% +53.06%

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 11 November 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in London over the 6 months to 11 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in London

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 11 November 2025. 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 +10 46 £650 +15.56% 118
South London -2 5 £525 - 4
West London -8 5 £423 -39.64% 11
East London 0 4 £563 -3.85% 7
North London - 1 £650 - 1
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 9 (3.32%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.48%) Confluence
4 2 (0.74%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 10 (3.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.21%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.74%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 124 (45.76%) Azure
2 74 (27.31%) AWS
3 40 (14.76%) GCP
4 34 (12.55%) Entra ID
5 28 (10.33%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (9.23%) Azure Sentinel
7 22 (8.12%) SaaS
8 15 (5.54%) GitHub
9 14 (5.17%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (4.80%) Microsoft Purview
11 12 (4.43%) IaaS
12 11 (4.06%) PaaS
13 10 (3.69%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (2.95%) Azure Key Vault
15 7 (2.58%) Cloud Computing
16 6 (2.21%) Amazon GuardDuty
17 5 (1.85%) Azure Machine Learning
18 4 (1.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 4 (1.48%) Cloud Run
18 4 (1.48%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 39 (14.39%) Firewall
2 30 (11.07%) Network Security
3 6 (2.21%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (2.21%) VPN
3 6 (2.21%) WAN
4 5 (1.85%) SD-WAN
5 3 (1.11%) Modbus
5 3 (1.11%) SSL
5 3 (1.11%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.74%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (0.74%) DMZ
6 2 (0.74%) DNS
6 2 (0.74%) NGFW
6 2 (0.74%) S/MIME
6 2 (0.74%) Skype
6 2 (0.74%) SSH
6 2 (0.74%) Telnet
6 2 (0.74%) VLAN
6 2 (0.74%) WebEx
7 1 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.21%) Delta Lake
2 3 (1.11%) BigQuery
2 3 (1.11%) Power BI
3 2 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.74%) GIS
3 2 (0.74%) Metadata
3 2 (0.74%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.37%) Looker
4 1 (0.37%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 19 (7.01%) JIRA
2 8 (2.95%) Snyk
3 5 (1.85%) CircleCI
4 3 (1.11%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.74%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.74%) ERwin
5 2 (0.74%) GitLab
5 2 (0.74%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.74%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.37%) Ant
6 1 (0.37%) JMeter
6 1 (0.37%) MSTest
6 1 (0.37%) Selenium
6 1 (0.37%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
General
1 84 (31.00%) Social Skills
2 60 (22.14%) Finance
3 36 (13.28%) Public Sector
4 19 (7.01%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (7.01%) Banking
5 14 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (4.80%) Legal
7 8 (2.95%) Law
8 7 (2.58%) Financial Institution
8 7 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.58%) Police
9 6 (2.21%) Local Government
9 6 (2.21%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.21%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.85%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.85%) Marketing
11 3 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.11%) Electronics
11 3 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 50 (18.45%) Architect
2 40 (14.76%) Analyst
3 30 (11.07%) Senior
4 28 (10.33%) Security Architect
5 27 (9.96%) Security Engineer
6 25 (9.23%) Consultant
7 23 (8.49%) Lead
8 14 (5.17%) Security Analyst
8 14 (5.17%) Security Consultant
9 10 (3.69%) Azure Architect
9 10 (3.69%) Cloud Architect
9 10 (3.69%) Security Manager
9 10 (3.69%) Security Specialist
9 10 (3.69%) Tester
10 9 (3.32%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (2.95%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 8 (2.95%) Enterprise Architect
12 7 (2.58%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 7 (2.58%) DevSecOps Engineer
12 7 (2.58%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.95%) OAuth
1 8 (2.95%) SailPoint
2 6 (2.21%) OAuth2
2 6 (2.21%) SAML
3 5 (1.85%) Loki
3 5 (1.85%) OpenID
3 5 (1.85%) REST
4 4 (1.48%) LDAP
5 3 (1.11%) GraphQL
5 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (1.11%) Next.js
5 3 (1.11%) React
5 3 (1.11%) Tailwind CSS
5 3 (1.11%) WebSockets
6 2 (0.74%) CSS3
6 2 (0.74%) HTML5
6 2 (0.74%) JWT
6 2 (0.74%) Redux
6 2 (0.74%) RESTful
6 2 (0.74%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.86%) Cloud Native
2 23 (8.49%) Security Posture
3 22 (8.12%) Management Information System
4 17 (6.27%) Cyber Threat
5 11 (4.06%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.69%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (3.32%) NHS
8 8 (2.95%) Security Operations Centre
9 7 (2.58%) PKI
10 6 (2.21%) Product Ownership
11 5 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.85%) Enterprise Cloud
11 5 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.85%) Reinsurance
12 4 (1.48%) Data Centre
13 3 (1.11%) Cyber Defence
13 3 (1.11%) Life Science
13 3 (1.11%) Public Cloud
13 3 (1.11%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.38%) Windows
2 10 (3.69%) Linux
3 7 (2.58%) Mac OS
4 6 (2.21%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.85%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.74%) VMS
7 1 (0.37%) Android
7 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.37%) CentOS
7 1 (0.37%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (43.91%) Cybersecurity
2 80 (29.52%) Cloud Security
3 66 (24.35%) Information Security
4 61 (22.51%) Risk Management
5 57 (21.03%) Incident Response
6 48 (17.71%) SIEM
6 48 (17.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 45 (16.61%) DevOps
8 42 (15.50%) CI/CD
9 38 (14.02%) DevSecOps
9 38 (14.02%) Identity Access Management
9 38 (14.02%) Stakeholder Management
9 38 (14.02%) Vulnerability Management
10 34 (12.55%) Zero Trust
11 33 (12.18%) Continuous Improvement
12 31 (11.44%) Data Loss Prevention
12 31 (11.44%) Infrastructure as Code
13 30 (11.07%) Security Architecture
14 29 (10.70%) Security Operations
14 29 (10.70%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 38 (14.02%) PowerShell
2 22 (8.12%) Python
3 12 (4.43%) Bash
4 11 (4.06%) Bicep
5 7 (2.58%) Kusto Query Language
5 7 (2.58%) SQL
6 5 (1.85%) Java
7 3 (1.11%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.11%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.74%) BeanShell
8 2 (0.74%) Go
9 1 (0.37%) C
9 1 (0.37%) Perl
Qualifications
1 71 (26.20%) CISSP
2 63 (23.25%) Security Cleared
3 59 (21.77%) SC Cleared
4 52 (19.19%) CISM
5 30 (11.07%) Degree
6 21 (7.75%) CISA
7 19 (7.01%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (5.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 14 (5.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 12 (4.43%) Azure Certification
11 10 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (3.69%) CREST Certified
12 9 (3.32%) CCSP
12 9 (3.32%) CEH
12 9 (3.32%) CRISC
13 8 (2.95%) CompTIA Security+
13 8 (2.95%) FFIEC
13 8 (2.95%) OSCP
13 8 (2.95%) SANS
14 7 (2.58%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (58.30%) NIST
2 84 (31.00%) GDPR
3 36 (13.28%) NCSC
4 30 (11.07%) PCI DSS
5 29 (10.70%) GRC
6 24 (8.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 23 (8.49%) Cyber Essentials
8 21 (7.75%) SOC 2
9 17 (6.27%) COBIT
10 10 (3.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 9 (3.32%) ITGC
12 8 (2.95%) NIST 800
13 6 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (2.21%) HIPAA
13 6 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 6 (2.21%) SLA
13 6 (2.21%) SOX 404
14 3 (1.11%) EU AI Act
14 3 (1.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 3 (1.11%) RMADS
System Software
1 34 (12.55%) Active Directory
2 20 (7.38%) Docker
3 5 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.74%) Firmware
4 2 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 29 (10.70%) Terraform
2 20 (7.38%) Kubernetes
3 18 (6.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (4.80%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (3.32%) SCCM
6 7 (2.58%) Ansible
6 7 (2.58%) Prometheus
7 6 (2.21%) QRadar
8 5 (1.85%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (1.85%) Nessus
9 4 (1.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.48%) CSIRT
10 3 (1.11%) CASB
11 2 (0.74%) Grafana
11 2 (0.74%) Nmap
11 2 (0.74%) SCOM
11 2 (0.74%) SELinux
12 1 (0.37%) Fluentd
12 1 (0.37%) Istio
12 1 (0.37%) WSUS
Vendors
1 69 (25.46%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.90%) Google
3 12 (4.43%) CyberArk
3 12 (4.43%) ServiceNow
4 11 (4.06%) SAP
4 11 (4.06%) Splunk
4 11 (4.06%) Tenable
5 9 (3.32%) Palo Alto
6 8 (2.95%) OpenAI
6 8 (2.95%) Oracle
7 7 (2.58%) Cisco
7 7 (2.58%) Databricks
7 7 (2.58%) Fortinet
7 7 (2.58%) Okta
8 5 (1.85%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (1.85%) Qualys
9 4 (1.48%) BeyondTrust
9 4 (1.48%) Rapid7
9 4 (1.48%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.48%) Thycotic