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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 173 222
Rank change year-on-year +8 +49 -5
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 307 195 190
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.63% 1.59% 1.07%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.96% 9.79% 7.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 140 156
10th Percentile £425 £424 £388
25th Percentile £500 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £575 £585
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% -1.71% -9.62%
75th Percentile £725 £688 £688
90th Percentile £890 £814 £775
England median daily rate £575 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £73.60 -
England median hourly rate £63.14 £61.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +2.67% +123.62% -60.71%

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 3,427 1,992 2,431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.20% 16.26% 13.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,300 1,314 1,706
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £768 £800
England median daily rate £500 £505 £525
% change year-on-year -0.89% -3.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 26 65
10th Percentile £19.04 £20.63 £13.29
25th Percentile £22.91 £22.75 £18.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £34.50 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year -18.84% +42.68% -7.00%
75th Percentile £41.68 £53.13 £43.75
90th Percentile £63.05 £74.20 £56.00
England median hourly rate £35.50 £33.88 £23.90
% change year-on-year +4.78% +41.76% -43.76%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +6 54 £575 -4.17% 22
South London -3 9 £500 +11.11% 2
East London -12 2 £650 +11.11% 4
North London +1 1 £650 +40.54% 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 10 (3.26%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.93%) Confluence
3 7 (2.28%) IIS
3 7 (2.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.33%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.33%) Apache
4 1 (0.33%) nginx
4 1 (0.33%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.98%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.98%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.33%) iTrent
2 1 (0.33%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 115 (37.46%) Azure
2 79 (25.73%) AWS
3 35 (11.40%) GCP
4 31 (10.10%) Entra ID
5 30 (9.77%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (5.86%) Azure Sentinel
7 14 (4.56%) Microsoft Purview
8 13 (4.23%) GitHub
8 13 (4.23%) OpenShift
9 12 (3.91%) SaaS
10 11 (3.58%) Serverless
11 8 (2.61%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (2.28%) Amazon EKS
12 7 (2.28%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (1.95%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (1.95%) OCI
14 5 (1.63%) Amazon ECS
14 5 (1.63%) Azure Key Vault
15 4 (1.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.86%) Network Security
2 16 (5.21%) Firewall
3 14 (4.56%) DNS
4 6 (1.95%) HTTPS
5 5 (1.63%) DHCP
5 5 (1.63%) Kerberos
5 5 (1.63%) VPN
6 4 (1.30%) Internet
6 4 (1.30%) NGFW
6 4 (1.30%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.30%) WAN
7 3 (0.98%) Cisco IPT
7 3 (0.98%) HTTP
7 3 (0.98%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (0.98%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.65%) IPv4
8 2 (0.65%) IPv6
8 2 (0.65%) LAN
8 2 (0.65%) SAN
8 2 (0.65%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.63%) NoSQL
1 5 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (1.30%) Amazon Aurora
2 4 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.30%) Big Data
2 4 (1.30%) DocumentDB
2 4 (1.30%) DynamoDB
2 4 (1.30%) MySQL
2 4 (1.30%) Redis
3 3 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.65%) Metadata
4 2 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.33%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.33%) EDRMS
5 1 (0.33%) Power BI
5 1 (0.33%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (6.51%) Jenkins
2 17 (5.54%) JIRA
3 5 (1.63%) GitLab
4 2 (0.65%) JMeter
4 2 (0.65%) MSTest
4 2 (0.65%) Selenium
4 2 (0.65%) Snyk
5 1 (0.33%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.33%) Git
5 1 (0.33%) SonarQube
General
1 108 (35.18%) Social Skills
2 92 (29.97%) Finance
3 50 (16.29%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (9.77%) Public Sector
5 26 (8.47%) Legal
6 22 (7.17%) Banking
7 19 (6.19%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (6.19%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (3.91%) Financial Institution
9 8 (2.61%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.95%) Law
10 6 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.98%) Local Government
12 3 (0.98%) Retail
13 2 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.33%) Back Office
14 1 (0.33%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 68 (22.15%) Architect
2 37 (12.05%) Analyst
3 30 (9.77%) Consultant
4 26 (8.47%) Security Architect
5 25 (8.14%) Senior
6 24 (7.82%) Lead
7 21 (6.84%) Project Manager
8 19 (6.19%) Security Engineer
9 18 (5.86%) CyberArk Architect
10 16 (5.21%) Security Analyst
10 16 (5.21%) Security Manager
11 15 (4.89%) Security Consultant
12 13 (4.23%) Security Specialist
13 12 (3.91%) Cloud Architect
14 10 (3.26%) IT Manager
14 10 (3.26%) Migration Manager
14 10 (3.26%) Migration Project Manager
15 9 (2.93%) AWS Architect
15 9 (2.93%) Business Analyst
16 8 (2.61%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.19%) OpenID
1 19 (6.19%) SAML
2 18 (5.86%) LDAP
3 14 (4.56%) REST
4 11 (3.58%) OAuth
5 6 (1.95%) OAuth2
5 6 (1.95%) RESTful
6 5 (1.63%) Kafka
6 5 (1.63%) Spring
6 5 (1.63%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.30%) gRPC
7 4 (1.30%) Hibernate
7 4 (1.30%) JPA
7 4 (1.30%) OpenTelemetry
7 4 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (1.30%) Spring Cloud
8 3 (0.98%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (0.98%) JSON
8 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (0.98%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 43 (14.01%) Cloud Native
2 37 (12.05%) Onboarding
3 29 (9.45%) Security Posture
4 21 (6.84%) Management Information System
5 13 (4.23%) Operational Technology
6 11 (3.58%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.61%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.95%) CMDB
9 6 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.63%) Cyber Defence
10 5 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.63%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.63%) SCADA
11 4 (1.30%) BYOD
11 4 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.98%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.98%) Mainframe
12 3 (0.98%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 36 (11.73%) Windows
2 14 (4.56%) Linux
3 11 (3.58%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.30%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.30%) Unix
6 2 (0.65%) Alpine Linux
6 2 (0.65%) Android
6 2 (0.65%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.65%) CentOS
6 2 (0.65%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (45.28%) Cybersecurity
2 86 (28.01%) Information Security
3 79 (25.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 76 (24.76%) Risk Management
5 69 (22.48%) Cloud Security
6 58 (18.89%) DevOps
7 57 (18.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 56 (18.24%) Security Architecture
9 54 (17.59%) Agile
10 53 (17.26%) Incident Response
11 52 (16.94%) CI/CD
12 49 (15.96%) Continuous Improvement
13 48 (15.64%) Threat Modelling
14 47 (15.31%) Roadmaps
15 46 (14.98%) SIEM
16 44 (14.33%) Regulatory Compliance
17 42 (13.68%) Infrastructure as Code
18 40 (13.03%) Data Protection
19 39 (12.70%) Vulnerability Management
20 37 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 24 (7.82%) PowerShell
2 22 (7.17%) Python
3 15 (4.89%) SQL
4 7 (2.28%) Bash
5 5 (1.63%) Java
6 3 (0.98%) Bicep
6 3 (0.98%) C#
6 3 (0.98%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.65%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.33%) Go
8 1 (0.33%) Ruby
8 1 (0.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 91 (29.64%) CISSP
2 86 (28.01%) Security Cleared
3 73 (23.78%) SC Cleared
4 59 (19.22%) CISM
5 44 (14.33%) Degree
6 27 (8.79%) Cisco Certification
7 26 (8.47%) CRISC
8 24 (7.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 21 (6.84%) CISA
9 21 (6.84%) PMI Certification
9 21 (6.84%) PMP
10 20 (6.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 18 (5.86%) CompTIA Security+
12 17 (5.54%) CEH
12 17 (5.54%) GIAC
12 17 (5.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 13 (4.23%) Azure Certification
14 11 (3.58%) AWS Certification
14 11 (3.58%) CCSP
15 9 (2.93%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (62.54%) NIST
2 87 (28.34%) GDPR
3 55 (17.92%) GRC
4 52 (16.94%) NCSC
5 45 (14.66%) PCI DSS
6 38 (12.38%) COBIT
7 28 (9.12%) Cyber Essentials
8 27 (8.79%) SOC 2
9 17 (5.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 15 (4.89%) NIST 800
11 13 (4.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 11 (3.58%) SLA
13 9 (2.93%) HIPAA
13 9 (2.93%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 9 (2.93%) ITGC
14 7 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 6 (1.95%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 6 (1.95%) QA
16 5 (1.63%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 26 (8.47%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.91%) Docker
3 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.33%) Varnish
3 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 31 (10.10%) Kubernetes
2 18 (5.86%) Terraform
3 10 (3.26%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.95%) Ansible
6 3 (0.98%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.98%) Puppet
7 2 (0.65%) CASB
7 2 (0.65%) Grafana
7 2 (0.65%) Nessus
7 2 (0.65%) Nexpose
7 2 (0.65%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.33%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.33%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.33%) SELinux
Vendors
1 68 (22.15%) Microsoft
2 31 (10.10%) CyberArk
3 28 (9.12%) Splunk
4 26 (8.47%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.93%) Google
5 9 (2.93%) Tenable
6 8 (2.61%) Oracle
7 6 (1.95%) CrowdStrike
7 6 (1.95%) Qualys
8 4 (1.30%) Okta
8 4 (1.30%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.30%) Rapid7
8 4 (1.30%) Zscaler
9 3 (0.98%) Cisco
9 3 (0.98%) Veracode
9 3 (0.98%) Workday
10 2 (0.65%) Databricks
10 2 (0.65%) Forcepoint
10 2 (0.65%) IBM
10 2 (0.65%) SAP