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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 186 188
Rank change year-on-year +48 +2 +93
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 306 174 227
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.93% 1.30% 1.23%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.21% 8.85% 9.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 107 184
10th Percentile £413 £413 £363
25th Percentile £477 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £675
90th Percentile £860 £841 £775
England median daily rate £537 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -10.50% +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 0
10th Percentile £57.05 £35.00 -
25th Percentile £66.13 £51.90 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £73.60 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.89% - -
75th Percentile £94.38 £83.20 -
90th Percentile £94.75 £87.92 -
England median hourly rate £36.00 £67.55 £44.50
% change year-on-year -46.70% +51.79% -39.02%

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 2,997 1,966 2,513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.93% 14.73% 13.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,997 1,248 1,811
10th Percentile £350 £306 £363
25th Percentile £419 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £668 £688
90th Percentile £750 £778 £788
England median daily rate £505 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 27 62
10th Percentile £18.07 £19.25 £12.68
25th Percentile £18.56 £23.23 £18.06
Median hourly rate £26.11 £39.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.05% +41.84% -21.44%
75th Percentile £58.63 £80.80 £43.00
90th Percentile £80.15 £94.25 £61.33
England median hourly rate £25.94 £32.66 £25.38
% change year-on-year -20.56% +28.66% -27.49%

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 1 March 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in London over the 6 months to 1 March 2026.

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 1 March 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 +19 56 £525 - 33
South London -8 12 £506 -9.60% 2
West London -23 2 £423 -21.40% 5
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 (3.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.94%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 100 (32.68%) Azure
2 68 (22.22%) AWS
3 33 (10.78%) Entra ID
4 30 (9.80%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (6.54%) Azure Sentinel
6 19 (6.21%) GCP
7 16 (5.23%) Microsoft Purview
8 14 (4.58%) OpenShift
9 12 (3.92%) Amazon EKS
10 10 (3.27%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 10 (3.27%) AWS CloudFormation
10 10 (3.27%) SaaS
11 9 (2.94%) Amazon ECS
11 9 (2.94%) GitHub
12 7 (2.29%) AWS KMS
12 7 (2.29%) OCI
12 7 (2.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (1.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 6 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (1.63%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 30 (9.80%) Firewall
2 22 (7.19%) Network Security
3 12 (3.92%) VPN
4 11 (3.59%) DNS
5 5 (1.63%) DHCP
5 5 (1.63%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.31%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (1.31%) WAN
7 3 (0.98%) NGFW
7 3 (0.98%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.98%) SSL
8 2 (0.65%) Cisco IPT
8 2 (0.65%) LAN
8 2 (0.65%) Modbus
8 2 (0.65%) S/MIME
9 1 (0.33%) BGP
9 1 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.33%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.33%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.31%) Amazon Aurora
2 4 (1.31%) DocumentDB
2 4 (1.31%) DynamoDB
2 4 (1.31%) MySQL
2 4 (1.31%) NoSQL
2 4 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (1.31%) Redis
3 2 (0.65%) BigQuery
3 2 (0.65%) Metadata
3 2 (0.65%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.65%) Power BI
4 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.33%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 18 (5.88%) Jenkins
2 13 (4.25%) JIRA
3 5 (1.63%) GitLab
4 2 (0.65%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.65%) Snyk
5 1 (0.33%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.33%) Git
5 1 (0.33%) JMeter
5 1 (0.33%) MSTest
5 1 (0.33%) Selenium
5 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 114 (37.25%) Social Skills
2 85 (27.78%) Finance
3 35 (11.44%) Public Sector
4 33 (10.78%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (6.86%) Banking
6 18 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
6 18 (5.88%) Legal
7 17 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (3.92%) Financial Institution
10 10 (3.27%) Law
11 7 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.96%) Police
12 6 (1.96%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.98%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.65%) Electronics
14 2 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.65%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.65%) Marketing
15 1 (0.33%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 48 (15.69%) Analyst
2 45 (14.71%) Architect
3 34 (11.11%) Senior
4 29 (9.48%) Consultant
5 28 (9.15%) Security Engineer
6 23 (7.52%) Security Architect
7 21 (6.86%) Security Analyst
8 19 (6.21%) Security Specialist
9 17 (5.56%) Security Manager
10 16 (5.23%) Project Manager
11 14 (4.58%) Lead
12 13 (4.25%) CyberArk Architect
12 13 (4.25%) Security Consultant
13 10 (3.27%) Operations Manager
14 8 (2.61%) AWS Architect
14 8 (2.61%) Azure Engineer
14 8 (2.61%) Migration Manager
14 8 (2.61%) Migration Project Manager
14 8 (2.61%) Tester
15 7 (2.29%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.54%) OpenID
2 17 (5.56%) SAML
3 14 (4.58%) LDAP
4 11 (3.59%) OAuth
4 11 (3.59%) REST
5 7 (2.29%) OAuth2
6 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Graph
6 5 (1.63%) RESTful
6 5 (1.63%) SailPoint
6 5 (1.63%) Spring
7 4 (1.31%) .NET
7 4 (1.31%) gRPC
7 4 (1.31%) Hibernate
7 4 (1.31%) JPA
7 4 (1.31%) Kafka
7 4 (1.31%) OpenTelemetry
7 4 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (1.31%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.31%) Spring Cloud
8 2 (0.65%) React
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 27 (8.82%) Cloud Native
3 25 (8.17%) Security Posture
4 24 (7.84%) Management Information System
5 13 (4.25%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (2.94%) Public Cloud
7 8 (2.61%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (2.29%) NHS
8 7 (2.29%) Operational Technology
9 6 (1.96%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.63%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.31%) BYOD
11 4 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.98%) CMDB
12 3 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
13 2 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
13 2 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.52%) Windows
2 8 (2.61%) Linux
3 7 (2.29%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.63%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.98%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.65%) Android
6 2 (0.65%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.65%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (40.52%) Cybersecurity
2 95 (31.05%) Information Security
3 83 (27.12%) Risk Management
4 79 (25.82%) Stakeholder Management
5 75 (24.51%) Cloud Security
6 57 (18.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 50 (16.34%) CI/CD
7 50 (16.34%) Incident Response
7 50 (16.34%) SIEM
8 48 (15.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 42 (13.73%) Agile
10 41 (13.40%) DevOps
11 39 (12.75%) Security Architecture
12 37 (12.09%) Regulatory Compliance
12 37 (12.09%) Security Operations
13 36 (11.76%) Threat Modelling
14 34 (11.11%) Zero Trust
15 32 (10.46%) Infrastructure as Code
16 31 (10.13%) Data Protection
16 31 (10.13%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (11.44%) PowerShell
2 13 (4.25%) Python
3 9 (2.94%) SQL
4 8 (2.61%) Java
5 6 (1.96%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (1.31%) Bash
7 2 (0.65%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.33%) BeanShell
8 1 (0.33%) Bicep
8 1 (0.33%) C
8 1 (0.33%) C#
8 1 (0.33%) Go
8 1 (0.33%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 90 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 86 (28.10%) SC Cleared
3 81 (26.47%) CISSP
4 61 (19.93%) CISM
5 38 (12.42%) Degree
6 23 (7.52%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (6.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 20 (6.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 20 (6.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 18 (5.88%) CRISC
9 17 (5.56%) CISA
10 15 (4.90%) PMI Certification
10 15 (4.90%) PMP
11 12 (3.92%) CompTIA Security+
12 11 (3.59%) CEH
13 10 (3.27%) Azure Certification
13 10 (3.27%) CCSP
14 9 (2.94%) AWS Certification
14 9 (2.94%) Master's Degree
15 8 (2.61%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 175 (57.19%) NIST
2 94 (30.72%) GDPR
3 55 (17.97%) NCSC
4 49 (16.01%) GRC
5 42 (13.73%) PCI DSS
6 27 (8.82%) Cyber Essentials
7 23 (7.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 23 (7.52%) SOC 2
8 20 (6.54%) COBIT
9 12 (3.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 12 (3.92%) NIST 800
10 9 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 8 (2.61%) ITGC
11 8 (2.61%) SLA
12 7 (2.29%) SOX 404
13 6 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 5 (1.63%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (1.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 5 (1.63%) QA
System Software
1 29 (9.48%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.27%) Docker
3 2 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (8.82%) Kubernetes
2 20 (6.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (4.25%) Terraform
4 12 (3.92%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (2.29%) SCCM
6 6 (1.96%) Ansible
7 5 (1.63%) Nessus
8 4 (1.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.98%) CASB
10 2 (0.65%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.33%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.33%) Nmap
11 1 (0.33%) QRadar
11 1 (0.33%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.33%) SELinux
11 1 (0.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 61 (19.93%) Microsoft
2 32 (10.46%) CyberArk
3 22 (7.19%) Splunk
4 17 (5.56%) ServiceNow
5 13 (4.25%) Oracle
6 10 (3.27%) SAP
7 6 (1.96%) Cisco
7 6 (1.96%) Google
7 6 (1.96%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.63%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (1.63%) Okta
8 5 (1.63%) Qualys
8 5 (1.63%) Tenable
9 4 (1.31%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.65%) Apple
10 2 (0.65%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.65%) LogRhythm
10 2 (0.65%) Rapid7
10 2 (0.65%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.65%) VMware