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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 190 197
Rank change year-on-year +44 +7 +68
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 312 176 207
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.87% 1.37% 1.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.97% 9.04% 8.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 117 170
10th Percentile £413 £425 £363
25th Percentile £472 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% -4.96%
75th Percentile £700 £688 £686
90th Percentile £861 £800 £775
England median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 0
10th Percentile £57.05 - -
25th Percentile £66.13 £68.80 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £83.20 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.17% - -
75th Percentile £94.38 - -
90th Percentile £94.75 £90.28 -
England median hourly rate £73.00 £67.55 £85.21
% change year-on-year +8.07% -20.72% +21.72%

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 3,129 1,947 2,441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.79% 15.17% 13.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,075 1,281 1,736
10th Percentile £350 £313 £363
25th Percentile £425 £405 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £788
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 27 58
10th Percentile £18.07 £19.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.23 £17.56
Median hourly rate £26.11 £39.04 £27.12
Median % change year-on-year -33.12% +43.95% -38.17%
75th Percentile £57.00 £78.40 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.67 £93.75 £58.78
England median hourly rate £27.00 £32.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -15.63% +33.33% -43.53%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +23 59 £525 -16.67% 31
South London -6 14 £519 +15.28%
West London -20 2 £423 -21.40% 6
East London -10 1 £550 -10.57% 11
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 11 (3.53%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.56%) Confluence
4 1 (0.32%) Anypoint
Applications
1 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.64%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 105 (33.65%) Azure
2 74 (23.72%) AWS
3 31 (9.94%) Entra ID
4 30 (9.62%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (8.01%) GCP
6 19 (6.09%) Azure Sentinel
7 17 (5.45%) Microsoft Purview
8 14 (4.49%) OpenShift
9 11 (3.53%) Amazon EKS
9 11 (3.53%) SaaS
10 10 (3.21%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 10 (3.21%) GitHub
11 9 (2.88%) AWS CloudFormation
12 8 (2.56%) Amazon ECS
13 7 (2.24%) AWS KMS
13 7 (2.24%) OCI
13 7 (2.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 6 (1.92%) Azure Key Vault
14 6 (1.92%) Serverless
15 5 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 24 (7.69%) Network Security
2 23 (7.37%) Firewall
3 12 (3.85%) DNS
4 11 (3.53%) VPN
5 6 (1.92%) DHCP
6 5 (1.60%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.60%) WAN
7 4 (1.28%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.96%) Cisco IPT
8 3 (0.96%) LAN
8 3 (0.96%) NGFW
8 3 (0.96%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.96%) SSL
9 2 (0.64%) IPv4
9 2 (0.64%) IPv6
9 2 (0.64%) Modbus
9 2 (0.64%) S/MIME
10 1 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.32%) Internet
10 1 (0.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.28%) Amazon Aurora
1 4 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (1.28%) DocumentDB
1 4 (1.28%) DynamoDB
1 4 (1.28%) MySQL
1 4 (1.28%) NoSQL
1 4 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (1.28%) Redis
2 3 (0.96%) Big Data
3 2 (0.64%) BigQuery
3 2 (0.64%) Metadata
3 2 (0.64%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.64%) Power BI
4 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.32%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 17 (5.45%) Jenkins
2 14 (4.49%) JIRA
3 5 (1.60%) GitLab
4 3 (0.96%) JMeter
4 3 (0.96%) MSTest
4 3 (0.96%) Selenium
5 2 (0.64%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.32%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.32%) Git
6 1 (0.32%) Snyk
6 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 113 (36.22%) Social Skills
2 83 (26.60%) Finance
3 41 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (11.22%) Public Sector
5 20 (6.41%) Banking
5 20 (6.41%) Influencing Skills
5 20 (6.41%) Legal
6 18 (5.77%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (4.17%) Financial Institution
7 13 (4.17%) Law
8 9 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.56%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.92%) Police
12 2 (0.64%) Electronics
12 2 (0.64%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.64%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.64%) Marketing
13 1 (0.32%) Military
13 1 (0.32%) Retail
Job Titles
1 53 (16.99%) Architect
2 45 (14.42%) Analyst
3 37 (11.86%) Senior
4 31 (9.94%) Consultant
5 27 (8.65%) Security Engineer
6 26 (8.33%) Security Architect
7 19 (6.09%) Security Analyst
8 18 (5.77%) Security Manager
9 17 (5.45%) Lead
9 17 (5.45%) Project Manager
10 16 (5.13%) Security Consultant
10 16 (5.13%) Security Specialist
11 14 (4.49%) CyberArk Architect
12 10 (3.21%) Cloud Architect
12 10 (3.21%) Migration Manager
12 10 (3.21%) Migration Project Manager
12 10 (3.21%) Operations Manager
13 9 (2.88%) AWS Architect
13 9 (2.88%) Senior Consultant
14 8 (2.56%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.41%) OpenID
2 17 (5.45%) SAML
3 15 (4.81%) LDAP
4 11 (3.53%) OAuth
4 11 (3.53%) REST
5 7 (2.24%) OAuth2
6 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Graph
6 5 (1.60%) RESTful
6 5 (1.60%) Spring
7 4 (1.28%) .NET
7 4 (1.28%) gRPC
7 4 (1.28%) Hibernate
7 4 (1.28%) JPA
7 4 (1.28%) Kafka
7 4 (1.28%) OpenTelemetry
7 4 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (1.28%) SailPoint
7 4 (1.28%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.28%) Spring Cloud
8 2 (0.64%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.86%) Onboarding
2 29 (9.29%) Cloud Native
3 26 (8.33%) Security Posture
4 21 (6.73%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.88%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (2.88%) Public Cloud
6 8 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.56%) Operational Technology
6 8 (2.56%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
7 7 (2.24%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.92%) NHS
9 5 (1.60%) BYOD
9 5 (1.60%) CMDB
9 5 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.96%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (8.33%) Windows
2 10 (3.21%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.24%) Linux
4 3 (0.96%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.64%) Android
5 2 (0.64%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.64%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (39.42%) Cybersecurity
2 90 (28.85%) Information Security
3 73 (23.40%) Cloud Security
4 68 (21.79%) Risk Management
5 67 (21.47%) Stakeholder Management
6 57 (18.27%) CI/CD
7 53 (16.99%) Continuous Improvement
8 50 (16.03%) Incident Response
8 50 (16.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 48 (15.38%) SIEM
10 47 (15.06%) Agile
11 46 (14.74%) DevOps
12 43 (13.78%) Security Architecture
12 43 (13.78%) Threat Modelling
13 37 (11.86%) Security Operations
14 35 (11.22%) Data Protection
14 35 (11.22%) Infrastructure as Code
14 35 (11.22%) Regulatory Compliance
15 32 (10.26%) ITIL
15 32 (10.26%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 33 (10.58%) PowerShell
2 17 (5.45%) Python
3 10 (3.21%) SQL
4 8 (2.56%) Java
5 6 (1.92%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (1.28%) Bash
7 3 (0.96%) C#
7 3 (0.96%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.32%) BeanShell
8 1 (0.32%) Bicep
8 1 (0.32%) C
8 1 (0.32%) Go
8 1 (0.32%) Ruby
8 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 99 (31.73%) Security Cleared
2 90 (28.85%) SC Cleared
3 81 (25.96%) CISSP
4 59 (18.91%) CISM
5 42 (13.46%) Degree
6 27 (8.65%) Cisco Certification
7 23 (7.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 20 (6.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 20 (6.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 16 (5.13%) CEH
9 16 (5.13%) CRISC
9 16 (5.13%) PMI Certification
9 16 (5.13%) PMP
10 15 (4.81%) CISA
10 15 (4.81%) CompTIA Security+
11 11 (3.53%) Azure Certification
11 11 (3.53%) CCSP
11 11 (3.53%) GIAC
12 10 (3.21%) AWS Certification
12 10 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (57.05%) NIST
2 95 (30.45%) GDPR
3 57 (18.27%) NCSC
4 45 (14.42%) GRC
5 38 (12.18%) PCI DSS
6 30 (9.62%) Cyber Essentials
7 27 (8.65%) COBIT
8 22 (7.05%) SOC 2
9 18 (5.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 12 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 12 (3.85%) NIST 800
11 11 (3.53%) ITGC
12 10 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 8 (2.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 8 (2.56%) SLA
14 7 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 7 (2.24%) SOX 404
15 6 (1.92%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (1.60%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (1.60%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 28 (8.97%) Active Directory
2 13 (4.17%) Docker
3 2 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.32%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 29 (9.29%) Kubernetes
2 19 (6.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (4.81%) Terraform
4 10 (3.21%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.92%) Nessus
6 5 (1.60%) Ansible
6 5 (1.60%) SCCM
7 4 (1.28%) CASB
8 3 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.96%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.64%) Grafana
9 2 (0.64%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.32%) Fluentd
10 1 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.32%) Nmap
10 1 (0.32%) QRadar
10 1 (0.32%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.32%) SELinux
10 1 (0.32%) WSUS
Vendors
1 61 (19.55%) Microsoft
2 36 (11.54%) CyberArk
3 25 (8.01%) Splunk
4 20 (6.41%) ServiceNow
5 13 (4.17%) Oracle
6 10 (3.21%) SAP
7 8 (2.56%) Cisco
7 8 (2.56%) Tenable
8 7 (2.24%) Google
9 6 (1.92%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.60%) Fortinet
10 5 (1.60%) Qualys
11 4 (1.28%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (1.28%) Okta
12 3 (0.96%) Zscaler
13 2 (0.64%) BeyondTrust
13 2 (0.64%) CheckPoint
13 2 (0.64%) Databricks
13 2 (0.64%) IBM
13 2 (0.64%) Thycotic