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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 161 216
Rank change year-on-year -10 +55 -9
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 317 230 186
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.60% 1.70% 1.10%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.73% 10.08% 7.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 167 153
10th Percentile £425 £423 £438
25th Percentile £491 £506 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £585
Median % change year-on-year - -1.71% -7.14%
75th Percentile £686 £688 £675
90th Percentile £788 £825 £775
England median daily rate £550 £550 £576
% change year-on-year - -4.56% -3.96%

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 3,630 2,282 2,330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.35% 16.83% 13.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,429 1,521 1,615
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £751 £800
England median daily rate £510 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.47% -1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 34 51
10th Percentile £20.99 £22.75 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £25.15 £18.13
Median hourly rate £28.55 £34.49 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year -17.22% +42.64% -27.73%
75th Percentile £53.25 £46.81 £43.75
90th Percentile £66.29 £56.23 £55.00
England median hourly rate £36.07 £31.64 £25.77
% change year-on-year +14.00% +22.80% -39.38%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 -9 44 £588 -8.20% 38
South London -6 9 £500 +11.11% 1
East London -6 3 £750 +28.21% 4
West London -17 1 £600 +41.18% 6
North London - 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 15 (4.73%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.84%) Confluence
3 7 (2.21%) IIS
3 7 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.32%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.32%) Apache
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.32%) nginx
4 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.32%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.95%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.32%) iTrent
2 1 (0.32%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 123 (38.80%) Azure
2 81 (25.55%) AWS
3 49 (15.46%) Entra ID
4 42 (13.25%) GCP
5 34 (10.73%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (5.99%) Azure Sentinel
7 15 (4.73%) SaaS
8 13 (4.10%) Microsoft Purview
9 11 (3.47%) GitHub
10 10 (3.15%) OCI
11 9 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (2.84%) Serverless
12 8 (2.52%) OpenShift
13 7 (2.21%) Azure Key Vault
13 7 (2.21%) Azure Monitor
14 5 (1.58%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Copilot
15 4 (1.26%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 4 (1.26%) AWS KMS
15 4 (1.26%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.99%) Network Security
2 15 (4.73%) Firewall
3 9 (2.84%) DNS
3 9 (2.84%) VPN
4 6 (1.89%) HTTPS
5 5 (1.58%) Kerberos
5 5 (1.58%) NGFW
5 5 (1.58%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.26%) Cisco IPT
6 4 (1.26%) DHCP
6 4 (1.26%) Internet
6 4 (1.26%) SSL
6 4 (1.26%) WAN
6 4 (1.26%) Wireless
7 3 (0.95%) HTTP
7 3 (0.95%) LAN
7 3 (0.95%) X.509
8 2 (0.63%) IPv4
8 2 (0.63%) IPv6
8 2 (0.63%) S/MIME
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (1.26%) Big Data
2 2 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (0.63%) Power BI
3 1 (0.32%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.32%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (6.31%) JIRA
2 12 (3.79%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.58%) Snyk
4 4 (1.26%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.63%) Git
5 2 (0.63%) GitLab
5 2 (0.63%) JMeter
5 2 (0.63%) MSTest
5 2 (0.63%) Selenium
5 2 (0.63%) SonarQube
General
1 106 (33.44%) Social Skills
2 93 (29.34%) Finance
3 46 (14.51%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (10.41%) Public Sector
5 25 (7.89%) Legal
6 22 (6.94%) Banking
7 16 (5.05%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (3.79%) Telecoms
10 9 (2.84%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.58%) Law
13 5 (1.58%) Local Government
14 4 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.95%) Retail
16 2 (0.63%) Manufacturing
17 1 (0.32%) Aerospace
17 1 (0.32%) Back Office
17 1 (0.32%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 65 (20.50%) Architect
2 46 (14.51%) Analyst
3 31 (9.78%) Senior
4 29 (9.15%) Consultant
5 26 (8.20%) Lead
5 26 (8.20%) Security Architect
6 22 (6.94%) Security Engineer
7 20 (6.31%) Security Analyst
8 15 (4.73%) Project Manager
8 15 (4.73%) Security Consultant
9 13 (4.10%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 13 (4.10%) Security Manager
10 12 (3.79%) CyberArk Architect
10 12 (3.79%) Security Specialist
10 12 (3.79%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (2.84%) Business Analyst
11 9 (2.84%) Head of Security
11 9 (2.84%) IT Manager
12 8 (2.52%) Cloud Architect
13 7 (2.21%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.42%) LDAP
1 14 (4.42%) SAML
2 11 (3.47%) REST
3 10 (3.15%) OpenID
4 8 (2.52%) OAuth
5 6 (1.89%) SailPoint
6 3 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.95%) JSON
6 3 (0.95%) Middleware
7 2 (0.63%) Azure Blueprints
7 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (0.63%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.63%) Playwright
7 2 (0.63%) RESTful
8 1 (0.32%) Django
8 1 (0.32%) Flask
8 1 (0.32%) Kafka
8 1 (0.32%) Node.js
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (0.32%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.67%) Cloud Native
2 31 (9.78%) Onboarding
3 30 (9.46%) Security Posture
4 18 (5.68%) Operational Technology
5 15 (4.73%) Management Information System
6 12 (3.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.52%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.21%) CMDB
8 7 (2.21%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (2.21%) PKI
8 7 (2.21%) SCADA
9 6 (1.89%) BYOD
10 5 (1.58%) Cyber Defence
10 5 (1.58%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.26%) Cloud Security Posture
11 4 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.26%) Security Operations Centre
11 4 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.95%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 35 (11.04%) Windows
2 13 (4.10%) Linux
3 9 (2.84%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.26%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.26%) Unix
6 3 (0.95%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.63%) Alpine Linux
7 2 (0.63%) Android
7 2 (0.63%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.63%) CentOS
7 2 (0.63%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (46.37%) Cybersecurity
2 83 (26.18%) Information Security
3 75 (23.66%) Risk Management
4 65 (20.50%) Cloud Security
4 65 (20.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 63 (19.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 54 (17.03%) Security Architecture
7 48 (15.14%) CI/CD
7 48 (15.14%) Incident Response
8 47 (14.83%) DevOps
8 47 (14.83%) Roadmaps
9 46 (14.51%) Continuous Improvement
9 46 (14.51%) Vulnerability Management
10 45 (14.20%) Agile
11 43 (13.56%) Threat Modelling
12 42 (13.25%) SIEM
13 41 (12.93%) Zero Trust
14 39 (12.30%) Regulatory Compliance
14 39 (12.30%) Security Operations
15 37 (11.67%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 25 (7.89%) Python
2 24 (7.57%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.84%) SQL
4 7 (2.21%) Bash
5 4 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (0.95%) Bicep
6 3 (0.95%) C#
7 2 (0.63%) Java
7 2 (0.63%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.32%) BeanShell
8 1 (0.32%) Go
8 1 (0.32%) Ruby
8 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 102 (32.18%) CISSP
2 77 (24.29%) Security Cleared
3 64 (20.19%) SC Cleared
4 62 (19.56%) CISM
5 39 (12.30%) Degree
6 31 (9.78%) Cisco Certification
7 27 (8.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 25 (7.89%) CRISC
9 22 (6.94%) CISA
10 20 (6.31%) CEH
11 19 (5.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 18 (5.68%) GIAC
12 18 (5.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 17 (5.36%) CompTIA Security+
14 15 (4.73%) PMI Certification
14 15 (4.73%) PMP
15 14 (4.42%) Azure Certification
16 12 (3.79%) AWS Certification
17 11 (3.47%) CCSP
18 9 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 201 (63.41%) NIST
2 81 (25.55%) GDPR
3 60 (18.93%) GRC
4 43 (13.56%) NCSC
5 41 (12.93%) PCI DSS
6 38 (11.99%) SOC 2
7 36 (11.36%) Cyber Essentials
8 34 (10.73%) COBIT
9 19 (5.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 18 (5.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 15 (4.73%) NIST 800
12 12 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 12 (3.79%) ITGC
12 12 (3.79%) SLA
13 11 (3.47%) HIPAA
14 9 (2.84%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 6 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 5 (1.58%) Government Security Classifications
17 4 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
17 4 (1.26%) PMO
System Software
1 36 (11.36%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.47%) Docker
3 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.32%) Varnish
3 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (7.89%) Kubernetes
2 16 (5.05%) Terraform
3 13 (4.10%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (4.10%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.89%) Ansible
5 3 (0.95%) Puppet
6 2 (0.63%) Grafana
6 2 (0.63%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.63%) Nessus
6 2 (0.63%) Nexpose
6 2 (0.63%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.32%) CASB
7 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.32%) QRadar
7 1 (0.32%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.32%) SELinux
Vendors
1 83 (26.18%) Microsoft
2 29 (9.15%) ServiceNow
3 24 (7.57%) CyberArk
4 22 (6.94%) Splunk
5 11 (3.47%) CrowdStrike
5 11 (3.47%) Google
6 10 (3.15%) Qualys
6 10 (3.15%) Tenable
7 6 (1.89%) Oracle
7 6 (1.89%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.58%) Okta
8 5 (1.58%) Rapid7
9 4 (1.26%) Veracode
9 4 (1.26%) Workday
9 4 (1.26%) Zscaler
10 3 (0.95%) Cisco
10 3 (0.95%) Juniper
10 3 (0.95%) SAP
11 2 (0.63%) Forcepoint
11 2 (0.63%) IBM