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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 185 191
Rank change year-on-year +39 +6 +90
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 295 175 224
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.89% 1.29% 1.23%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.15% 8.97% 9.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 107 180
10th Percentile £408 £413 £363
25th Percentile £463 £513 £487
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.60% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £650
90th Percentile £864 £841 £768
England median daily rate £526 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.31% +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 £33.50 £67.55 £44.50
% change year-on-year -50.41% +51.79% -39.35%

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 2,906 1,950 2,477
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.64% 14.40% 13.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,931 1,197 1,798
10th Percentile £350 £300 £363
25th Percentile £416 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £688
90th Percentile £750 £798 £788
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 28 57
10th Percentile £18.21 £19.44 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.03 £22.27 £19.47
Median hourly rate £26.11 £37.00 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.43% +17.46% -10.00%
75th Percentile £35.25 £79.60 £43.75
90th Percentile £80.09 £94.13 £61.75
England median hourly rate £24.33 £30.11 £26.45
% change year-on-year -19.20% +13.82% -24.43%

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 19 February 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 19 February 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 19 February 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 +4 55 £525 -6.67% 29
South London -8 10 £519 -7.37% 1
West London -22 2 £423 -21.40% 7
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 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.05%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.71%) Confluence
4 1 (0.34%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 103 (34.92%) Azure
2 69 (23.39%) AWS
3 33 (11.19%) Entra ID
4 28 (9.49%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (7.46%) GCP
6 20 (6.78%) Azure Sentinel
7 15 (5.08%) Microsoft Purview
7 15 (5.08%) OpenShift
8 11 (3.73%) Amazon EKS
8 11 (3.73%) AWS CloudFormation
8 11 (3.73%) GitHub
8 11 (3.73%) SaaS
9 10 (3.39%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 8 (2.71%) Amazon ECS
10 8 (2.71%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (2.37%) AWS KMS
11 7 (2.37%) OCI
11 7 (2.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 6 (2.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 6 (2.03%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (10.85%) Firewall
2 25 (8.47%) Network Security
3 12 (4.07%) VPN
4 11 (3.73%) DNS
5 5 (1.69%) DHCP
5 5 (1.69%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.36%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (1.36%) WAN
7 3 (1.02%) NGFW
7 3 (1.02%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.02%) SSL
8 2 (0.68%) LAN
8 2 (0.68%) Modbus
8 2 (0.68%) S/MIME
9 1 (0.34%) BGP
9 1 (0.34%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.34%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.34%) Skype
9 1 (0.34%) WebEx
9 1 (0.34%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.36%) Amazon Aurora
2 4 (1.36%) DocumentDB
2 4 (1.36%) DynamoDB
2 4 (1.36%) MySQL
2 4 (1.36%) NoSQL
2 4 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (1.36%) Redis
3 2 (0.68%) BigQuery
3 2 (0.68%) Metadata
3 2 (0.68%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.68%) Power BI
4 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.34%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.34%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 18 (6.10%) Jenkins
2 14 (4.75%) JIRA
3 5 (1.69%) GitLab
4 3 (1.02%) Snyk
5 2 (0.68%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.34%) Ant
6 1 (0.34%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.34%) Git
6 1 (0.34%) JMeter
6 1 (0.34%) MSTest
6 1 (0.34%) Selenium
6 1 (0.34%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 110 (37.29%) Social Skills
2 82 (27.80%) Finance
3 36 (12.20%) Public Sector
4 31 (10.51%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.78%) Banking
6 19 (6.44%) Influencing Skills
7 17 (5.76%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (4.41%) Legal
10 10 (3.39%) Financial Institution
11 9 (3.05%) Law
12 7 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (2.03%) Police
14 5 (1.69%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.02%) Investment Banking
15 3 (1.02%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.68%) Electronics
16 2 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 2 (0.68%) Marketing
17 1 (0.34%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 48 (16.27%) Architect
2 46 (15.59%) Analyst
3 35 (11.86%) Senior
4 26 (8.81%) Security Engineer
5 25 (8.47%) Consultant
6 24 (8.14%) Security Architect
7 21 (7.12%) Security Analyst
8 18 (6.10%) Security Specialist
9 17 (5.76%) Security Manager
10 14 (4.75%) Project Manager
11 13 (4.41%) CyberArk Architect
12 12 (4.07%) Lead
13 11 (3.73%) Security Consultant
14 10 (3.39%) Operations Manager
15 8 (2.71%) AWS Architect
15 8 (2.71%) Azure Engineer
15 8 (2.71%) Tester
16 7 (2.37%) Cloud Architect
16 7 (2.37%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 7 (2.37%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.78%) OpenID
2 17 (5.76%) SAML
3 14 (4.75%) LDAP
4 12 (4.07%) OAuth
4 12 (4.07%) REST
5 8 (2.71%) OAuth2
6 5 (1.69%) SailPoint
6 5 (1.69%) Spring
7 4 (1.36%) gRPC
7 4 (1.36%) Hibernate
7 4 (1.36%) JPA
7 4 (1.36%) Kafka
7 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Graph
7 4 (1.36%) OpenTelemetry
7 4 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (1.36%) RESTful
7 4 (1.36%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.36%) Spring Cloud
8 3 (1.02%) GraphQL
8 3 (1.02%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.86%) Onboarding
2 28 (9.49%) Cloud Native
3 26 (8.81%) Security Posture
4 25 (8.47%) Management Information System
5 13 (4.41%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (3.39%) NHS
7 8 (2.71%) Public Cloud
7 8 (2.71%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (2.37%) Operational Technology
9 6 (2.03%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.69%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (1.02%) Enterprise Cloud
13 2 (0.68%) CSOC
13 2 (0.68%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 2 (0.68%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 21 (7.12%) Windows
2 8 (2.71%) Linux
3 7 (2.37%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.69%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.02%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.68%) Android
6 2 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.68%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (41.02%) Cybersecurity
2 86 (29.15%) Information Security
3 80 (27.12%) Risk Management
4 76 (25.76%) Cloud Security
5 75 (25.42%) Stakeholder Management
6 57 (19.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 52 (17.63%) CI/CD
7 52 (17.63%) SIEM
8 50 (16.95%) Incident Response
9 43 (14.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 41 (13.90%) DevOps
11 39 (13.22%) Agile
11 39 (13.22%) Threat Modelling
12 37 (12.54%) Security Architecture
13 36 (12.20%) Infrastructure as Code
13 36 (12.20%) Regulatory Compliance
14 35 (11.86%) Identity Access Management
15 34 (11.53%) Security Operations
15 34 (11.53%) Zero Trust
16 30 (10.17%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 34 (11.53%) PowerShell
2 14 (4.75%) Python
3 9 (3.05%) SQL
4 8 (2.71%) Java
5 6 (2.03%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (1.36%) Bash
7 3 (1.02%) Bicep
7 3 (1.02%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.02%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.34%) BeanShell
8 1 (0.34%) C
8 1 (0.34%) Go
8 1 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 88 (29.83%) Security Cleared
2 84 (28.47%) SC Cleared
3 78 (26.44%) CISSP
4 59 (20.00%) CISM
5 35 (11.86%) Degree
6 18 (6.10%) CISA
6 18 (6.10%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (6.10%) CRISC
7 17 (5.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 16 (5.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 14 (4.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 13 (4.41%) PMI Certification
10 13 (4.41%) PMP
11 11 (3.73%) CompTIA Security+
12 9 (3.05%) AWS Certification
12 9 (3.05%) Azure Certification
12 9 (3.05%) CEH
12 9 (3.05%) Master's Degree
13 8 (2.71%) CCSP
14 7 (2.37%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (56.95%) NIST
2 90 (30.51%) GDPR
3 57 (19.32%) NCSC
4 43 (14.58%) GRC
5 40 (13.56%) PCI DSS
6 26 (8.81%) Cyber Essentials
7 22 (7.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 22 (7.46%) SOC 2
8 21 (7.12%) COBIT
9 13 (4.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 12 (4.07%) NIST 800
11 9 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 9 (3.05%) ITGC
12 8 (2.71%) SLA
13 7 (2.37%) SOX 404
14 6 (2.03%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (1.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 5 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 5 (1.69%) QA
16 4 (1.36%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 29 (9.83%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.07%) Docker
3 2 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (9.83%) Kubernetes
2 20 (6.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (6.10%) Terraform
4 12 (4.07%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (2.37%) SCCM
6 6 (2.03%) Ansible
7 5 (1.69%) Nessus
8 4 (1.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.02%) CASB
10 2 (0.68%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.68%) QRadar
11 1 (0.34%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.34%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.34%) Grafana
11 1 (0.34%) Nmap
11 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.34%) RSA Archer
11 1 (0.34%) SELinux
11 1 (0.34%) WSUS
Vendors
1 60 (20.34%) Microsoft
2 30 (10.17%) CyberArk
3 23 (7.80%) Splunk
4 14 (4.75%) ServiceNow
5 13 (4.41%) Oracle
6 10 (3.39%) SAP
7 9 (3.05%) Google
8 6 (2.03%) Cisco
8 6 (2.03%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.69%) CrowdStrike
9 5 (1.69%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.69%) Okta
9 5 (1.69%) Qualys
9 5 (1.69%) Tenable
10 4 (1.36%) OpenAI
11 2 (0.68%) Apple
11 2 (0.68%) BeyondTrust
11 2 (0.68%) Databricks
11 2 (0.68%) Thycotic
11 2 (0.68%) Zscaler