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 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 171 209
Rank change year-on-year +2 +38 +20
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 286 191 202
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.61% 1.52% 1.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.86% 9.58% 8.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 131 166
10th Percentile £422 £413 £363
25th Percentile £500 £513 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £585
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £714 £710 £697
90th Percentile £888 £835 £775
England median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -2.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £83.20 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £61.50 £83.41
% change year-on-year -10.56% -26.27% +16.67%

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 3,227 1,994 2,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.19% 15.85% 13.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,162 1,312 1,765
10th Percentile £350 £313 £350
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -3.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £688
90th Percentile £743 £775 £800
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 28 65
10th Percentile £19.76 £19.44 £13.29
25th Percentile £25.38 £22.27 £18.13
Median hourly rate £27.75 £34.75 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.14% +41.84% -7.55%
75th Percentile £50.25 £57.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £70.30 £86.37 £53.65
England median hourly rate £30.58 £35.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -12.63% +55.56% -47.06%

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 2 May 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 2 May 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 +13 57 £525 -18.03% 49
South London -11 11 £500 +11.11% 1
East London -10 1 £550 -10.57% 8
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 (3.50%) Confluence
2 9 (3.15%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.70%) IIS
5 1 (0.35%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.35%) Apache
5 1 (0.35%) nginx
5 1 (0.35%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.05%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 100 (34.97%) Azure
2 72 (25.17%) AWS
3 25 (8.74%) GCP
4 24 (8.39%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (7.34%) Entra ID
6 13 (4.55%) OpenShift
7 10 (3.50%) Amazon EKS
7 10 (3.50%) GitHub
8 9 (3.15%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 9 (3.15%) AWS CloudFormation
8 9 (3.15%) Azure Sentinel
9 8 (2.80%) Amazon ECS
9 8 (2.80%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (2.80%) OCI
9 8 (2.80%) SaaS
10 7 (2.45%) AWS KMS
10 7 (2.45%) Serverless
10 7 (2.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 5 (1.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.94%) DNS
1 17 (5.94%) Firewall
1 17 (5.94%) Network Security
2 9 (3.15%) DHCP
2 9 (3.15%) VPN
3 5 (1.75%) Kerberos
3 5 (1.75%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.40%) WAN
5 3 (1.05%) Cisco IPT
5 3 (1.05%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.70%) HTTP
6 2 (0.70%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.70%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (0.70%) IPv4
6 2 (0.70%) IPv6
6 2 (0.70%) LAN
6 2 (0.70%) Modbus
6 2 (0.70%) NGFW
6 2 (0.70%) SSL
7 1 (0.35%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.40%) Amazon Aurora
1 4 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (1.40%) Big Data
1 4 (1.40%) DocumentDB
1 4 (1.40%) DynamoDB
1 4 (1.40%) MySQL
1 4 (1.40%) NoSQL
1 4 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (1.40%) Redis
2 2 (0.70%) Metadata
2 2 (0.70%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.35%) EDRMS
3 1 (0.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 17 (5.94%) Jenkins
2 13 (4.55%) JIRA
3 4 (1.40%) GitLab
4 2 (0.70%) JMeter
4 2 (0.70%) MSTest
4 2 (0.70%) Selenium
5 1 (0.35%) Git
5 1 (0.35%) Snyk
General
1 102 (35.66%) Social Skills
2 82 (28.67%) Finance
3 42 (14.69%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (10.49%) Public Sector
5 27 (9.44%) Legal
6 26 (9.09%) Banking
7 21 (7.34%) Influencing Skills
8 17 (5.94%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (4.90%) Financial Institution
10 10 (3.50%) Law
11 7 (2.45%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.05%) Retail
14 2 (0.70%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.35%) Back Office
15 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 1 (0.35%) Local Government
15 1 (0.35%) Military
Job Titles
1 55 (19.23%) Architect
2 35 (12.24%) Analyst
3 28 (9.79%) Consultant
4 26 (9.09%) Senior
5 21 (7.34%) Security Engineer
6 20 (6.99%) Lead
6 20 (6.99%) Project Manager
6 20 (6.99%) Security Architect
7 17 (5.94%) CyberArk Architect
8 15 (5.24%) Security Analyst
8 15 (5.24%) Security Consultant
8 15 (5.24%) Security Manager
8 15 (5.24%) Security Specialist
9 11 (3.85%) Migration Manager
9 11 (3.85%) Migration Project Manager
10 10 (3.50%) AWS Architect
11 9 (3.15%) Azure Engineer
11 9 (3.15%) Cloud Architect
12 8 (2.80%) IT Analyst
13 7 (2.45%) Head of Security
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.64%) OpenID
2 18 (6.29%) SAML
3 17 (5.94%) LDAP
4 12 (4.20%) REST
5 10 (3.50%) OAuth
6 6 (2.10%) RESTful
7 5 (1.75%) OAuth2
7 5 (1.75%) Spring
8 4 (1.40%) gRPC
8 4 (1.40%) Hibernate
8 4 (1.40%) JPA
8 4 (1.40%) Kafka
8 4 (1.40%) OpenTelemetry
8 4 (1.40%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (1.40%) Spring Boot
8 4 (1.40%) Spring Cloud
9 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Graph
9 3 (1.05%) Middleware
10 2 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
10 2 (0.70%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 37 (12.94%) Onboarding
2 30 (10.49%) Cloud Native
3 22 (7.69%) Security Posture
4 17 (5.94%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.50%) Operational Technology
6 9 (3.15%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.10%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.10%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.75%) CMDB
8 5 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.75%) NHS
8 5 (1.75%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.40%) BYOD
9 4 (1.40%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.05%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.05%) Mainframe
10 3 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.14%) Windows
2 12 (4.20%) Linux
3 10 (3.50%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.05%) Unix
5 2 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.35%) Android
6 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.35%) CentOS
6 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (39.86%) Cybersecurity
2 84 (29.37%) Information Security
3 72 (25.17%) Risk Management
4 64 (22.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 61 (21.33%) Cloud Security
6 55 (19.23%) CI/CD
7 52 (18.18%) Agile
8 49 (17.13%) DevOps
8 49 (17.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 45 (15.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 45 (15.73%) Incident Response
10 43 (15.03%) Security Architecture
11 41 (14.34%) Threat Modelling
12 40 (13.99%) SIEM
13 39 (13.64%) Infrastructure as Code
14 36 (12.59%) Roadmaps
15 35 (12.24%) Data Protection
16 33 (11.54%) Regulatory Compliance
17 31 (10.84%) Migration
18 30 (10.49%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 25 (8.74%) PowerShell
2 16 (5.59%) Python
3 10 (3.50%) SQL
4 6 (2.10%) Bash
5 5 (1.75%) Java
6 4 (1.40%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (1.05%) C#
8 2 (0.70%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.35%) Bicep
9 1 (0.35%) Go
9 1 (0.35%) Ruby
9 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 79 (27.62%) Security Cleared
2 76 (26.57%) CISSP
3 67 (23.43%) SC Cleared
4 50 (17.48%) CISM
5 40 (13.99%) Degree
6 24 (8.39%) Cisco Certification
7 21 (7.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 21 (7.34%) CRISC
8 20 (6.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 19 (6.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 19 (6.64%) PMI Certification
9 19 (6.64%) PMP
10 17 (5.94%) CISA
11 15 (5.24%) CompTIA Security+
12 14 (4.90%) CEH
13 13 (4.55%) Azure Certification
14 12 (4.20%) AWS Certification
14 12 (4.20%) GIAC
15 10 (3.50%) CCSP
16 8 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (58.74%) NIST
2 91 (31.82%) GDPR
3 49 (17.13%) GRC
4 48 (16.78%) NCSC
5 42 (14.69%) PCI DSS
6 28 (9.79%) COBIT
6 28 (9.79%) Cyber Essentials
7 20 (6.99%) SOC 2
8 17 (5.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 15 (5.24%) NIST 800
10 11 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (2.80%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 8 (2.80%) ITGC
12 7 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 7 (2.45%) SLA
13 5 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (1.75%) Government Security Classifications
13 5 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 4 (1.40%) HIPAA
14 4 (1.40%) QA
System Software
1 23 (8.04%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.85%) Docker
3 2 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.35%) Varnish
4 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (9.44%) Kubernetes
2 18 (6.29%) Terraform
3 9 (3.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (3.15%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.75%) Ansible
5 3 (1.05%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.05%) Nessus
6 2 (0.70%) CASB
6 2 (0.70%) Grafana
6 2 (0.70%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.35%) Puppet
7 1 (0.35%) QRadar
7 1 (0.35%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.35%) SELinux
Vendors
1 49 (17.13%) Microsoft
2 35 (12.24%) CyberArk
3 23 (8.04%) Splunk
4 20 (6.99%) ServiceNow
5 7 (2.45%) Oracle
6 5 (1.75%) Qualys
6 5 (1.75%) Tenable
7 4 (1.40%) Google
8 3 (1.05%) Cisco
8 3 (1.05%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (1.05%) Workday
9 2 (0.70%) Databricks
9 2 (0.70%) Forcepoint
9 2 (0.70%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.70%) IBM
9 2 (0.70%) Rapid7
9 2 (0.70%) SAP
9 2 (0.70%) VMware
9 2 (0.70%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.35%) Varonis