ISO/IEC 27001 Contract Job Trends in the North East

ISO/IEC 27001
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 36 33
Rank change year-on-year -12 -3 -
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 5 7 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.98% 2.26% 0.61%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.90% 16.28% 3.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile - £354 £505
25th Percentile £260 £397 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £545 £572 £538
90th Percentile £706 £611 £545
England median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 102 43 51
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 19.92% 13.87% 15.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 28 33
10th Percentile £350 £332 £370
25th Percentile £413 £360 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £470 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% -6.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £628 £575
90th Percentile £575 £680 £600
England median daily rate £510 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 0 7
10th Percentile £17.00 - £13.70
25th Percentile £47.88 - £16.88
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £23.00
75th Percentile £69.72 - £48.75
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
England median hourly rate £28.28 £32.66 £22.75
% change year-on-year -13.41% +43.54% -46.47%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISO/IEC 27001 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

ISO/IEC 27001 job vacancy trend in the North East

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing ISO/IEC 27001.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing ISO/IEC 27001

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in the North East over the 6 months to 28 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in the North East

ISO/IEC 27001
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 28 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
Tyne and Wear -22 5 £400 -17.95% 8
ISO/IEC 27001
England

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Head of IT
2 1 (20.00%) Head of IT Operations
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Operations
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Service Operations
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Supplier Management
3 2 (40.00%) Coaching
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (40.00%) People Management
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Management
3 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Security Management
3 2 (40.00%) Service Management
3 2 (40.00%) SIEM
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (20.00%) SOAR
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CISA
2 1 (20.00%) CISM
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) NIST
2 2 (40.00%) GDPR
2 2 (40.00%) SLA
3 1 (20.00%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft