ISO/IEC 27001 Contracts in the North West

ISO/IEC 27001
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ISO/IEC 27001 over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 87 130
Rank change year-on-year -24 +43 +30
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 23 39 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.05% 1.62% 0.73%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.03% 11.24% 4.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 35 16
10th Percentile £410 £425 £371
25th Percentile £454 £444 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £431
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +39.13% -21.59%
75th Percentile £709 £669 £481
90th Percentile £777 £721 £644
England median daily rate £550 £585 £600
% change year-on-year -5.98% -2.50% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 327 347 444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 14.87% 14.40% 14.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 197 257
10th Percentile £313 £363 £316
25th Percentile £392 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £500 £486
Median % change year-on-year -7.15% +2.88% +2.32%
75th Percentile £590 £585 £588
90th Percentile £688 £672 £647
England median daily rate £500 £525 £536
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.05% +2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 37 36
10th Percentile £13.50 - £17.20
25th Percentile £25.50 - £29.83
Median hourly rate £49.82 £10.95 £37.55
Median % change year-on-year +354.98% -70.84% -46.36%
75th Percentile £74.44 £18.11 £49.52
90th Percentile £85.07 £43.10 £76.19
England median hourly rate £31.64 £27.50 £38.46
% change year-on-year +15.05% -28.50% +56.98%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing ISO/IEC 27001 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in the North West

ISO/IEC 27001
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in the North West.

Daily rate trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in the North West

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in the North West over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

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

ISO/IEC 27001
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in the North West

ISO/IEC 27001
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 14 August 2025. 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
Manchester -10 11 £663 +43.24% 36
Merseyside 0 5 £675 +12.50% 3
Cheshire -18 5 £437 -21.96% 7
Lancashire -2 2 £575 -41.03% 27
ISO/IEC 27001
England

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.35%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) AWS
2 3 (13.04%) Azure
3 2 (8.70%) GCP
4 1 (4.35%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (4.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Network Security
2 2 (8.70%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 9 (39.13%) Finance
3 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Banking
4 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.35%) Legal
5 1 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Architect
1 6 (26.09%) Security Architect
2 5 (21.74%) Consultant
3 4 (17.39%) Senior
4 3 (13.04%) Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 3 (13.04%) Security Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) Information Assurance Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) IT Manager
5 2 (8.70%) IT Services Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Risk Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Architect
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Information Assurance Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Security Architect
5 2 (8.70%) Service Continuity Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Service Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Junior Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Supply Chain Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) LDAP
1 1 (4.35%) OAuth
1 1 (4.35%) OAuth2
1 1 (4.35%) OpenID
1 1 (4.35%) SailPoint
1 1 (4.35%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
1 3 (13.04%) PKI
2 2 (8.70%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.35%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.35%) CESG
3 1 (4.35%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Licensing
3 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.35%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Risk Management
2 10 (43.48%) Information Security
3 9 (39.13%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (39.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (30.43%) SIEM
5 6 (26.09%) Incident Response
6 5 (21.74%) Risk Assessment
7 4 (17.39%) Roadmaps
8 3 (13.04%) Cloud Security
8 3 (13.04%) Decision-Making
8 3 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (13.04%) ITIL
8 3 (13.04%) Problem Management
8 3 (13.04%) Risk Register
8 3 (13.04%) SDLC
8 3 (13.04%) Security Architecture
8 3 (13.04%) Service Continuity Management
8 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (8.70%) Forensic Analysis
9 2 (8.70%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 12 (52.17%) CISSP
2 11 (47.83%) CISM
3 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
4 3 (13.04%) CISA
4 3 (13.04%) Degree
4 3 (13.04%) GSEC
4 3 (13.04%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (8.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 2 (8.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
6 1 (4.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (4.35%) AWS Certification
6 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
6 1 (4.35%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (4.35%) CRISC
6 1 (4.35%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (82.61%) NIST
2 10 (43.48%) PCI DSS
3 5 (21.74%) GDPR
4 4 (17.39%) HIPAA
5 3 (13.04%) COBIT
5 3 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (13.04%) GRC
5 3 (13.04%) ISO 22301
5 3 (13.04%) ISO 31000
6 2 (8.70%) NCSC
6 2 (8.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (8.70%) SOC 1
7 1 (4.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (4.35%) JSP 440
7 1 (4.35%) NIST 800
7 1 (4.35%) PMO
7 1 (4.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) QRadar
2 2 (8.70%) Kubernetes
2 2 (8.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 4 (17.39%) Splunk
3 3 (13.04%) ArcSight
3 3 (13.04%) ServiceNow
4 2 (8.70%) BiZZdesign
5 1 (4.35%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (4.35%) OneTrust