ISO/IEC 27001 Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

ISO/IEC 27001
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 29 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.88% 0.63% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.44% 3.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
UK median daily rate £525 £593 £600
% change year-on-year -11.39% -1.25% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 45 30 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 19.91% 18.75% 18.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 9 19
10th Percentile £336 £148 £198
25th Percentile £439 £300 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £325
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +50.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £575 £590 £619
90th Percentile £636 £628 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 2
10th Percentile - - £12.83
25th Percentile £12.31 - £13.69
Median hourly rate £12.96 £24.18 £15.13
Median % change year-on-year -46.42% +59.87% -
75th Percentile £22.15 £46.90 £16.56
90th Percentile £26.28 £83.20 £17.43
UK median hourly rate £25.94 £29.00 £30.25
% change year-on-year -10.55% -4.13% +27.27%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

ISO/IEC 27001 job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing ISO/IEC 27001.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing ISO/IEC 27001

ISO/IEC 27001
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 18 January 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
County Antrim -2 2 £500 - 9
ISO/IEC 27001
UK

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Due Diligence
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) NIST 800
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) OneTrust