ISO/IEC 27001 Contracts in Scotland

ISO/IEC 27001
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 86 122
Rank change year-on-year -26 +36 -1
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 4 43 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.25% 1.94% 1.43%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.41% 10.31% 7.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 21 33
10th Percentile £429 £508 £454
25th Percentile £434 £510 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -19.57% -4.17% +17.07%
75th Percentile £484 £606 £700
90th Percentile £486 £675 £765
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £590
% change year-on-year - -2.54% +7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £83.20 - -
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £83.41 £70.00
% change year-on-year -26.27% +19.16% +27.38%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 284 417 568
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 17.48% 18.81% 19.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 259 479
10th Percentile £192 £191 £213
25th Percentile £363 £326 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £528 £538 £550
90th Percentile £605 £610 £639
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 18 3
10th Percentile £18.53 £15.32 £26.25
25th Percentile £21.90 £16.18 £34.30
Median hourly rate £27.35 £18.27 £47.73
Median % change year-on-year +49.70% -61.72% +44.64%
75th Percentile £49.19 £51.28 £50.74
90th Percentile £75.28 £60.75 £52.55
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in Scotland

ISO/IEC 27001
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in Scotland

ISO/IEC 27001
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Glasgow -5 4 £463 -29.50% 24
ISO/IEC 27001
UK

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Security Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Information Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (25.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Cryptography
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Data Security
3 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security Management
3 1 (25.00%) ISMS
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Security Management
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CISM
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
1 2 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (25.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (25.00%) CRISC
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (25.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Forcepoint
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow