ISO/IEC 27001 Contract Job Trends in the South East

ISO/IEC 27001
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 125 107
Rank change year-on-year +55 -18 +85
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 124 53 111
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.05% 1.29% 2.09%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.15% 9.62% 12.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 32 78
10th Percentile £394 £372 £448
25th Percentile £447 £450 £537
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £604
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -4.76% +7.33%
75th Percentile £613 £641 £671
90th Percentile £723 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 0
10th Percentile - £16.28 -
25th Percentile - £22.69 -
Median hourly rate £36.00 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +30.91% - -
75th Percentile £47.25 £37.12 -
90th Percentile £67.50 £52.19 -
England median hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year +2.86% -21.35% +36.92%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 723 551 877
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.76% 13.38% 16.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 479 289 496
10th Percentile £267 £234 £192
25th Percentile £412 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £524
Median % change year-on-year - -4.53% +10.26%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £622
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
England median daily rate £500 £500 £540
% change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 30 56
10th Percentile £15.12 £17.38 £18.73
25th Percentile £15.50 £26.56 £30.56
Median hourly rate £19.44 £54.18 £52.71
Median % change year-on-year -64.13% +2.78% +151.01%
75th Percentile £70.03 £63.25 £70.85
90th Percentile £85.13 £70.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.63 £30.21 £39.00
% change year-on-year -15.16% -22.54% +73.33%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

ISO/IEC 27001 job vacancy trend in the South East

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in the South East over the 6 months to 21 November 2025.

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

ISO/IEC 27001
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ISO/IEC 27001.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ISO/IEC 27001

ISO/IEC 27001
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in the South East over the 6 months to 21 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in the South East

ISO/IEC 27001
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South East region over the 6 months to 21 November 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
Thames Valley +51 83 £492 -16.96% 73
Berkshire +45 64 £500 -16.67% 39
Hampshire +16 31 £540 -6.09% 33
Oxfordshire -6 13 £488 +2.63% 21
Surrey +4 6 £463 +13.50% 12
Buckinghamshire +4 6 £450 -11.94% 15
West Sussex -6 5 £660 +38.95% 10
Home Counties - 1 - -
ISO/IEC 27001
England

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

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.23%) Confluence
2 2 (1.61%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
Applications
1 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.23%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.81%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 49 (39.52%) Azure
2 44 (35.48%) AWS
3 31 (25.00%) GCP
4 13 (10.48%) Entra ID
5 9 (7.26%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (3.23%) Azure Storage
6 4 (3.23%) OCI
7 3 (2.42%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (2.42%) Amazon S3
7 3 (2.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (2.42%) GitHub
7 3 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (2.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.81%) Amazon ECR
9 1 (0.81%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 1 (0.81%) AWS CodePipeline
9 1 (0.81%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (13.71%) Network Security
2 14 (11.29%) Firewall
3 4 (3.23%) NAS
3 4 (3.23%) SAN
3 4 (3.23%) VPN
4 3 (2.42%) HTTP
5 2 (1.61%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.81%) DHCP
6 1 (0.81%) DMZ
6 1 (0.81%) DNS
6 1 (0.81%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.81%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (2.42%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.61%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.61%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.61%) MySQL
3 2 (1.61%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.61%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 2 (1.61%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.61%) RDBMS
3 2 (1.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (4.03%) Git
1 5 (4.03%) JIRA
2 2 (1.61%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.81%) GitLab
General
1 74 (59.68%) Social Skills
2 23 (18.55%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (16.13%) Documentation Skills
4 15 (12.10%) Finance
4 15 (12.10%) Public Sector
5 11 (8.87%) Legal
6 2 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.81%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.81%) Digital Health
7 1 (0.81%) Military
7 1 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (16.94%) Analyst
2 20 (16.13%) Architect
3 15 (12.10%) Consultant
4 12 (9.68%) Security Architect
5 11 (8.87%) Security Consultant
6 9 (7.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 9 (7.26%) Security Specialist
6 9 (7.26%) SOC Analyst
7 8 (6.45%) Security Analyst
8 6 (4.84%) Senior
9 4 (3.23%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
9 4 (3.23%) Cloud Architect
9 4 (3.23%) Information Analyst
9 4 (3.23%) Information Security Analyst
9 4 (3.23%) Technical Specialist
10 3 (2.42%) Developer
10 3 (2.42%) Lead
11 2 (1.61%) Cybersecurity Specialist
11 2 (1.61%) IT Analyst
11 2 (1.61%) Migration Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (15.32%) LDAP
2 6 (4.84%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (3.23%) Google JAX
3 4 (3.23%) JAX
3 4 (3.23%) PyTorch
3 4 (3.23%) scikit-learn
3 4 (3.23%) TensorFlow
4 3 (2.42%) OAuth
4 3 (2.42%) OpenID
5 2 (1.61%) OAuth2
5 2 (1.61%) SAML
6 1 (0.81%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (0.81%) Django
6 1 (0.81%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.81%) Flask
6 1 (0.81%) OpenAPI
6 1 (0.81%) REST
6 1 (0.81%) RESTful
6 1 (0.81%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.81%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.10%) Security Posture
2 9 (7.26%) Management Information System
2 9 (7.26%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (4.84%) Cloud Native
3 6 (4.84%) Operational Technology
4 5 (4.03%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.23%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.42%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.42%) BYOD
6 3 (2.42%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (2.42%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.42%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.42%) Replication
6 3 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.61%) Clustering
7 2 (1.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (1.61%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 14 (11.29%) Windows
2 10 (8.06%) Linux
3 5 (4.03%) Mac OS
3 5 (4.03%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (48.39%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (34.68%) SIEM
3 35 (28.23%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (27.42%) Risk Management
5 28 (22.58%) CI/CD
6 26 (20.97%) DevOps
6 26 (20.97%) Incident Response
6 26 (20.97%) Information Security
7 23 (18.55%) DevSecOps
7 23 (18.55%) Security Architecture
7 23 (18.55%) Stakeholder Management
8 19 (15.32%) Identity Access Management
9 18 (14.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 17 (13.71%) Agile
10 17 (13.71%) Data Protection
11 16 (12.90%) Threat Intelligence
11 16 (12.90%) Threat Modelling
12 15 (12.10%) Cloud Security
12 15 (12.10%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 15 (12.10%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 38 (30.65%) PowerShell
2 35 (28.23%) Python
3 7 (5.65%) Bash
4 4 (3.23%) C++
4 4 (3.23%) Java
4 4 (3.23%) R
4 4 (3.23%) SQL
5 3 (2.42%) C
6 1 (0.81%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 53 (42.74%) Security Cleared
2 47 (37.90%) CISSP
3 39 (31.45%) SC Cleared
4 37 (29.84%) CISM
5 15 (12.10%) Degree
6 12 (9.68%) AWS Certification
6 12 (9.68%) Azure Certification
7 11 (8.87%) DV Cleared
8 10 (8.06%) GCIA
9 9 (7.26%) GCFA
9 9 (7.26%) GCIH
9 9 (7.26%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (6.45%) CFCE
11 7 (5.65%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (5.65%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (5.65%) GIAC
12 5 (4.03%) PMI Certification
13 4 (3.23%) CCSP
13 4 (3.23%) Master's Degree
13 4 (3.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (67.74%) NIST
2 66 (53.23%) GDPR
3 12 (9.68%) PCI DSS
4 8 (6.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (6.45%) GRC
5 7 (5.65%) COBIT
5 7 (5.65%) HIPAA
6 6 (4.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (4.84%) ISO 9001
6 6 (4.84%) NIST 800
6 6 (4.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (4.03%) PMO
7 5 (4.03%) PSD2
7 5 (4.03%) RMADS
8 4 (3.23%) EU AI Act
8 4 (3.23%) JSP 440
8 4 (3.23%) NCSC
9 3 (2.42%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (2.42%) QA
10 2 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 28 (22.58%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.03%) Docker
3 4 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (7.26%) Kubernetes
2 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (4.03%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 5 (4.03%) SCCM
4 4 (3.23%) Terraform
5 2 (1.61%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.81%) Ansible
6 1 (0.81%) Argo
6 1 (0.81%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.81%) Grafana
6 1 (0.81%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.81%) QRadar
Vendors
1 26 (20.97%) Microsoft
2 20 (16.13%) CyberArk
3 19 (15.32%) BeyondTrust
4 13 (10.48%) Splunk
5 8 (6.45%) ArcSight
5 8 (6.45%) Oracle
6 7 (5.65%) CrowdStrike
6 7 (5.65%) LogRhythm
7 5 (4.03%) Citrix
7 5 (4.03%) VMware
8 4 (3.23%) EMC
8 4 (3.23%) NetApp
8 4 (3.23%) Pure Storage
9 2 (1.61%) Cisco
9 2 (1.61%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.61%) Sophos
10 1 (0.81%) BMC
10 1 (0.81%) Intel
10 1 (0.81%) OneTrust
10 1 (0.81%) Remedy