ISO/IEC 27001 Contracts in the South East

ISO/IEC 27001
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 151 119
Rank change year-on-year +57 -32 +54
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 64 39 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.13% 0.70% 1.70%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.50% 4.90% 11.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 31 75
10th Percentile £450 £165 £406
25th Percentile £461 £400 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £460 £625
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -26.40% +21.95%
75th Percentile £638 £599 £700
90th Percentile £700 £650 £838
England median daily rate £571 £575 £591
% change year-on-year -0.65% -2.64% +7.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £61.50 - -
75th Percentile £62.24 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £61.50 £83.41 £70.00
% change year-on-year -26.27% +19.16% +28.61%

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 512 796 880
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.03% 14.36% 15.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 431 559
10th Percentile £200 £232 £200
25th Percentile £363 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £640 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 65 45
10th Percentile £21.00 £10.82 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.66 £15.38 £18.25
Median hourly rate £46.30 £27.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.36% +14.58% +14.15%
75th Percentile £62.24 £48.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £76.19 £65.00 £64.04
England median hourly rate £35.00 £22.34 £37.50
% change year-on-year +56.67% -40.43% +36.36%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in the South East

ISO/IEC 27001
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

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 7 May 2025.

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

ISO/IEC 27001
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend 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 7 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
Thames Valley +54 41 £550 +10.00% 42
Berkshire +56 36 £550 +6.49% 27
Hampshire +20 12 £525 +27.27% 22
Surrey - 5 £450 - 15
Buckinghamshire +11 3 £620 +90.77% 9
Oxfordshire +5 2 £625 +25.00% 16
East Sussex - 2 £563 - 6
Kent - 2 £513 - 14
West Sussex - 1 £550 - 11
ISO/IEC 27001
England

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (3.13%) SharePoint
1 2 (3.13%) TPMS
Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 10 (15.63%) Azure
2 6 (9.38%) AWS
3 4 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.69%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (4.69%) GCP
5 2 (3.13%) IaaS
5 2 (3.13%) OneDrive
5 2 (3.13%) PaaS
6 1 (1.56%) Azure Cognitive Services
6 1 (1.56%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.56%) Azure Machine Learning
6 1 (1.56%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.56%) OCI
6 1 (1.56%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.56%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.56%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.56%) SaaS
6 1 (1.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.25%) Firewall
1 4 (6.25%) Network Security
2 2 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.56%) Modbus
3 1 (1.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.13%) Big Data
2 1 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.56%) GIS
2 1 (1.56%) NonStop SQL
2 1 (1.56%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.56%) JIRA
General
1 17 (26.56%) Social Skills
2 11 (17.19%) Public Sector
3 9 (14.06%) Telecoms
4 8 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.69%) Military
6 2 (3.13%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.13%) Finance
6 2 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.56%) Legal
7 1 (1.56%) Local Government
7 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (28.13%) Security Specialist
1 18 (28.13%) Senior
2 17 (26.56%) Information Specialist
3 16 (25.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 16 (25.00%) Senior Security Specialist
4 15 (23.44%) Information Security Specialist
4 15 (23.44%) Senior Information Security Specialist
5 9 (14.06%) Architect
6 7 (10.94%) Security Architect
7 6 (9.38%) Consultant
8 3 (4.69%) Bid Writer
8 3 (4.69%) Cloud Engineer
8 3 (4.69%) Project Manager
8 3 (4.69%) Security Manager
8 3 (4.69%) Security Officer
8 3 (4.69%) Technical Bid Writer
8 3 (4.69%) Technical Writer
9 2 (3.13%) Information Officer
9 2 (3.13%) Infrastructure Operations Specialist
9 2 (3.13%) SOC Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.13%) Apache Axis
1 2 (3.13%) YAML
2 1 (1.56%) FHIR
2 1 (1.56%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.81%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (7.81%) Operational Technology
2 5 (7.81%) SCADA
3 4 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 4 (6.25%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (6.25%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.13%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.13%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.13%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (3.13%) NHS
5 1 (1.56%) CESG
5 1 (1.56%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.56%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.56%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.56%) PKI
5 1 (1.56%) PMI
5 1 (1.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.38%) Windows
2 3 (4.69%) Windows Server
2 3 (4.69%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (39.06%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (29.69%) Risk Management
3 18 (28.13%) Information Security
4 17 (26.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 16 (25.00%) Incident Response
6 12 (18.75%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 11 (17.19%) Decision-Making
7 11 (17.19%) Risk Assessment
7 11 (17.19%) Security Architecture
7 11 (17.19%) Threat Modelling
8 10 (15.63%) Cloud Security
8 10 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (14.06%) Vulnerability Management
10 8 (12.50%) Incident Management
10 8 (12.50%) Information Assurance
10 8 (12.50%) SIEM
11 7 (10.94%) Threat Intelligence
12 6 (9.38%) Analytics
12 6 (9.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 6 (9.38%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.94%) Python
2 6 (9.38%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.69%) SQL
4 2 (3.13%) C#
4 2 (3.13%) Java
4 2 (3.13%) Ruby
5 1 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 34 (53.13%) Security Cleared
2 27 (42.19%) CISM
3 18 (28.13%) CISSP
3 18 (28.13%) DV Cleared
4 17 (26.56%) SC Cleared
5 10 (15.63%) Degree
6 6 (9.38%) CEH
7 5 (7.81%) CISA
7 5 (7.81%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (6.25%) Master's Degree
9 3 (4.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (3.13%) Azure Certification
10 2 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (3.13%) GCIH
10 2 (3.13%) GIAC
10 2 (3.13%) PMI Certification
10 2 (3.13%) PMP
11 1 (1.56%) CCNA
11 1 (1.56%) GCFA
11 1 (1.56%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (37.50%) NIST
2 11 (17.19%) GDPR
2 11 (17.19%) NCSC
3 6 (9.38%) PCI DSS
4 5 (7.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (6.25%) NIST 800
6 3 (4.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (4.69%) ISO 9001
7 2 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (3.13%) SOC 2
8 1 (1.56%) HIPAA
8 1 (1.56%) ISO 14001
8 1 (1.56%) ISO 22301
8 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (1.56%) JSP 440
8 1 (1.56%) QA
8 1 (1.56%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 2 (3.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.69%) CSIRT
3 2 (3.13%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.13%) SCCM
3 2 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (3.13%) Terraform
4 1 (1.56%) CASB
4 1 (1.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (1.56%) QRadar
Vendors
1 6 (9.38%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.25%) Splunk
3 2 (3.13%) CyberArk
3 2 (3.13%) Oracle
4 1 (1.56%) Cisco
4 1 (1.56%) Forcepoint
4 1 (1.56%) Google
4 1 (1.56%) Kenna
4 1 (1.56%) OpenAI
4 1 (1.56%) Rapid7
4 1 (1.56%) SAP
4 1 (1.56%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.56%) Tenable
4 1 (1.56%) Virgin Media