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 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 120 108
Rank change year-on-year +56 -12 +86
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 131 51 98
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.97% 1.42% 1.97%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.97% 9.32% 11.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 35 71
10th Percentile £412 £373 £463
25th Percentile £449 £456 £529
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £667
90th Percentile £736 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £585 £600
% change year-on-year -10.26% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile - £16.87 -
25th Percentile - £24.19 -
Median hourly rate £36.00 £36.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% - -
75th Percentile - £49.68 -
90th Percentile £63.00 £57.22 -
England median hourly rate £36.00 £73.60 £44.50
% change year-on-year -51.09% +65.39% -11.00%

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 772 547 859
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.51% 15.24% 17.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 540 282 520
10th Percentile £300 £227 £180
25th Percentile £413 £365 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year - -2.77% +13.02%
75th Percentile £588 £621 £609
90th Percentile £675 £675 £676
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 26 46
10th Percentile £14.99 £19.40 £21.63
25th Percentile £17.03 £24.18 £30.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £53.00 £52.81
Median % change year-on-year -32.08% +0.36% +140.03%
75th Percentile £77.43 £62.48 £71.55
90th Percentile £84.99 £65.17 £77.45
England median hourly rate £25.15 £30.67 £34.50
% change year-on-year -17.98% -11.12% +45.16%

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 29 December 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 29 December 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 29 December 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 +42 88 £492 -18.00% 126
Berkshire +35 70 £492 -18.00% 74
Hampshire +3 28 £550 -2.22% 66
Oxfordshire -7 11 £488 -2.50% 17
Surrey -5 9 £475 +16.56% 36
Buckinghamshire +7 7 £450 -11.94% 35
West Sussex -8 6 £700 +47.37% 21
Sussex - 1 £900 - 3
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 (3.05%) Confluence
2 3 (2.29%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
Applications
1 11 (8.40%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (7.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (7.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (4.58%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 58 (44.27%) Azure
2 54 (41.22%) AWS
3 28 (21.37%) GCP
4 12 (9.16%) Entra ID
5 9 (6.87%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (4.58%) OCI
7 4 (3.05%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (3.05%) Amazon S3
7 4 (3.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (2.29%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (2.29%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (2.29%) GitHub
8 3 (2.29%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.53%) AWS CodePipeline
9 2 (1.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.76%) Amazon ECR
10 1 (0.76%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.76%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 1 (0.76%) IaaS
10 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 24 (18.32%) Firewall
2 12 (9.16%) Network Security
3 10 (7.63%) Wireless
4 6 (4.58%) VPN
5 3 (2.29%) HTTP
5 3 (2.29%) S/MIME
6 2 (1.53%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.76%) DHCP
7 1 (0.76%) DMZ
7 1 (0.76%) DNS
7 1 (0.76%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.76%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.82%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (2.29%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.53%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.53%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.53%) MySQL
3 2 (1.53%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.53%) RDBMS
3 2 (1.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (8.40%) Burp Suite
1 11 (8.40%) Metasploit
2 5 (3.82%) Git
3 4 (3.05%) JIRA
4 3 (2.29%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.76%) GitLab
General
1 76 (58.02%) Social Skills
2 21 (16.03%) Documentation Skills
3 20 (15.27%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (11.45%) Finance
4 15 (11.45%) Public Sector
5 12 (9.16%) Legal
6 3 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.76%) Digital Health
7 1 (0.76%) Military
7 1 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 24 (18.32%) Analyst
2 22 (16.79%) Architect
3 12 (9.16%) Penetration Tester
3 12 (9.16%) Security Architect
4 11 (8.40%) Consultant
4 11 (8.40%) Tester
5 10 (7.63%) SOC Analyst
6 9 (6.87%) Security Analyst
7 6 (4.58%) Security Consultant
8 5 (3.82%) Information Analyst
8 5 (3.82%) Information Security Analyst
8 5 (3.82%) Technical Specialist
9 4 (3.05%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
9 4 (3.05%) Cloud Architect
9 4 (3.05%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 4 (3.05%) Information Security Officer
9 4 (3.05%) Lead
9 4 (3.05%) Security Officer
9 4 (3.05%) Senior
10 3 (2.29%) Information Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (15.27%) LDAP
2 6 (4.58%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (3.05%) Google JAX
3 4 (3.05%) JAX
3 4 (3.05%) PyTorch
3 4 (3.05%) scikit-learn
3 4 (3.05%) TensorFlow
4 3 (2.29%) OAuth
4 3 (2.29%) OpenID
5 2 (1.53%) OAuth2
5 2 (1.53%) SAML
6 1 (0.76%) Django
6 1 (0.76%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.76%) Flask
6 1 (0.76%) OpenAPI
6 1 (0.76%) REST
6 1 (0.76%) RESTful
6 1 (0.76%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.76%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 22 (16.79%) Security Posture
2 9 (6.87%) Management Information System
2 9 (6.87%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (5.34%) Operational Technology
4 6 (4.58%) Algorithms
4 6 (4.58%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (3.82%) Cloud Native
6 4 (3.05%) Data Centre
6 4 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (3.05%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.29%) BYOD
7 3 (2.29%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.29%) PKI
7 3 (2.29%) Replication
7 3 (2.29%) Smartcard
8 2 (1.53%) Clustering
8 2 (1.53%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.53%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 25 (19.08%) Windows
2 10 (7.63%) Linux
3 5 (3.82%) Mac OS
3 5 (3.82%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (47.33%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (32.06%) SIEM
3 38 (29.01%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (27.48%) Information Security
5 30 (22.90%) CI/CD
5 30 (22.90%) Risk Management
6 29 (22.14%) DevOps
6 29 (22.14%) Incident Response
7 25 (19.08%) Cloud Security
8 24 (18.32%) DevSecOps
9 23 (17.56%) Penetration Testing
9 23 (17.56%) Regulatory Compliance
10 20 (15.27%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (14.50%) Data Protection
12 18 (13.74%) Identity Access Management
13 17 (12.98%) Security Architecture
13 17 (12.98%) Security Management
13 17 (12.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 15 (11.45%) Security Operations
14 15 (11.45%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 39 (29.77%) PowerShell
2 36 (27.48%) Python
3 7 (5.34%) Bash
4 4 (3.05%) C++
4 4 (3.05%) Java
4 4 (3.05%) R
5 3 (2.29%) C
6 2 (1.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 54 (41.22%) Security Cleared
2 52 (39.69%) CISSP
3 40 (30.53%) SC Cleared
4 36 (27.48%) CISM
5 23 (17.56%) Degree
6 11 (8.40%) CHECK Team Member
6 11 (8.40%) DV Cleared
7 10 (7.63%) GIAC
8 9 (6.87%) AWS Certification
8 9 (6.87%) CREST Certified
8 9 (6.87%) Cyber Scheme
8 9 (6.87%) GCFA
8 9 (6.87%) GCIA
8 9 (6.87%) GCIH
9 8 (6.11%) CFCE
9 8 (6.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (6.11%) Postgraduate
10 7 (5.34%) Azure Certification
10 7 (5.34%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (5.34%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (67.18%) NIST
2 74 (56.49%) GDPR
3 25 (19.08%) PCI DSS
4 12 (9.16%) PMO
5 11 (8.40%) QA
6 10 (7.63%) GRC
7 9 (6.87%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (6.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (5.34%) COBIT
8 7 (5.34%) HIPAA
9 6 (4.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (3.82%) ISO 9001
10 5 (3.82%) NCSC
10 5 (3.82%) PSD2
11 4 (3.05%) EU AI Act
11 4 (3.05%) JSP 440
12 3 (2.29%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (2.29%) NIST 800
12 3 (2.29%) SLA
13 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 28 (21.37%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.82%) Docker
3 4 (3.05%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (8.40%) Nmap
2 8 (6.11%) Kubernetes
3 7 (5.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (3.82%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 5 (3.82%) SCCM
5 4 (3.05%) Terraform
6 2 (1.53%) CSIRT
6 2 (1.53%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.76%) Ansible
7 1 (0.76%) Argo
7 1 (0.76%) Grafana
7 1 (0.76%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 27 (20.61%) Microsoft
2 21 (16.03%) CyberArk
3 20 (15.27%) BeyondTrust
4 12 (9.16%) Splunk
5 8 (6.11%) ArcSight
5 8 (6.11%) Oracle
6 7 (5.34%) CrowdStrike
6 7 (5.34%) LogRhythm
7 5 (3.82%) Citrix
7 5 (3.82%) VMware
8 3 (2.29%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.29%) Thales
9 2 (1.53%) Cisco
9 2 (1.53%) Intel
9 2 (1.53%) Sophos
10 1 (0.76%) BMC
10 1 (0.76%) Carbon Black
10 1 (0.76%) OneTrust
10 1 (0.76%) Remedy
10 1 (0.76%) Sparx