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 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 81 165
Rank change year-on-year +31 +84 -60
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 234 73 33
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.75% 2.37% 0.58%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 22.05% 13.98% 4.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 40 24
10th Percentile £405 £438 £165
25th Percentile £475 £488 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £436
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +37.54% -30.20%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £609
90th Percentile £725 £719 £668
England median daily rate £568 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +3.27% -4.35% -1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 4 2
10th Percentile £32.66 - -
25th Percentile £46.25 £51.25 £26.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% +107.26% -
75th Percentile £82.25 £62.24 £28.75
90th Percentile £84.00 - -
England median hourly rate £63.14 £57.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +10.77% +107.26% -60.71%

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 1,061 522 740
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.00% 16.95% 13.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 680 317 373
10th Percentile £325 £200 £255
25th Percentile £415 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £575
90th Percentile £720 £646 £673
England median daily rate £505 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 38 71
10th Percentile £17.27 £15.12 £10.82
25th Percentile £26.31 £15.13 £16.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.91 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +100.76% -9.44% -40.54%
75th Percentile £82.25 £61.68 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.29 £70.00
England median hourly rate £36.00 £32.50 £24.09
% change year-on-year +10.77% +34.91% -40.25%

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 27 June 2026.

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 27 June 2026.

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 27 June 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
Thames Valley +29 187 £560 -6.67% 30
Berkshire +17 109 £575 -4.17% 11
Oxfordshire +16 63 £425 -12.82% 7
Hampshire -22 28 £600 - 17
Buckinghamshire -25 15 £600 -3.23% 12
Surrey -16 13 £511 +13.61% 10
West Sussex -18 4 - - 4
Kent -2 1 £600 +17.07% 4
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 (1.71%) Confluence
1 4 (1.71%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.28%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
Applications
1 7 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.14%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.71%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 65 (27.78%) Azure
2 37 (15.81%) AWS
3 36 (15.38%) Entra ID
4 19 (8.12%) GCP
5 17 (7.26%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (4.27%) SaaS
7 9 (3.85%) OCI
7 9 (3.85%) Power Platform
8 7 (2.99%) IaaS
8 7 (2.99%) PaaS
9 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.85%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.43%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.43%) GitHub
11 1 (0.43%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.43%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.98%) Firewall
2 13 (5.56%) Network Security
3 6 (2.56%) HTTP
3 6 (2.56%) SSH
3 6 (2.56%) VPN
4 5 (2.14%) Wireless
5 3 (1.28%) LAN
5 3 (1.28%) SD-WAN
5 3 (1.28%) WAN
6 2 (0.85%) DHCP
6 2 (0.85%) DNS
6 2 (0.85%) NAS
6 2 (0.85%) SAN
7 1 (0.43%) BGP
7 1 (0.43%) IPsec
7 1 (0.43%) IPv6
7 1 (0.43%) MPLS
7 1 (0.43%) OSPF
7 1 (0.43%) S/MIME
7 1 (0.43%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.97%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.85%) Power BI
3 3 (1.28%) Metadata
4 2 (0.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (2.14%) Burp Suite
1 5 (2.14%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.43%) JIRA
2 1 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 82 (35.04%) Social Skills
2 47 (20.09%) Public Sector
3 45 (19.23%) Documentation Skills
4 30 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (8.97%) Finance
6 19 (8.12%) Aerospace
7 14 (5.98%) Manufacturing
8 10 (4.27%) Legal
8 10 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.42%) Military
10 4 (1.71%) Retail
11 3 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.28%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.85%) Law
13 1 (0.43%) Digital Health
13 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 40 (17.09%) Analyst
2 23 (9.83%) Architect
3 20 (8.55%) Lead
3 20 (8.55%) Project Manager
4 19 (8.12%) Security Analyst
5 16 (6.84%) Business Analyst
5 16 (6.84%) Security Architect
6 15 (6.41%) Consultant
6 15 (6.41%) Security Manager
6 15 (6.41%) Security Project Manager
7 14 (5.98%) Security Specialist
8 13 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Specialist
9 12 (5.13%) Security Consultant
10 11 (4.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 10 (4.27%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 9 (3.85%) IAM Specialist
13 8 (3.42%) Operations Analyst
13 8 (3.42%) Senior
14 7 (2.99%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
14 7 (2.99%) Security Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.97%) LDAP
2 9 (3.85%) OAuth
2 9 (3.85%) OAuth2
2 9 (3.85%) OpenID
2 9 (3.85%) SailPoint
2 9 (3.85%) SAML
3 8 (3.42%) Web Services
4 7 (2.99%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (1.71%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.85%) FIDO
7 1 (0.43%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.43%) ADO
7 1 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 42 (17.95%) Operational Technology
2 34 (14.53%) Onboarding
3 19 (8.12%) Management Information System
4 14 (5.98%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (5.98%) Data Centre
5 11 (4.70%) SCADA
5 11 (4.70%) Security Posture
5 11 (4.70%) Virtual Team
6 9 (3.85%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (3.42%) CMDB
8 7 (2.99%) Cyber Defence
9 6 (2.56%) BYOD
10 5 (2.14%) PKI
10 5 (2.14%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (1.28%) Taxonomies
13 2 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
13 2 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 48 (20.51%) Windows
2 33 (14.10%) Linux
3 31 (13.25%) Unix
4 19 (8.12%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.43%) VMS
5 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (60.68%) Cybersecurity
2 75 (32.05%) SIEM
3 66 (28.21%) Information Security
4 60 (25.64%) ITSM
5 50 (21.37%) Risk Management
6 44 (18.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 42 (17.95%) Runbook
8 40 (17.09%) Change Control
9 39 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
10 37 (15.81%) Change Management
11 35 (14.96%) Computer Science
12 33 (14.10%) Stakeholder Management
13 30 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
13 30 (12.82%) Security Operations
14 27 (11.54%) RBAC
14 27 (11.54%) Security Architecture
15 25 (10.68%) CI/CD
15 25 (10.68%) Remediation Plan
16 24 (10.26%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (23.50%) PowerShell
2 48 (20.51%) Python
3 3 (1.28%) SQL
4 1 (0.43%) Bash
4 1 (0.43%) Bicep
4 1 (0.43%) Perl
Qualifications
1 116 (49.57%) Security Cleared
2 86 (36.75%) SC Cleared
3 52 (22.22%) Degree
4 42 (17.95%) CISSP
5 41 (17.52%) CISM
6 20 (8.55%) DV Cleared
7 13 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (5.56%) PMI Certification
8 11 (4.70%) PMP
9 10 (4.27%) GIAC
10 8 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (2.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (2.99%) CRISC
12 6 (2.56%) CESG Certified Professional
12 6 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (2.14%) CHECK Team Member
13 5 (2.14%) CREST Certified
13 5 (2.14%) Cyber Scheme
13 5 (2.14%) SANS
14 4 (1.71%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (68.80%) NIST
2 59 (25.21%) GDPR
3 22 (9.40%) Cyber Essentials
4 19 (8.12%) SOC 2
5 15 (6.41%) GRC
6 13 (5.56%) ISO 31000
6 13 (5.56%) NCSC
6 13 (5.56%) PCI DSS
7 12 (5.13%) Data Quality
8 10 (4.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (3.42%) NIST 800
10 7 (2.99%) COBIT
10 7 (2.99%) QA
11 6 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (2.56%) PMO
12 5 (2.14%) ISO 9001
13 4 (1.71%) ISO 22301
13 4 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 4 (1.71%) JSP 440
14 3 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 67 (28.63%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.14%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (3.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.14%) Nmap
4 4 (1.71%) Nessus
5 3 (1.28%) Ansible
5 3 (1.28%) OpenVAS
5 3 (1.28%) Terraform
6 1 (0.43%) CASB
6 1 (0.43%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 36 (15.38%) BeyondTrust
2 35 (14.96%) CyberArk
3 28 (11.97%) Microsoft
4 26 (11.11%) Oracle
5 8 (3.42%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.14%) Qualys
7 4 (1.71%) Rapid7
8 3 (1.28%) VMware
9 2 (0.85%) Google
9 2 (0.85%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.85%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.43%) Arista
10 1 (0.43%) Aruba
10 1 (0.43%) F5
10 1 (0.43%) Meraki
10 1 (0.43%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.43%) Tanium
10 1 (0.43%) Tenable
10 1 (0.43%) Thales
10 1 (0.43%) Trend Micro