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 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
6 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 116 108
Rank change year-on-year +41 -8 +75
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 122 52 96
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.79% 1.51% 1.96%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.01% 9.81% 11.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 36 69
10th Percentile £412 £374 £453
25th Percentile £448 £458 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £546 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.93% -8.96% +7.87%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £667
90th Percentile £731 £675 £673
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 762 530 848
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.45% 15.37% 17.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 539 272 517
10th Percentile £300 £227 £184
25th Percentile £413 £370 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% +13.33%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £600
90th Percentile £676 £675 £675
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 24 45
10th Percentile £16.06 £19.04 £19.07
25th Percentile £17.65 £23.39 £27.50
Median hourly rate £51.86 £51.00 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -6.52% +129.56%
75th Percentile £80.14 £62.24 £71.90
90th Percentile £86.32 £65.35 £77.63
England median hourly rate £26.11 £30.21 £33.00
% change year-on-year -13.57% -8.45% +34.69%

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 6 January 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 6 January 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 6 January 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 +38 82 £492 -18.00% 28
Berkshire +35 67 £492 -18.00% 16
Hampshire -3 23 £556 +1.14% 15
Surrey -4 11 £475 +16.56% 22
Oxfordshire -8 10 £488 -2.50% 5
West Sussex -7 6 £700 +47.37% 10
Buckinghamshire +1 5 £500 -2.15% 7
Sussex - 1 £900 - 1
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 (3.28%) Confluence
2 3 (2.46%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
Applications
1 12 (9.84%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (9.84%) Microsoft Office
1 12 (9.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (4.92%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 58 (47.54%) Azure
2 54 (44.26%) AWS
3 26 (21.31%) GCP
4 10 (8.20%) Entra ID
5 6 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (4.92%) OCI
6 4 (3.28%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (3.28%) Amazon S3
6 4 (3.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (2.46%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (2.46%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (2.46%) GitHub
7 3 (2.46%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.64%) AWS CodePipeline
8 2 (1.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.82%) Amazon ECR
9 1 (0.82%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.82%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 1 (0.82%) IaaS
9 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 27 (22.13%) Firewall
2 12 (9.84%) Network Security
2 12 (9.84%) Wireless
3 6 (4.92%) VPN
4 3 (2.46%) HTTP
4 3 (2.46%) S/MIME
5 2 (1.64%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.82%) DHCP
6 1 (0.82%) DMZ
6 1 (0.82%) DNS
6 1 (0.82%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.82%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.10%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (2.46%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.64%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.64%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.64%) MySQL
3 2 (1.64%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.64%) RDBMS
3 2 (1.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (11.48%) Burp Suite
1 14 (11.48%) Metasploit
2 4 (3.28%) JIRA
3 3 (2.46%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.82%) Git
4 1 (0.82%) GitLab
General
1 70 (57.38%) Social Skills
2 21 (17.21%) Documentation Skills
3 16 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (13.11%) Finance
4 11 (9.02%) Legal
5 10 (8.20%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.82%) Digital Health
7 1 (0.82%) Military
7 1 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 22 (18.03%) Analyst
2 15 (12.30%) Penetration Tester
3 14 (11.48%) Architect
4 13 (10.66%) Tester
5 11 (9.02%) Consultant
6 9 (7.38%) Security Analyst
7 8 (6.56%) SOC Analyst
8 7 (5.74%) Security Architect
9 6 (4.92%) Information Security Officer
9 6 (4.92%) Security Consultant
9 6 (4.92%) Security Officer
10 5 (4.10%) Information Analyst
10 5 (4.10%) Information Officer
10 5 (4.10%) Information Security Analyst
10 5 (4.10%) Technical Specialist
11 4 (3.28%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 4 (3.28%) Lead
12 3 (2.46%) Oracle Consultant
12 3 (2.46%) Oracle Functional Consultant
12 3 (2.46%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (16.39%) LDAP
2 6 (4.92%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (2.46%) OAuth
3 3 (2.46%) OpenID
4 2 (1.64%) OAuth2
4 2 (1.64%) SAML
5 1 (0.82%) Django
5 1 (0.82%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.82%) Flask
5 1 (0.82%) OpenAPI
5 1 (0.82%) REST
5 1 (0.82%) RESTful
5 1 (0.82%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.82%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 21 (17.21%) Security Posture
2 8 (6.56%) Management Information System
2 8 (6.56%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (5.74%) Operational Technology
4 5 (4.10%) Cloud Native
4 5 (4.10%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (3.28%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.28%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.46%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.46%) BYOD
6 3 (2.46%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (2.46%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.46%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.46%) PKI
6 3 (2.46%) Replication
6 3 (2.46%) Smartcard
7 2 (1.64%) Cyberattack
7 2 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (18.85%) Windows
2 8 (6.56%) Linux
3 2 (1.64%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (51.64%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (32.79%) SIEM
3 39 (31.97%) Information Security
4 35 (28.69%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (23.77%) Risk Management
6 27 (22.13%) Cloud Security
7 26 (21.31%) CI/CD
7 26 (21.31%) Penetration Testing
8 25 (20.49%) DevOps
8 25 (20.49%) Incident Response
9 24 (19.67%) DevSecOps
9 24 (19.67%) Regulatory Compliance
10 19 (15.57%) Security Management
11 16 (13.11%) Identity Access Management
11 16 (13.11%) Stakeholder Management
12 15 (12.30%) Data Protection
13 14 (11.48%) Security Operations
14 13 (10.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 12 (9.84%) Agile
15 12 (9.84%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 35 (28.69%) PowerShell
2 30 (24.59%) Python
3 5 (4.10%) Bash
4 2 (1.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (41.80%) Security Cleared
2 50 (40.98%) CISSP
3 39 (31.97%) SC Cleared
4 36 (29.51%) CISM
5 22 (18.03%) Degree
6 14 (11.48%) CHECK Team Member
7 12 (9.84%) CREST Certified
7 12 (9.84%) Cyber Scheme
8 11 (9.02%) DV Cleared
9 10 (8.20%) Postgraduate
10 9 (7.38%) AWS Certification
10 9 (7.38%) GIAC
11 7 (5.74%) Azure Certification
11 7 (5.74%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (5.74%) GCFA
11 7 (5.74%) GCIA
11 7 (5.74%) GCIH
12 6 (4.92%) CFCE
13 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (4.10%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (69.67%) NIST
2 69 (56.56%) GDPR
3 29 (23.77%) PCI DSS
4 14 (11.48%) PMO
5 13 (10.66%) QA
6 11 (9.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 10 (8.20%) GRC
8 9 (7.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (5.74%) COBIT
10 6 (4.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (4.92%) HIPAA
11 5 (4.10%) NCSC
11 5 (4.10%) PSD2
12 4 (3.28%) JSP 440
13 3 (2.46%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (2.46%) NIST 800
14 2 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (1.64%) SLA
15 1 (0.82%) GAMP
System Software
1 26 (21.31%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.10%) Docker
3 1 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (11.48%) Nmap
2 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 4 (3.28%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.28%) Terraform
4 2 (1.64%) CSIRT
4 2 (1.64%) RSA Archer
4 2 (1.64%) SCCM
5 1 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.82%) Ansible
5 1 (0.82%) Argo
5 1 (0.82%) Grafana
5 1 (0.82%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 22 (18.03%) Microsoft
2 21 (17.21%) CyberArk
3 20 (16.39%) BeyondTrust
4 10 (8.20%) Splunk
5 8 (6.56%) Oracle
6 6 (4.92%) ArcSight
7 5 (4.10%) CrowdStrike
7 5 (4.10%) LogRhythm
8 3 (2.46%) Thales
9 2 (1.64%) Cisco
9 2 (1.64%) Citrix
9 2 (1.64%) Sophos
9 2 (1.64%) VMware
10 1 (0.82%) Carbon Black
10 1 (0.82%) Intel
10 1 (0.82%) OneTrust
10 1 (0.82%) ServiceNow
142 ISO/IEC 27001 jobs in the South East