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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 140 102
Rank change year-on-year +67 -38 +89
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 91 40 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.64% 0.88% 1.99%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.40% 7.31% 14.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 28 79
10th Percentile £431 £389 £401
25th Percentile £492 £413 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £521 £610
Median % change year-on-year +5.52% -14.55% +10.91%
75th Percentile £650 £641 £700
90th Percentile £759 £679 £838
England median daily rate £550 £583 £600
% change year-on-year -5.58% -2.92% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +90.91% - -
75th Percentile £53.75 £28.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £33.50 £31.25 £48.25
% change year-on-year +7.20% -35.23% +96.94%

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 591 547 777
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.17% 11.98% 13.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 368 271 498
10th Percentile £200 £250 £240
25th Percentile £398 £363 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £638
90th Percentile £650 £690 £752
England median daily rate £500 £525 £539
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.60% +2.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 39 53
10th Percentile £15.12 £10.42 £15.21
25th Percentile £15.13 £15.11 £18.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £52.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.71% +4.00% +163.16%
75th Percentile £69.65 £63.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £87.25 £70.00 £75.73
England median hourly rate £32.50 £30.56 £36.75
% change year-on-year +6.35% -16.84% +61.54%

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
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 16 September 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
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 16 September 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 +48 58 £588 +0.43% 35
Berkshire +54 49 £600 - 21
Hampshire +27 25 £550 +33.33% 14
Surrey +8 7 £475 +16.56% 4
Oxfordshire -8 6 £544 +20.83% 6
Buckinghamshire +6 3 £450 -6.25% 9
West Sussex -3 1 £750 +57.89% 5
Kent - 1 £750 - 4
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 (2.20%) SharePoint
1 2 (2.20%) TPMS
Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.20%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.10%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 26 (28.57%) Azure
2 19 (20.88%) AWS
3 13 (14.29%) GCP
4 11 (12.09%) Entra ID
5 10 (10.99%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (5.49%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (4.40%) Azure Storage
8 3 (3.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (2.20%) OneDrive
9 2 (2.20%) SaaS
10 1 (1.10%) Azure AKS
10 1 (1.10%) Azure Cognitive Services
10 1 (1.10%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.10%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (1.10%) GitHub
10 1 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (1.10%) IaaS
10 1 (1.10%) OCI
10 1 (1.10%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (13.19%) Network Security
2 10 (10.99%) Firewall
3 4 (4.40%) NAS
3 4 (4.40%) SAN
3 4 (4.40%) VPN
4 1 (1.10%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.10%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 7 (7.69%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.10%) Big Data
2 1 (1.10%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (4.40%) Git
2 1 (1.10%) GitLab
2 1 (1.10%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.10%) JIRA
General
1 40 (43.96%) Social Skills
2 16 (17.58%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (12.09%) Public Sector
4 9 (9.89%) Finance
5 8 (8.79%) Legal
6 3 (3.30%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.20%) Retail
8 1 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (25.27%) Architect
2 15 (16.48%) Security Architect
3 12 (13.19%) Security Specialist
4 11 (12.09%) Consultant
5 8 (8.79%) Analyst
6 7 (7.69%) Security Consultant
6 7 (7.69%) Senior
7 6 (6.59%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 5 (5.49%) Developer
8 5 (5.49%) Information Specialist
8 5 (5.49%) Oracle Developer
8 5 (5.49%) SOC Analyst
9 4 (4.40%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
9 4 (4.40%) Cloud Architect
9 4 (4.40%) Report Developer
10 3 (3.30%) Bid Writer
10 3 (3.30%) Lead
10 3 (3.30%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 3 (3.30%) SOC Consultant
10 3 (3.30%) Technical Bid Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (4.40%) Google JAX
2 4 (4.40%) JAX
2 4 (4.40%) PyTorch
2 4 (4.40%) scikit-learn
2 4 (4.40%) TensorFlow
3 2 (2.20%) Apache Axis
4 1 (1.10%) Azure Blueprints
4 1 (1.10%) FHIR
4 1 (1.10%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.09%) Security Posture
2 8 (8.79%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (6.59%) Cloud Native
5 5 (5.49%) Management Information System
6 4 (4.40%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (4.40%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (4.40%) Onboarding
6 4 (4.40%) Public Cloud
7 3 (3.30%) Algorithms
7 3 (3.30%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (3.30%) Data Centre
8 2 (2.20%) Driving Licence
8 2 (2.20%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (2.20%) Operational Technology
8 2 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (2.20%) Virtual Team
9 1 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.10%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (1.10%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 15 (16.48%) Windows
2 5 (5.49%) Linux
2 5 (5.49%) Mac OS
2 5 (5.49%) Windows 10
3 3 (3.30%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.30%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (31.87%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (25.27%) Information Security
3 22 (24.18%) Risk Management
3 22 (24.18%) SIEM
4 21 (23.08%) Incident Response
5 19 (20.88%) Stakeholder Management
6 18 (19.78%) Security Architecture
7 15 (16.48%) Roadmaps
8 14 (15.38%) Agile
8 14 (15.38%) Information Assurance
8 14 (15.38%) Threat Modelling
9 13 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (13.19%) Identity Access Management
10 12 (13.19%) Security Operations
10 12 (13.19%) Threat Intelligence
10 12 (13.19%) Vulnerability Management
11 11 (12.09%) Cloud Security
11 11 (12.09%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 11 (12.09%) ITIL
11 11 (12.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 16 (17.58%) PowerShell
2 14 (15.38%) Python
3 7 (7.69%) SQL
4 6 (6.59%) Java
5 5 (5.49%) Bash
6 4 (4.40%) C++
6 4 (4.40%) R
7 3 (3.30%) C
8 2 (2.20%) C#
8 2 (2.20%) Ruby
9 1 (1.10%) Bicep
9 1 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 39 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 26 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 20 (21.98%) CISSP
4 17 (18.68%) CISM
5 9 (9.89%) Azure Certification
5 9 (9.89%) DV Cleared
6 8 (8.79%) AWS Certification
6 8 (8.79%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (7.69%) Degree
7 7 (7.69%) GCIA
7 7 (7.69%) GCIH
7 7 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (6.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (6.59%) GCFA
9 5 (5.49%) CFCE
9 5 (5.49%) GIAC
10 4 (4.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (4.40%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (4.40%) CCNA
10 4 (4.40%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (49.45%) NIST
2 30 (32.97%) GDPR
3 10 (10.99%) PCI DSS
4 7 (7.69%) COBIT
4 7 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (7.69%) NIST 800
5 6 (6.59%) ISO 9001
6 5 (5.49%) HIPAA
6 5 (5.49%) PSD2
6 5 (5.49%) RMADS
7 4 (4.40%) EU AI Act
7 4 (4.40%) NCSC
8 3 (3.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (3.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (2.20%) GRC
9 2 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (2.20%) SOC 2
10 1 (1.10%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (1.10%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 10 (10.99%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.40%) Docker
2 4 (4.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (10.99%) Kubernetes
2 9 (9.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (5.49%) SCCM
4 4 (4.40%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 2 (2.20%) CSIRT
5 2 (2.20%) QRadar
5 2 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (2.20%) Terraform
6 1 (1.10%) Ansible
6 1 (1.10%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 24 (26.37%) Microsoft
2 12 (13.19%) Splunk
3 7 (7.69%) Oracle
4 5 (5.49%) ArcSight
4 5 (5.49%) Citrix
4 5 (5.49%) CrowdStrike
4 5 (5.49%) LogRhythm
4 5 (5.49%) VMware
5 4 (4.40%) EMC
5 4 (4.40%) NetApp
5 4 (4.40%) Pure Storage
6 3 (3.30%) Cisco
7 2 (2.20%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.20%) Sophos
8 1 (1.10%) BMC
8 1 (1.10%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.10%) Intel
8 1 (1.10%) Qualys
8 1 (1.10%) Rapid7
8 1 (1.10%) Remedy