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 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 72 152
Rank change year-on-year +1 +80 -49
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 211 95 37
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.18% 2.73% 0.80%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.78% 15.73% 6.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 59 28
10th Percentile £400 £438 £389
25th Percentile £475 £496 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £521
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +15.11% -14.55%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £641
90th Percentile £725 £755 £679
England median daily rate £550 £550 £583
% change year-on-year - -5.58% -2.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 3 2
10th Percentile £43.81 - -
25th Percentile £50.00 £51.25 £26.25
Median hourly rate £71.00 £52.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.24% +90.91% -
75th Percentile £82.63 £58.00 £28.75
90th Percentile £96.40 £60.54 -
England median hourly rate £71.00 £52.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +35.24% +90.91% -51.39%

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 1,187 604 548
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.87% 17.33% 11.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 706 378 274
10th Percentile £325 £200 £250
25th Percentile £425 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +4.17% -5.23%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £603
90th Percentile £738 £650 £690
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 43 42
10th Percentile £15.75 £15.12 £10.46
25th Percentile £20.28 £15.13 £14.58
Median hourly rate £47.54 £18.87 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year +151.93% -63.00% +2.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.65 £62.66
90th Percentile £83.00 £86.40 £70.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £31.64 £28.50
% change year-on-year +10.62% +11.02% -18.57%

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 9 September 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 9 September 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 9 September 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 +18 159 £570 -5.08% 38
Berkshire -3 76 £575 -4.17% 18
Oxfordshire +19 68 £425 -21.84% 12
Hampshire -32 28 £603 +4.78% 27
Buckinghamshire -24 15 £575 -7.26% 8
Surrey -20 9 £533 +12.11% 33
Kent +3 5 £525 -30.00% 7
West Sussex -19 5 - - 8
Sussex - 2 £236 -
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 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (1.90%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.42%) Confluence
3 2 (0.95%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.90%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 70 (33.18%) Azure
2 47 (22.27%) Entra ID
3 29 (13.74%) AWS
4 18 (8.53%) SaaS
5 16 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (6.16%) GCP
7 8 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.84%) GitHub
8 6 (2.84%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (2.84%) IaaS
8 6 (2.84%) PaaS
9 5 (2.37%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (1.90%) OCI
11 3 (1.42%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (1.42%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.95%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.69%) Network Security
2 9 (4.27%) Firewall
3 5 (2.37%) LAN
4 4 (1.90%) WAN
5 3 (1.42%) DNS
5 3 (1.42%) HTTP
5 3 (1.42%) SSH
5 3 (1.42%) Wireless
6 2 (0.95%) DHCP
6 2 (0.95%) NAS
6 2 (0.95%) NGFW
6 2 (0.95%) SAN
6 2 (0.95%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.95%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (0.95%) VPN
7 1 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.47%) Modbus
7 1 (0.47%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.53%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.37%) Power BI
3 2 (0.95%) Metadata
4 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (2.37%) GitLab
1 5 (2.37%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.47%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.47%) JIRA
2 1 (0.47%) Metasploit
General
1 75 (35.55%) Social Skills
2 47 (22.27%) Documentation Skills
3 46 (21.80%) Public Sector
4 28 (13.27%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (9.00%) Aerospace
6 13 (6.16%) Military
7 11 (5.21%) Finance
8 10 (4.74%) Legal
8 10 (4.74%) Manufacturing
9 9 (4.27%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.90%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.95%) Law
11 2 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.47%) Local Government
12 1 (0.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 42 (19.91%) Analyst
2 27 (12.80%) Architect
3 21 (9.95%) Security Analyst
3 21 (9.95%) Security Architect
4 18 (8.53%) Lead
5 16 (7.58%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 14 (6.64%) IAM Specialist
6 14 (6.64%) Project Manager
6 14 (6.64%) Security Specialist
7 13 (6.16%) Business Analyst
7 13 (6.16%) Cybersecurity Specialist
8 12 (5.69%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 11 (5.21%) Consultant
9 11 (5.21%) Security Manager
9 11 (5.21%) Security Project Manager
10 9 (4.27%) Security Consultant
11 8 (3.79%) Compliance Analyst
11 8 (3.79%) Senior
12 7 (3.32%) Operations Analyst
13 6 (2.84%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (9.48%) LDAP
2 15 (7.11%) OAuth
2 15 (7.11%) OAuth2
2 15 (7.11%) OpenID
2 15 (7.11%) SAML
3 14 (6.64%) SailPoint
4 11 (5.21%) Web Services
5 8 (3.79%) Terraform
6 6 (2.84%) Microsoft Graph
7 4 (1.90%) ARM Templates
8 3 (1.42%) FIDO
9 1 (0.47%) ADO
9 1 (0.47%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (0.47%) Pulumi
Miscellaneous
1 38 (18.01%) Operational Technology
2 35 (16.59%) Onboarding
3 19 (9.00%) Management Information System
4 15 (7.11%) Data Centre
5 12 (5.69%) Analytical Mindset
6 11 (5.21%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (5.21%) Security Posture
7 9 (4.27%) Cyber Defence
7 9 (4.27%) SCADA
8 8 (3.79%) Security Operations Centre
8 8 (3.79%) Virtual Team
9 5 (2.37%) NHS
10 4 (1.90%) CMDB
10 4 (1.90%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.90%) PKI
11 3 (1.42%) BYOD
11 3 (1.42%) Cloud Native
12 2 (0.95%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 41 (19.43%) Windows
2 33 (15.64%) Linux
3 29 (13.74%) Unix
4 14 (6.64%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.47%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (61.14%) Cybersecurity
2 73 (34.60%) SIEM
3 58 (27.49%) ITSM
4 46 (21.80%) Risk Management
5 44 (20.85%) Runbook
6 42 (19.91%) Information Security
6 42 (19.91%) Vulnerability Management
7 39 (18.48%) RBAC
8 37 (17.54%) Change Control
8 37 (17.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 34 (16.11%) Computer Science
9 34 (16.11%) Security Architecture
10 32 (15.17%) Zero Trust
11 31 (14.69%) Continuous Improvement
12 28 (13.27%) Stakeholder Management
13 27 (12.80%) Change Management
14 25 (11.85%) Incident Response
14 25 (11.85%) ITIL
14 25 (11.85%) Remediation Plan
15 24 (11.37%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (25.12%) PowerShell
2 44 (20.85%) Python
3 6 (2.84%) Bicep
4 5 (2.37%) Bash
5 1 (0.47%) Perl
5 1 (0.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 103 (48.82%) Security Cleared
2 82 (38.86%) SC Cleared
3 47 (22.27%) Degree
4 41 (19.43%) CISSP
5 36 (17.06%) CISM
6 18 (8.53%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (8.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 14 (6.64%) DV Cleared
9 12 (5.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (5.21%) PMI Certification
11 9 (4.27%) GIAC
11 9 (4.27%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (4.27%) PMP
12 7 (3.32%) CRISC
13 6 (2.84%) CESG Certified Professional
14 5 (2.37%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (2.37%) SANS
15 4 (1.90%) CEH
15 4 (1.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 4 (1.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (66.82%) NIST
2 40 (18.96%) GDPR
3 25 (11.85%) GRC
4 23 (10.90%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (7.11%) NCSC
5 15 (7.11%) SOC 2
6 14 (6.64%) ISO 31000
7 11 (5.21%) Data Quality
8 8 (3.79%) ISO 9001
8 8 (3.79%) NIST 800
9 7 (3.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (3.32%) JSP 440
9 7 (3.32%) PCI DSS
10 6 (2.84%) ISO 22301
10 6 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (2.37%) Def Stans
12 4 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 4 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 2 (0.95%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 64 (30.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.90%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.95%) Docker
3 2 (0.95%) ISA Server
3 2 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (5.21%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (3.79%) Kubernetes
3 7 (3.32%) Ansible
4 5 (2.37%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.95%) CASB
5 2 (0.95%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.47%) Nmap
6 1 (0.47%) QRadar
Vendors
1 45 (21.33%) Microsoft
2 28 (13.27%) BeyondTrust
3 27 (12.80%) CyberArk
4 17 (8.06%) Oracle
5 7 (3.32%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.42%) F5
6 3 (1.42%) Google
6 3 (1.42%) Qualys
6 3 (1.42%) Splunk
6 3 (1.42%) Tripwire
7 2 (0.95%) Centrify
7 2 (0.95%) Cisco
7 2 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (0.95%) Juniper
7 2 (0.95%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.95%) VMware
8 1 (0.47%) Clearswift
8 1 (0.47%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.47%) Tanium
8 1 (0.47%) Trend Micro