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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 77 136
Rank change year-on-year -7 +59 -43
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 172 98 43
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.64% 2.74% 0.99%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.15% 15.78% 7.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 64 31
10th Percentile £413 £413 £375
25th Percentile £477 £449 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £556 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.62% +1.14% -14.73%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £675 £766 £675
England median daily rate £545 £545 £575
% change year-on-year - -5.22% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 0 2
10th Percentile £43.81 - -
25th Percentile £47.19 - £26.25
Median hourly rate £61.75 - £27.50
75th Percentile £77.50 - £28.75
90th Percentile £104.00 - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £33.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +123.88% -4.29% -21.35%

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 1,135 621 544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.43% 17.36% 12.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 639 390 270
10th Percentile £325 £222 £250
25th Percentile £425 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +2.04% -6.67%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £603
90th Percentile £750 £650 £688
England median daily rate £515 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +2.90% -2.44% -5.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 40 34
10th Percentile £14.44 £14.51 £15.94
25th Percentile £17.59 £15.13 £28.91
Median hourly rate £37.36 £17.48 £56.27
Median % change year-on-year +113.73% -68.94% +12.54%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.65 £64.73
90th Percentile £77.50 £87.28 £70.00
England median hourly rate £32.20 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -0.93% -7.14% -9.00%

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 October 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 October 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 October 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 +2 118 £500 -16.67% 55
Oxfordshire +13 67 £500 -8.05% 16
Berkshire -26 42 £545 -9.17% 27
Hampshire -43 28 £650 +20.71% 43
Surrey -14 11 £550 +10.00% 27
Kent +3 9 £525 -30.00% 7
Buckinghamshire -26 9 £489 +8.67% 12
West Sussex -23 3 - - 13
Sussex - 2 £236 - 2
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 5 (2.91%) IIS
2 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.58%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (2.33%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 68 (39.53%) Azure
2 47 (27.33%) Entra ID
3 27 (15.70%) AWS
4 18 (10.47%) SaaS
5 16 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (8.14%) GCP
7 6 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (3.49%) IaaS
7 6 (3.49%) PaaS
8 5 (2.91%) GitHub
8 5 (2.91%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (2.33%) OCI
10 3 (1.74%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (1.74%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.74%) OpenShift
10 3 (1.74%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.58%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.65%) Network Security
2 4 (2.33%) Firewall
3 3 (1.74%) LAN
4 2 (1.16%) NGFW
4 2 (1.16%) SSH
4 2 (1.16%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (1.16%) WAN
4 2 (1.16%) Wireless
5 1 (0.58%) DNS
5 1 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.58%) Modbus
5 1 (0.58%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.58%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (2.91%) GitLab
1 5 (2.91%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.16%) Git
General
1 65 (37.79%) Social Skills
2 44 (25.58%) Documentation Skills
3 38 (22.09%) Public Sector
4 21 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (8.14%) Aerospace
6 12 (6.98%) Military
7 9 (5.23%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (5.23%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (4.07%) Legal
8 7 (4.07%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.33%) Finance
9 4 (2.33%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.58%) Banking
10 1 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.58%) Local Government
10 1 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 36 (20.93%) Analyst
2 21 (12.21%) Architect
2 21 (12.21%) Security Analyst
3 18 (10.47%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 17 (9.88%) IAM Specialist
4 17 (9.88%) Security Architect
5 14 (8.14%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 14 (8.14%) Security Specialist
6 13 (7.56%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 11 (6.40%) Lead
8 10 (5.81%) Senior
9 9 (5.23%) Compliance Analyst
10 8 (4.65%) Consultant
11 7 (4.07%) Security Engineer
12 6 (3.49%) Security Consultant
13 5 (2.91%) Business Analyst
13 5 (2.91%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 5 (2.91%) Data Analyst
13 5 (2.91%) Data Centre Analyst
13 5 (2.91%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (12.79%) LDAP
2 18 (10.47%) OAuth
2 18 (10.47%) OAuth2
2 18 (10.47%) OpenID
2 18 (10.47%) SAML
3 17 (9.88%) SailPoint
4 11 (6.40%) Web Services
5 6 (3.49%) Microsoft Graph
5 6 (3.49%) Terraform
6 4 (2.33%) ARM Templates
7 3 (1.74%) FIDO
8 2 (1.16%) A2A Protocol
8 2 (1.16%) LangChain
8 2 (1.16%) LangGraph
8 2 (1.16%) Model Context Protocol
9 1 (0.58%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 35 (20.35%) Operational Technology
2 31 (18.02%) Onboarding
3 20 (11.63%) Management Information System
4 15 (8.72%) Data Centre
5 11 (6.40%) Security Posture
6 10 (5.81%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (5.23%) Cyber Defence
8 8 (4.65%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (4.65%) SCADA
9 6 (3.49%) IoT
10 5 (2.91%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (2.91%) Mobile Payment
10 5 (2.91%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (2.91%) Smartcard
11 4 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (2.33%) Industrial Internet of Things
11 4 (2.33%) PKI
11 4 (2.33%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.74%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 37 (21.51%) Windows
2 32 (18.60%) Linux
3 24 (13.95%) Unix
4 11 (6.40%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.58%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (57.56%) Cybersecurity
2 65 (37.79%) SIEM
3 50 (29.07%) ITSM
4 43 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 42 (24.42%) RBAC
6 38 (22.09%) Information Security
6 38 (22.09%) Risk Management
7 37 (21.51%) Runbook
8 34 (19.77%) Change Control
9 32 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (17.44%) Security Architecture
11 28 (16.28%) Computer Science
11 28 (16.28%) Incident Response
11 28 (16.28%) Remediation Plan
12 27 (15.70%) Zero Trust
13 25 (14.53%) ITIL
14 23 (13.37%) Problem-Solving
15 20 (11.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 20 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
16 19 (11.05%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (26.74%) PowerShell
2 40 (23.26%) Python
3 5 (2.91%) Bash
3 5 (2.91%) Bicep
4 1 (0.58%) Korn
4 1 (0.58%) Perl
Qualifications
1 96 (55.81%) Security Cleared
2 79 (45.93%) SC Cleared
3 38 (22.09%) CISSP
4 36 (20.93%) Degree
5 33 (19.19%) CISM
6 21 (12.21%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (11.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 11 (6.40%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (6.40%) DV Cleared
8 11 (6.40%) GIAC
9 9 (5.23%) CRISC
9 9 (5.23%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (3.49%) CESG Certified Professional
10 6 (3.49%) CISA
11 5 (2.91%) CCSP
11 5 (2.91%) IISP
11 5 (2.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 5 (2.91%) SANS
12 4 (2.33%) PMI Certification
12 4 (2.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (69.19%) NIST
2 27 (15.70%) GRC
3 23 (13.37%) Cyber Essentials
4 19 (11.05%) GDPR
5 15 (8.72%) ISO 31000
5 15 (8.72%) NCSC
6 12 (6.98%) ISO 9001
7 8 (4.65%) Data Quality
8 7 (4.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (4.07%) JSP 440
9 6 (3.49%) ISO 22301
9 6 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (3.49%) PCI DSS
10 5 (2.91%) Def Stans
10 5 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 4 (2.33%) NIST 800
12 2 (1.16%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.58%) SOC 2
System Software
1 56 (32.56%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.33%) ISA Server
3 3 (1.74%) Docker
4 1 (0.58%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (6.40%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.49%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (2.91%) Ansible
4 4 (2.33%) CASB
4 4 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.16%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.58%) QRadar
Vendors
1 48 (27.91%) Microsoft
2 22 (12.79%) BeyondTrust
3 21 (12.21%) CyberArk
4 13 (7.56%) Oracle
5 7 (4.07%) Qualys
6 6 (3.49%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.91%) F5
7 5 (2.91%) Google
7 5 (2.91%) Splunk
7 5 (2.91%) Tripwire
8 4 (2.33%) Centrify
8 4 (2.33%) Cisco
8 4 (2.33%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (1.16%) Juniper
9 2 (1.16%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.16%) Rapid7
9 2 (1.16%) Tenable
10 1 (0.58%) Clearswift
10 1 (0.58%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.58%) Trend Micro