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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 89 162
Rank change year-on-year +38 +73 -41
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 220 65 35
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.74% 2.16% 0.63%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 22.43% 12.62% 4.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 32 27
10th Percentile £402 £450 £165
25th Percentile £475 £488 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £413
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +33.33% -34.00%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £517
90th Percentile £725 £706 £643
England median daily rate £560 £571 £575
% change year-on-year -1.97% -0.65% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 5 0
10th Percentile £36.00 - -
25th Percentile £43.81 £51.25 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £61.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% - -
75th Percentile £82.25 £62.24 -
90th Percentile £84.00 - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £61.50 £83.41
% change year-on-year -10.56% -26.27% +19.16%

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 981 515 786
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.68% 17.15% 14.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 669 306 429
10th Percentile £312 £200 £250
25th Percentile £413 £361 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +5.26% -2.31%
75th Percentile £613 £596 £575
90th Percentile £700 £650 £643
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 32 66
10th Percentile £18.32 £21.00 £10.82
25th Percentile £36.00 £24.66 £15.82
Median hourly rate £57.50 £46.30 £27.09
Median % change year-on-year +24.19% +70.91% +12.88%
75th Percentile £82.25 £62.24 £48.75
90th Percentile £85.40 £77.27 £65.00
England median hourly rate £32.13 £37.02 £22.75
% change year-on-year -13.22% +62.73% -42.55%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 12 May 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 +32 174 £575 +4.55% 39
Berkshire +27 120 £575 +4.55% 17
Oxfordshire +12 39 £425 -32.00% 18
Hampshire -13 23 £600 +6.67% 19
Surrey +1 17 £475 +5.56% 2
Buckinghamshire -23 15 £635 +2.42% 5
West Sussex -9 5 £700 +27.27% 2
Kent -9 1 £600 +17.07% 4
Sussex - 1 £900 -
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 (2.27%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
2 4 (1.82%) Confluence
2 4 (1.82%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (7.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 16 (7.27%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (4.09%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 77 (35.00%) Azure
2 58 (26.36%) AWS
3 25 (11.36%) GCP
4 24 (10.91%) Entra ID
5 14 (6.36%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (4.09%) OCI
6 9 (4.09%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.18%) IaaS
7 7 (3.18%) PaaS
8 5 (2.27%) SaaS
9 2 (0.91%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.91%) GitHub
9 2 (0.91%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.45%) AWS CodePipeline
10 1 (0.45%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 25 (11.36%) Firewall
2 15 (6.82%) Wireless
3 11 (5.00%) Network Security
4 9 (4.09%) VPN
5 6 (2.73%) HTTP
6 5 (2.27%) SSH
7 4 (1.82%) S/MIME
8 3 (1.36%) SD-WAN
8 3 (1.36%) WAN
9 2 (0.91%) DHCP
9 2 (0.91%) DNS
9 2 (0.91%) LAN
9 2 (0.91%) NAS
9 2 (0.91%) SAN
10 1 (0.45%) BGP
10 1 (0.45%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.45%) IPv6
10 1 (0.45%) MPLS
10 1 (0.45%) OSPF
10 1 (0.45%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.82%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.09%) Power BI
3 3 (1.36%) Metadata
4 2 (0.91%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 16 (7.27%) Burp Suite
1 16 (7.27%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.45%) JIRA
2 1 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 91 (41.36%) Social Skills
2 36 (16.36%) Documentation Skills
3 31 (14.09%) Public Sector
4 23 (10.45%) Finance
5 22 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (6.36%) Aerospace
7 13 (5.91%) Manufacturing
8 9 (4.09%) Legal
9 8 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (1.82%) Retail
11 3 (1.36%) Military
12 2 (0.91%) Digital Health
12 2 (0.91%) Law
13 1 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 27 (12.27%) Analyst
2 20 (9.09%) Architect
2 20 (9.09%) Project Manager
3 18 (8.18%) Consultant
4 16 (7.27%) Penetration Tester
4 16 (7.27%) Security Manager
5 15 (6.82%) Security Project Manager
6 14 (6.36%) Business Analyst
6 14 (6.36%) Tester
7 12 (5.45%) Lead
7 12 (5.45%) Security Consultant
7 12 (5.45%) Security Specialist
8 11 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
8 11 (5.00%) Security Analyst
9 10 (4.55%) Security Architect
10 8 (3.64%) Operations Analyst
11 7 (3.18%) Information Security Officer
11 7 (3.18%) Operations Business Analyst
11 7 (3.18%) Risk Analyst
11 7 (3.18%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (11.82%) LDAP
2 11 (5.00%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (2.73%) OAuth
3 6 (2.73%) OAuth2
3 6 (2.73%) OpenID
3 6 (2.73%) SailPoint
3 6 (2.73%) SAML
4 5 (2.27%) Web Services
5 1 (0.45%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.45%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 30 (13.64%) Operational Technology
2 23 (10.45%) Onboarding
3 15 (6.82%) Management Information System
4 13 (5.91%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (5.91%) Security Posture
5 11 (5.00%) Data Centre
5 11 (5.00%) SCADA
5 11 (5.00%) Virtual Team
6 8 (3.64%) CMDB
7 7 (3.18%) PKI
8 6 (2.73%) BYOD
8 6 (2.73%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (2.27%) Product Ownership
9 5 (2.27%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.82%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.82%) Smartcard
11 3 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.36%) Taxonomies
12 2 (0.91%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 46 (20.91%) Windows
2 25 (11.36%) Linux
3 23 (10.45%) Unix
4 16 (7.27%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (59.09%) Cybersecurity
2 79 (35.91%) Information Security
3 57 (25.91%) SIEM
4 47 (21.36%) Risk Management
5 39 (17.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 38 (17.27%) ITSM
7 36 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
8 33 (15.00%) Change Management
9 32 (14.55%) Change Control
10 31 (14.09%) CI/CD
10 31 (14.09%) Cloud Security
10 31 (14.09%) Security Management
10 31 (14.09%) Vulnerability Management
11 30 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
12 29 (13.18%) DevOps
12 29 (13.18%) Runbook
13 26 (11.82%) Security Architecture
13 26 (11.82%) Security Operations
14 24 (10.91%) Computer Science
15 23 (10.45%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 46 (20.91%) PowerShell
2 44 (20.00%) Python
3 3 (1.36%) SQL
4 1 (0.45%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 108 (49.09%) Security Cleared
2 83 (37.73%) SC Cleared
3 49 (22.27%) CISM
3 49 (22.27%) CISSP
4 48 (21.82%) Degree
5 19 (8.64%) DV Cleared
6 16 (7.27%) CHECK Team Member
7 14 (6.36%) CREST Certified
7 14 (6.36%) Cyber Scheme
8 13 (5.91%) GIAC
9 12 (5.45%) PMI Certification
10 11 (5.00%) Postgraduate
11 10 (4.55%) PMP
12 7 (3.18%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (2.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (2.73%) CESG Certified Professional
13 6 (2.73%) CRISC
14 5 (2.27%) SANS
15 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (68.18%) NIST
2 79 (35.91%) GDPR
3 27 (12.27%) PCI DSS
4 24 (10.91%) Cyber Essentials
5 20 (9.09%) SOC 2
6 16 (7.27%) QA
7 14 (6.36%) PMO
8 13 (5.91%) GRC
8 13 (5.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 11 (5.00%) COBIT
9 11 (5.00%) ISO 31000
9 11 (5.00%) NCSC
10 10 (4.55%) Data Quality
11 9 (4.09%) NIST 800
12 6 (2.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (2.73%) JSP 440
13 4 (1.82%) ISO 22301
13 4 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (1.36%) SLA
System Software
1 59 (26.82%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.82%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (7.27%) Nmap
2 8 (3.64%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (2.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.82%) Nessus
4 4 (1.82%) Terraform
5 3 (1.36%) Ansible
5 3 (1.36%) OpenVAS
6 1 (0.45%) CASB
6 1 (0.45%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.45%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 36 (16.36%) BeyondTrust
2 35 (15.91%) CyberArk
3 24 (10.91%) Microsoft
4 20 (9.09%) Oracle
5 5 (2.27%) Qualys
6 4 (1.82%) Rapid7
6 4 (1.82%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.82%) Thales
7 3 (1.36%) VMware
8 2 (0.91%) Google
8 2 (0.91%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.45%) Arista
9 1 (0.45%) Aruba
9 1 (0.45%) Cisco
9 1 (0.45%) F5
9 1 (0.45%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.45%) Meraki
9 1 (0.45%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.45%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.45%) Tenable