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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 71 142
Rank change year-on-year -5 +71 -43
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 193 97 43
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.92% 2.76% 0.95%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.61% 16.09% 7.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 63 31
10th Percentile £380 £413 £375
25th Percentile £450 £449 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £543
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +1.38% -16.22%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £619
90th Percentile £705 £768 £675
England median daily rate £545 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 1 2
10th Percentile £43.81 - -
25th Percentile £50.00 £51.25 £26.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +90.91% -
75th Percentile £77.50 £53.75 £28.75
90th Percentile £104.00 - -
England median hourly rate £71.00 £33.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year +111.94% +7.20% -29.78%

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 1,162 603 555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.58% 17.18% 12.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 666 378 272
10th Percentile £325 £222 £250
25th Percentile £425 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £601
90th Percentile £750 £650 £688
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -2.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 39 38
10th Percentile £14.44 £15.02 £11.13
25th Percentile £18.86 £15.13 £17.84
Median hourly rate £42.50 £17.96 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year +136.64% -66.43% +7.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.65 £64.40
90th Percentile £82.25 £87.30 £70.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £33.50
% change year-on-year - -2.99% -6.94%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 +8 136 £500 -16.67% 68
Oxfordshire +18 69 £440 -19.08% 21
Berkshire -22 58 £550 -8.33% 35
Hampshire -33 29 £638 +18.38% 37
Surrey -12 12 £550 +10.00% 30
Kent +5 9 £525 -30.00% 6
Buckinghamshire -23 9 £489 +8.67% 12
West Sussex -23 4 - - 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 (2.59%) IIS
2 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.04%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.07%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 68 (35.23%) Azure
2 45 (23.32%) Entra ID
3 29 (15.03%) AWS
4 18 (9.33%) SaaS
5 16 (8.29%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (7.25%) GCP
7 7 (3.63%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (3.11%) IaaS
8 6 (3.11%) PaaS
9 5 (2.59%) GitHub
9 5 (2.59%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (2.07%) OCI
10 4 (2.07%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.55%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (1.55%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (1.55%) OpenShift
11 3 (1.55%) Power Automate
12 2 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.18%) Network Security
2 5 (2.59%) Firewall
3 3 (1.55%) LAN
3 3 (1.55%) SSH
4 2 (1.04%) NGFW
4 2 (1.04%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (1.04%) VPN
4 2 (1.04%) WAN
4 2 (1.04%) Wireless
5 1 (0.52%) DNS
5 1 (0.52%) HTTP
5 1 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.52%) Modbus
5 1 (0.52%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.33%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.07%) Power BI
3 1 (0.52%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (2.59%) GitLab
1 5 (2.59%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.04%) Git
General
1 69 (35.75%) Social Skills
2 46 (23.83%) Documentation Skills
3 43 (22.28%) Public Sector
4 26 (13.47%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (8.29%) Aerospace
6 13 (6.74%) Military
7 11 (5.70%) Manufacturing
8 10 (5.18%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (4.66%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (4.15%) Legal
11 6 (3.11%) Finance
12 4 (2.07%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.52%) Banking
14 1 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.52%) Law
14 1 (0.52%) Local Government
14 1 (0.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (21.24%) Analyst
2 23 (11.92%) Architect
3 22 (11.40%) Security Analyst
4 19 (9.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 19 (9.84%) Security Architect
5 14 (7.25%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 14 (7.25%) IAM Specialist
5 14 (7.25%) Lead
5 14 (7.25%) Security Specialist
6 13 (6.74%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 10 (5.18%) Senior
8 9 (4.66%) Business Analyst
8 9 (4.66%) Compliance Analyst
8 9 (4.66%) Consultant
9 7 (3.63%) Operations Analyst
9 7 (3.63%) Security Consultant
9 7 (3.63%) Security Engineer
10 6 (3.11%) Project Manager
10 6 (3.11%) Security Manager
10 6 (3.11%) Security Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (9.84%) LDAP
2 15 (7.77%) OAuth
2 15 (7.77%) OAuth2
2 15 (7.77%) OpenID
2 15 (7.77%) SAML
3 14 (7.25%) SailPoint
4 11 (5.70%) Web Services
5 6 (3.11%) Microsoft Graph
5 6 (3.11%) Terraform
6 4 (2.07%) ARM Templates
7 3 (1.55%) FIDO
8 2 (1.04%) A2A Protocol
8 2 (1.04%) LangChain
8 2 (1.04%) LangGraph
8 2 (1.04%) Model Context Protocol
9 1 (0.52%) ADO
9 1 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 38 (19.69%) Operational Technology
2 36 (18.65%) Onboarding
3 24 (12.44%) Management Information System
4 16 (8.29%) Data Centre
5 11 (5.70%) Security Posture
6 10 (5.18%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (4.66%) Cyber Defence
7 9 (4.66%) SCADA
8 8 (4.15%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (3.63%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (3.11%) IoT
10 6 (3.11%) Security Operations Centre
11 5 (2.59%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (2.59%) Mobile Payment
11 5 (2.59%) Smartcard
12 4 (2.07%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (2.07%) Industrial Internet of Things
12 4 (2.07%) NHS
12 4 (2.07%) Public Cloud
12 4 (2.07%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 43 (22.28%) Windows
2 37 (19.17%) Linux
3 29 (15.03%) Unix
4 15 (7.77%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.52%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (59.59%) Cybersecurity
2 72 (37.31%) SIEM
3 58 (30.05%) ITSM
4 47 (24.35%) Vulnerability Management
5 44 (22.80%) Information Security
5 44 (22.80%) Risk Management
6 41 (21.24%) Runbook
7 39 (20.21%) RBAC
8 38 (19.69%) Change Control
9 35 (18.13%) Computer Science
10 32 (16.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 32 (16.58%) Security Architecture
11 29 (15.03%) Zero Trust
12 28 (14.51%) Incident Response
12 28 (14.51%) Remediation Plan
13 26 (13.47%) ITIL
13 26 (13.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 25 (12.95%) Problem-Solving
15 24 (12.44%) Privileged Access Management
15 24 (12.44%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (26.42%) PowerShell
2 45 (23.32%) Python
3 5 (2.59%) Bash
3 5 (2.59%) Bicep
4 1 (0.52%) Korn
4 1 (0.52%) Perl
Qualifications
1 100 (51.81%) Security Cleared
2 80 (41.45%) SC Cleared
3 45 (23.32%) Degree
4 41 (21.24%) CISSP
5 36 (18.65%) CISM
6 21 (10.88%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (10.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 12 (6.22%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (5.70%) DV Cleared
9 11 (5.70%) GIAC
10 9 (4.66%) CRISC
10 9 (4.66%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (3.11%) CESG Certified Professional
11 6 (3.11%) CISA
11 6 (3.11%) PMI Certification
12 5 (2.59%) CCSP
12 5 (2.59%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (2.59%) IISP
12 5 (2.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 5 (2.59%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (68.39%) NIST
2 29 (15.03%) GDPR
3 28 (14.51%) GRC
4 23 (11.92%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (7.77%) ISO 31000
5 15 (7.77%) NCSC
6 12 (6.22%) ISO 9001
7 11 (5.70%) Data Quality
8 7 (3.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (3.63%) JSP 440
8 7 (3.63%) PCI DSS
8 7 (3.63%) SOC 2
9 6 (3.11%) ISO 22301
9 6 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (3.11%) NIST 800
10 5 (2.59%) Def Stans
10 5 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (1.04%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 60 (31.09%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.07%) ISA Server
3 3 (1.55%) Docker
4 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (5.70%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.15%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (2.59%) Ansible
3 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (2.07%) CASB
5 2 (1.04%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.52%) QRadar
Vendors
1 46 (23.83%) Microsoft
2 27 (13.99%) BeyondTrust
3 26 (13.47%) CyberArk
4 17 (8.81%) Oracle
5 7 (3.63%) Qualys
6 6 (3.11%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.59%) F5
7 5 (2.59%) Google
7 5 (2.59%) Splunk
7 5 (2.59%) Tripwire
8 4 (2.07%) Centrify
8 4 (2.07%) Cisco
8 4 (2.07%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (1.04%) Juniper
9 2 (1.04%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.04%) Rapid7
9 2 (1.04%) Tenable
10 1 (0.52%) Clearswift
10 1 (0.52%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.52%) Trend Micro