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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 92 170
Rank change year-on-year +37 +78 -52
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 211 61 30
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.52% 2.09% 0.54%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 21.80% 12.30% 3.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 35 26
10th Percentile £402 £450 £165
25th Percentile £475 £500 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £470
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +27.66% -24.80%
75th Percentile £625 £647 £583
90th Percentile £725 £714 £650
England median daily rate £563 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +2.27% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 4 1
10th Percentile £27.66 - -
25th Percentile £44.42 £51.25 £26.25
Median hourly rate £53.75 £57.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.70% +107.26% -
75th Percentile £82.25 £62.24 £28.75
90th Percentile £84.00 - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £57.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -3.50% +107.26% -60.71%

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 968 496 751
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.14% 16.98% 13.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 646 308 404
10th Percentile £313 £200 £255
25th Percentile £413 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +5.26% -3.06%
75th Percentile £610 £588 £575
90th Percentile £700 £650 £643
England median daily rate £500 £506 £525
% change year-on-year -1.09% -3.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 34 66
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.12 £10.82
25th Percentile £26.63 £17.67 £15.82
Median hourly rate £52.50 £35.73 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.96% +29.91% +13.32%
75th Percentile £82.25 £61.68 £59.38
90th Percentile £85.40 £75.10 £65.00
England median hourly rate £33.98 £34.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year -1.51% +50.00% -41.65%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 +30 168 £575 -4.17% 36
Berkshire +23 106 £575 -4.17% 19
Oxfordshire - 51 £425 - 16
Hampshire -25 20 £581 -3.13% 22
Surrey -5 17 £493 +9.44% 8
Buckinghamshire -27 11 £635 +2.42% 2
West Sussex -17 4 £700 +27.27% 2
Kent -8 1 £600 +17.07% 6
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 4 (1.90%) Confluence
1 4 (1.90%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.42%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
Applications
1 12 (5.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (5.69%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.37%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 71 (33.65%) Azure
2 47 (22.27%) AWS
3 30 (14.22%) Entra ID
4 20 (9.48%) GCP
5 16 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (4.27%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.32%) IaaS
7 7 (3.32%) PaaS
8 5 (2.37%) OCI
8 5 (2.37%) SaaS
9 2 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.95%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (0.95%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.47%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.47%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.47%) GitHub
10 1 (0.47%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.47%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 21 (9.95%) Firewall
2 11 (5.21%) Wireless
3 9 (4.27%) Network Security
3 9 (4.27%) VPN
4 6 (2.84%) HTTP
5 5 (2.37%) SSH
6 4 (1.90%) S/MIME
7 3 (1.42%) LAN
7 3 (1.42%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.42%) WAN
8 2 (0.95%) DHCP
8 2 (0.95%) DNS
8 2 (0.95%) NAS
8 2 (0.95%) SAN
9 1 (0.47%) BGP
9 1 (0.47%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.47%) Modbus
9 1 (0.47%) MPLS
9 1 (0.47%) OSPF
9 1 (0.47%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.11%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.27%) Power BI
3 3 (1.42%) Metadata
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 12 (5.69%) Burp Suite
1 12 (5.69%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.47%) JIRA
2 1 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 83 (39.34%) Social Skills
2 38 (18.01%) Documentation Skills
3 34 (16.11%) Public Sector
4 23 (10.90%) Finance
5 20 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (6.64%) Aerospace
7 13 (6.16%) Manufacturing
8 11 (5.21%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (4.74%) Legal
10 5 (2.37%) Military
11 4 (1.90%) Retail
12 3 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.95%) Law
14 1 (0.47%) Digital Health
14 1 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 30 (14.22%) Analyst
2 21 (9.95%) Project Manager
3 20 (9.48%) Architect
4 16 (7.58%) Consultant
5 15 (7.11%) Security Analyst
5 15 (7.11%) Security Manager
5 15 (7.11%) Security Project Manager
6 14 (6.64%) Security Specialist
7 13 (6.16%) Business Analyst
7 13 (6.16%) Cybersecurity Specialist
8 12 (5.69%) Penetration Tester
8 12 (5.69%) Security Consultant
9 10 (4.74%) Lead
9 10 (4.74%) Security Architect
9 10 (4.74%) Tester
10 8 (3.79%) Operations Analyst
11 7 (3.32%) Information Security Officer
11 7 (3.32%) Risk Analyst
11 7 (3.32%) Security Engineer
11 7 (3.32%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (9.00%) LDAP
2 7 (3.32%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (2.84%) OAuth
3 6 (2.84%) OAuth2
3 6 (2.84%) OpenID
3 6 (2.84%) SailPoint
3 6 (2.84%) SAML
4 5 (2.37%) Web Services
5 2 (0.95%) FIDO
5 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.47%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.47%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 39 (18.48%) Operational Technology
2 27 (12.80%) Onboarding
3 15 (7.11%) Management Information System
4 14 (6.64%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (5.21%) Data Centre
5 11 (5.21%) SCADA
5 11 (5.21%) Virtual Team
6 10 (4.74%) Security Posture
7 8 (3.79%) CMDB
7 8 (3.79%) PKI
8 6 (2.84%) BYOD
8 6 (2.84%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (2.37%) Product Ownership
9 5 (2.37%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.90%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.90%) Smartcard
11 3 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.42%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 47 (22.27%) Windows
2 26 (12.32%) Linux
3 25 (11.85%) Unix
4 17 (8.06%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.47%) VMS
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 70 (33.18%) Information Security
3 63 (29.86%) SIEM
4 45 (21.33%) Risk Management
5 43 (20.38%) ITSM
6 38 (18.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 34 (16.11%) Change Management
7 34 (16.11%) Vulnerability Management
8 33 (15.64%) Change Control
9 32 (15.17%) Runbook
10 28 (13.27%) Problem-Solving
11 26 (12.32%) CI/CD
11 26 (12.32%) Cloud Security
11 26 (12.32%) Security Architecture
11 26 (12.32%) Security Operations
11 26 (12.32%) Stakeholder Management
12 24 (11.37%) Computer Science
12 24 (11.37%) Security Management
13 23 (10.90%) Budget Management
13 23 (10.90%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 44 (20.85%) PowerShell
2 39 (18.48%) Python
3 3 (1.42%) SQL
4 1 (0.47%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 106 (50.24%) Security Cleared
2 80 (37.91%) SC Cleared
3 47 (22.27%) Degree
4 45 (21.33%) CISM
4 45 (21.33%) CISSP
5 18 (8.53%) DV Cleared
6 13 (6.16%) GIAC
7 12 (5.69%) CHECK Team Member
7 12 (5.69%) PMI Certification
8 11 (5.21%) CREST Certified
8 11 (5.21%) Cyber Scheme
9 10 (4.74%) PMP
10 8 (3.79%) Postgraduate
11 7 (3.32%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (2.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (2.84%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (2.84%) CESG Certified Professional
12 6 (2.84%) CRISC
13 5 (2.37%) SANS
14 4 (1.90%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (70.62%) NIST
2 64 (30.33%) GDPR
3 23 (10.90%) Cyber Essentials
4 22 (10.43%) PCI DSS
5 20 (9.48%) SOC 2
6 13 (6.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (5.69%) ISO 31000
7 12 (5.69%) QA
8 11 (5.21%) PMO
9 10 (4.74%) Data Quality
9 10 (4.74%) GRC
9 10 (4.74%) NCSC
10 8 (3.79%) NIST 800
11 7 (3.32%) COBIT
12 4 (1.90%) JSP 440
13 3 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (1.42%) ISO 22301
13 3 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (1.42%) SLA
14 2 (0.95%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 57 (27.01%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.37%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (5.69%) Nmap
2 8 (3.79%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (2.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.90%) Nessus
5 3 (1.42%) Ansible
5 3 (1.42%) OpenVAS
5 3 (1.42%) Terraform
6 1 (0.47%) CASB
6 1 (0.47%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.47%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 31 (14.69%) BeyondTrust
2 30 (14.22%) CyberArk
3 26 (12.32%) Microsoft
4 16 (7.58%) Oracle
5 5 (2.37%) Qualys
6 4 (1.90%) Rapid7
6 4 (1.90%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.90%) Thales
7 3 (1.42%) VMware
8 2 (0.95%) Google
8 2 (0.95%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.47%) Arista
9 1 (0.47%) Aruba
9 1 (0.47%) Cisco
9 1 (0.47%) F5
9 1 (0.47%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.47%) Meraki
9 1 (0.47%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.47%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.47%) Tenable