ISO/IEC 27001 Contracts in the South East

ISO/IEC 27001
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ISO/IEC 27001 over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 171 108
Rank change year-on-year +93 -63 +74
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 91 33 113
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.77% 0.58% 1.92%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.91% 4.48% 13.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 24 80
10th Percentile £404 £165 £406
25th Percentile £482 £400 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £436 £625
Median % change year-on-year +26.07% -30.20% +19.05%
75th Percentile £633 £609 £701
90th Percentile £715 £668 £838
England median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £57.00 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +107.26% - -
75th Percentile £62.24 £28.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £57.00 £27.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +107.26% -60.71% +6.40%

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 572 737 843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.40% 12.98% 14.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 366 520
10th Percentile £200 £255 £240
25th Percentile £361 £363 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +2.83%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £608
90th Percentile £647 £684 £703
England median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 71 51
10th Percentile £15.12 £10.82 £15.21
25th Percentile £15.13 £17.81 £18.50
Median hourly rate £24.66 £27.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.33% -42.11% +152.39%
75th Percentile £58.44 £62.53 £52.76
90th Percentile £70.11 £70.00 £66.74
England median hourly rate £31.88 £24.43 £41.77
% change year-on-year +30.50% -41.51% +60.65%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing ISO/IEC 27001 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in the South East

ISO/IEC 27001
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in the South East.

Daily rate trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in the South East

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 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in the South East

ISO/IEC 27001
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in the South East.

Hourly rate trend 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 6 July 2025. 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 +67 59 £550 +14.58% 67
Berkshire +63 51 £575 -11.54% 41
Hampshire +37 23 £600 +45.45% 28
Surrey - 7 £450 - 20
Buckinghamshire +9 5 £585 +244.12% 16
Oxfordshire +2 3 £469 -6.25% 12
Kent - 2 £513 - 7
West Sussex - 1 £550 - 10
ISO/IEC 27001
England

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.20%) SharePoint
1 2 (2.20%) TPMS
Applications
1 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.10%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.20%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.10%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.10%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 16 (17.58%) Azure
2 13 (14.29%) AWS
3 9 (9.89%) GCP
4 5 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (4.40%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (4.40%) Azure Storage
6 3 (3.30%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.20%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (2.20%) OCI
7 2 (2.20%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.10%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.10%) Azure Cognitive Services
8 1 (1.10%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.10%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.10%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.10%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.10%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.10%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.99%) Network Security
2 5 (5.49%) Firewall
3 4 (4.40%) NAS
3 4 (4.40%) SAN
4 2 (2.20%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.20%) VPN
5 1 (1.10%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.79%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (7.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 2 (2.20%) Big Data
4 1 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.10%) GIS
4 1 (1.10%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (4.40%) Git
2 2 (2.20%) JIRA
General
1 40 (43.96%) Social Skills
2 14 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (15.38%) Public Sector
3 7 (7.69%) Telecoms
4 3 (3.30%) Aerospace
4 3 (3.30%) Legal
5 2 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.20%) Finance
5 2 (2.20%) Military
5 2 (2.20%) Retail
6 1 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.10%) Local Government
6 1 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (19.78%) Security Specialist
2 17 (18.68%) Architect
3 15 (16.48%) Senior
4 12 (13.19%) Information Specialist
5 11 (12.09%) Consultant
5 11 (12.09%) Security Architect
6 10 (10.99%) Information Security Specialist
6 10 (10.99%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 10 (10.99%) Senior Information Security Specialist
6 10 (10.99%) Senior Security Specialist
7 6 (6.59%) Security Consultant
8 5 (5.49%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 5 (5.49%) Developer
8 5 (5.49%) Oracle Developer
9 4 (4.40%) Analyst
9 4 (4.40%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
9 4 (4.40%) Lead
9 4 (4.40%) Project Manager
9 4 (4.40%) Report Developer
9 4 (4.40%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (4.40%) Google JAX
2 4 (4.40%) JAX
2 4 (4.40%) PyTorch
2 4 (4.40%) scikit-learn
2 4 (4.40%) TensorFlow
3 2 (2.20%) Apache Axis
4 1 (1.10%) Azure Blueprints
4 1 (1.10%) FHIR
4 1 (1.10%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
1 7 (7.69%) Security Posture
2 6 (6.59%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.49%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (4.40%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.40%) Operational Technology
4 4 (4.40%) SCADA
5 3 (3.30%) Algorithms
5 3 (3.30%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.30%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (2.20%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.20%) NHS
6 2 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.20%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.10%) CESG
7 1 (1.10%) PKI
7 1 (1.10%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 11 (12.09%) Windows
2 3 (3.30%) Mac OS
2 3 (3.30%) Windows 10
2 3 (3.30%) Windows Server
2 3 (3.30%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (2.20%) Linux
4 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (35.16%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (29.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 23 (25.27%) Information Security
4 22 (24.18%) Risk Management
5 18 (19.78%) Incident Response
5 18 (19.78%) Security Architecture
6 16 (17.58%) Information Assurance
7 14 (15.38%) SIEM
8 12 (13.19%) Agile
8 12 (13.19%) ITIL
8 12 (13.19%) Security Management
8 12 (13.19%) Threat Modelling
9 11 (12.09%) Information Security Management
9 11 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (12.09%) Threat Intelligence
9 11 (12.09%) Vulnerability Management
10 10 (10.99%) Analytics
10 10 (10.99%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 10 (10.99%) Decision-Making
10 10 (10.99%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.09%) Python
2 8 (8.79%) PowerShell
2 8 (8.79%) SQL
3 6 (6.59%) Java
4 4 (4.40%) C++
4 4 (4.40%) R
5 3 (3.30%) C
6 2 (2.20%) Bash
6 2 (2.20%) C#
6 2 (2.20%) Ruby
7 1 (1.10%) Bicep
7 1 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (1.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 46 (50.55%) Security Cleared
2 31 (34.07%) SC Cleared
3 26 (28.57%) CISM
4 19 (20.88%) CISSP
5 14 (15.38%) DV Cleared
6 9 (9.89%) Degree
7 6 (6.59%) CEH
8 5 (5.49%) Azure Certification
8 5 (5.49%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (5.49%) Master's Degree
8 5 (5.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (4.40%) AWS Certification
9 4 (4.40%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (4.40%) GCIA
9 4 (4.40%) GCIH
10 3 (3.30%) CISA
10 3 (3.30%) Citrix Certification
10 3 (3.30%) GCFA
10 3 (3.30%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (41.76%) NIST
2 22 (24.18%) GDPR
3 9 (9.89%) NCSC
4 8 (8.79%) ISO 9001
4 8 (8.79%) NIST 800
5 7 (7.69%) COBIT
6 5 (5.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (4.40%) EU AI Act
7 4 (4.40%) PCI DSS
7 4 (4.40%) RMADS
8 2 (2.20%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (2.20%) HIPAA
8 2 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (2.20%) JSP 440
8 2 (2.20%) SOC 2
9 1 (1.10%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (1.10%) ISO 22301
9 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 5 (5.49%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (3.30%) SCCM
4 2 (2.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 2 (2.20%) CSIRT
4 2 (2.20%) QRadar
4 2 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.10%) CASB
5 1 (1.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.89%) Oracle
3 7 (7.69%) Splunk
4 4 (4.40%) EMC
4 4 (4.40%) NetApp
4 4 (4.40%) Pure Storage
5 3 (3.30%) Citrix
5 3 (3.30%) CyberArk
5 3 (3.30%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.30%) VMware
6 2 (2.20%) ArcSight
6 2 (2.20%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (2.20%) LogRhythm
7 1 (1.10%) Kenna
7 1 (1.10%) OpenAI
7 1 (1.10%) Qualys
7 1 (1.10%) Rapid7
7 1 (1.10%) Sparx
7 1 (1.10%) Tenable
7 1 (1.10%) Virgin Media