ISO/IEC 27005 Contract Job Trends in the South East

ISO/IEC 27005
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring ISO/IEC 27005 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 184 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27005 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.048% 0.025% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.27% 0.18% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 £625 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% - -
75th Percentile £575 £675 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £36.00 - -
England median hourly rate £34.37 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

ISO/IEC 27005 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 751 570 874
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 18.06% 14.02% 16.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 295 495
10th Percentile £300 £233 £177
25th Percentile £413 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £523
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -5.26% +12.67%
75th Percentile £597 £626 £621
90th Percentile £669 £692 £688
England median daily rate £500 £500 £541
% change year-on-year - -7.62% +3.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 31 53
10th Percentile £15.13 £17.63 £24.27
25th Percentile £16.50 £22.59 £31.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £53.00 £54.37
Median % change year-on-year -32.08% -2.52% +158.90%
75th Percentile £70.16 £62.99 £70.50
90th Percentile £86.40 £70.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £26.11 £29.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -9.97% -28.40% +68.75%

ISO/IEC 27005
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISO/IEC 27005 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

ISO/IEC 27005 job vacancy trend in the South East

ISO/IEC 27005
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ISO/IEC 27005.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ISO/IEC 27005

ISO/IEC 27005
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ISO/IEC 27005.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ISO/IEC 27005

ISO/IEC 27005
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 27005 within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 November 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
Hampshire -2 1 £550 -15.38% 2
Thames Valley - 1 - - 1
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
ISO/IEC 27005
England

ISO/IEC 27005
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) DMZ
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Information Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Key Management
2 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) GRC
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 1 (50.00%) JSP 440
2 1 (50.00%) NCSC
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft