ISO/IEC 27001 Contracts in the South West

ISO/IEC 27001
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 101 121
Rank change year-on-year +19 +20 +6
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 27 48 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.60% 1.50% 1.30%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.51% 8.39% 11.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 24 22
10th Percentile £235 £517 £221
25th Percentile £313 £563 £571
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £638 £671 £647
90th Percentile £694 £734 £696
England median daily rate £575 £575 £591
% change year-on-year - -2.64% +7.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 10
10th Percentile - - £59.73
25th Percentile - - £70.00
Median hourly rate - £83.41 £72.98
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% +15.84%
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - £80.53
England median hourly rate £61.50 £83.41 £70.00
% change year-on-year -26.27% +19.16% +28.61%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 284 572 419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.83% 17.91% 11.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 335 302
10th Percentile £306 £263 £213
25th Percentile £400 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% - +6.60%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £716
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 58 44
10th Percentile £39.13 £12.42 £17.65
25th Percentile £62.50 £14.00 £49.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £45.00 £64.57
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -30.31% -6.17%
75th Percentile £68.75 £69.69 £79.81
90th Percentile £77.59 £72.21 £83.40
England median hourly rate £35.00 £22.34 £39.60
% change year-on-year +56.67% -43.59% +44.00%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

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

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

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

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

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in the South West over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

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

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

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

Hourly rate trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in the South West

ISO/IEC 27001
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Bristol +20 15 £283 -50.78% 25
Wiltshire +23 6 £625 - 4
Devon - 3 £425 - 9
Somerset +3 2 £600 +4.35% 6
Gloucestershire +9 1 £550 -20.00% 23
ISO/IEC 27001
England

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (18.52%) AWS
2 5 (18.52%) Azure
3 3 (11.11%) GCP
4 1 (3.70%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (33.33%) VPN
2 4 (14.81%) Firewall
3 2 (7.41%) BGP
3 2 (7.41%) MPLS
3 2 (7.41%) OSPF
3 2 (7.41%) SD-WAN
3 2 (7.41%) VLAN
3 2 (7.41%) WAN
4 1 (3.70%) 5G
4 1 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 15 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (14.81%) Telecoms
5 3 (11.11%) Manufacturing
6 2 (7.41%) Electronics
6 2 (7.41%) Finance
6 2 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (7.41%) Marketing
6 2 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.70%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 5 (18.52%) Architect
1 5 (18.52%) Desktop Engineer
1 5 (18.52%) Desktop Support
1 5 (18.52%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 5 (18.52%) Support Engineer
2 3 (11.11%) Coordinator
2 3 (11.11%) Security Assurance Coordinator
2 3 (11.11%) Security Manager
2 3 (11.11%) Security Officer
3 2 (7.41%) Consultant
3 2 (7.41%) Contracts Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Network Architect
3 2 (7.41%) Project Officer
3 2 (7.41%) Security Architect
3 2 (7.41%) Security Consultant
3 2 (7.41%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (3.70%) Analyst
4 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (3.70%) Information Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (3.70%) LDAP
1 1 (3.70%) OAuth
1 1 (3.70%) OAuth2
1 1 (3.70%) OpenID
1 1 (3.70%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.41%) Cloud Native
2 2 (7.41%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
2 2 (7.41%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.70%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.70%) CESG
3 1 (3.70%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (3.70%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (3.70%) PKI
3 1 (3.70%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Linux
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) ITIL
2 5 (18.52%) Case Management
2 5 (18.52%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (18.52%) Customer Service
2 5 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (18.52%) Information Security
2 5 (18.52%) ITSM
2 5 (18.52%) Security Management
2 5 (18.52%) Service Delivery
3 4 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (14.81%) Security Operations
3 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (11.11%) Agile
4 3 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 3 (11.11%) Network Architecture
4 3 (11.11%) Risk Management
4 3 (11.11%) SIEM
4 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (11.11%) TOGAF
4 3 (11.11%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) PowerShell
1 2 (7.41%) Python
2 1 (3.70%) Bash
2 1 (3.70%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 17 (62.96%) Security Cleared
2 12 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 11 (40.74%) CISSP
4 8 (29.63%) Degree
4 8 (29.63%) DV Cleared
5 6 (22.22%) CISA
5 6 (22.22%) CISM
6 5 (18.52%) CESG Certified Professional
6 5 (18.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (7.41%) AWS Certification
7 2 (7.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (7.41%) Azure Certification
7 2 (7.41%) CCIE
7 2 (7.41%) CCNP
7 2 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (7.41%) CLAS
7 2 (7.41%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (7.41%) ISACA
7 2 (7.41%) JNCIE
7 2 (7.41%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (33.33%) NIST
2 5 (18.52%) JSP 440
2 5 (18.52%) RMADS
3 3 (11.11%) Def Stans
3 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (11.11%) PMO
4 2 (7.41%) GDPR
4 2 (7.41%) GRC
4 2 (7.41%) NIST 800
5 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (3.70%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (3.70%) HIPAA
5 1 (3.70%) ISO 9001
5 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (3.70%) NCSC
5 1 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 5 (18.52%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.41%) OPNET
3 1 (3.70%) Grafana
3 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) Citrix
2 5 (18.52%) ServiceNow
3 3 (11.11%) SolarWinds
4 2 (7.41%) Cisco
4 2 (7.41%) Fortinet
4 2 (7.41%) Google
4 2 (7.41%) Juniper
4 2 (7.41%) Palo Alto
4 2 (7.41%) SAP
5 1 (3.70%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.70%) Splunk