ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) Contracts in the UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) 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 325 385 427
Rank change year-on-year +60 +42 +60
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) 9 18 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.070% 0.087% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.44% 0.58% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 17 24
10th Percentile £406 £165 £457
25th Percentile £480 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £603 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.64% -8.33% +11.32%
75th Percentile £639 £630 £680
90th Percentile £661 £750 -
UK median daily rate £594 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +8.00% -4.35% +9.52%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,065 3,098 3,539
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.15% 14.99% 14.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,295 1,815 2,383
10th Percentile £211 £254 £213
25th Percentile £363 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £478
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.09% +6.11%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £666 £685 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 308 185
10th Percentile £17.31 £10.95 £12.67
25th Percentile £24.18 £12.58 £18.09
Median hourly rate £46.30 £18.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +157.22% -48.57% +66.27%
75th Percentile £66.56 £45.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.51 £67.65 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £35.00
% change year-on-year +65.85% -40.56% +26.13%

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) in the UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) in the UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) in the UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) in the UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) within the UK excluding London 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
West Midlands +19 4 £603 -19.60% 1
Midlands +17 4 £603 -19.60% 3
South West - 3 £650 - 12
South East +34 1 - - 8
North West +11 1 £363 -42.23% 3
North of England +9 1 £363 -37.50% 13
ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
UK

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (11.11%) OCI
1 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
1 1 (11.11%) SaaS
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Security Officer
2 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Project Officer
2 2 (22.22%) Security Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Head of Cybersecurity
3 1 (11.11%) Information Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Information Security Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) OAuth
1 1 (11.11%) OpenID
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (11.11%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (22.22%) CCTV
2 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
2 2 (22.22%) Operational Technology
3 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) Information Security
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (22.22%) Security Management
4 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security
4 1 (11.11%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (11.11%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (11.11%) DevOps
4 1 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (11.11%) Key Management
4 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
4 1 (11.11%) SDLC
4 1 (11.11%) Security Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Java
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) CEH
3 1 (11.11%) CISM
3 1 (11.11%) CISSP
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) OCP
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (33.33%) Def Stans
2 3 (33.33%) NIST
2 3 (33.33%) PMO
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (11.11%) ISO 31000
3 1 (11.11%) NIST 800
3 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
3 1 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle