ISO/IEC 27005 Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 27005
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ISO/IEC 27005 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 380 - 398
Rank change year-on-year - - +87
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27005 2 0 27
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.013% - 0.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.072% - 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 21
10th Percentile - - £458
25th Percentile - - £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.82%
75th Percentile - - £814
90th Percentile - - £835
UK median daily rate £531 £400 £600
% change year-on-year +32.81% -33.33% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.61 - -
Median hourly rate £32.74 - -
75th Percentile £34.86 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £32.74 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,772 2,378 3,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.55% 13.78% 15.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 1,293 1,988
10th Percentile £263 £220 £263
25th Percentile £375 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £599
90th Percentile £650 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 194 208
10th Percentile £13.49 £13.08 £14.40
25th Percentile £15.60 £15.22 £18.44
Median hourly rate £25.08 £27.50 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% -29.03% +76.14%
75th Percentile £63.75 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £35.82
% change year-on-year +9.09% -23.22% +44.71%

ISO/IEC 27005
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

ISO/IEC 27005 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 27005
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ISO/IEC 27005.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ISO/IEC 27005

ISO/IEC 27005
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ISO/IEC 27005.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ISO/IEC 27005

ISO/IEC 27005
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 27005 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
Yorkshire - 1 £550 - 1
East of England - 1 - - 2
North of England - 1 £550 - 2
ISO/IEC 27005
UK

ISO/IEC 27005
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Information Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Security Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CEH
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GRC
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS