ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) Contract Job Trends

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 519 529 560
Rank change year-on-year +10 +31 +229
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) 28 40 102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.086% 0.11% 0.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.50% 0.79% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 31 86
10th Percentile £378 £500 £450
25th Percentile £415 £510 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £533
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +2.35% -3.18%
75th Percentile £594 £591 £630
90th Percentile £783 £788 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £488
% change year-on-year -4.55% +12.82% -11.36%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,594 5,090 7,085
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.13% 13.38% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,581 3,022 4,814
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.39% -2.43% -
75th Percentile £606 £625 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 262 254
10th Percentile £13.60 £12.25 £14.08
25th Percentile £17.45 £15.00 £18.71
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.09 £35.57
Median % change year-on-year +10.74% -23.83% +45.16%
75th Percentile £57.50 £58.44 £64.88
90th Percentile £80.55 £70.00 £78.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.18 £26.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year +6.34% -25.35% +68.17%

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Job Vacancy Trend

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

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

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799).

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

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

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799).

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 16 September 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
England +6 26 £528 -2.31% 23
London +28 15 £550 +1.85% 7
UK excluding London -5 11 £525 -4.55% 20
Work from Home +33 5 £603 +15.96% 5
South East +22 4 £640 +124.56% 4
Midlands -9 4 £495 -1.00% 5
East Midlands - 3 £465 - 4
Scotland -2 2 £445 -42.58%
West Midlands -12 1 £603 +20.60%
North West -14 1 £363 -36.68% 1
North of England -20 1 £363 -34.09% 1

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.14%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.00%) Azure
2 5 (17.86%) AWS
2 5 (17.86%) Power Platform
3 4 (14.29%) OCI
4 2 (7.14%) Azure AI
4 2 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (7.14%) Azure Functions
4 2 (7.14%) Azure Key Vault
4 2 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (7.14%) IaaS
4 2 (7.14%) SaaS
4 2 (7.14%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (25.00%) Firewall
2 3 (10.71%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (7.14%) Modbus
3 2 (7.14%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) Power BI
1 5 (17.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (17.86%) JIRA
General
1 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Public Sector
3 3 (10.71%) Manufacturing
4 2 (7.14%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.57%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) Architect
1 7 (25.00%) Security Architect
2 4 (14.29%) Consultant
2 4 (14.29%) Security Consultant
3 3 (10.71%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Security Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Security Specialist
4 2 (7.14%) Analyst
4 2 (7.14%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (7.14%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
4 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure Architect
4 2 (7.14%) Network Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Network Security Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Oracle Architect
4 2 (7.14%) SABSA Security Architect
4 2 (7.14%) Security Analyst
4 2 (7.14%) Security Tester
4 2 (7.14%) Senior
4 2 (7.14%) Senior Security Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (25.00%) SailPoint
2 4 (14.29%) OAuth
2 4 (14.29%) OpenID
2 4 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (14.29%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (28.57%) Management Information System
1 8 (28.57%) Security Posture
2 4 (14.29%) Operational Technology
3 3 (10.71%) Life Science
3 3 (10.71%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (10.71%) SCADA
4 2 (7.14%) Data Centre
4 2 (7.14%) Insider Threat
4 2 (7.14%) PKI
5 1 (3.57%) NHS
5 1 (3.57%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) Information Security
2 10 (35.71%) Cloud Security
3 9 (32.14%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (28.57%) Agile
5 7 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 7 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
5 7 (25.00%) IT Audit
5 7 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
6 6 (21.43%) DevOps
6 6 (21.43%) Key Management
6 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (21.43%) Vulnerability Management
7 5 (17.86%) Computer Science
7 5 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (17.86%) Generative AI
7 5 (17.86%) Kanban
7 5 (17.86%) Test Automation
8 4 (14.29%) Mentoring
8 4 (14.29%) SDLC
8 4 (14.29%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) Python
2 4 (14.29%) Java
3 2 (7.14%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 12 (42.86%) Degree
2 9 (32.14%) CISM
2 9 (32.14%) CISSP
3 7 (25.00%) CISA
3 7 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 6 (21.43%) Security Cleared
5 4 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (14.29%) OCP
5 4 (14.29%) Oracle Certification
6 3 (10.71%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (7.14%) CCNA
7 2 (7.14%) CCNP
7 2 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (3.57%) CEH
8 1 (3.57%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared
8 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (89.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (82.14%) NIST
3 9 (32.14%) NIST 800
4 8 (28.57%) COBIT
5 6 (21.43%) PCI DSS
6 5 (17.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (14.29%) QA
8 3 (10.71%) GDPR
9 2 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (7.14%) IASME
9 2 (7.14%) NCSC
9 2 (7.14%) SOC 2
10 1 (3.57%) GAMP
10 1 (3.57%) GRC
10 1 (3.57%) HIPAA
10 1 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (10.71%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (17.86%) RSA Archer
2 1 (3.57%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 7 (25.00%) Rapid7
2 5 (17.86%) Alteryx
3 4 (14.29%) Oracle
3 4 (14.29%) ServiceNow
4 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
4 3 (10.71%) Rockwell
5 1 (3.57%) Qualys