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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 604 488 538
Rank change year-on-year -116 +50 +59
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) 21 28 45
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.044% 0.097% 0.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.27% 0.62% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 19 37
10th Percentile £442 £378 £329
25th Percentile £544 £479 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £596 £676 £615
90th Percentile £616 £760 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £603 £550
% change year-on-year -8.79% +9.64% -8.33%

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 7,902 4,545 6,118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.61% 15.68% 14.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,099 2,912 3,889
10th Percentile £341 £265 £286
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £483
% change year-on-year +5.26% -1.66% +0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 460 170 381
10th Percentile £14.02 £18.07 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.17 £13.18
Median hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £21.12
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +65.76% -39.67%
75th Percentile £65.56 £65.46 £45.00
90th Percentile £81.10 £82.98 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 £18.27
% change year-on-year -20.00% +173.67% -45.27%

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

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) job vacancy trend 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 14 May 2026.

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 10 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 14 May 2026. 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 -109 20 £550 -3.08% 3
UK excluding London -98 13 £550 -8.79% 4
Work from Home -27 10 £550 -8.79% 3
London -70 7 £595 +8.18%
South East -52 6 £550 - 1
Midlands -60 3 £438 -27.45%
East Midlands - 3 £438 -
North West -35 2 £577 +59.10%
North of England -65 2 £577 +59.10%
East of England - 2 - - 1

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (19.05%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (33.33%) AWS
2 6 (28.57%) GCP
3 5 (23.81%) Azure
4 3 (14.29%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 3 (14.29%) AWS CloudFormation
4 3 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (9.52%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (38.10%) Network Security
2 5 (23.81%) Firewall
3 3 (14.29%) NGFW
3 3 (14.29%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (9.52%) ADSL
4 2 (9.52%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (9.52%) IPsec
4 2 (9.52%) VPN
5 1 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) JIRA
General
1 3 (14.29%) Legal
1 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Banking
2 1 (4.76%) Finance
2 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Analyst
2 6 (28.57%) Security Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) Architect
4 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 4 (19.05%) Security Architect
5 3 (14.29%) Lead
5 3 (14.29%) Product Owner
6 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Firewall Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Security Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (4.76%) Cloud Architect
7 1 (4.76%) Consultant
7 1 (4.76%) Migration Architect
7 1 (4.76%) Risk Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) Security Consultant
7 1 (4.76%) Security Solutions Architect
7 1 (4.76%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) 802.1X
1 3 (14.29%) OAuth
1 3 (14.29%) OAuth2
1 3 (14.29%) OpenID
1 3 (14.29%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 4 (19.05%) Cloud Native
2 4 (19.05%) Operational Technology
3 3 (14.29%) Security Posture
4 2 (9.52%) PKI
4 2 (9.52%) SCADA
5 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (76.19%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (57.14%) CI/CD
3 8 (38.10%) Risk Management
3 8 (38.10%) Threat Modelling
4 7 (33.33%) Cloud Security
4 7 (33.33%) Security Architecture
4 7 (33.33%) Zero Trust
5 6 (28.57%) DevSecOps
5 6 (28.57%) Roadmaps
5 6 (28.57%) SIEM
5 6 (28.57%) Supplier Management
6 5 (23.81%) Application Security
6 5 (23.81%) Containerisation
6 5 (23.81%) Information Security
6 5 (23.81%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (23.81%) Network Segmentation
6 5 (23.81%) Penetration Testing
6 5 (23.81%) Security Operations
6 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (19.05%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) Bicep
2 2 (9.52%) PowerShell
2 2 (9.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
1 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.52%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (9.52%) CISSP
3 1 (4.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.76%) CCSP
3 1 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.76%) CISM
3 1 (4.76%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 15 (71.43%) NIST
2 10 (47.62%) NCSC
3 7 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (33.33%) GRC
3 7 (33.33%) PCI DSS
4 6 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (28.57%) IASME
4 6 (28.57%) NIST 800
5 5 (23.81%) SOC 2
6 4 (19.05%) GDPR
7 2 (9.52%) ISA99
8 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (38.10%) Kubernetes
2 3 (14.29%) CASB
2 3 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 4 (19.05%) Splunk
3 3 (14.29%) Cisco
3 3 (14.29%) Fortinet
4 2 (9.52%) VMware
5 1 (4.76%) ForeScout
5 1 (4.76%) Infoblox
5 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.76%) Zscaler