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 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 676 524 540
Rank change year-on-year -152 +16 0
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) 19 29 30
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.035% 0.088% 0.079%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.20% 0.50% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 21 21
10th Percentile £500 £378 £500
25th Percentile £556 £413 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £465 £545
Median % change year-on-year +82.80% -14.68% +0.93%
75th Percentile - £538 £598
90th Percentile - £775 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £850 £489 £573
% change year-on-year +73.91% -14.63% +14.50%

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 9,696 5,800 5,070
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.77% 17.51% 13.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,065 3,708 2,949
10th Percentile £325 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £400 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £610 £608 £625
90th Percentile £713 £705 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +1.26% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 688 283 240
10th Percentile £13.70 £13.60 £13.26
25th Percentile £16.56 £16.71 £16.17
Median hourly rate £30.27 £30.00 £27.67
Median % change year-on-year +0.90% +8.42% -22.34%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £62.88
90th Percentile £74.25 £80.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.46 £25.11 £27.75
% change year-on-year +25.28% -9.50% -26.00%

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 11 October 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 5 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 11 October 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 -126 19 £850 +73.91% 27
London -84 13 £525 +18.78% 18
South East -64 6 £850 +60.38% 4
UK excluding London -104 6 £850 +73.91% 9
Work from Home -61 5 £500 +11.36% 15

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:

Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 7 (36.84%) Azure
2 6 (31.58%) AWS
3 3 (15.79%) GCP
4 2 (10.53%) Akamai
4 2 (10.53%) AWS KMS
4 2 (10.53%) Azure Key Vault
4 2 (10.53%) OCI
5 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Burp Suite
1 2 (10.53%) Snyk
2 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 6 (31.58%) Finance
1 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Banking
2 4 (21.05%) International Banking
3 1 (5.26%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.26%) Legal
3 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Architect
2 9 (47.37%) Security Architect
3 7 (36.84%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 4 (21.05%) Security Specialist
5 3 (15.79%) Security Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (5.26%) Lead
7 1 (5.26%) Principal Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Principal Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Algorithms
1 2 (10.53%) Cloud Native
1 2 (10.53%) Operational Technology
1 2 (10.53%) PKI
2 1 (5.26%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (57.89%) Security Architecture
3 10 (52.63%) Threat Modelling
4 8 (42.11%) Zero Trust
5 7 (36.84%) Agile
6 6 (31.58%) CI/CD
6 6 (31.58%) DevOps
6 6 (31.58%) Penetration Testing
6 6 (31.58%) SABSA
7 5 (26.32%) DevSecOps
7 5 (26.32%) Information Security
7 5 (26.32%) Risk Management
7 5 (26.32%) Security Testing
7 5 (26.32%) TOGAF
8 4 (21.05%) Cryptography
8 4 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (21.05%) Network Segmentation
8 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (21.05%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 6 (31.58%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (31.58%) CISSP
2 5 (26.32%) CISM
2 5 (26.32%) CRISC
3 3 (15.79%) CEH
3 3 (15.79%) CISA
3 3 (15.79%) GIAC
3 3 (15.79%) GPEN
3 3 (15.79%) OSCP
3 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
4 2 (10.53%) CCSP
5 1 (5.26%) CASP
5 1 (5.26%) Degree
5 1 (5.26%) GCFA
5 1 (5.26%) GCIA
5 1 (5.26%) GCIH
5 1 (5.26%) GREM
5 1 (5.26%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (68.42%) NIST
3 3 (15.79%) NCSC
4 2 (10.53%) GDPR
4 2 (10.53%) HIPAA
4 2 (10.53%) NIST 800
4 2 (10.53%) PCI DSS
4 2 (10.53%) SOC 2
5 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (5.26%) Def Stans
5 1 (5.26%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
1 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (10.53%) Qualys
2 2 (10.53%) VMware
3 1 (5.26%) BMC