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

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 552 626 764
Rank change year-on-year +74 +138 -134
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) 46 93 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.16% 0.096%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.74% 1.16% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 71 77
10th Percentile £329 £455 £413
25th Percentile £500 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +6.88% +13.26%
75th Percentile £615 £680 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £766
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £600 £540
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% +16.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £40.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,212 7,992 11,762
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.35% 13.36% 13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,921 5,491 8,030
10th Percentile £297 £275 £292
25th Percentile £405 £410 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £619
90th Percentile £750 £738 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 381 225 302
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.16 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.50 £17.06
Median hourly rate £20.61 £37.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.05% +31.58% +35.71%
75th Percentile £45.00 £62.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.38 £77.50 £67.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £35.00 £21.05
% change year-on-year -48.57% +66.27% +0.24%

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)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

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

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 27 April 2024.

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

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

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

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

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Top 11 Contract 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 27 April 2024. 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 +102 45 £550 -8.33% 10
London +80 27 £545 +0.93% 2
UK excluding London +53 17 £550 -8.33% 9
Work from Home +88 11 £500 -20.70% 5
North of England +38 9 £580 +0.87% 4
South East +29 7 £170 -71.67% 2
North West +18 5 £628 +9.13%
Yorkshire +21 2 £525 - 3
North East - 2 £525 - 1
West Midlands +20 1 £750 +10.29% 1
Midlands +13 1 £750 +10.29% 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (8.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.17%) IBM Notes
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (19.57%) AWS
2 7 (15.22%) Azure
3 4 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (8.70%) SaaS
4 3 (6.52%) GCP
4 3 (6.52%) IaaS
5 2 (4.35%) Amazon S3
5 2 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.17%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 18 (39.13%) Firewall
2 10 (21.74%) SD-WAN
2 10 (21.74%) WAN
3 4 (8.70%) DNS
3 4 (8.70%) Network Security
4 2 (4.35%) SNMP
4 2 (4.35%) SSL
4 2 (4.35%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.17%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (2.17%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.35%) Amazon Redshift
1 2 (4.35%) Big Data
1 2 (4.35%) Hadoop
1 2 (4.35%) Snowflake Schema
1 2 (4.35%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (36.96%) Finance
2 9 (19.57%) Social Skills
3 8 (17.39%) Banking
4 4 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.52%) Legal
6 2 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (30.43%) Consultant
1 14 (30.43%) Security Consultant
2 10 (21.74%) Architect
2 10 (21.74%) Security Architect
3 6 (13.04%) Security Specialist
4 5 (10.87%) Analyst
4 5 (10.87%) Cloud Consultant
4 5 (10.87%) Cloud Security Consultant
4 5 (10.87%) Information Security Specialist
4 5 (10.87%) Information Specialist
4 5 (10.87%) Security Analyst
5 4 (8.70%) Applications Consultant
5 4 (8.70%) Azure Consultant
5 4 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 4 (8.70%) DevSecOps Consultant
5 4 (8.70%) Information Officer
5 4 (8.70%) Information Security Officer
5 4 (8.70%) Security Officer
5 4 (8.70%) Senior
6 3 (6.52%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) Kafka
1 2 (4.35%) OAuth
1 2 (4.35%) OpenID
1 2 (4.35%) SAML
1 2 (4.35%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (45.65%) Management Information System
2 12 (26.09%) PKI
3 5 (10.87%) Security Posture
4 4 (8.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (8.70%) Virtual Team
5 3 (6.52%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (6.52%) Wiki
6 2 (4.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (4.35%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (4.35%) Operational Technology
6 2 (4.35%) Public Cloud
7 1 (2.17%) BBC
7 1 (2.17%) Cyberattack
7 1 (2.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.87%) Windows
2 3 (6.52%) Linux
3 2 (4.35%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (54.35%) Information Security
2 23 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (41.30%) Cloud Security
4 16 (34.78%) Identity Access Management
4 16 (34.78%) SIEM
5 15 (32.61%) Ethical Hacking
5 15 (32.61%) Risk Management
6 13 (28.26%) Security Architecture
7 12 (26.09%) Key Management
7 12 (26.09%) Penetration Testing
8 11 (23.91%) Data Encryption
8 11 (23.91%) Security Auditing
9 10 (21.74%) Database Security
9 10 (21.74%) Risk Assessment
9 10 (21.74%) SABSA
10 8 (17.39%) Application Security
10 8 (17.39%) Knowledge Transfer
10 8 (17.39%) SDLC
11 7 (15.22%) Data Loss Prevention
11 7 (15.22%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.87%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.17%) Python
2 1 (2.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (36.96%) CISSP
2 13 (28.26%) Degree
3 12 (26.09%) CISA
3 12 (26.09%) CISM
4 8 (17.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 8 (17.39%) CCSK
4 8 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (17.39%) Security Cleared
5 6 (13.04%) SC Cleared
6 5 (10.87%) CCSP
6 5 (10.87%) CRISC
7 4 (8.70%) CCNP
7 4 (8.70%) FFIEC
7 4 (8.70%) GIAC
7 4 (8.70%) ISSAP
7 4 (8.70%) SANS
8 3 (6.52%) CEH
9 1 (2.17%) CCA
9 1 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (2.17%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (91.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (41.30%) NIST
3 8 (17.39%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (10.87%) COBIT
4 5 (10.87%) GDPR
4 5 (10.87%) PCI DSS
5 4 (8.70%) NIST 800
6 2 (4.35%) GRC
6 2 (4.35%) NCSC
7 1 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (2.17%) GLBA
7 1 (2.17%) HIPAA
7 1 (2.17%) IASME
7 1 (2.17%) ISAE 3402
7 1 (2.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (2.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) CASB
1 1 (2.17%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 13 (28.26%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.04%) Cisco
3 2 (4.35%) CA
3 2 (4.35%) Databricks
3 2 (4.35%) F5
3 2 (4.35%) Qualys
3 2 (4.35%) Splunk
3 2 (4.35%) Teradata
4 1 (2.17%) Axway
4 1 (2.17%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (2.17%) Lotus
4 1 (2.17%) McAfee
4 1 (2.17%) Netskope
4 1 (2.17%) Remedy
4 1 (2.17%) SAP
4 1 (2.17%) Trend Micro