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 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 613 504 546
Rank change year-on-year -109 +42 +131
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) 23 22 46
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.053% 0.074% 0.10%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.31% 0.49% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 14 36
10th Percentile £424 £500 £438
25th Percentile £440 £550 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £608 £545
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% +11.47% -9.17%
75th Percentile £595 £677 £619
90th Percentile £653 £750 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £570 £600
% change year-on-year -21.05% -5.00% -2.04%

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 7,474 4,479 6,438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.34% 15.15% 14.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,813 2,865 4,110
10th Percentile £331 £262 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £480
% change year-on-year +5.26% -1.04% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 172 377
10th Percentile £15.31 £16.34 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.35 £22.11 £14.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £31.88 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.74% +32.83% -36.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £80.70 £78.68 £67.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.50 £31.88 £20.50
% change year-on-year -4.34% +55.51% -36.92%

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 16 March 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 9 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 March 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 -95 21 £550 -5.98% 12
UK excluding London -84 13 £450 -21.05% 12
Work from Home -16 11 £563 -10.71% 5
Midlands -53 7 £438 -
London -55 7 £594 -2.26% 3
East Midlands - 7 £438 -
North West -38 3 £574 +4.75% 3
South East -45 3 £550 - 4
North of England -57 3 £574 +4.75% 3

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 3 (13.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (52.17%) AWS
2 4 (17.39%) GCP
3 3 (13.04%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 3 (13.04%) AWS CloudFormation
3 3 (13.04%) Azure
3 3 (13.04%) Entra ID
4 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) Network Security
2 3 (13.04%) Firewall
2 3 (13.04%) NGFW
2 3 (13.04%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Power BI
1 2 (8.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (26.09%) JIRA
General
1 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Law
3 4 (17.39%) Police
4 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Finance
5 1 (4.35%) Banking
5 1 (4.35%) Legal
5 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Product Owner
2 4 (17.39%) Analyst
2 4 (17.39%) Architect
3 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 3 (13.04%) Security Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Security Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Security Specialist
4 2 (8.70%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Lead
5 1 (4.35%) Migration Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Risk Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Security Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Security Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Security Tester
5 1 (4.35%) Senior
5 1 (4.35%) Technical Product Owner
5 1 (4.35%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) SailPoint
2 3 (13.04%) 802.1X
2 3 (13.04%) OAuth
2 3 (13.04%) OAuth2
2 3 (13.04%) OpenID
2 3 (13.04%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (52.17%) Product Ownership
2 5 (21.74%) Public Cloud
3 4 (17.39%) Cloud Native
4 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
4 2 (8.70%) Security Posture
5 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (4.35%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Cloud Security
2 11 (47.83%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (43.48%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (39.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (30.43%) CI/CD
5 7 (30.43%) Threat Modelling
5 7 (30.43%) Zero Trust
6 6 (26.09%) Agile
6 6 (26.09%) DevSecOps
6 6 (26.09%) Kanban
6 6 (26.09%) Security Architecture
6 6 (26.09%) SIEM
7 5 (21.74%) Incident Response
7 5 (21.74%) Information Security
7 5 (21.74%) Infrastructure as Code
7 5 (21.74%) Network Segmentation
7 5 (21.74%) Programme Governance
7 5 (21.74%) Risk Management
7 5 (21.74%) SABSA
7 5 (21.74%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) SC Cleared
1 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
2 6 (26.09%) CISM
2 6 (26.09%) CISSP
3 4 (17.39%) CISA
3 4 (17.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 2 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (8.70%) Degree
5 1 (4.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (4.35%) CCSP
5 1 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (4.35%) CSPO
5 1 (4.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (86.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (69.57%) NIST
3 9 (39.13%) NCSC
4 7 (30.43%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 7 (30.43%) NIST 800
4 7 (30.43%) PCI DSS
5 5 (21.74%) GRC
5 5 (21.74%) SOC 2
6 4 (17.39%) COBIT
6 4 (17.39%) GDPR
7 3 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (13.04%) IASME
8 1 (4.35%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Kubernetes
2 3 (13.04%) CASB
2 3 (13.04%) RSA Archer
2 3 (13.04%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (13.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 4 (17.39%) Rapid7
2 4 (17.39%) ServiceNow
2 4 (17.39%) Splunk
3 2 (8.70%) Alteryx
4 1 (4.35%) Cisco
4 1 (4.35%) CyberArk
4 1 (4.35%) ForeScout
4 1 (4.35%) Fortinet
4 1 (4.35%) Infoblox
4 1 (4.35%) Zscaler