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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 629 518 540
Rank change year-on-year -111 +22 +40
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) 30 32 53
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.057% 0.098% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.34% 0.59% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 23 44
10th Percentile £463 £378 £438
25th Percentile £544 £419 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £562 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% - +1.85%
75th Percentile £705 £622 £600
90th Percentile £850 £750 £776
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £455 £560
% change year-on-year +20.88% -18.75% +12.00%

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 8,933 5,381 5,893
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.96% 16.47% 13.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,729 3,457 3,634
10th Percentile £339 £280 £280
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £620
90th Percentile £700 £717 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £475
% change year-on-year +6.38% -1.05% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 552 234 421
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.65 £11.66
25th Percentile £19.30 £18.15 £13.52
Median hourly rate £36.07 £30.00 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +20.23% +24.07% -37.54%
75th Percentile £68.75 £62.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £81.71 £82.99 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.72 £27.35 £24.18
% change year-on-year +41.57% +13.11% -31.40%

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 13 July 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 13 July 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 -114 29 £550 - 4
UK excluding London -83 19 £550 +20.88% 5
Work from Home -47 13 £500 -4.58% 4
South East -63 12 £700 - 3
London -77 10 £570 -2.56% 2
East Midlands -14 3 £438 -5.91%
Midlands -51 3 £438 -11.62%
North West -51 2 £577 +59.10%
North of England -75 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 (13.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 8 (26.67%) AWS
2 6 (20.00%) Azure
2 6 (20.00%) GCP
3 3 (10.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 3 (10.00%) AWS CloudFormation
3 3 (10.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.67%) Akamai
4 2 (6.67%) SaaS
5 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (26.67%) Network Security
2 5 (16.67%) Firewall
3 3 (10.00%) NGFW
3 3 (10.00%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (6.67%) ADSL
4 2 (6.67%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (6.67%) IPsec
4 2 (6.67%) VPN
5 1 (3.33%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (16.67%) JIRA
2 2 (6.67%) Burp Suite
2 2 (6.67%) Snyk
General
1 4 (13.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.00%) Legal
3 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Banking
3 1 (3.33%) Finance
3 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (36.67%) Architect
2 10 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 10 (33.33%) Security Architect
3 7 (23.33%) Analyst
4 6 (20.00%) Security Analyst
5 5 (16.67%) Security Engineer
6 4 (13.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 3 (10.00%) Lead
7 3 (10.00%) Product Owner
8 2 (6.67%) Firewall Engineer
8 2 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
9 1 (3.33%) Cloud Architect
9 1 (3.33%) Consultant
9 1 (3.33%) Migration Architect
9 1 (3.33%) Principal Engineer
9 1 (3.33%) Principal Security Engineer
9 1 (3.33%) Risk Analyst
9 1 (3.33%) Security Consultant
9 1 (3.33%) Security Solutions Architect
9 1 (3.33%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.00%) 802.1X
1 3 (10.00%) OAuth
1 3 (10.00%) OAuth2
1 3 (10.00%) OpenID
1 3 (10.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 5 (16.67%) Operational Technology
3 4 (13.33%) Cloud Native
4 3 (10.00%) Security Posture
5 2 (6.67%) PKI
5 2 (6.67%) SCADA
6 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Linux
2 1 (3.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 13 (43.33%) Zero Trust
4 11 (36.67%) Security Architecture
4 11 (36.67%) Threat Modelling
5 9 (30.00%) DevSecOps
6 8 (26.67%) Cloud Security
6 8 (26.67%) Penetration Testing
6 8 (26.67%) Risk Management
6 8 (26.67%) SABSA
7 7 (23.33%) Acceptance Criteria
7 7 (23.33%) Roadmaps
7 7 (23.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (20.00%) Agile
8 6 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 6 (20.00%) OWASP
8 6 (20.00%) Security Operations
8 6 (20.00%) SIEM
8 6 (20.00%) Supplier Management
8 6 (20.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) Bicep
1 3 (10.00%) Python
2 2 (6.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) CISSP
2 5 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 5 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (13.33%) CISM
3 4 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 4 (13.33%) Security Cleared
4 3 (10.00%) CEH
4 3 (10.00%) CISA
4 3 (10.00%) CRISC
4 3 (10.00%) GIAC
4 3 (10.00%) GPEN
4 3 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 3 (10.00%) OSCP
5 2 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (3.33%) Azure Certification
6 1 (3.33%) CCSK
6 1 (3.33%) CCSP
6 1 (3.33%) CSPO
6 1 (3.33%) Degree
6 1 (3.33%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 24 (80.00%) NIST
2 10 (33.33%) NCSC
3 7 (23.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (23.33%) GRC
3 7 (23.33%) PCI DSS
4 6 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (20.00%) IASME
4 6 (20.00%) NIST 800
5 5 (16.67%) SOC 2
6 4 (13.33%) GDPR
7 2 (6.67%) ISA99
8 1 (3.33%) Def Stans
8 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (26.67%) Kubernetes
2 3 (10.00%) CASB
2 3 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.33%) Splunk
3 3 (10.00%) Cisco
3 3 (10.00%) Fortinet
4 2 (6.67%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (6.67%) Qualys
4 2 (6.67%) VMware
5 1 (3.33%) BMC
5 1 (3.33%) ForeScout
5 1 (3.33%) Infoblox
5 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.33%) Zscaler