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

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) over the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 497 542 589
Rank change year-on-year +45 +47 +178
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) 25 44 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.086% 0.10% 0.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.54% 0.74% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 36 74
10th Percentile £378 £301 £450
25th Percentile £479 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year +6.36% -2.22% +4.17%
75th Percentile £676 £632 £680
90th Percentile £760 £769 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £603 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +4.87% - +6.48%

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 4,637 5,956 7,571
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.00% 13.88% 13.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,960 3,751 5,145
10th Percentile £265 £280 £296
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +0.96%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £645
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £486
% change year-on-year - -2.26% +6.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 408 245
10th Percentile £15.13 £10.99 £13.29
25th Percentile £22.00 £13.18 £18.70
Median hourly rate £32.50 £22.75 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -39.33% +35.80%
75th Percentile £67.50 £48.75 £63.23
90th Percentile £81.65 £70.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.81 £18.97 £37.50
% change year-on-year +72.96% -49.41% +70.45%

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 5 June 2025.

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 10 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 5 June 2025. 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 +40 24 £585 +6.36% 120
London +31 18 £585 +8.33% 18
UK excluding London +40 6 £603 +4.87% 110
Work from Home +29 2 £603 +20.60% 21
West Midlands +14 2 £603 -19.60% 9
Midlands +4 2 £603 -19.60% 19
South West - 2 £650 - 24
South East +38 1 - - 26
North West +12 1 £363 -42.46% 8
North of England +5 1 £363 -34.09% 21

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:

Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 7 (28.00%) OCI
2 5 (20.00%) Azure
3 3 (12.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (12.00%) IaaS
3 3 (12.00%) SaaS
4 2 (8.00%) Azure AI
4 2 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (8.00%) Azure Functions
4 2 (8.00%) Azure Key Vault
4 2 (8.00%) PaaS
4 2 (8.00%) Serverless
5 1 (4.00%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) Network Security
2 1 (4.00%) Firewall
General
1 10 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Finance
4 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Banking
4 2 (8.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (8.00%) Marketing
4 2 (8.00%) Public Speaking
5 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Architect
1 11 (44.00%) Security Architect
2 5 (20.00%) Consultant
2 5 (20.00%) Security Consultant
3 2 (8.00%) Chief Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Chief Security Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Cloud Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Lead
3 2 (8.00%) Oracle Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Security Officer
4 1 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Information Officer
4 1 (4.00%) SABSA Security Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Security Management Consultant
4 1 (4.00%) Security Specialist
4 1 (4.00%) Strategy Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Vulnerability Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (28.00%) OAuth
1 7 (28.00%) OpenID
1 7 (28.00%) SAML
2 6 (24.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (32.00%) Management Information System
2 7 (28.00%) Security Posture
3 2 (8.00%) Blog
3 2 (8.00%) PKI
4 1 (4.00%) CCTV
4 1 (4.00%) NHS
4 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
1 10 (40.00%) Project Management
2 9 (36.00%) Cloud Security
2 9 (36.00%) Information Security
2 9 (36.00%) Key Management
2 9 (36.00%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (32.00%) DevOps
4 7 (28.00%) Computer Science
4 7 (28.00%) Risk Assessment
5 6 (24.00%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (24.00%) Integration Patterns
5 6 (24.00%) Mentoring
5 6 (24.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (20.00%) Risk Management
7 4 (16.00%) Agile
7 4 (16.00%) Cost Reduction
7 4 (16.00%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (16.00%) SDLC
7 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (36.00%) Python
2 7 (28.00%) Java
3 3 (12.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 11 (44.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (28.00%) Degree
2 7 (28.00%) OCP
2 7 (28.00%) Oracle Certification
3 6 (24.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.00%) CISM
5 1 (4.00%) CISSP
5 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (72.00%) NIST
3 7 (28.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (24.00%) PCI DSS
5 4 (16.00%) GDPR
6 3 (12.00%) NIST 800
7 2 (8.00%) Def Stans
7 2 (8.00%) GRC
7 2 (8.00%) PMO
7 2 (8.00%) PSD2
7 2 (8.00%) SOC 2
8 1 (4.00%) FISMA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) logstash
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (4.00%) Nessus
1 1 (4.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (28.00%) Oracle
2 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (12.00%) Qualys
4 2 (8.00%) Cisco
4 2 (8.00%) Palo Alto
4 2 (8.00%) Splunk
4 2 (8.00%) Zscaler
5 1 (4.00%) LogRhythm
5 1 (4.00%) McAfee
5 1 (4.00%) Tenable
5 1 (4.00%) Tripwire