ISO/IEC 27005 Contract Job Trends

ISO/IEC 27005
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring ISO/IEC 27005 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 551 546 595
Rank change year-on-year -5 +49 +187
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27005 23 3 27
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.064% 0.008% 0.058%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.36% 0.061% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 2 23
10th Percentile - £423 £458
25th Percentile £461 £456 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.95% +5.00% -21.57%
75th Percentile £598 £606 £600
90th Percentile £805 £648 £685
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £650 £560
% change year-on-year -15.38% +16.07% -17.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £31.15 - -
25th Percentile £31.96 - -
Median hourly rate £34.37 - -
75th Percentile £35.71 - -
90th Percentile £35.89 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.37 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

ISO/IEC 27005 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 6,342 4,947 6,702
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.65% 13.46% 14.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,073 2,879 4,482
10th Percentile £308 £274 £313
25th Percentile £404 £386 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £603 £625 £645
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 316 231 245
10th Percentile £13.55 £13.26 £14.38
25th Percentile £17.33 £15.62 £20.07
Median hourly rate £25.15 £27.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.85% -25.00% +58.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £53.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.93 £70.00 £81.87
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.14 £26.50 £42.25
% change year-on-year -16.45% -37.28% +101.19%

ISO/IEC 27005
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISO/IEC 27005 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

ISO/IEC 27005 job vacancy trend in the UK

ISO/IEC 27005
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO/IEC 27005.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO/IEC 27005

ISO/IEC 27005
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27005 over the 6 months to 22 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISO/IEC 27005 in the UK

ISO/IEC 27005
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO/IEC 27005.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO/IEC 27005

ISO/IEC 27005
Top 8 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 27005 within the UK over the 6 months to 22 November 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 -5 21 £550 +4.76% 10
Work from Home +16 16 £550 +4.76% 5
London +18 15 £513 +28.13% 3
UK excluding London -40 4 £550 -15.38% 7
South East -1 2 £550 -15.38% 3
North of England - 1 £550 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £550 - 2
East of England - 1 - - 1

ISO/IEC 27005
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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (34.78%) AWS
2 4 (17.39%) Azure
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.35%) IaaS
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (4.35%) PaaS
4 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) Network Security
2 1 (4.35%) DMZ
2 1 (4.35%) Firewall
General
1 15 (65.22%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Law
3 4 (17.39%) Police
4 2 (8.70%) Finance
4 2 (8.70%) Legal
4 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Consultant
2 6 (26.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 6 (26.09%) Product Owner
2 6 (26.09%) Security Consultant
3 5 (21.74%) CISSP Consultant
3 5 (21.74%) Risk Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Lead
5 2 (8.70%) Risk Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Senior
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Risk Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Coordinator
6 1 (4.35%) Information Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Information Security Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Information Security Specialist
6 1 (4.35%) Principal Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Principal Security Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Security Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Product Ownership
2 5 (21.74%) Public Cloud
3 3 (13.04%) Security Posture
4 2 (8.70%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (4.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
5 1 (4.35%) Mobile Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (69.57%) Risk Management
2 14 (60.87%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (47.83%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (43.48%) Cloud Security
5 8 (34.78%) Information Security
6 6 (26.09%) Agile
6 6 (26.09%) AI
6 6 (26.09%) Incident Response
6 6 (26.09%) Risk Register
7 5 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (21.74%) EBIOS
7 5 (21.74%) Programme Governance
7 5 (21.74%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 5 (21.74%) Threat Modelling
8 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (13.04%) Risk Assessment
9 3 (13.04%) Roadmaps
9 3 (13.04%) Vulnerability Management
10 2 (8.70%) Decision-Making
10 2 (8.70%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 11 (47.83%) Security Cleared
2 10 (43.48%) SC Cleared
3 9 (39.13%) CISSP
4 8 (34.78%) CISM
5 3 (13.04%) CRISC
6 2 (8.70%) Degree
7 1 (4.35%) CEH
7 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (52.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (52.17%) NIST
2 10 (43.48%) NCSC
3 7 (30.43%) GRC
4 6 (26.09%) GDPR
4 6 (26.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (17.39%) PCI DSS
6 3 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (8.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (4.35%) COBIT
8 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (4.35%) JSP 440
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Google