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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 586 511 598
Rank change year-on-year -75 +87 +119
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27005 23 6 9
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.058% 0.019% 0.020%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.34% 0.13% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 3 8
10th Percentile £461 £405 £459
25th Percentile £462 £413 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +23.61% -10.00% -25.93%
75th Percentile £598 £575 £541
90th Percentile £805 £635 £616
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -18.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £36.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 - -

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 6,846 4,475 6,430
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.25% 14.54% 14.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,404 2,643 4,235
10th Percentile £325 £261 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £634
90th Percentile £700 £725 £749
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +3.58% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 169 338
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.00 £14.50
Median hourly rate £26.11 £29.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.97% +16.00% -12.28%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £50.56
90th Percentile £69.79 £75.67 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.85 £28.50 £24.47
% change year-on-year -12.82% +16.49% -12.94%

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 11 February 2026.

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 7 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 11 February 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 -50 21 £550 +22.22% 7
Work from Home 0 14 £550 +4.76% 4
London -25 14 £550 +37.50% 4
UK excluding London -68 5 £550 - 4
South East -36 4 £550 - 3
North of England - 1 £550 -
Yorkshire - 1 £550 -

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 6 (26.09%) Law
3 4 (17.39%) Police
4 3 (13.04%) Finance
5 2 (8.70%) Legal
6 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
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%) Analyst
3 5 (21.74%) CISSP Consultant
3 5 (21.74%) Risk Consultant
4 4 (17.39%) Risk Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Lead
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%) Information Specialist
6 1 (4.35%) Principal Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Principal Security Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Security Advisor
6 1 (4.35%) Security Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Security Assurance Coordinator
6 1 (4.35%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Product Ownership
2 5 (21.74%) Public Cloud
3 4 (17.39%) Operational Technology
4 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
4 2 (8.70%) Security Posture
5 1 (4.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (4.35%) Mobile Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (69.57%) Risk Management
2 12 (52.17%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (47.83%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (39.13%) Information Security
5 8 (34.78%) Cloud Security
6 6 (26.09%) Agile
6 6 (26.09%) AI
6 6 (26.09%) Incident Response
7 5 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (21.74%) EBIOS
7 5 (21.74%) Programme Governance
7 5 (21.74%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 4 (17.39%) Cyber Resilience
8 4 (17.39%) Regulatory Compliance
8 4 (17.39%) Risk Register
8 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (13.04%) Risk Assessment
10 2 (8.70%) GAP Analysis
10 2 (8.70%) Security Architecture
10 2 (8.70%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 11 (47.83%) Security Cleared
2 10 (43.48%) SC Cleared
3 6 (26.09%) CISSP
4 5 (21.74%) CISM
5 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (65.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (52.17%) NIST
3 10 (43.48%) NCSC
4 9 (39.13%) GRC
5 7 (30.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (13.04%) GDPR
7 2 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (4.35%) COBIT
8 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (4.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (4.35%) JSP 440
8 1 (4.35%) PCI DSS
8 1 (4.35%) RMADS
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Google