ISO/IEC 27005 Contracts

ISO/IEC 27005
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for ISO/IEC 27005 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ISO/IEC 27005 over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 596 682 829
Rank change year-on-year +86 +147 -160
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27005 2 30 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.050% 0.027%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.032% 0.38% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 26 23
10th Percentile £526 £381 £529
25th Percentile £526 £600 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £606 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.93% +1.04% -5.88%
75th Percentile £564 £800 £900
90th Percentile £571 £824 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

ISO/IEC 27005 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,225 7,957 11,770
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.31% 13.37% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,939 5,462 8,058
10th Percentile £297 £275 £290
25th Percentile £405 £409 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £619
90th Percentile £750 £738 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 384 224 301
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.29 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.65 £16.50
Median hourly rate £20.80 £36.25 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.61% +29.46% +33.02%
75th Percentile £45.00 £62.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.38 £77.50 £67.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £35.00 £21.05
% change year-on-year -48.57% +66.27% -

ISO/IEC 27005
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ISO/IEC 27005 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ISO/IEC 27005 in the UK

ISO/IEC 27005
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 27005.

Daily rate trend for ISO/IEC 27005 in the UK

ISO/IEC 27005
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 27005.

Hourly rate trend for ISO/IEC 27005 in the UK

ISO/IEC 27005
Top 5 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 27005 within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2024. 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
Work from Home +112 2 £540 -10.00%
England +104 2 £540 -10.93% 3
UK excluding London +24 2 £540 -10.00% 5
South West +6 1 £530 -33.75%
South East - 1 £550 - 1

ISO/IEC 27005
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
General
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 31000
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (50.00%) NIST