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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 650 543 548
Rank change year-on-year -107 +5 +44
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27005 16 9 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.029% 0.027% 0.003%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.17% 0.16% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 5 1
10th Percentile £463 £299 -
25th Percentile £506 £400 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £480 £400
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% +20.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £700 £519 -
90th Percentile £750 £564 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £85.00 £32.74 -
Median % change year-on-year +159.66% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £85.00 £32.74 -
% change year-on-year +159.66% - -

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 9,583 5,718 5,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.62% 17.32% 13.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,006 3,660 2,955
10th Percentile £324 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £606 £606 £625
90th Percentile £710 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +1.26% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 667 274 246
10th Percentile £13.90 £13.60 £13.13
25th Percentile £16.60 £16.61 £15.56
Median hourly rate £32.00 £30.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +9.09% -22.82%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.94 £62.54
90th Percentile £74.10 £78.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.40 £26.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +22.25% -3.64% -30.56%

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 5 October 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 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 5 October 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 -119 13 £550 +14.58% 18
UK excluding London -91 12 £550 - 13
South East - 7 £550 - 5
Work from Home -74 5 £500 +13.64% 6
London -87 4 £700 +45.83% 7
Scotland - 3 £475 - 1
North West - 2 £425 - 1
North of England - 2 £425 - 3

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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (37.50%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) AWS
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
1 5 (31.25%) GCP
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (12.50%) SaaS
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Aviation
3 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Analyst
1 7 (43.75%) Architect
1 7 (43.75%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 7 (43.75%) Security Analyst
1 7 (43.75%) Security Architect
2 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Security Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Operations Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Risk Manager
3 4 (25.00%) Security Operations Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) IT Manager
4 2 (12.50%) IT Risk Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Lead
4 2 (12.50%) Risk Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Security Risk Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Security Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Assurance Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 6 (37.50%) Data Centre
2 6 (37.50%) Embedded Systems
2 6 (37.50%) Mobile Payment
2 6 (37.50%) Smartcard
3 5 (31.25%) Operational Technology
3 5 (31.25%) Public Cloud
4 2 (12.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
5 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Linux
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
1 5 (31.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (56.25%) Information Security
2 9 (56.25%) ITIL
3 8 (50.00%) Quality Management
3 8 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 8 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 7 (43.75%) Change Control
5 6 (37.50%) Cloud Security
5 6 (37.50%) Computer Science
5 6 (37.50%) Contingency Planning
5 6 (37.50%) Data Privacy
5 6 (37.50%) Data Protection
5 6 (37.50%) Knowledge Transfer
5 6 (37.50%) Mathematics
5 6 (37.50%) PRINCE2
5 6 (37.50%) Security Management
5 6 (37.50%) TOGAF
6 5 (31.25%) Security Architecture
6 5 (31.25%) Security Monitoring
7 4 (25.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) CISA
1 7 (43.75%) CISM
1 7 (43.75%) CISSP
1 7 (43.75%) Degree
2 6 (37.50%) IISP
3 5 (31.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 5 (31.25%) CCSP
3 5 (31.25%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (31.25%) CLAS
3 5 (31.25%) CREST Certified
4 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (12.50%) CRISC
5 2 (12.50%) DV Cleared
5 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
6 1 (6.25%) CISMP
6 1 (6.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (6.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (6.25%) PCI QSA
6 1 (6.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (81.25%) NIST
2 11 (68.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (56.25%) ISO 31000
4 8 (50.00%) GDPR
4 8 (50.00%) GRC
5 6 (37.50%) ISO 9001
5 6 (37.50%) NCSC
5 6 (37.50%) PCI DSS
6 4 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (18.75%) COBIT
8 2 (12.50%) JSP 440
8 2 (12.50%) RMADS
9 1 (6.25%) ISO 22301
9 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 5 (31.25%) CASB
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) Centrify
2 5 (31.25%) Cisco
2 5 (31.25%) CrowdStrike
2 5 (31.25%) F5
2 5 (31.25%) Google
2 5 (31.25%) Qualys
2 5 (31.25%) Splunk
2 5 (31.25%) Tripwire