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

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	669	539	560
Rank change year-on-year	-130	+21	+36
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27005	14	20	2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK	0.026%	0.060%	0.005%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	0.14%	0.34%	0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted	13	16	1
10^th Percentile	£470	£461	-
25^th Percentile	£513	£475	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£564	£400
Median % change year-on-year	-2.44%	+40.94%	-33.33%
75^th Percentile	£650	£625	-
90^th Percentile	£750	£809	-
UK excluding London median daily rate	£550	£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.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills	9,858	5,867	5,008
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	17.96%	17.70%	13.41%
Number of daily rates quoted	6,172	3,748	2,915
10^th Percentile	£325	£300	£275
25^th Percentile	£413	£400	£392
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£507	£500	£500
Median % change year-on-year	+1.45%	-	-4.76%
75^th Percentile	£613	£613	£625
90^th Percentile	£725	£713	£738
UK excluding London median daily rate	£480	£475	£475
% change year-on-year	+1.05%	-	-5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	735	287	236
10^th Percentile	£13.69	£13.60	£13.26
25^th Percentile	£16.60	£16.50	£17.18
Median hourly rate	£32.40	£30.00	£27.50
Median % change year-on-year	+7.98%	+9.09%	-23.61%
75^th Percentile	£65.00	£60.00	£62.59
90^th Percentile	£74.29	£80.00	£70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£32.40	£25.00	£27.50
% change year-on-year	+29.58%	-9.09%	-29.03%

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 Daily Rate Trend

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 19 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.

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 19 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	-137	12	£550	-1.12%	13
UK excluding London	-95	10	£550	-	12
South East	-	6	£550	-	4
Work from Home	-94	5	£500	-11.11%	8
London	-107	4	£700	+30.23%	3
North of England	-70	2	£425	-22.73%	1
North West	-	2	£425	-	1
Scotland	-	2	£488	-	3

ISO/IEC 27005 Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing ISO/IEC 27005 also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for ISO/IEC 27005.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	85.7%	12
1	NIST	85.7%	12
3	ISO/IEC 27001	78.6%	11
4	Information Security	64.3%	9
5	GDPR	57.1%	8
5	GRC	57.1%	8
5	ISO 31000	57.1%	8
5	ITIL	57.1%	8
5	Microsoft	57.1%	8
5	Quality Management	57.1%	8
5	Vulnerability Management	57.1%	8
12	Change Control	50.0%	7
12	CISA	50.0%	7
12	CISM	50.0%	7
12	CISSP	50.0%	7
12	Degree	50.0%	7
17	Cloud Security	42.9%	6
17	Computer Science	42.9%	6
17	Contingency Planning	42.9%	6
17	Data Privacy	42.9%	6
17	Data Protection	42.9%	6
17	IIS	42.9%	6
17	IISP	42.9%	6
17	ISO 9001	42.9%	6
17	Knowledge Transfer	42.9%	6
17	Mathematics	42.9%	6
17	PCI DSS	42.9%	6
17	PRINCE2	42.9%	6
17	Risk Management	42.9%	6
17	Security Management	42.9%	6

ISO/IEC 27005 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	NIST	85.7%	12
2	ISO/IEC 27001	78.6%	11
3	GDPR	57.1%	8
3	GRC	57.1%	8
3	ISO 31000	57.1%	8
6	ISO 9001	42.9%	6
6	PCI DSS	42.9%	6
8	NCSC	35.7%	5
9	Cyber Essentials	28.6%	4
9	Cyber Essentials PLUS	28.6%	4
11	COBIT	14.3%	2
12	ISO 22301	7.1%	1
12	JSP 440	7.1%	1
12	QA	7.1%	1
12	RMADS	7.1%	1