ISO/IEC 27001 Contracts in Wales

ISO/IEC 27001
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ISO/IEC 27001 over the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 42 52
Rank change year-on-year +11 +10 0
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 9 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 2.59% 0.77% 0.62%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.67% 3.61% 4.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 1
10th Percentile £222 £633 -
25th Percentile £240 £636 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £669 £525
Median % change year-on-year -36.45% +27.38% -16.00%
75th Percentile £688 £723 £538
90th Percentile £691 £739 -
UK median daily rate £555 £585 £596
% change year-on-year -5.13% -1.89% +0.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £46.63
25th Percentile - - £47.19
Median hourly rate - - £48.75
75th Percentile - - £49.69
90th Percentile - - £49.88
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £27.50 £64.15
% change year-on-year +90.91% -57.13% -2.50%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Wales

ISO/IEC 27001 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 in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 54 83 74
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 15.52% 21.34% 15.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 41 39
10th Percentile £184 £161 £263
25th Percentile £303 £220 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year -19.90% +8.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £506 £544 £572
90th Percentile £562 £638 £590
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 9
10th Percentile - £16.74 -
25th Percentile - £22.00 -
Median hourly rate £13.08 £27.50 £10.92
Median % change year-on-year -52.44% +151.83% -12.61%
75th Percentile - £28.75 £42.50
90th Percentile £14.23 £44.75 £49.00
UK median hourly rate £28.18 £26.16 £35.25
% change year-on-year +7.71% -25.78% +41.82%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing ISO/IEC 27001 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in Wales

ISO/IEC 27001
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in Wales.

Daily rate trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in Wales

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in Wales over the 6 months to 16 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in Wales

ISO/IEC 27001
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in Wales

ISO/IEC 27001
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 within the Wales region over the 6 months to 16 August 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
South Wales +10 5 £413 -38.32% 16
West Wales - 2 £408 -
ISO/IEC 27001
UK

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Network Security
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (22.22%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Law
4 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Police
4 1 (11.11%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) IT Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Security Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Security Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Security Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (11.11%) CSOC
2 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
2 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 2 (22.22%) BPR
4 2 (22.22%) Change Advisory Board
4 2 (22.22%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
4 2 (22.22%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
4 2 (22.22%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (22.22%) TOGAF
4 2 (22.22%) Validation
5 1 (11.11%) Cyber Assurance
5 1 (11.11%) DevOps
5 1 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (11.11%) Security Operations
5 1 (11.11%) SIEM
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) CISSP
2 2 (22.22%) Azure Certification
3 1 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) Postgraduate
3 1 (11.11%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) NIST
2 2 (22.22%) ITGC
2 2 (22.22%) NCSC
2 2 (22.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (11.11%) GDPR
3 1 (11.11%) NIST 800
3 1 (11.11%) RMADS
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Autotask
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) ConnectWise
2 1 (11.11%) SolarWinds