ISO/IEC 27001 Contracts with Work from Home Options

ISO/IEC 27001
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for ISO/IEC 27001 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ISO/IEC 27001 over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 196 269
Rank change year-on-year +18 +73 +47
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 182 316 424
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.21% 1.25% 0.96%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.39% 10.31% 7.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 245 326
10th Percentile £375 £441 £400
25th Percentile £500 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £589 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -1.88% +6.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £755 £800 £756
UK median daily rate £575 £593 £550
% change year-on-year -3.04% +7.82% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - - £41.36
25th Percentile - - £43.03
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £49.45
Median % change year-on-year - +41.55% +83.43%
75th Percentile - - £68.79
90th Percentile - - £87.51
UK median hourly rate £83.41 £67.07 £54.69
% change year-on-year +24.36% +22.64% +44.69%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

ISO/IEC 27001 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 WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,169 3,065 5,823
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.42% 12.17% 13.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,503 2,240 4,140
10th Percentile £313 £325 £313
25th Percentile £419 £420 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.01% +4.05% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £600
90th Percentile £750 £726 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 66 126
10th Percentile £12.75 £18.60 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £23.67 £19.51
Median hourly rate £22.25 £41.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.39% -6.74% +128.21%
75th Percentile £48.75 £62.81 £53.94
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.13 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £21.06 £35.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year -39.84% +12.90% +47.62%

ISO/IEC 27001
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing ISO/IEC 27001 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

ISO/IEC 27001 trend for jobs with a WFH option

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing ISO/IEC 27001.

ISO/IEC 27001 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing ISO/IEC 27001 over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

ISO/IEC 27001 daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

ISO/IEC 27001
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing ISO/IEC 27001.

ISO/IEC 27001 hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (3.30%) nginx
2 5 (2.75%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.20%) Apache Solr
4 2 (1.10%) IIS
5 1 (0.55%) Confluence
5 1 (0.55%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.55%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 37 (20.33%) Azure
2 36 (19.78%) AWS
3 12 (6.59%) Azure Sentinel
4 9 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (3.85%) GCP
6 6 (3.30%) AWS CloudTrail
7 5 (2.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 5 (2.75%) AWS CloudFormation
7 5 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.75%) GitHub
8 4 (2.20%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.65%) Azure AKS
9 3 (1.65%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.65%) SaaS
10 2 (1.10%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (1.10%) AWS KMS
10 2 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.10%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (19.23%) Network Security
2 21 (11.54%) Firewall
3 7 (3.85%) DNS
3 7 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (3.85%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.75%) WAN
5 4 (2.20%) HTTPS
5 4 (2.20%) IPsec
5 4 (2.20%) SCCP
6 3 (1.65%) LAN
6 3 (1.65%) VPN
7 2 (1.10%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.55%) Broadband
8 1 (0.55%) DMZ
8 1 (0.55%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.55%) HTTP
8 1 (0.55%) Internet
8 1 (0.55%) Intranet
8 1 (0.55%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.20%) Couchbase
1 4 (2.20%) MySQL
1 4 (2.20%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.55%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (0.55%) Big Data
3 1 (0.55%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.75%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.65%) JIRA
3 2 (1.10%) Git
3 2 (1.10%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.55%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.55%) RStudio
General
1 40 (21.98%) Social Skills
2 37 (20.33%) Public Sector
3 24 (13.19%) Finance
4 14 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (7.69%) Legal
5 7 (3.85%) Local Government
6 4 (2.20%) Banking
6 4 (2.20%) Law
7 3 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.65%) Police
7 3 (1.65%) Retail
8 2 (1.10%) Advertising
8 2 (1.10%) Automotive
8 2 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.10%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.10%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.10%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.55%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 48 (26.37%) Architect
2 39 (21.43%) Security Architect
3 24 (13.19%) Analyst
3 24 (13.19%) Consultant
3 24 (13.19%) Senior
4 18 (9.89%) Security Analyst
5 14 (7.69%) Security Consultant
5 14 (7.69%) Security Engineer
6 13 (7.14%) Security Manager
7 10 (5.49%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (4.95%) Lead
8 9 (4.95%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (4.40%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 7 (3.85%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 7 (3.85%) Information Analyst
10 7 (3.85%) Information Security Analyst
11 6 (3.30%) Information Security Consultant
11 6 (3.30%) Security Specialist
11 6 (3.30%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.40%) YAML
2 6 (3.30%) RabbitMQ
3 5 (2.75%) JSON
4 4 (2.20%) LEMP Stack
5 2 (1.10%) OAuth
5 2 (1.10%) SAML
6 1 (0.55%) .NET
6 1 (0.55%) JWT
6 1 (0.55%) LDAP
6 1 (0.55%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.55%) OpenID
6 1 (0.55%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.55%) REST
6 1 (0.55%) Web Services
6 1 (0.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (18.68%) Management Information System
2 11 (6.04%) Security Posture
3 9 (4.95%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (4.40%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.75%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.20%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.20%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (2.20%) PKI
7 3 (1.65%) Cyberattack
7 3 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.65%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.65%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.65%) Wiki
8 2 (1.10%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.10%) Insider Threat
8 2 (1.10%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.55%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.55%) SCADA
9 1 (0.55%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.69%) Linux
2 9 (4.95%) Windows
3 8 (4.40%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.20%) CentOS
5 3 (1.65%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.55%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (51.10%) Cybersecurity
2 82 (45.05%) Information Security
3 37 (20.33%) Risk Management
4 33 (18.13%) Security Architecture
5 27 (14.84%) Risk Assessment
6 25 (13.74%) ISMS
7 23 (12.64%) Incident Response
7 23 (12.64%) Security Management
8 21 (11.54%) Information Security Management
8 21 (11.54%) SIEM
9 20 (10.99%) DevOps
10 18 (9.89%) Penetration Testing
10 18 (9.89%) Vulnerability Management
11 17 (9.34%) Cloud Security
11 17 (9.34%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (9.34%) TOGAF
12 15 (8.24%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 14 (7.69%) Cryptography
13 14 (7.69%) Data Protection
13 14 (7.69%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.95%) PowerShell
2 7 (3.85%) Python
3 4 (2.20%) PHP
4 3 (1.65%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (1.65%) SQL
5 2 (1.10%) Bash
6 1 (0.55%) C++
6 1 (0.55%) Java
6 1 (0.55%) R
6 1 (0.55%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 53 (29.12%) CISSP
2 43 (23.63%) CISM
2 43 (23.63%) Security Cleared
3 40 (21.98%) SC Cleared
4 28 (15.38%) CISA
5 12 (6.59%) DV Cleared
6 11 (6.04%) CREST Certified
6 11 (6.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 9 (4.95%) CRISC
7 9 (4.95%) TOGAF Certification
8 8 (4.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 7 (3.85%) Degree
10 6 (3.30%) CLAS
11 5 (2.75%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (2.20%) CGEIT
13 3 (1.65%) CEH
14 2 (1.10%) CSSLP
14 2 (1.10%) GIAC
14 2 (1.10%) ISSAP
14 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (53.30%) NIST
2 27 (14.84%) GDPR
3 23 (12.64%) NCSC
4 21 (11.54%) PCI DSS
5 16 (8.79%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (7.14%) COBIT
7 12 (6.59%) GRC
8 11 (6.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 8 (4.40%) ISO 22301
10 7 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 5 (2.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 5 (2.75%) ISO 9001
12 4 (2.20%) HIPAA
12 4 (2.20%) QA
12 4 (2.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (2.20%) SOC 2
13 3 (1.65%) Disclosure Scotland
13 3 (1.65%) Government Security Classifications
13 3 (1.65%) GPG13
13 3 (1.65%) JSP 440
System Software
1 8 (4.40%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.75%) Docker
3 2 (1.10%) Squid
4 1 (0.55%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (8.24%) Terraform
2 12 (6.59%) Kubernetes
3 8 (4.40%) Ansible
4 4 (2.20%) Trend Micro Deep Security
5 2 (1.10%) HAProxy
5 2 (1.10%) Kibana
5 2 (1.10%) logstash
5 2 (1.10%) Nessus
5 2 (1.10%) Packer
6 1 (0.55%) CASB
6 1 (0.55%) Grafana
6 1 (0.55%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.55%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.55%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (17.58%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.30%) Cisco
2 6 (3.30%) Rapid7
2 6 (3.30%) Sparx
3 5 (2.75%) Google
4 4 (2.20%) Sophos
4 4 (2.20%) Splunk
5 3 (1.65%) CyberArk
5 3 (1.65%) Palo Alto
5 3 (1.65%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.10%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.10%) Darktrace
6 2 (1.10%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.10%) IBM
6 2 (1.10%) Oracle
6 2 (1.10%) Qualys
7 1 (0.55%) Netskope
7 1 (0.55%) Ping Identity
7 1 (0.55%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.55%) Trend Micro