ISO/IEC 27001 Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

ISO/IEC 27001
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 205 161 194
Rank change year-on-year -44 +33 +72
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 102 191 328
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.03% 1.25% 1.28%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.82% 8.65% 10.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 156 252
10th Percentile £341 £384 £438
25th Percentile £509 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £595 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.46% -0.83% +6.67%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £700
90th Percentile £775 £759 £786
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £591
% change year-on-year - -2.64% +7.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £83.41 £70.00
% change year-on-year -26.27% +19.16% +27.99%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,496 2,207 3,118
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.17% 14.50% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,004 1,527 2,275
10th Percentile £288 £313 £325
25th Percentile £400 £420 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -0.96% +4.00%
75th Percentile £601 £625 £625
90th Percentile £714 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 78 66
10th Percentile £16.40 £12.75 £18.60
25th Percentile £21.25 £14.00 £23.67
Median hourly rate £35.13 £21.94 £39.80
Median % change year-on-year +60.13% -44.89% -9.44%
75th Percentile £67.50 £46.56 £59.82
90th Percentile £80.13 £65.00 £72.13
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +64.29% -40.00% +25.00%

ISO/IEC 27001
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing ISO/IEC 27001 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

ISO/IEC 27001 trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing ISO/IEC 27001 over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

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 remote working options 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 5 (4.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.98%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (3.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.96%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.98%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 29 (28.43%) Azure
2 15 (14.71%) AWS
3 10 (9.80%) GCP
4 5 (4.90%) Power Automate
5 4 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.92%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (3.92%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (3.92%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.92%) PowerApps
6 3 (2.94%) AWS KMS
6 3 (2.94%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.94%) OCI
7 2 (1.96%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (1.96%) AWS CloudTrail
7 2 (1.96%) Azure API Management
7 2 (1.96%) Azure Functions
7 2 (1.96%) Serverless
7 2 (1.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.98%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 14 (13.73%) Network Security
2 13 (12.75%) Firewall
3 6 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (2.94%) Cisco ISE
4 3 (2.94%) SSL
4 3 (2.94%) VPN
5 2 (1.96%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (1.96%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (1.96%) LAN
5 2 (1.96%) SNMP
5 2 (1.96%) TACACS
5 2 (1.96%) Wireless
5 2 (1.96%) WLAN
5 2 (1.96%) X.509
6 1 (0.98%) Modbus
6 1 (0.98%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.98%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.92%) Power BI
1 4 (3.92%) SQL Server
1 4 (3.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (3.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (1.96%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.98%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (3.92%) JIRA
2 1 (0.98%) GitLab
2 1 (0.98%) Jenkins
General
1 42 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 19 (18.63%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (16.67%) Finance
4 9 (8.82%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.92%) Retail
7 3 (2.94%) Banking
7 3 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.96%) French Language
8 2 (1.96%) German Language
8 2 (1.96%) Legal
8 2 (1.96%) Local Government
8 2 (1.96%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.98%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.98%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.98%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.98%) Police
9 1 (0.98%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 18 (17.65%) Architect
2 12 (11.76%) Consultant
3 11 (10.78%) Security Manager
3 11 (10.78%) Senior
4 9 (8.82%) Security Architect
4 9 (8.82%) Security Specialist
5 8 (7.84%) Information Security Specialist
5 8 (7.84%) Information Specialist
5 8 (7.84%) Security Consultant
5 8 (7.84%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 8 (7.84%) Senior Information Security Specialist
5 8 (7.84%) Senior Security Specialist
6 6 (5.88%) Auditor
6 6 (5.88%) Lead
7 5 (4.90%) Security Engineer
8 4 (3.92%) IT Auditor
8 4 (3.92%) Operational Security Manager
8 4 (3.92%) Operations Manager
8 4 (3.92%) Security Operations Manager
8 4 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.88%) LDAP
1 6 (5.88%) SAML
2 5 (4.90%) Web Services
3 4 (3.92%) OAuth
3 4 (3.92%) REST
3 4 (3.92%) SOAP
4 3 (2.94%) Middleware
4 3 (2.94%) OpenID
4 3 (2.94%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.96%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.98%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.98%) FHIR
6 1 (0.98%) Hugging Face
6 1 (0.98%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.98%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 20 (19.61%) Security Posture
2 15 (14.71%) Management Information System
3 7 (6.86%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (6.86%) Operational Technology
4 5 (4.90%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.92%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.92%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.92%) PKI
5 4 (3.92%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.94%) Cyberattack
6 3 (2.94%) Insider Threat
7 2 (1.96%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.96%) NHS
7 2 (1.96%) SCADA
8 1 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.98%) Life Science
8 1 (0.98%) Online Gambling
8 1 (0.98%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.92%) Windows
2 3 (2.94%) Linux
3 1 (0.98%) VMS
3 1 (0.98%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (34.31%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (33.33%) Information Security
3 29 (28.43%) Incident Response
4 28 (27.45%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (22.55%) Risk Management
6 21 (20.59%) Stakeholder Management
7 19 (18.63%) Cloud Security
8 18 (17.65%) Identity Access Management
8 18 (17.65%) Vulnerability Management
9 17 (16.67%) Computer Science
10 16 (15.69%) SIEM
11 14 (13.73%) Privileged Access Management
11 14 (13.73%) Risk Assessment
11 14 (13.73%) Security Operations
12 13 (12.75%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (12.75%) Project Management
13 12 (11.76%) DevOps
13 12 (11.76%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 11 (10.78%) Roadmaps
14 11 (10.78%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 17 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 17 (16.67%) Python
2 8 (7.84%) SQL
3 4 (3.92%) C#
3 4 (3.92%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.94%) Bash
5 2 (1.96%) Java
6 1 (0.98%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.98%) PHP
6 1 (0.98%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (39.22%) CISSP
2 33 (32.35%) CISM
3 23 (22.55%) Degree
4 17 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 13 (12.75%) CISA
6 11 (10.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (8.82%) CEH
8 7 (6.86%) DV Cleared
8 7 (6.86%) SC Cleared
9 6 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (5.88%) GCIH
9 6 (5.88%) GIAC
10 5 (4.90%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (4.90%) CRISC
10 5 (4.90%) Master's Degree
11 4 (3.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 3 (2.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (2.94%) AWS Certification
12 3 (2.94%) CCNP
12 3 (2.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (55.88%) NIST
2 36 (35.29%) GDPR
3 13 (12.75%) PCI DSS
4 7 (6.86%) GRC
4 7 (6.86%) HIPAA
4 7 (6.86%) NCSC
5 6 (5.88%) NIST 800
6 5 (4.90%) SOC 2
7 4 (3.92%) COBIT
7 4 (3.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (3.92%) SLA
8 3 (2.94%) ISO 9001
8 3 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (1.96%) FIPS 140-2
9 2 (1.96%) PMO
9 2 (1.96%) QA
10 1 (0.98%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.98%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 12 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.96%) Docker
2 2 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (3.92%) QRadar
2 3 (2.94%) Ansible
2 3 (2.94%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (2.94%) Terraform
3 2 (1.96%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.98%) Grafana
4 1 (0.98%) Nessus
4 1 (0.98%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 21 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.82%) CyberArk
3 6 (5.88%) Cisco
3 6 (5.88%) ServiceNow
4 5 (4.90%) Oracle
4 5 (4.90%) Splunk
5 3 (2.94%) BeyondTrust
5 3 (2.94%) Google
5 3 (2.94%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.96%) IBM
6 2 (1.96%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.96%) Thycotic
7 1 (0.98%) Centrify
7 1 (0.98%) Gemalto
7 1 (0.98%) Kenna
7 1 (0.98%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.98%) Qualys
7 1 (0.98%) SAP
7 1 (0.98%) Symantec
7 1 (0.98%) Tenable