ISO/IEC 27005 Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

ISO/IEC 27005
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring ISO/IEC 27005 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ISO/IEC 27005 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 300 343 463
Rank change year-on-year +43 +120 +161
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27005 4 2 14
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.040% 0.013% 0.054%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.27% 0.089% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 13
10th Percentile - £526 £325
25th Percentile £400 £526 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £540 £600
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £529 £564 -
90th Percentile £617 £571 £744
UK median daily rate £450 £540 £600
% change year-on-year -16.67% -10.00% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,488 2,240 3,140
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.02% 14.60% 12.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,005 1,532 2,292
10th Percentile £281 £313 £325
25th Percentile £400 £420 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.97% +3.00%
75th Percentile £603 £623 £625
90th Percentile £713 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 79 63
10th Percentile £17.98 £12.75 £18.54
25th Percentile £23.13 £14.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £39.00 £22.87 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.53% -46.81% -2.16%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.38 £61.88
90th Percentile £87.15 £65.00 £72.35
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%

ISO/IEC 27005
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing ISO/IEC 27005 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

ISO/IEC 27005 trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

ISO/IEC 27005
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 27005.

ISO/IEC 27005 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

ISO/IEC 27005
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing ISO/IEC 27005 over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

ISO/IEC 27005 daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

ISO/IEC 27005
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Consultant
1 4 (100.00%) Security Consultant
2 3 (75.00%) Information Manager
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security Consultant
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security Manager
2 3 (75.00%) Security Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Security Manager
2 3 (75.00%) Senior
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Consultant
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Information Security Consultant
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Information Security Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Manager
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Security Consultant
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (75.00%) DevSecOps
1 3 (75.00%) EBIOS
1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
1 3 (75.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Application Security
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) CISM
2 2 (50.00%) CRISC
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) NIST 800