ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) Contracts

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 531 589 759
Rank change year-on-year +58 +170 -82
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) 44 93 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.17% 0.090%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.73% 1.23% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 74 73
10th Percentile £301 £450 £418
25th Percentile £500 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +4.17% +0.47%
75th Percentile £632 £680 £638
90th Percentile £769 £750 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £575 £540
% change year-on-year - +6.48% +13.68%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) 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 requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,992 7,585 11,578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.92% 13.53% 13.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,782 5,156 7,966
10th Percentile £280 £289 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +1.35% +9.05%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £486 £454
% change year-on-year -2.26% +7.17% +6.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 406 244 308
10th Percentile £10.98 £13.29 £12.05
25th Percentile £13.20 £18.65 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.42 £37.50 £28.12
Median % change year-on-year -40.21% +33.38% +33.88%
75th Percentile £47.81 £63.23 £49.44
90th Percentile £69.44 £77.50 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.97 £36.25 £22.00
% change year-on-year -47.67% +64.77% +6.41%

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) in the UK

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799).

Daily rate trend for ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) in the UK

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) in the UK

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799).

Hourly rate trend for ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) in the UK

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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 +56 41 £550 - 11
London +67 25 £540 - 4
UK excluding London +29 17 £575 - 9
Work from Home +75 11 £500 -26.04% 7
North of England +27 8 £550 -4.35% 3
South East +14 6 £170 -74.81% 1
North West +22 4 £630 +9.57% 2
Scotland +32 2 £775 +66.31% 1
Yorkshire +19 2 £525 - 1
North East - 2 £525 -
Midlands +16 1 £750 +10.29% 2
West Midlands +7 1 £750 +10.29% 2

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.27%) IBM Notes
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (20.45%) AWS
2 7 (15.91%) Azure
3 4 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (6.82%) GCP
4 3 (6.82%) SaaS
5 2 (4.55%) Amazon S3
5 2 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (4.55%) IaaS
6 1 (2.27%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (36.36%) Firewall
2 10 (22.73%) SD-WAN
2 10 (22.73%) WAN
3 4 (9.09%) DNS
3 4 (9.09%) Network Security
4 2 (4.55%) SNMP
4 2 (4.55%) SSL
4 2 (4.55%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.27%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (2.27%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.55%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (4.55%) Big Data
2 2 (4.55%) Hadoop
2 2 (4.55%) Snowflake Schema
General
1 17 (38.64%) Finance
2 10 (22.73%) Banking
3 7 (15.91%) Social Skills
4 4 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.82%) Legal
6 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (29.55%) Consultant
1 13 (29.55%) Security Consultant
2 8 (18.18%) Architect
2 8 (18.18%) Security Architect
3 6 (13.64%) Security Specialist
4 5 (11.36%) Cloud Consultant
4 5 (11.36%) Cloud Security Consultant
4 5 (11.36%) Information Security Specialist
4 5 (11.36%) Information Specialist
4 5 (11.36%) Security Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Analyst
5 4 (9.09%) Applications Consultant
5 4 (9.09%) Azure Consultant
5 4 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 4 (9.09%) DevSecOps Consultant
5 4 (9.09%) Information Officer
5 4 (9.09%) Information Security Officer
5 4 (9.09%) Security Analyst
5 4 (9.09%) Security Officer
6 2 (4.55%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.09%) Kafka
2 2 (4.55%) OAuth
2 2 (4.55%) OpenID
2 2 (4.55%) SAML
2 2 (4.55%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (43.18%) Management Information System
2 12 (27.27%) PKI
3 5 (11.36%) Security Posture
4 4 (9.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 4 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (6.82%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (6.82%) Virtual Team
5 3 (6.82%) Wiki
6 2 (4.55%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (4.55%) Operational Technology
6 2 (4.55%) Public Cloud
7 1 (2.27%) BBC
7 1 (2.27%) Cyberattack
7 1 (2.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.91%) Windows
2 5 (11.36%) Linux
3 4 (9.09%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (50.00%) Information Security
2 21 (47.73%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (40.91%) SIEM
4 17 (38.64%) Cloud Security
4 17 (38.64%) Ethical Hacking
5 16 (36.36%) Identity Access Management
6 14 (31.82%) Key Management
6 14 (31.82%) Security Architecture
7 12 (27.27%) Penetration Testing
7 12 (27.27%) Risk Management
8 11 (25.00%) Data Encryption
8 11 (25.00%) Security Auditing
9 10 (22.73%) Database Security
9 10 (22.73%) Risk Assessment
10 8 (18.18%) Application Security
10 8 (18.18%) Knowledge Transfer
10 8 (18.18%) SABSA
11 7 (15.91%) Data Protection
11 7 (15.91%) SDLC
12 6 (13.64%) ISMS
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.36%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.27%) Python
2 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (34.09%) CISSP
2 12 (27.27%) CISM
3 11 (25.00%) Degree
4 10 (22.73%) CISA
5 8 (18.18%) Security Cleared
6 6 (13.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (13.64%) CCSK
6 6 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (13.64%) SC Cleared
7 5 (11.36%) CCSP
8 4 (9.09%) CCNP
8 4 (9.09%) ISSAP
9 3 (6.82%) CEH
9 3 (6.82%) CRISC
10 2 (4.55%) FFIEC
10 2 (4.55%) GIAC
10 2 (4.55%) SANS
11 1 (2.27%) CCA
11 1 (2.27%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (2.27%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (93.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (38.64%) NIST
3 7 (15.91%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (11.36%) COBIT
4 5 (11.36%) GDPR
5 4 (9.09%) PCI DSS
6 2 (4.55%) GRC
6 2 (4.55%) NIST 800
7 1 (2.27%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (2.27%) GLBA
7 1 (2.27%) HIPAA
7 1 (2.27%) ISAE 3402
7 1 (2.27%) NCSC
7 1 (2.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (2.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) CASB
1 1 (2.27%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 13 (29.55%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.64%) Cisco
3 4 (9.09%) F5
3 4 (9.09%) Qualys
3 4 (9.09%) Splunk
4 2 (4.55%) CA
4 2 (4.55%) Databricks
4 2 (4.55%) Teradata
5 1 (2.27%) Axway
5 1 (2.27%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.27%) Lotus
5 1 (2.27%) McAfee
5 1 (2.27%) Netskope
5 1 (2.27%) Remedy
5 1 (2.27%) SAP
5 1 (2.27%) Trend Micro