ISO/IEC 27001 Contracts

ISO/IEC 27001
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 219 224 305
Rank change year-on-year +5 +81 +18
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 456 670 812
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.07% 1.17% 0.92%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.56% 8.74% 6.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 480 615
10th Percentile £363 £425 £367
25th Percentile £461 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +7.00%
75th Percentile £666 £700 £675
90th Percentile £755 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +24.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 16 9
10th Percentile - £44.38 £43.21
25th Percentile - £45.94 £43.95
Median hourly rate £83.41 £67.07 £54.96
Median % change year-on-year +24.36% +22.05% -11.26%
75th Percentile - £74.11 £69.83
90th Percentile - £78.63 £76.86
UK excluding London median hourly rate £83.41 £70.00 £54.69
% change year-on-year +19.16% +27.99% -11.68%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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 requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,035 7,662 11,737
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.19% 13.38% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,843 5,232 8,045
10th Percentile £280 £281 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £743 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £480 £450
% change year-on-year +0.10% +6.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 381 242 315
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.33 £12.03
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.71 £16.50
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +16.67% +42.86%
75th Percentile £45.00 £61.50 £50.39
90th Percentile £68.75 £77.35 £68.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.27 £31.89 £22.50
% change year-on-year -42.70% +41.71% +7.14%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in the UK

ISO/IEC 27001
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in the UK

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in the UK

ISO/IEC 27001
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in the UK

ISO/IEC 27001
Top 16 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 27001 within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 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 +4 384 £575 -4.17% 436
UK excluding London -11 209 £550 -8.33% 305
London +26 204 £585 -6.79% 151
Work from Home +20 178 £575 -4.17% 206
North of England +43 52 £575 +12.20% 78
South West +9 48 £600 -4.00% 34
North West +39 43 £600 +33.33% 33
Scotland +42 41 £550 -5.82% 10
South East -44 32 £413 -34.00% 91
Midlands -13 24 £450 -20.00% 51
West Midlands -13 16 £525 -6.67% 33
East of England +16 11 £365 -33.64% 36
East Midlands +21 8 £450 -35.71% 18
Yorkshire +7 7 £550 -15.38% 36
North East - 2 £525 - 9
Wales +15 1 £638 +10.87% 4

ISO/IEC 27001
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 9 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (1.97%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.75%) nginx
3 4 (0.88%) Apache Solr
3 4 (0.88%) CMS
3 4 (0.88%) Skype for Business
4 3 (0.66%) Confluence
5 2 (0.44%) IIS
5 2 (0.44%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.22%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 13 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.88%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 85 (18.64%) Azure
2 66 (14.47%) AWS
3 25 (5.48%) Azure Sentinel
4 23 (5.04%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (3.73%) GCP
6 10 (2.19%) Entra ID
7 9 (1.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 9 (1.97%) SaaS
8 8 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (1.54%) AWS CloudTrail
9 7 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.54%) Serverless
10 6 (1.32%) GitHub
11 5 (1.10%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 5 (1.10%) Amazon S3
12 4 (0.88%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (0.88%) IaaS
12 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 59 (12.94%) Firewall
2 51 (11.18%) Network Security
3 20 (4.39%) WAN
4 13 (2.85%) DNS
4 13 (2.85%) Intrusion Detection
4 13 (2.85%) SD-WAN
5 12 (2.63%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.19%) VPN
7 7 (1.54%) Internet
8 6 (1.32%) LAN
9 5 (1.10%) HTTPS
9 5 (1.10%) IPsec
10 4 (0.88%) Intranet
10 4 (0.88%) SCCP
10 4 (0.88%) Skype
11 3 (0.66%) Broadband
11 3 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.66%) Wireless
12 2 (0.44%) DHCP
12 2 (0.44%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.54%) MySQL
1 7 (1.54%) NoSQL
2 4 (0.88%) Big Data
2 4 (0.88%) Couchbase
2 4 (0.88%) Data Lake
2 4 (0.88%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.66%) DynamoDB
4 2 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.44%) Hadoop
4 2 (0.44%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.44%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.44%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 10 (2.19%) Jenkins
2 6 (1.32%) JIRA
3 5 (1.10%) Git
4 3 (0.66%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.44%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.44%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.44%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.44%) GitLab
5 2 (0.44%) Mocha
5 2 (0.44%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.44%) RStudio
General
1 102 (22.37%) Social Skills
2 88 (19.30%) Finance
3 86 (18.86%) Public Sector
4 47 (10.31%) Legal
5 34 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (5.04%) Banking
7 18 (3.95%) Manufacturing
8 13 (2.85%) Telecoms
9 10 (2.19%) Local Government
10 8 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.75%) Retail
11 5 (1.10%) Electronics
11 5 (1.10%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.10%) German Language
11 5 (1.10%) Law
11 5 (1.10%) Marketing
11 5 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.88%) French Language
12 4 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.88%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 86 (18.86%) Architect
2 72 (15.79%) Analyst
3 65 (14.25%) Consultant
4 61 (13.38%) Security Architect
5 50 (10.96%) Security Consultant
6 47 (10.31%) Senior
7 34 (7.46%) Security Engineer
8 32 (7.02%) Security Analyst
9 30 (6.58%) Lead
10 28 (6.14%) Security Manager
11 18 (3.95%) SOC Analyst
12 17 (3.73%) Security Specialist
13 16 (3.51%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 15 (3.29%) Information Security Consultant
14 15 (3.29%) Project Manager
15 14 (3.07%) Security Advisor
15 14 (3.07%) Senior Analyst
16 12 (2.63%) Information Manager
16 12 (2.63%) IT Manager
16 12 (2.63%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.75%) RabbitMQ
2 7 (1.54%) YAML
3 5 (1.10%) JSON
3 5 (1.10%) Kafka
4 4 (0.88%) LEMP Stack
4 4 (0.88%) OAuth
5 3 (0.66%) .NET
5 3 (0.66%) JWT
5 3 (0.66%) OAuth2
6 2 (0.44%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.44%) Express.js
6 2 (0.44%) GraphQL
6 2 (0.44%) MEAN Stack
6 2 (0.44%) MERN Stack
6 2 (0.44%) NestJS
6 2 (0.44%) Node.js
6 2 (0.44%) OpenAPI
6 2 (0.44%) React
6 2 (0.44%) SAML
6 2 (0.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 70 (15.35%) Management Information System
2 31 (6.80%) Security Posture
3 26 (5.70%) Cyber Threat
4 16 (3.51%) Data Protection Act
5 13 (2.85%) Cloud Native
5 13 (2.85%) PKI
6 9 (1.97%) CCTV
6 9 (1.97%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.75%) CESG
7 8 (1.75%) Data Centre
7 8 (1.75%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.54%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.32%) Freedom of Information
9 6 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.32%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (1.10%) Cyberattack
10 5 (1.10%) Operational Technology
11 4 (0.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 50 (10.96%) Linux
2 37 (8.11%) Windows
3 12 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.41%) Mac OS X
5 6 (1.32%) Unix
6 4 (0.88%) CentOS
7 3 (0.66%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.66%) zOS
8 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (48.46%) Cybersecurity
2 190 (41.67%) Information Security
3 130 (28.51%) Risk Management
4 74 (16.23%) SIEM
5 72 (15.79%) Security Architecture
6 59 (12.94%) Cloud Security
7 54 (11.84%) Vulnerability Management
8 52 (11.40%) Penetration Testing
8 52 (11.40%) Risk Assessment
9 51 (11.18%) Data Protection
10 49 (10.75%) Stakeholder Management
11 46 (10.09%) Incident Response
12 45 (9.87%) Problem-Solving
13 43 (9.43%) Identity Access Management
14 41 (8.99%) Incident Management
15 36 (7.89%) Security Management
16 35 (7.68%) Agile
16 35 (7.68%) DevOps
16 35 (7.68%) ISMS
17 33 (7.24%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 20 (4.39%) PowerShell
2 15 (3.29%) Python
3 12 (2.63%) Kusto Query Language
4 10 (2.19%) Bash
5 9 (1.97%) C#
5 9 (1.97%) C++
6 7 (1.54%) SQL
7 4 (0.88%) PHP
8 3 (0.66%) Go
8 3 (0.66%) Java
8 3 (0.66%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.44%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.44%) R
9 2 (0.44%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.22%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 129 (28.29%) CISSP
2 112 (24.56%) Security Cleared
3 95 (20.83%) SC Cleared
4 93 (20.39%) CISM
5 53 (11.62%) CISA
6 37 (8.11%) Degree
7 29 (6.36%) Cisco Certification
8 24 (5.26%) DV Cleared
9 21 (4.61%) CRISC
10 20 (4.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 18 (3.95%) CompTIA Security+
12 15 (3.29%) CEH
12 15 (3.29%) CISMP
13 14 (3.07%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 12 (2.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 11 (2.41%) CREST Certified
16 10 (2.19%) CCSK
16 10 (2.19%) CLAS
17 9 (1.97%) CESG Certified Professional
17 9 (1.97%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 223 (48.90%) NIST
2 74 (16.23%) GDPR
3 64 (14.04%) PCI DSS
4 44 (9.65%) GRC
5 41 (8.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 41 (8.99%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 33 (7.24%) COBIT
7 32 (7.02%) HIPAA
8 30 (6.58%) NCSC
9 19 (4.17%) ISO 9001
10 14 (3.07%) ISO 22301
11 12 (2.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 12 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 10 (2.19%) JSP 440
12 10 (2.19%) QA
13 9 (1.97%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 9 (1.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 8 (1.75%) RMADS
15 7 (1.54%) Disclosure Scotland
16 6 (1.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 20 (4.39%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.41%) Docker
3 3 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.44%) Firmware
4 2 (0.44%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.44%) Squid
Systems Management
1 26 (5.70%) Terraform
2 20 (4.39%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.85%) Ansible
4 4 (0.88%) Nessus
4 4 (0.88%) Trend Micro Deep Security
5 3 (0.66%) CASB
5 3 (0.66%) Grafana
5 3 (0.66%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.66%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.66%) SCCM
5 3 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.44%) HAProxy
6 2 (0.44%) Kibana
6 2 (0.44%) logstash
6 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.44%) Nmap
6 2 (0.44%) Packer
6 2 (0.44%) SCOrch
7 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.22%) IBM BigFix
Vendors
1 88 (19.30%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.61%) Cisco
3 11 (2.41%) ServiceNow
3 11 (2.41%) Splunk
4 9 (1.97%) Google
5 8 (1.75%) Qualys
5 8 (1.75%) Sparx
6 7 (1.54%) Rapid7
7 6 (1.32%) Palo Alto
7 6 (1.32%) SAP
8 5 (1.10%) Citrix
8 5 (1.10%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (1.10%) Darktrace
8 5 (1.10%) VMware
9 4 (0.88%) Becrypt
9 4 (0.88%) Netskope
10 3 (0.66%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.66%) BiZZdesign
10 3 (0.66%) F5
10 3 (0.66%) Fortinet