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 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 535 597 784
Rank change year-on-year +62 +187 -128
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) 44 97 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.17% 0.089%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.73% 1.27% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 77 73
10th Percentile £301 £450 £413
25th Percentile £500 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +7.14%
75th Percentile £619 £680 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £769
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £600 £540
% change year-on-year -4.17% +11.11% +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 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 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 20 May 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 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 +82 42 £550 - 18
London +73 25 £540 - 8
UK excluding London +40 17 £575 -4.17% 14
Work from Home +74 11 £500 -21.38% 9
North of England +35 9 £580 +0.87% 5
South East +24 6 £170 -74.81% 7
North West +18 5 £628 +9.13%
Yorkshire +20 2 £525 - 3
North East - 2 £525 - 2
Scotland +35 1 £775 +66.31% 1
West Midlands +11 1 £750 +10.29% 1
Midlands +8 1 £750 +10.29% 1

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 3 (6.82%) 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 9 (20.45%) Banking
3 8 (18.18%) 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 14 (31.82%) Consultant
1 14 (31.82%) 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
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 Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Security Officer
6 2 (4.55%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.82%) Kafka
2 2 (4.55%) OAuth
2 2 (4.55%) OpenID
2 2 (4.55%) SAML
2 2 (4.55%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (45.45%) Management Information System
2 12 (27.27%) PKI
3 5 (11.36%) Security Posture
4 4 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (9.09%) Virtual Team
5 3 (6.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 3 (6.82%) Cyber Threat
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 6 (13.64%) Windows
2 4 (9.09%) Linux
3 3 (6.82%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (52.27%) Information Security
2 21 (47.73%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (38.64%) Cloud Security
3 17 (38.64%) SIEM
4 16 (36.36%) Ethical Hacking
4 16 (36.36%) Identity Access Management
5 13 (29.55%) Key Management
5 13 (29.55%) Risk Management
5 13 (29.55%) Security Architecture
6 12 (27.27%) Penetration Testing
7 11 (25.00%) Data Encryption
7 11 (25.00%) Security Auditing
8 10 (22.73%) Database Security
8 10 (22.73%) Risk Assessment
9 8 (18.18%) Application Security
9 8 (18.18%) Knowledge Transfer
9 8 (18.18%) SABSA
9 8 (18.18%) SDLC
10 7 (15.91%) Data Protection
11 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
2 12 (27.27%) Degree
3 10 (22.73%) CISA
4 8 (18.18%) Security Cleared
5 6 (13.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 6 (13.64%) CCSK
5 6 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (13.64%) SC Cleared
6 5 (11.36%) CCSP
7 4 (9.09%) CCNP
7 4 (9.09%) ISSAP
8 3 (6.82%) CEH
8 3 (6.82%) CRISC
9 2 (4.55%) FFIEC
9 2 (4.55%) GIAC
9 2 (4.55%) SANS
10 1 (2.27%) CCA
10 1 (2.27%) CompTIA Security+
10 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
4 5 (11.36%) PCI DSS
5 2 (4.55%) GRC
5 2 (4.55%) NIST 800
6 1 (2.27%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (2.27%) GLBA
6 1 (2.27%) HIPAA
6 1 (2.27%) ISAE 3402
6 1 (2.27%) NCSC
6 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 3 (6.82%) F5
3 3 (6.82%) Qualys
3 3 (6.82%) 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