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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 528 602 779
Rank change year-on-year +74 +177 -127
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) 45 98 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.17% 0.089%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.74% 1.28% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 77 72
10th Percentile £329 £450 £413
25th Percentile £500 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £539
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +6.68% +13.47%
75th Percentile £615 £680 £647
90th Percentile £750 £750 £769
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £600 £540
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 6,062 7,631 11,586
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.25% 13.36% 13.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,850 5,224 7,927
10th Percentile £282 £280 £300
25th Percentile £405 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £742 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £484 £480 £450
% change year-on-year +0.83% +6.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 380 234 311
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.41 £12.02
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.71 £17.00
Median hourly rate £21.06 £35.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.84% +12.90% +47.62%
75th Percentile £45.00 £62.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £77.50 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.27 £35.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -47.80% +55.56% +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 15 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 15 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 +63 43 £550 -4.35% 14
London +74 25 £540 - 4
UK excluding London +39 18 £550 -8.33% 8
Work from Home +84 11 £500 -21.38% 4
North of England +26 9 £580 +0.87% 5
South East +23 7 £170 -71.67% 3
North West +21 5 £628 +9.13%
Yorkshire +21 2 £525 - 3
North East - 2 £525 - 2
Scotland +41 1 £775 +66.31%
Midlands +22 1 £750 +10.29% 1
West Midlands +9 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 (8.89%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.22%) IBM Notes
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (20.00%) AWS
2 7 (15.56%) Azure
3 4 (8.89%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (6.67%) GCP
4 3 (6.67%) SaaS
5 2 (4.44%) Amazon S3
5 2 (4.44%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (4.44%) IaaS
6 1 (2.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (35.56%) Firewall
2 10 (22.22%) SD-WAN
2 10 (22.22%) WAN
3 4 (8.89%) DNS
3 4 (8.89%) Network Security
4 2 (4.44%) SNMP
4 2 (4.44%) SSL
4 2 (4.44%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.22%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (2.22%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.44%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (4.44%) Big Data
2 2 (4.44%) Hadoop
2 2 (4.44%) Snowflake Schema
General
1 17 (37.78%) Finance
2 9 (20.00%) Banking
3 8 (17.78%) Social Skills
4 4 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.67%) Legal
6 2 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (31.11%) Consultant
1 14 (31.11%) Security Consultant
2 8 (17.78%) Architect
2 8 (17.78%) Security Architect
3 6 (13.33%) Security Specialist
4 5 (11.11%) Analyst
4 5 (11.11%) Cloud Consultant
4 5 (11.11%) Cloud Security Consultant
4 5 (11.11%) Information Security Specialist
4 5 (11.11%) Information Specialist
4 5 (11.11%) Security Analyst
5 4 (8.89%) Applications Consultant
5 4 (8.89%) Azure Consultant
5 4 (8.89%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 4 (8.89%) DevSecOps Consultant
5 4 (8.89%) Information Officer
5 4 (8.89%) Information Security Officer
5 4 (8.89%) Security Engineer
5 4 (8.89%) Security Officer
6 3 (6.67%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.67%) Kafka
2 2 (4.44%) OAuth
2 2 (4.44%) OpenID
2 2 (4.44%) SAML
2 2 (4.44%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (44.44%) Management Information System
2 12 (26.67%) PKI
3 5 (11.11%) Security Posture
4 4 (8.89%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (8.89%) Virtual Team
5 3 (6.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 3 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (6.67%) Wiki
6 2 (4.44%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (4.44%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (4.44%) Operational Technology
6 2 (4.44%) Public Cloud
7 1 (2.22%) BBC
7 1 (2.22%) Cyberattack
7 1 (2.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.33%) Windows
2 4 (8.89%) Linux
3 3 (6.67%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (53.33%) Information Security
2 22 (48.89%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (37.78%) Cloud Security
3 17 (37.78%) SIEM
4 16 (35.56%) Ethical Hacking
4 16 (35.56%) Identity Access Management
5 13 (28.89%) Key Management
5 13 (28.89%) Risk Management
5 13 (28.89%) Security Architecture
6 12 (26.67%) Penetration Testing
7 11 (24.44%) Data Encryption
7 11 (24.44%) Security Auditing
8 10 (22.22%) Database Security
8 10 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
9 8 (17.78%) Application Security
9 8 (17.78%) Knowledge Transfer
9 8 (17.78%) SABSA
9 8 (17.78%) SDLC
10 7 (15.56%) Data Protection
11 6 (13.33%) ISMS
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.11%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.22%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.22%) Python
2 1 (2.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (33.33%) CISSP
2 12 (26.67%) CISM
2 12 (26.67%) Degree
3 10 (22.22%) CISA
4 8 (17.78%) Security Cleared
5 6 (13.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 6 (13.33%) CCSK
5 6 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (13.33%) SC Cleared
6 5 (11.11%) CCSP
7 4 (8.89%) CCNP
7 4 (8.89%) ISSAP
8 3 (6.67%) CEH
8 3 (6.67%) CRISC
9 2 (4.44%) FFIEC
9 2 (4.44%) GIAC
9 2 (4.44%) SANS
10 1 (2.22%) CCA
10 1 (2.22%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (2.22%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (91.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (40.00%) NIST
3 8 (17.78%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (11.11%) COBIT
4 5 (11.11%) GDPR
4 5 (11.11%) PCI DSS
5 2 (4.44%) GRC
5 2 (4.44%) NCSC
5 2 (4.44%) NIST 800
6 1 (2.22%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (2.22%) GLBA
6 1 (2.22%) HIPAA
6 1 (2.22%) IASME
6 1 (2.22%) ISAE 3402
6 1 (2.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) CASB
1 1 (2.22%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 13 (28.89%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.33%) Cisco
3 3 (6.67%) F5
3 3 (6.67%) Qualys
3 3 (6.67%) Splunk
4 2 (4.44%) CA
4 2 (4.44%) Databricks
4 2 (4.44%) Teradata
5 1 (2.22%) Axway
5 1 (2.22%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.22%) Lotus
5 1 (2.22%) McAfee
5 1 (2.22%) Netskope
5 1 (2.22%) Remedy
5 1 (2.22%) SAP
5 1 (2.22%) Trend Micro