The first table below looks at the demand for ISO/IEC 27001 skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISO/IEC 27001 over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ISO/IEC 27001
Rank 276 361 363
Rank change year-on-year
+85 +2
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 1064 776 771
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.964% 0.646% 0.599%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.748% 7.037% 7.364%
Number of salaries quoted 852 664 686
Average salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £37,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £72,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +16.66%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
10915 11028 10470
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 9.893% 9.178% 8.135%
Number of salaries quoted 8855 9059 8663
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,500
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +1.23%

ISO/IEC 27001
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

ISO/IEC 27001 Jobs Demand Trend

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 within the UK.

ISO/IEC 27001 Salary Trend

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 within the UK.

ISO/IEC 27001 Salary Histogram

ISO/IEC 27001
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +87 978 £50,000 -4.76% 117
London +83 335 £55,000 -4.34% 36
South East +33 247 £50,000 -9.09% 26
South West +36 100 £55,000 +15.78% 7
West Midlands +24 81 £50,000 -4.76% 9
Berkshire +16 78 £48,500 -11.81% 5
North West +31 77 £52,500 - 19
City of London +11 73 £55,000 +10.00% 11
Hampshire +26 63 £43,500 - 7
Yorkshire +8 55 £38,250 -8.92% 11
Surrey -1 53 £53,500 +1.90% 6
East of England +8 49 £40,000 -11.11% 6
Gloucestershire +13 40 £71,500 +58.88% 2
Manchester -1 35 £55,000 +29.41% 9
Reading -6 35 £55,000 - 3
Cheshire +12 32 £45,000 -25.00% 7
East Midlands +15 31 £31,250 -30.55% 2
South Wales - 30 £45,000 -
Wales - 30 £45,000 -
Coventry - 29 £54,250 - 2
Bristol +15 26 £55,000 +2.32% 1
Guildford +13 26 £56,250 -6.25% 4
Caerphilly - 24 £46,250 -
Wiltshire +23 23 £41,250 -19.51% 4
Gloucester +16 23 £50,000 +14.28%
Southampton +23 21 £29,000 -57.03% 3
North Yorkshire +14 21 £60,000 -7.69% 6
West Yorkshire -16 20 £37,500 -23.07% 4
Birmingham -20 20 £45,000 -14.28% 6
York +19 19 £60,000 -7.69% 1

ISO/IEC 27001
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing ISO/IEC 27001 also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited ISO/IEC 27001.

1 1107 (57.90%) Information Security
2 695 (36.35%) CISSP
3 569 (29.76%) PCI DSS
4 520 (27.20%) Firewall
5 508 (26.57%) ITIL
6 457 (23.90%) CISM
7 414 (21.65%) Finance
8 406 (21.23%) Risk Management
9 381 (19.93%) Security Management
10 370 (19.35%) Windows
11 355 (18.57%) Management Information System
12 339 (17.73%) Security Cleared
13 313 (16.37%) CISA
14 293 (15.32%) Microsoft
15 268 (14.02%) Degree
16 267 (13.96%) Network Security
17 262 (13.70%) Cisco
18 251 (13.13%) Information Security Management
19 248 (12.97%) Project Management
20 247 (12.92%) Business Continuity
21 238 (12.45%) Linux
22 226 (11.82%) SC Cleared
23 203 (10.62%) Security Architecture
24 196 (10.25%) Data Protection
25 195 (10.20%) VMware
26 189 (9.885%) COBIT
27 183 (9.571%) ISMS
28 174 (9.100%) Information Assurance
29 172 (8.996%) Penetration Testing
30 171 (8.944%) Active Directory

ISO/IEC 27001
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing ISO/IEC 27001 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited ISO/IEC 27001. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 47 (2.458%) Web Services
2 40 (2.092%) JSP
3 26 (1.360%) .NET
4 19 (0.994%) HTML
5 13 (0.680%) ASP.NET
5 13 (0.680%) XML
6 8 (0.418%) LAMP
6 8 (0.418%) .NET Framework
7 6 (0.314%) JMS
7 6 (0.314%) WSDL
7 6 (0.314%) CGI
7 6 (0.314%) Middleware
7 6 (0.314%) JDBC
7 6 (0.314%) EJB
8 5 (0.262%) CSS
8 5 (0.262%) Spring
8 5 (0.262%) Ajax
9 4 (0.209%) Hibernate
9 4 (0.209%) COM
10 3 (0.157%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 95 (4.969%) IIS
2 94 (4.916%) MS Exchange
3 88 (4.603%) SharePoint
4 62 (3.243%) Exchange Server 2010
5 40 (2.092%) SharePoint 2010
6 33 (1.726%) Exchange Server 2003
7 32 (1.674%) Exchange Server 2007
8 27 (1.412%) Apache
9 18 (0.941%) Lync
10 11 (0.575%) Tomcat
11 8 (0.418%) IBM Notes
11 8 (0.418%) SAS
12 7 (0.366%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 6 (0.314%) Office Communications Server
14 4 (0.209%) SharePoint Server
15 3 (0.157%) WebLogic
15 3 (0.157%) Exchange Server 2013
16 2 (0.105%) Escenic
16 2 (0.105%) Smallworld
16 2 (0.105%) CMS
Applications
1 158 (8.264%) MS Excel
2 56 (2.929%) MS Office
3 34 (1.778%) S-PLUS
4 21 (1.098%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.680%) MS Project
6 8 (0.418%) Office 365
7 4 (0.209%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.157%) MS PowerPoint
9 2 (0.105%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.052%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 8 (0.418%) Oracle EBS
1 8 (0.418%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.209%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.209%) RMDS
3 2 (0.105%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.052%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.052%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.052%) Academy Housing
Communications & Networking
1 520 (27.20%) Firewall
2 267 (13.96%) Network Security
3 146 (7.636%) WAN
4 142 (7.427%) VPN
5 134 (7.008%) LAN
6 123 (6.433%) Wireless
7 121 (6.328%) DNS
8 116 (6.067%) Internet
9 102 (5.335%) TCP/IP
10 86 (4.498%) SAN
11 84 (4.393%) Intrusion Detection
12 70 (3.661%) VoIP
13 60 (3.138%) Cisco ASA
14 58 (3.033%) DHCP
15 39 (2.040%) Cisco IOS
16 38 (1.987%) LDAP
17 31 (1.621%) Broadband
17 31 (1.621%) Cisco PIX
18 29 (1.517%) MPLS
19 27 (1.412%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (8.525%) SQL Server
2 62 (3.243%) SQL Server 2008
3 33 (1.726%) MySQL
4 25 (1.308%) SQL Server 2005
5 17 (0.889%) SQL Server 2000
6 16 (0.837%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 15 (0.785%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.314%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (0.314%) SQL Server 2012
9 5 (0.262%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.209%) DB2
10 4 (0.209%) BusinessObjects XI
10 4 (0.209%) GIS
11 3 (0.157%) Oracle 8/8i
11 3 (0.157%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.105%) Oracle 10g
12 2 (0.105%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.105%) Oracle 11g
13 1 (0.052%) Oracle BI EE
13 1 (0.052%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 21 (1.098%) Subversion
2 16 (0.837%) JUnit
3 15 (0.785%) Mercurial
3 15 (0.785%) Rational DOORS
4 9 (0.471%) Team Foundation Server
5 5 (0.262%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.209%) Ant
6 4 (0.209%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.209%) Git (software)
7 3 (0.157%) JIRA
8 2 (0.105%) GNU Toolchain
9 1 (0.052%) GitHub
9 1 (0.052%) Oracle Forms
General
1 414 (21.65%) Finance
2 117 (6.119%) Legal
3 85 (4.446%) Banking
4 84 (4.393%) Telecoms
5 82 (4.289%) Law
6 55 (2.877%) Retail
7 49 (2.563%) Advertising
8 29 (1.517%) Aerospace
9 27 (1.412%) Marketing
10 25 (1.308%) Back Office
11 21 (1.098%) Electronics
12 17 (0.889%) Local Government
13 16 (0.837%) Games
14 13 (0.680%) Pharmaceutical
15 12 (0.628%) Military
16 9 (0.471%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.314%) Financial Institution
18 5 (0.262%) Billing
18 5 (0.262%) Retail Banking
18 5 (0.262%) German Language
Job Titles
1 397 (20.76%) Consultant
2 302 (15.79%) Security Consultant
3 261 (13.65%) Security Manager
4 256 (13.39%) Analyst
5 197 (10.30%) Security Analyst
6 166 (8.682%) Architect
7 135 (7.061%) Information Security Consultant
8 134 (7.008%) Information Manager
9 129 (6.747%) Security Architect
10 123 (6.433%) Information Security Manager
11 97 (5.073%) Security Specialist
12 96 (5.021%) Security Officer
13 77 (4.027%) Security Engineer
14 69 (3.609%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 69 (3.609%) Information Security Officer
15 64 (3.347%) CLAS Consultant
16 52 (2.720%) Information Analyst
17 51 (2.667%) Project Manager
18 49 (2.563%) Information Assurance Consultant
18 49 (2.563%) Information Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 355 (18.57%) Management Information System
2 129 (6.747%) PKI
3 119 (6.224%) RMADS
4 113 (5.910%) CESG
5 99 (5.178%) Data Protection Act
6 78 (4.079%) CESG CLAS
7 49 (2.563%) Clustering
8 47 (2.458%) Computer Science
9 46 (2.406%) Cryptography
10 26 (1.360%) Digital Media
11 19 (0.994%) SaaS
12 18 (0.941%) Mainframe
12 18 (0.941%) Client/Server
13 17 (0.889%) NHS
14 14 (0.732%) Blackberry
15 13 (0.680%) Chip and PIN
15 13 (0.680%) Mathematics
15 13 (0.680%) Cloud Computing
16 12 (0.628%) Statistics
16 12 (0.628%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 370 (19.35%) Windows
2 238 (12.45%) Linux
3 167 (8.734%) Windows Server 2008
4 158 (8.264%) UNIX
5 118 (6.172%) Windows Server 2003
6 46 (2.406%) Windows 7
7 45 (2.354%) Windows XP
8 39 (2.040%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 19 (0.994%) Solaris
10 16 (0.837%) HPUX
11 15 (0.785%) Windows Server 2012
12 13 (0.680%) AIX
13 11 (0.575%) Ubuntu
14 9 (0.471%) Windows Vista
15 8 (0.418%) Debian
15 8 (0.418%) Windows 8
16 6 (0.314%) Mac OS
17 5 (0.262%) Mac OS X
17 5 (0.262%) Mac OS X Server
18 3 (0.157%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 1107 (57.90%) Information Security
2 508 (26.57%) ITIL
3 406 (21.23%) Risk Management
4 381 (19.93%) Security Management
5 251 (13.13%) Information Security Management
6 248 (12.97%) Project Management
7 247 (12.92%) Business Continuity
8 203 (10.62%) Security Architecture
9 196 (10.25%) Data Protection
10 183 (9.571%) ISMS
11 174 (9.100%) Information Assurance
12 172 (8.996%) Penetration Testing
13 159 (8.316%) SIEM
14 154 (8.054%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 152 (7.950%) Risk Assessment
16 146 (7.636%) Disaster Recovery
17 125 (6.538%) Vulnerability Management
18 114 (5.962%) Data Security
19 103 (5.387%) Service Management
19 103 (5.387%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 148 (7.741%) SQL
2 43 (2.249%) Java
3 40 (2.092%) C
4 37 (1.935%) Perl
5 31 (1.621%) PHP
6 27 (1.412%) JavaScript
7 25 (1.308%) Bash shell
8 20 (1.046%) Shell Script
9 19 (0.994%) PowerShell
10 16 (0.837%) Korn
11 15 (0.785%) Python
12 11 (0.575%) C#
13 9 (0.471%) Ruby
14 7 (0.366%) VB
15 6 (0.314%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.209%) VB.NET
16 4 (0.209%) C-shell
17 3 (0.157%) C++
18 1 (0.052%) VBScript
18 1 (0.052%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 695 (36.35%) CISSP
2 457 (23.90%) CISM
3 339 (17.73%) Security Cleared
4 313 (16.37%) CISA
5 268 (14.02%) Degree
6 226 (11.82%) SC Cleared
7 145 (7.584%) Cisco Certification
8 114 (5.962%) PCI QSA
9 98 (5.126%) Microsoft Certification
10 80 (4.184%) MCSE
11 74 (3.870%) DV Cleared
12 71 (3.713%) CCNA
13 53 (2.772%) CCNP
14 49 (2.563%) CCIE
15 48 (2.510%) CEH
16 45 (2.354%) CCSA
16 45 (2.354%) MCITP
17 44 (2.301%) MCSA
18 30 (1.569%) ITIL Certification
18 30 (1.569%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 569 (29.76%) PCI DSS
2 189 (9.885%) COBIT
3 131 (6.851%) ISO 9001
4 107 (5.596%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 74 (3.870%) BS25999
6 63 (3.295%) BS7799
7 57 (2.981%) SLA
8 47 (2.458%) JSP 440
9 44 (2.301%) QA
10 40 (2.092%) HMG Infosec
11 33 (1.726%) ISO 9000
12 28 (1.464%) ISO/IEC 17799
13 19 (0.994%) ISO 14001
14 8 (0.418%) COSO
15 6 (0.314%) HIPAA
16 4 (0.209%) ISO 9002
16 4 (0.209%) Val IT
17 3 (0.157%) GxP
17 3 (0.157%) GAMP
18 2 (0.105%) Basel II
System Software
1 171 (8.944%) Active Directory
2 117 (6.119%) VMware Infrastructure
3 55 (2.877%) Hyper-V
4 34 (1.778%) Forefront TMG
5 22 (1.151%) UAG
6 20 (1.046%) ISA Server
7 17 (0.889%) NFS
8 16 (0.837%) VirtualBox
9 14 (0.732%) vSphere
9 14 (0.732%) VMware ESX
10 12 (0.628%) XenApp
11 7 (0.366%) Xen
12 5 (0.262%) Citrix Presentation Server
12 5 (0.262%) ProxySG
12 5 (0.262%) Snort
12 5 (0.262%) Samba
12 5 (0.262%) Terminal Services
13 3 (0.157%) Nmap
13 3 (0.157%) XenServer
13 3 (0.157%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 85 (4.446%) Nessus
2 24 (1.255%) SCCM
2 24 (1.255%) SCOM
2 24 (1.255%) McAfee ePO
3 22 (1.151%) CORE IMPACT
4 18 (0.941%) Tivoli
5 16 (0.837%) Puppet
6 14 (0.732%) CiscoWorks
7 12 (0.628%) WSUS
7 12 (0.628%) NetBackup
8 11 (0.575%) Nagios
9 10 (0.523%) OpenView
9 10 (0.523%) FortiGate
10 8 (0.418%) Norton AntiVirus
11 5 (0.262%) Splunk
11 5 (0.262%) MOM
11 5 (0.262%) Backup Exec
12 4 (0.209%) EMC NetWorker
12 4 (0.209%) PureDisk
12 4 (0.209%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 293 (15.32%) Microsoft
2 262 (13.70%) Cisco
3 195 (10.20%) VMware
4 150 (7.845%) Juniper
5 99 (5.178%) Oracle
6 76 (3.975%) CheckPoint
7 71 (3.713%) Qualys
8 53 (2.772%) HP
9 50 (2.615%) ArcSight
10 48 (2.510%) Citrix
11 46 (2.406%) McAfee
12 43 (2.249%) Red Hat
13 34 (1.778%) Riverbed
14 32 (1.674%) Dell
14 32 (1.674%) IBM
15 29 (1.517%) Symantec
15 29 (1.517%) F5
16 26 (1.360%) LogLogic
17 23 (1.203%) Websense
18 22 (1.151%) NetApp
City, London
PCI DSS Security Consultant / London / Up to 45K My client is a leading Security Consultancy who require a PCI DSS Consultant to provide on & off site consultancy support...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Up to 45K +
Posted: 14 June 2013
South Yorkshire
The successful candidate will have had some exposure to the Information Security Industry in a previous position. This could either be as an auditor or as an Information...
Experis IT
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits bonus/car allowance
Posted: 13 June 2013
Guildford, South East
They have a proven track record within a wide variety of public secotr agencies and due to expansion this company is looking for an Information Security Consultant. YouAs...
JAM
Salary: £45000.00 - £55000.00 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
London - £40,000 My client, a forward-thinking, customer-centric organisation are looking to recruit an Information Security Executive to develop, implement and support Information Security measures throughout...
Experis IT
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
Guildford, South East
I am looking for an experienced ISO27001 Information Security Consultant with exceptional client facing and technical skills... You should hold the relevant qualifications, CISSP, CISM, CLAS or equivalent,...
JAM
Salary: £45000.00 - £55000.00 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 12 June 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000.00 - £55000.00 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Up to 70K + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Berkshire
Advanced Resource Managers
Salary: £38000.0000 - £42500.0000 per annum + + Car Allowance + Bonus
Posted: 14 June 2013
Gloucestershire
Alderbridge Network Recruitment
Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum to £60k+ + car allowance + benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
London
Experis IT
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Didcot, Oxfordshire
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 13 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Great Base+Prospects
Posted: 12 June 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Spring Technology
Salary: £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
York, North Yorkshire
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 12 June 2013
Surrey, South East
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 28 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Head Resourcing
Salary: £40000 - £56000 per annum + Excellent package
Posted: 13 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
clearedgeconsulting
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 29 May 2013
London
Argyll Scott International
Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 50,000 + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Chester, North West
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 10 June 2013
Swindon, South West
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £36000.00 - £43000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Wiltshire, South West
Sand Resources
Salary: £33000 - £47000 per annum + employee benefits (e.g. pension)
Posted: 23 May 2013
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Dixons Retail
Salary: Up to £85,000 per annum plus Car Allowance, Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent + Benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
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