ISO/IEC 27001 Job Trends in Bristol

ISO/IEC 27001
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 67 93
Rank change year-on-year +23 +26 +35
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 55 40 38
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 2.65% 2.89% 2.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.46% 14.55% 12.14%
Number of salaries quoted 53 17 35
10th Percentile £45,250 £37,000 £29,300
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year -8.33% -2.04% +11.36%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Bristol

ISO/IEC 27001 falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 216 275 313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 10.40% 19.86% 17.62%
Number of salaries quoted 142 99 248
10th Percentile £36,825 £37,050 £36,077
25th Percentile £42,563 £42,500 £42,485
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,148
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -0.27% +5.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £89,875 £82,750 £86,250
South West median annual salary £50,200 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.38% - +5.00%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ISO/IEC 27001 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

ISO/IEC 27001 job vacancy trend in Bristol

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing ISO/IEC 27001.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing ISO/IEC 27001

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in Bristol over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in Bristol

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.82%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 9 (16.36%) Azure
2 7 (12.73%) Entra ID
3 6 (10.91%) AWS
4 3 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.45%) SaaS
5 2 (3.64%) IaaS
6 1 (1.82%) Asana
6 1 (1.82%) GCP
6 1 (1.82%) OCI
6 1 (1.82%) PaaS
6 1 (1.82%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 20 (36.36%) Network Security
2 5 (9.09%) Firewall
3 3 (5.45%) VPN
4 2 (3.64%) DHCP
4 2 (3.64%) DNS
5 1 (1.82%) DMZ
5 1 (1.82%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.82%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.82%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.82%) Power BI
1 1 (1.82%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Burp Suite
1 2 (3.64%) Metasploit
General
1 25 (45.45%) Finance
2 24 (43.64%) Social Skills
2 24 (43.64%) Telecoms
3 23 (41.82%) Marketing
3 23 (41.82%) Public Sector
4 22 (40.00%) Electronics
4 22 (40.00%) Manufacturing
5 15 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.64%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.64%) Cyber-Physical System
6 2 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.82%) Law
7 1 (1.82%) Legal
Job Titles
1 25 (45.45%) Consultant
1 25 (45.45%) Security Consultant
2 14 (25.45%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 6 (10.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (9.09%) Security Engineer
5 4 (7.27%) Architect
5 4 (7.27%) Head of Compliance
5 4 (7.27%) Lead
5 4 (7.27%) Team Leader
6 3 (5.45%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 3 (5.45%) Security Architect
7 2 (3.64%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (3.64%) IT Support Technician
7 2 (3.64%) Penetration Tester
7 2 (3.64%) Principal Consultant
7 2 (3.64%) Principal Security Consultant
7 2 (3.64%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) Senior Security Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) Support Technician
7 2 (3.64%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (20.00%) SAP CAF
2 4 (7.27%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 13 (23.64%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (7.27%) Operational Technology
2 4 (7.27%) YubiKey
3 3 (5.45%) PKI
4 2 (3.64%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.64%) Public Cloud
4 2 (3.64%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.64%) Smart City
5 1 (1.82%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.82%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.82%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.82%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.09%) Windows
2 3 (5.45%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.64%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.64%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (65.45%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (41.82%) Business Intelligence
3 22 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
3 22 (40.00%) Programme Management
4 15 (27.27%) Risk Management
4 15 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
5 14 (25.45%) Collaborative Culture
6 13 (23.64%) Mentoring
7 12 (21.82%) ISMS
8 8 (14.55%) SIEM
8 8 (14.55%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 7 (12.73%) Information Security
10 6 (10.91%) Incident Response
10 6 (10.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 5 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
12 4 (7.27%) Cloud Security
12 4 (7.27%) Data Loss Prevention
12 4 (7.27%) Technology Transformation
12 4 (7.27%) Threat Detection
12 4 (7.27%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.64%) Bash
1 2 (3.64%) C#
1 2 (3.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 27 (49.09%) CISSP
3 15 (27.27%) CISM
3 15 (27.27%) SC Cleared
4 13 (23.64%) CEH
4 13 (23.64%) CompTIA Security+
4 13 (23.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 6 (10.91%) DV Cleared
6 3 (5.45%) AWS Certification
6 3 (5.45%) Azure Certification
6 3 (5.45%) Degree
7 2 (3.64%) CREST Certified
7 2 (3.64%) Master's Degree
7 2 (3.64%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (1.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.82%) CCSP
8 1 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.82%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (1.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (74.55%) NIST
2 16 (29.09%) PCI DSS
3 15 (27.27%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (23.64%) GRC
5 8 (14.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (10.91%) GDPR
7 5 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 5 (9.09%) NCSC
8 2 (3.64%) NIST 800
8 2 (3.64%) SOC 2
9 1 (1.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (1.82%) Def Stans
9 1 (1.82%) HIPAA
9 1 (1.82%) ISO 31000
9 1 (1.82%) ISO 9001
9 1 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (1.82%) JSP 440
9 1 (1.82%) QA
System Software
1 7 (12.73%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.64%) Hyper-V
2 2 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.64%) Nmap
2 2 (3.64%) WSUS
Vendors
1 22 (40.00%) SAP
2 7 (12.73%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.27%) Tenable
4 2 (3.64%) Qualys
4 2 (3.64%) Splunk
4 2 (3.64%) VMware
5 1 (1.82%) DocuSign