ISO/IEC 27001 Job Trends in England

ISO/IEC 27001
UK > England

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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 151 177
Rank change year-on-year +29 +26 +21
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 1,100 796 1,261
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.68% 2.03% 1.70%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.90% 12.44% 11.75%
Number of salaries quoted 766 536 1,132
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,225 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,769 £62,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.03% +7.76% -3.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,250 £100,625 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £57,750
% change year-on-year +4.00% +8.23% -3.75%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,383 6,400 10,729
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.26% 16.35% 14.47%
Number of salaries quoted 4,467 3,447 7,906
10th Percentile £30,580 £30,625 £27,400
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -6.09%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

ISO/IEC 27001 job vacancy trend in England

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Trend in England

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

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

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in England

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 within the England region over the 6 months to 14 March 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +106 450 £82,500 +10.00% 118
South East +17 213 £57,500 +4.55% 107
North of England -68 138 £57,239 -0.45% 64
Midlands -10 126 £55,000 - 33
South West +33 116 £55,000 -7.41% 42
West Midlands -8 80 £62,500 +13.64% 27
Yorkshire -18 77 £57,239 +1.76% 14
North West -53 56 £55,000 -3.51% 45
East Midlands -2 46 £55,000 -4.35% 6
East of England +20 40 £47,500 -34.48% 18
North East -30 5 £70,000 +16.67% 5
ISO/IEC 27001
UK

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 64 (5.82%) SharePoint
2 55 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.64%) CMS
4 6 (0.55%) Confluence
4 6 (0.55%) IIS
4 6 (0.55%) WordPress
5 5 (0.45%) Drupal
5 5 (0.45%) nginx
5 5 (0.45%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.091%) Apache
7 1 (0.091%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.091%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 53 (4.82%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (2.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.91%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.82%) InDesign
6 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.091%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.18%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.091%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.091%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 369 (33.55%) Azure
2 183 (16.64%) Microsoft 365
3 181 (16.45%) Entra ID
4 172 (15.64%) AWS
5 85 (7.73%) SaaS
6 59 (5.36%) GCP
7 52 (4.73%) Microsoft Purview
8 39 (3.55%) Power Platform
9 36 (3.27%) Azure Sentinel
9 36 (3.27%) Google Workspace
10 35 (3.18%) Nutanix
11 34 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
12 32 (2.91%) GitHub
12 32 (2.91%) GitHub Actions
13 25 (2.27%) PaaS
14 24 (2.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 17 (1.55%) Azure Monitor
16 15 (1.36%) Mimecast
16 15 (1.36%) OneDrive
17 13 (1.18%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 179 (16.27%) Firewall
2 104 (9.45%) Network Security
3 76 (6.91%) VPN
4 62 (5.64%) WAN
5 39 (3.55%) DNS
6 35 (3.18%) DHCP
7 30 (2.73%) TCP/IP
7 30 (2.73%) Wi-Fi
8 29 (2.64%) LAN
9 27 (2.45%) SD-WAN
10 25 (2.27%) Broadband
11 21 (1.91%) Intrusion Detection
12 19 (1.73%) VoIP
13 17 (1.55%) Unified Communications
14 15 (1.36%) VLAN
15 12 (1.09%) WebEx
16 11 (1.00%) PBX
17 10 (0.91%) DMZ
18 8 (0.73%) BGP
19 7 (0.64%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (2.64%) Power BI
2 24 (2.18%) SQL Server
3 17 (1.55%) MySQL
3 17 (1.55%) Tableau
4 14 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (0.64%) MariaDB
9 6 (0.55%) Star Schema
10 5 (0.45%) Pentaho
10 5 (0.45%) Snowflake Schema
11 4 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.27%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.18%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.18%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.18%) Power Query
14 1 (0.091%) Metadata
14 1 (0.091%) Oracle Database
14 1 (0.091%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 31 (2.82%) JIRA
2 13 (1.18%) Git
3 8 (0.73%) TeamCity
4 6 (0.55%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.45%) Burp Suite
5 5 (0.45%) GitLab
6 4 (0.36%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.091%) MLflow
7 1 (0.091%) Yeoman
General
1 416 (37.82%) Social Skills
2 268 (24.36%) Finance
3 190 (17.27%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (9.91%) Legal
5 103 (9.36%) Organisational Skills
6 92 (8.36%) Law
7 89 (8.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 83 (7.55%) Retail
9 77 (7.00%) Public Sector
10 65 (5.91%) Banking
11 55 (5.00%) Marketing
12 51 (4.64%) Telecoms
13 36 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
14 35 (3.18%) Influencing Skills
15 34 (3.09%) Manufacturing
16 27 (2.45%) Financial Institution
17 25 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
18 23 (2.09%) Electronics
19 19 (1.73%) Back Office
19 19 (1.73%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 202 (18.36%) Lead
2 124 (11.27%) Senior
3 106 (9.64%) Security Manager
4 102 (9.27%) Analyst
5 84 (7.64%) Security Engineer
6 80 (7.27%) Consultant
7 64 (5.82%) IT Manager
8 61 (5.55%) Security Analyst
9 57 (5.18%) Security Consultant
10 47 (4.27%) Architect
11 41 (3.73%) IT Engineer
11 41 (3.73%) Support Engineer
12 39 (3.55%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 39 (3.55%) IT Support
13 37 (3.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 35 (3.18%) Information Manager
14 35 (3.18%) Information Security Manager
14 35 (3.18%) Security Architect
15 34 (3.09%) Head of Security
16 33 (3.00%) Information Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (3.91%) OAuth
2 40 (3.64%) SAML
3 32 (2.91%) REST
4 27 (2.45%) LDAP
4 27 (2.45%) SOAP
5 26 (2.36%) OpenID
5 26 (2.36%) YAML
6 25 (2.27%) GraphQL
7 23 (2.09%) SAP CAF
8 15 (1.36%) JSON
9 13 (1.18%) ADO
10 11 (1.00%) SailPoint
11 8 (0.73%) XML
12 6 (0.55%) RESTful
13 5 (0.45%) PySpark
14 4 (0.36%) .NET
14 4 (0.36%) HTML
15 3 (0.27%) CSS
15 3 (0.27%) Django
15 3 (0.27%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 147 (13.36%) Security Posture
2 125 (11.36%) Cyber Threat
3 101 (9.18%) Management Information System
4 83 (7.55%) Security Operations Centre
5 78 (7.09%) Operational Technology
6 74 (6.73%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 59 (5.36%) Onboarding
8 57 (5.18%) Cloud Native
9 43 (3.91%) Data Protection Act
10 37 (3.36%) Hybrid Cloud
11 36 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
12 30 (2.73%) Cyberattack
13 26 (2.36%) PKI
14 23 (2.09%) Data Centre
15 19 (1.73%) Cyber Security Posture
15 19 (1.73%) Driving Licence
16 18 (1.64%) Blog
17 15 (1.36%) Cyber Defence
17 15 (1.36%) Social Media
17 15 (1.36%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 119 (10.82%) Windows
2 53 (4.82%) Linux
3 52 (4.73%) Windows Server
4 25 (2.27%) Mac OS
5 14 (1.27%) VMS
6 13 (1.18%) Windows 10
7 11 (1.00%) Android
8 5 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.36%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.36%) Unix
10 3 (0.27%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 491 (44.64%) Cybersecurity
2 356 (32.36%) Risk Management
3 348 (31.64%) Information Security
4 233 (21.18%) Incident Response
5 220 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 207 (18.82%) Mentoring
7 205 (18.64%) Vulnerability Management
8 184 (16.73%) Stakeholder Management
9 168 (15.27%) Roadmaps
10 160 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
11 159 (14.45%) ITIL
12 153 (13.91%) Security Operations
13 151 (13.73%) SIEM
14 137 (12.45%) Cloud Security
15 130 (11.82%) Data Protection
16 121 (11.00%) Disaster Recovery
17 112 (10.18%) Threat Intelligence
18 107 (9.73%) Coaching
19 104 (9.45%) Security Architecture
20 102 (9.27%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 162 (14.73%) PowerShell
2 112 (10.18%) Python
3 89 (8.09%) SQL
4 55 (5.00%) Bash
5 35 (3.18%) T-SQL
6 17 (1.55%) Kusto Query Language
7 14 (1.27%) Go
8 13 (1.18%) R
9 12 (1.09%) Java
10 5 (0.45%) Bicep
10 5 (0.45%) C#
10 5 (0.45%) PHP
11 4 (0.36%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.27%) C
12 3 (0.27%) C++
12 3 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.27%) JavaScript
13 2 (0.18%) Scala
14 1 (0.091%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 315 (28.64%) CISSP
2 240 (21.82%) CISM
3 164 (14.91%) Degree
4 145 (13.18%) Security Cleared
5 105 (9.55%) SC Cleared
6 96 (8.73%) CISA
7 76 (6.91%) CRISC
8 68 (6.18%) Cisco Certification
9 52 (4.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 49 (4.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 48 (4.36%) CompTIA Security+
12 47 (4.27%) DV Cleared
13 42 (3.82%) CEH
14 41 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
15 37 (3.36%) Azure Certification
16 36 (3.27%) CREST Certified
17 34 (3.09%) AWS Certification
18 33 (3.00%) CCSP
18 33 (3.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
19 26 (2.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 577 (52.45%) NIST
2 276 (25.09%) GDPR
3 267 (24.27%) Cyber Essentials
4 187 (17.00%) GRC
5 146 (13.27%) PCI DSS
6 130 (11.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 108 (9.82%) NCSC
8 89 (8.09%) SOC 2
9 72 (6.55%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 69 (6.27%) ISO 9001
11 36 (3.27%) Data Quality
11 36 (3.27%) NIST 800
12 32 (2.91%) QA
13 28 (2.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 27 (2.45%) ISO 22301
15 25 (2.27%) Actionable Recommendations
16 24 (2.18%) COBIT
17 22 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 20 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 42001
19 18 (1.64%) SOC 3
System Software
1 148 (13.45%) Active Directory
2 28 (2.55%) Docker
3 23 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (1.45%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.82%) Firmware
7 7 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.36%) Terminal Services
9 3 (0.27%) Kamailio
9 3 (0.27%) vSphere
10 1 (0.091%) NLBS
10 1 (0.091%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.091%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 63 (5.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 61 (5.55%) Terraform
3 41 (3.73%) Kubernetes
4 23 (2.09%) Ansible
5 17 (1.55%) RSA Archer
6 14 (1.27%) SCCM
6 14 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (1.18%) CASB
8 12 (1.09%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 8 (0.73%) Cilium
9 8 (0.73%) Nessus
10 6 (0.55%) Argo
10 6 (0.55%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.45%) Cisco Prime
11 5 (0.45%) Grafana
12 4 (0.36%) HP Fortify
12 4 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
12 4 (0.36%) Nmap
13 3 (0.27%) ArcSight ESM
13 3 (0.27%) QRadar
Vendors
1 302 (27.45%) Microsoft
2 55 (5.00%) VMware
3 51 (4.64%) Cisco
4 38 (3.45%) Google
4 38 (3.45%) SAP
5 25 (2.27%) CrowdStrike
6 23 (2.09%) Commvault
7 22 (2.00%) Meraki
7 22 (2.00%) Palo Alto
8 21 (1.91%) Splunk
8 21 (1.91%) Tenable
9 18 (1.64%) ServiceNow
10 16 (1.45%) Adobe
11 14 (1.27%) Zscaler
12 13 (1.18%) Qualys
13 12 (1.09%) SolarWinds
14 11 (1.00%) CyberArk
15 10 (0.91%) Oracle
16 9 (0.82%) Salesforce
16 9 (0.82%) Zoho