ISO/IEC 27001 Job Trends in the Midlands

ISO/IEC 27001
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 137 140
Rank change year-on-year -17 +3 +19
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 114 89 196
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.88% 1.75% 1.68%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.12% 9.68% 11.47%
Number of salaries quoted 93 69 184
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,250 919 1,709
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.67% 18.10% 14.63%
Number of salaries quoted 697 576 1,274
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,822 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +2.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,938 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

ISO/IEC 27001 job vacancy trend in the Midlands

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing ISO/IEC 27001

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in the Midlands

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
West Midlands -24 83 £57,500 +4.55% 31
East Midlands -8 31 £56,250 +3.21% 13
ISO/IEC 27001
England

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 20 (17.54%) SharePoint
2 15 (13.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 10 (8.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.88%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 37 (32.46%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (30.70%) Azure
3 26 (22.81%) Entra ID
4 11 (9.65%) Microsoft Purview
5 9 (7.89%) OneDrive
6 7 (6.14%) AWS
7 6 (5.26%) Google Workspace
7 6 (5.26%) Power Platform
8 5 (4.39%) GCP
9 3 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.75%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.75%) Nutanix
10 2 (1.75%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.75%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.88%) dbt
11 1 (0.88%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 15 (13.16%) DNS
2 14 (12.28%) VPN
3 13 (11.40%) DHCP
3 13 (11.40%) Firewall
4 11 (9.65%) LAN
4 11 (9.65%) WAN
5 8 (7.02%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (5.26%) TCP/IP
7 5 (4.39%) VoIP
8 4 (3.51%) PBX
8 4 (3.51%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (2.63%) Network Security
10 2 (1.75%) Broadband
11 1 (0.88%) HTTP
11 1 (0.88%) SSH
11 1 (0.88%) Wireless
11 1 (0.88%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.51%) Power BI
3 3 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.88%) MySQL
4 1 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.88%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.63%) Yeoman
2 1 (0.88%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.88%) GitLab
2 1 (0.88%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.88%) Metasploit
General
1 44 (38.60%) Social Skills
2 19 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (13.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (7.89%) Manufacturing
5 8 (7.02%) Finance
6 7 (6.14%) Legal
6 7 (6.14%) Retail
7 5 (4.39%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.51%) Law
9 3 (2.63%) Aerospace
9 3 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.88%) Automotive
11 1 (0.88%) Banking
11 1 (0.88%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 19 (16.67%) IT Engineer
2 15 (13.16%) Analyst
3 14 (12.28%) IT Manager
4 11 (9.65%) IT Support
4 11 (9.65%) Security Analyst
4 11 (9.65%) Security Manager
5 10 (8.77%) IT Support Engineer
5 10 (8.77%) Support Engineer
6 8 (7.02%) Architect
6 8 (7.02%) Lead
6 8 (7.02%) Security Architect
6 8 (7.02%) Senior
7 7 (6.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (6.14%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
7 7 (6.14%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (6.14%) IT Operations Manager
7 7 (6.14%) IT Security Manager
7 7 (6.14%) Operations Engineer
7 7 (6.14%) Operations Manager
7 7 (6.14%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.75%) GraphQL
1 2 (1.75%) LDAP
1 2 (1.75%) OAuth
1 2 (1.75%) OpenID
1 2 (1.75%) REST
1 2 (1.75%) SAML
1 2 (1.75%) SOAP
2 1 (0.88%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.88%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.04%) Security Posture
2 14 (12.28%) Driving Licence
3 13 (11.40%) Management Information System
4 7 (6.14%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (6.14%) Replication
5 5 (4.39%) Cyber Security Posture
6 4 (3.51%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.63%) CCTV
7 3 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.75%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.88%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.88%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 24 (21.05%) Windows
2 10 (8.77%) Windows Server
3 5 (4.39%) Android
3 5 (4.39%) Apple iOS
3 5 (4.39%) Linux
3 5 (4.39%) Windows 10
4 4 (3.51%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (43.86%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (22.81%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (21.93%) Continuous Improvement
3 25 (21.93%) Information Security
4 23 (20.18%) ITIL
5 22 (19.30%) Disaster Recovery
6 19 (16.67%) Risk Management
7 16 (14.04%) Identity Access Management
8 15 (13.16%) Service Delivery
8 15 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 13 (11.40%) Incident Response
9 13 (11.40%) SIEM
10 12 (10.53%) Cloud Security
10 12 (10.53%) Vulnerability Management
11 11 (9.65%) Roadmaps
11 11 (9.65%) Security Architecture
12 10 (8.77%) Business Continuity
12 10 (8.77%) Mentoring
12 10 (8.77%) Migration
13 9 (7.89%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 15 (13.16%) PowerShell
2 14 (12.28%) SQL
3 7 (6.14%) Bash
4 4 (3.51%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.88%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (26.32%) CISSP
2 22 (19.30%) CISM
3 19 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 17 (14.91%) SC Cleared
5 13 (11.40%) CompTIA Security+
6 12 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (10.53%) Degree
7 9 (7.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 9 (7.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (7.02%) CCSP
9 7 (6.14%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (3.51%) SSCP
12 3 (2.63%) CCNA
12 3 (2.63%) CompTIA CySA+
12 3 (2.63%) OSCP
13 1 (0.88%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.88%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.88%) GPEN
13 1 (0.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (45.61%) NIST
2 43 (37.72%) Cyber Essentials
3 28 (24.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 28 (24.56%) GDPR
4 19 (16.67%) GRC
5 11 (9.65%) ISO 9001
6 7 (6.14%) PCI DSS
7 5 (4.39%) HIPAA
7 5 (4.39%) ISO 22301
7 5 (4.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (4.39%) SLA
8 4 (3.51%) QA
8 4 (3.51%) SOC 2
9 3 (2.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (2.63%) Data Quality
10 2 (1.75%) COBIT
10 2 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (1.75%) NCSC
System Software
1 25 (21.93%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.51%) Terminal Services
3 3 (2.63%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.88%) Docker
4 1 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (14.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.51%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.75%) Nessus
4 1 (0.88%) Ansible
4 1 (0.88%) Grafana
4 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.88%) Nmap
4 1 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (35.96%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.77%) SAP
3 8 (7.02%) Cisco
4 7 (6.14%) Meraki
5 6 (5.26%) Google
6 4 (3.51%) VMware
7 2 (1.75%) Databricks
7 2 (1.75%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.75%) Qualys
8 1 (0.88%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.88%) Oracle
8 1 (0.88%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.88%) Splunk