ISO/IEC 27001 Job Trends in the North of England

ISO/IEC 27001
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 185 144
Rank change year-on-year +1 -41 +16
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 161 119 313
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.81% 1.47% 1.61%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.59% 9.33% 12.74%
Number of salaries quoted 140 100 272
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,175 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,375 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,239 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £72,813 £73,877 £61,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £81,250 £68,625
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,678 1,275 2,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.49% 15.75% 12.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,190 561 1,658
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £46,734
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +11.27% -6.53%
75th Percentile £65,640 £66,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £59,773 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.95% +9.52% -8.70%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

ISO/IEC 27001 job vacancy trend in the North of England

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in the North of England over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Salary histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in the North of England

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
Yorkshire 0 80 £57,239 -4.60% 20
North West +17 66 £60,000 - 36
North East -48 15 £62,500 +8.70% 9
ISO/IEC 27001
England

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 20 (12.42%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.62%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (7.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 35 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
2 34 (21.12%) Entra ID
3 31 (19.25%) AWS
4 26 (16.15%) Azure
5 21 (13.04%) Microsoft Purview
6 8 (4.97%) GCP
7 5 (3.11%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (3.11%) Amazon S3
7 5 (3.11%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (3.11%) Mimecast
7 5 (3.11%) OneDrive
7 5 (3.11%) Power Platform
7 5 (3.11%) SaaS
7 5 (3.11%) Serverless
8 4 (2.48%) GitHub
8 4 (2.48%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.86%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (1.86%) Vertex AI
9 3 (1.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (1.24%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 48 (29.81%) Firewall
2 21 (13.04%) Network Security
3 12 (7.45%) VPN
4 8 (4.97%) DHCP
4 8 (4.97%) DNS
5 7 (4.35%) LAN
5 7 (4.35%) NGFW
5 7 (4.35%) VLAN
6 6 (3.73%) WAN
7 5 (3.11%) TCP/IP
7 5 (3.11%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.86%) SAN
8 3 (1.86%) Wireless
9 1 (0.62%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.62%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (0.62%) Internet
9 1 (0.62%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.62%) SSH
9 1 (0.62%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (0.62%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.35%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.11%) MySQL
3 4 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.24%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.62%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.62%) Power BI
5 1 (0.62%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.62%) Spark SQL
5 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.62%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (1.24%) Claude Code
1 2 (1.24%) JIRA
2 1 (0.62%) Git
General
1 74 (45.96%) Social Skills
2 35 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (8.07%) Finance
3 13 (8.07%) Organisational Skills
3 13 (8.07%) Retail
4 12 (7.45%) Legal
5 9 (5.59%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.35%) Banking
7 6 (3.73%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (3.11%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (3.11%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.48%) Advertising
10 3 (1.86%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.86%) Aviation
10 3 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.24%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.62%) Aeronautics
12 1 (0.62%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.62%) Law
Job Titles
1 35 (21.74%) Lead
2 28 (17.39%) Analyst
3 20 (12.42%) Security Analyst
3 20 (12.42%) Senior
4 19 (11.80%) Security Manager
5 14 (8.70%) Architect
5 14 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 12 (7.45%) Information Analyst
6 12 (7.45%) Information Security Analyst
7 10 (6.21%) Information Manager
7 10 (6.21%) Information Security Manager
7 10 (6.21%) Security Architect
8 8 (4.97%) Document Controller
8 8 (4.97%) IT Manager
8 8 (4.97%) Senior Analyst
8 8 (4.97%) Senior Security Analyst
9 7 (4.35%) Data Manager
9 7 (4.35%) IT Analyst
9 7 (4.35%) IT Support
10 6 (3.73%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.97%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (1.86%) .NET
2 3 (1.86%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (1.24%) Nuxt
3 2 (1.24%) REST
3 2 (1.24%) RESTful
4 1 (0.62%) HTML
4 1 (0.62%) Model Context Protocol
4 1 (0.62%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.62%) Razor View Engine
4 1 (0.62%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 31 (19.25%) Data Protection Act
2 23 (14.29%) Security Posture
3 15 (9.32%) Data Centre
4 9 (5.59%) Cyber Security Posture
4 9 (5.59%) Driving Licence
5 6 (3.73%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (3.73%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.11%) Cloud Native
6 5 (3.11%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.48%) AI Agents
7 4 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.86%) Robotics
9 2 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.24%) Housing Association
9 2 (1.24%) SCADA
10 1 (0.62%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.62%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.62%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (15.53%) Windows
2 17 (10.56%) Windows Server
3 7 (4.35%) Linux
4 5 (3.11%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (2.48%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.62%) Android
6 1 (0.62%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.62%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (55.28%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (37.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 56 (34.78%) Incident Response
4 53 (32.92%) SIEM
5 49 (30.43%) Disaster Recovery
6 44 (27.33%) Information Security
7 43 (26.71%) Risk Management
8 40 (24.84%) Risk Register
9 35 (21.74%) Data Protection
9 35 (21.74%) Security Architecture
10 33 (20.50%) Stakeholder Management
10 33 (20.50%) Vulnerability Management
11 30 (18.63%) Business Continuity
11 30 (18.63%) Decision-Making
12 25 (15.53%) BCP
13 24 (14.91%) Problem-Solving
14 22 (13.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 21 (13.04%) AI
15 21 (13.04%) Incident Management
15 21 (13.04%) Information Governance
Programming Languages
1 15 (9.32%) PowerShell
2 7 (4.35%) Python
3 5 (3.11%) SQL
4 4 (2.48%) C#
5 3 (1.86%) Bash
5 3 (1.86%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.62%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (19.88%) CISSP
2 23 (14.29%) CISM
3 16 (9.94%) Degree
4 12 (7.45%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (5.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 9 (5.59%) CompTIA Security+
6 8 (4.97%) CCSP
7 7 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (3.11%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.48%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (2.48%) CISA
9 4 (2.48%) CRISC
9 4 (2.48%) Security Cleared
10 3 (1.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 3 (1.86%) SC Cleared
11 2 (1.24%) CEH
11 2 (1.24%) CISMP
11 2 (1.24%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (48.45%) NIST
2 61 (37.89%) GDPR
3 49 (30.43%) Cyber Essentials
4 19 (11.80%) PCI DSS
5 16 (9.94%) ISO 9001
6 10 (6.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (5.59%) SOC 2
8 8 (4.97%) GRC
9 6 (3.73%) ISO 14000
10 5 (3.11%) NCSC
11 4 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (1.86%) ISO 22301
13 2 (1.24%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (1.24%) SLA
14 1 (0.62%) Data Quality
14 1 (0.62%) ISAE 3402
14 1 (0.62%) ISO 14001
14 1 (0.62%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.62%) QA
System Software
1 19 (11.80%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.11%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.86%) Docker
5 2 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.62%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 13 (8.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.11%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.48%) Terraform
4 3 (1.86%) Argo
5 2 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.62%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 62 (38.51%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.83%) Cisco
3 8 (4.97%) VMware
4 7 (4.35%) Meraki
5 5 (3.11%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (2.48%) HP
6 4 (2.48%) iManage
7 3 (1.86%) CheckPoint
7 3 (1.86%) Qualys
8 2 (1.24%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.24%) Tanium
9 1 (0.62%) Google
9 1 (0.62%) LogicMonitor
9 1 (0.62%) Proofpoint
9 1 (0.62%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.62%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.62%) Splunk
9 1 (0.62%) Veeam
9 1 (0.62%) WatchGuard
9 1 (0.62%) Zscaler