ISO/IEC 27001 Jobs in the North West

ISO/IEC 27001
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited ISO/IEC 27001 over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 231 119 138
Rank change year-on-year -112 +19 +15
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 58 187 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.74% 1.80% 2.54%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.65% 14.62% 11.59%
Number of salaries quoted 47 163 63
10th Percentile £44,150 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £41,563 £41,042
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +11.83% -7.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £61,250 £59,500
90th Percentile £78,000 £76,250 £83,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,248 1,279 1,648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 15.90% 12.29% 21.92%
Number of salaries quoted 452 897 488
10th Percentile £30,125 £25,900 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £64,063
90th Percentile £76,250 £85,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing ISO/IEC 27001 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in the North West

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in the North West.

Salary trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in the North West

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in the North West over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in the North West

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Manchester +7 37 £63,750 +10.87% 52
Merseyside +23 9 £58,500 +17.00% 6
Lancashire -69 7 £56,500 +10.78% 17
Cumbria -68 3 £59,400 +91.61%
Cheshire -50 1 £55,000 +29.41% 6
ISO/IEC 27001
England

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.45%) IIS
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (24.14%) Azure
2 8 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (8.62%) AWS
4 4 (6.90%) Entra ID
4 4 (6.90%) Serverless
5 2 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (3.45%) IaaS
5 2 (3.45%) PaaS
5 2 (3.45%) SaaS
6 1 (1.72%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (1.72%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.72%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.72%) Cloudflare
6 1 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.72%) GCP
6 1 (1.72%) npm
6 1 (1.72%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (17.24%) Firewall
1 10 (17.24%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (6.90%) DNS
2 4 (6.90%) HTTP
2 4 (6.90%) Network Security
2 4 (6.90%) TCP/IP
3 2 (3.45%) DMZ
3 2 (3.45%) SMTP
3 2 (3.45%) VPN
4 1 (1.72%) Broadband
4 1 (1.72%) Internet
4 1 (1.72%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (1.72%) SSH
4 1 (1.72%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.45%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.72%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.72%) MySQL
2 1 (1.72%) Parquet
2 1 (1.72%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Git
2 1 (1.72%) Babel
2 1 (1.72%) webpack
General
1 31 (53.45%) Social Skills
2 17 (29.31%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (22.41%) Finance
4 8 (13.79%) Legal
5 3 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (5.17%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.45%) Law
6 2 (3.45%) Local Government
7 1 (1.72%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.72%) Electronics
7 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (18.97%) Architect
1 11 (18.97%) Security Architect
2 9 (15.52%) Security Manager
3 8 (13.79%) Senior
4 7 (12.07%) Lead
5 5 (8.62%) Analyst
5 5 (8.62%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 5 (8.62%) Information Manager
5 5 (8.62%) Security Analyst
6 4 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 4 (6.90%) Information Security Manager
6 4 (6.90%) Operations Manager
6 4 (6.90%) Risk Manager
6 4 (6.90%) Security Specialist
7 3 (5.17%) Information Analyst
7 3 (5.17%) Information Security Analyst
7 3 (5.17%) IT Manager
7 3 (5.17%) IT Technician
7 3 (5.17%) Senior IT Technician
7 3 (5.17%) Senior Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.17%) AngularJS
1 3 (5.17%) CSS
1 3 (5.17%) HTML
1 3 (5.17%) Laravel
1 3 (5.17%) RESTful
1 3 (5.17%) Vue
2 2 (3.45%) JSON
3 1 (1.72%) .NET
3 1 (1.72%) DOM
3 1 (1.72%) HTML5
3 1 (1.72%) Immutable.js
3 1 (1.72%) JWT
3 1 (1.72%) ModSecurity
3 1 (1.72%) React
3 1 (1.72%) Redux
3 1 (1.72%) SAML
3 1 (1.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (27.59%) Management Information System
2 11 (18.97%) Security Posture
3 7 (12.07%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (10.34%) Social Media
4 6 (10.34%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 4 (6.90%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (6.90%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 4 (6.90%) Cyberattack
6 3 (5.17%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (5.17%) PKI
7 2 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (3.45%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.72%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.72%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.72%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.72%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (1.72%) Freedom of Information Act
8 1 (1.72%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 14 (24.14%) Windows
2 6 (10.34%) Windows Server
2 6 (10.34%) Windows Vista
3 3 (5.17%) Mac OS X
3 3 (5.17%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.72%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (67.24%) Information Security
2 33 (56.90%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 17 (29.31%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (29.31%) Vulnerability Management
5 16 (27.59%) Security Architecture
6 15 (25.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (22.41%) Data Protection
7 13 (22.41%) Incident Response
8 12 (20.69%) Cloud Security
9 11 (18.97%) Information Assurance
9 11 (18.97%) TOGAF
10 10 (17.24%) Computer Science
10 10 (17.24%) Penetration Testing
10 10 (17.24%) SIEM
11 9 (15.52%) Identity Management
11 9 (15.52%) Risk Assessment
12 8 (13.79%) Ethical Hacking
12 8 (13.79%) Risk Analysis
13 7 (12.07%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.62%) SQL
2 4 (6.90%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.17%) PHP
3 3 (5.17%) TypeScript
4 2 (3.45%) PowerShell
4 2 (3.45%) Python
5 1 (1.72%) Bash
5 1 (1.72%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 21 (36.21%) CISSP
2 18 (31.03%) CISM
3 14 (24.14%) Degree
4 12 (20.69%) CISA
5 11 (18.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 11 (18.97%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (15.52%) CEH
7 7 (12.07%) DBS Check
8 6 (10.34%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (10.34%) Master's Degree
9 4 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (6.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 4 (6.90%) MCSA
9 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (6.90%) Security Cleared
10 3 (5.17%) HP AIS
10 3 (5.17%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (5.17%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (5.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (60.34%) NIST
2 14 (24.14%) GDPR
3 8 (13.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (13.79%) NCSC
4 5 (8.62%) PCI DSS
5 4 (6.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (5.17%) GRC
6 3 (5.17%) NIST 800
6 3 (5.17%) SLA
7 2 (3.45%) COBIT
7 2 (3.45%) Def Stans
7 2 (3.45%) ISO 9001
7 2 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (3.45%) QA
7 2 (3.45%) SOC 2
8 1 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.72%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 7 (12.07%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.17%) vSphere
3 1 (1.72%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.72%) NFS
Systems Management
1 3 (5.17%) SCCM
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.45%) Terraform
3 1 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.72%) cPanel
3 1 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (32.76%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.17%) Apple
2 3 (5.17%) HP
2 3 (5.17%) Veeam
2 3 (5.17%) VMware
3 2 (3.45%) Rapid7
4 1 (1.72%) Google
4 1 (1.72%) Splunk
4 1 (1.72%) Thales