ISO/IEC 27001 Job Trends in the North West

ISO/IEC 27001
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West 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 130 101 138
Rank change year-on-year -29 +37 +6
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 56 112 66
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.88% 2.22% 1.47%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.69% 11.93% 12.29%
Number of salaries quoted 39 62 65
10th Percentile £33,125 £34,550 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £37,716 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +9.47% -
75th Percentile £70,879 £65,938 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,500
% change year-on-year - +3.31% +0.83%

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 479 939 537
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 7.52% 18.58% 11.99%
Number of salaries quoted 265 391 395
10th Percentile £30,750 £30,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,854 £35,901 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -4.21% -5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £60,680 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,000
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +1.69% +2.61%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

ISO/IEC 27001 job vacancy trend in the North West

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Trend in the North West

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

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

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 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 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
Manchester -10 34 £57,500 +11.65% 22
Lancashire -3 10 £47,500 -5.00% 13
Merseyside -3 5 £45,000 -25.00% 4
Cheshire -28 4 £62,500 -3.85% 4
Cumbria +13 3 - - 1
ISO/IEC 27001
England

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (5.36%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.79%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 23 (41.07%) Azure
2 17 (30.36%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (16.07%) AWS
4 7 (12.50%) Entra ID
5 4 (7.14%) IaaS
5 4 (7.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 3 (5.36%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.79%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (1.79%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.79%) CloudFront
8 1 (1.79%) dbt
8 1 (1.79%) GCP
8 1 (1.79%) OpenShift
8 1 (1.79%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.79%) SaaS
8 1 (1.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (17.86%) Firewall
2 6 (10.71%) VPN
3 4 (7.14%) DMZ
3 4 (7.14%) STUN
3 4 (7.14%) VLAN
3 4 (7.14%) VoIP
4 3 (5.36%) Network Security
5 2 (3.57%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.79%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.79%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Git
1 1 (1.79%) GitLab
1 1 (1.79%) JIRA
General
1 13 (23.21%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.07%) Finance
3 8 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (8.93%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (5.36%) Legal
7 2 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (30.36%) Lead
2 9 (16.07%) Support Engineer
3 5 (8.93%) Applications Support
3 5 (8.93%) Cloud Engineer
3 5 (8.93%) Compliance Manager
3 5 (8.93%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 5 (8.93%) Security Engineer
3 5 (8.93%) Technical Engineer
3 5 (8.93%) Technical Support
3 5 (8.93%) Technical Support Engineer
4 4 (7.14%) Applications Engineer
4 4 (7.14%) Applications Support Engineer
4 4 (7.14%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (7.14%) Infrastructure Support
4 4 (7.14%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 4 (7.14%) Support Team Leader
4 4 (7.14%) Team Leader
5 3 (5.36%) Analyst
5 3 (5.36%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.14%) FreeSWITCH
2 1 (1.79%) Django
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 11 (19.64%) Cyber Threat
2 10 (17.86%) Security Operations Centre
3 9 (16.07%) Driving Licence
4 8 (14.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 8 (14.29%) Operational Technology
5 7 (12.50%) Management Information System
6 5 (8.93%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (8.93%) Cloud Native
6 5 (8.93%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (5.36%) Security Posture
8 3 (5.36%) Virtual Team
9 2 (3.57%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (3.57%) Life Science
10 1 (1.79%) Cyberattack
10 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
10 1 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.07%) Windows
2 5 (8.93%) Windows Server
3 4 (7.14%) Debian
3 4 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (39.29%) Risk Management
3 18 (32.14%) Information Security
4 17 (30.36%) ITIL
5 14 (25.00%) Security Operations
6 13 (23.21%) Mentoring
7 10 (17.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 10 (17.86%) Roadmaps
7 10 (17.86%) Threat Intelligence
7 10 (17.86%) Vulnerability Management
8 9 (16.07%) Coaching
8 9 (16.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (16.07%) Cyber Intelligence
8 9 (16.07%) Data Protection
8 9 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (16.07%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (14.29%) Change Advisory Board
9 8 (14.29%) SABSA
9 8 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
9 8 (14.29%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (19.64%) SQL
2 5 (8.93%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.79%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 14 (25.00%) CISSP
2 9 (16.07%) CISM
3 7 (12.50%) CRISC
4 6 (10.71%) Azure Certification
5 5 (8.93%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (5.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (5.36%) CESG Certified Professional
7 3 (5.36%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (5.36%) Degree
7 3 (5.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (1.79%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.79%) CCSK
8 1 (1.79%) CISMP
8 1 (1.79%) CREST Certified
8 1 (1.79%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.79%) GCIA
8 1 (1.79%) SANS
8 1 (1.79%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (48.21%) NIST
2 13 (23.21%) Cyber Essentials
2 13 (23.21%) GRC
3 9 (16.07%) GDPR
4 8 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 6 (10.71%) PCI DSS
6 5 (8.93%) ISO 9001
7 2 (3.57%) COBIT
7 2 (3.57%) Def Stans
7 2 (3.57%) ISO 22301
7 2 (3.57%) SLA
8 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.79%) ISO 14001
8 1 (1.79%) NCSC
8 1 (1.79%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 6 (10.71%) Hyper-V
3 4 (7.14%) Kamailio
4 1 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.79%) Fluentd
2 1 (1.79%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.79%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.79%) RSA Archer
2 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (30.36%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.14%) Mitel
2 4 (7.14%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.79%) Cribl.io
3 1 (1.79%) Fortinet
3 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.79%) Splunk
3 1 (1.79%) Spotify
3 1 (1.79%) Veeam
3 1 (1.79%) VMware