ISO/IEC 27001 Job Trends in Northern Ireland

ISO/IEC 27001
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 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 57 45 43
Rank change year-on-year -12 -2 +36
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 2 3 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.39% 0.76% 1.21%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.03% 6.12% 9.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £30,825 £55,947 -
25th Percentile £36,188 £57,368 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,250 £64,654 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.37% +65.78% -8.24%
75th Percentile £58,188 £71,858 £49,063
90th Percentile £62,275 £73,230 £51,875
UK median annual salary £62,538 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.06% +4.17% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 66 49 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 13.02% 12.37% 13.03%
Number of salaries quoted 12 10 23
10th Percentile - £26,250 £33,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £67,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% +35.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £53,750 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £56,000 £71,539 £71,250
UK median annual salary £58,500 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -2.50% +3.51% +0.81%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

ISO/IEC 27001 job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing ISO/IEC 27001

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in Northern Ireland

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim +3 2 £48,250 -25.37% 16
ISO/IEC 27001
UK

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) IaaS
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Security Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Service Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) GRC
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory