ISO/IEC 27001 Job Trends in Scotland

ISO/IEC 27001
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 114 222
Rank change year-on-year -5 +108 -69
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 15 25 53
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.48% 1.18% 0.81%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.81% 6.56% 7.26%
Number of salaries quoted 7 19 43
10th Percentile £43,818 £45,250 £36,300
25th Percentile £54,098 £53,213 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,419 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £84,375 £78,750 £65,300
90th Percentile £97,750 £85,355 £77,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 312 381 730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.90% 17.92% 11.15%
Number of salaries quoted 122 75 319
10th Percentile £23,988 £37,500 £22,000
25th Percentile £29,188 £47,500 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,675 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.39% +21.05% -13.64%
75th Percentile £74,443 £77,170 £61,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,600 £72,433
UK 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 Scotland

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

ISO/IEC 27001 job vacancy trend in Scotland

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing ISO/IEC 27001

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in Scotland over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in Scotland

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 8 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
Glasgow +4 8 £73,750 +18.00% 3
Edinburgh +3 4 £69,210 -7.34% 8
Aberdeen - 1 - - 2
Aberdeenshire - 1 - - 1
ISO/IEC 27001
UK

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 6 (40.00%) Azure
2 4 (26.67%) SaaS
3 3 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (20.00%) IaaS
3 3 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (20.00%) PaaS
4 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (6.67%) AWS
5 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (6.67%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Firewall
1 2 (13.33%) Network Security
2 1 (6.67%) DHCP
2 1 (6.67%) DNS
General
1 10 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (20.00%) Finance
5 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Legal
5 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Senior
2 6 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 6 (40.00%) Security Manager
3 5 (33.33%) Governance Manager
3 5 (33.33%) Senior Manager
4 4 (26.67%) Security Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Lead
5 2 (13.33%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Senior Security Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Team Leader
6 1 (6.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 1 (6.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) IT Analyst
6 1 (6.67%) SEO Team Leader
6 1 (6.67%) Technical Leader
6 1 (6.67%) Technical Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (13.33%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (13.33%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (13.33%) Security Posture
4 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
4 1 (6.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
1 1 (6.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (60.00%) Incident Response
3 7 (46.67%) Information Security
4 6 (40.00%) Cloud Security
4 6 (40.00%) Risk Management
5 5 (33.33%) Information Security Management
5 5 (33.33%) ISMS
5 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
5 5 (33.33%) Security Management
5 5 (33.33%) Security Operations
5 5 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (26.67%) Decision-Making
6 4 (26.67%) IT Governance
6 4 (26.67%) SIEM
7 3 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 3 (20.00%) Security Architecture
7 3 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
7 3 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) CISM
1 8 (53.33%) CISSP
2 4 (26.67%) CRISC
3 2 (13.33%) Azure Certification
4 1 (6.67%) CBAP
4 1 (6.67%) CEH
4 1 (6.67%) Degree
4 1 (6.67%) OSCP
4 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (80.00%) NIST
2 5 (33.33%) GDPR
3 4 (26.67%) COBIT
4 2 (13.33%) GRC
4 2 (13.33%) NCSC
4 2 (13.33%) PCI DSS
4 2 (13.33%) SLA
5 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (6.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) CASB
1 1 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (6.67%) Rapid7