ISO/IEC 27001 Job Trends in the South East

ISO/IEC 27001
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 127 196
Rank change year-on-year +1 +69 -33
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 183 176 212
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.27% 2.26% 1.29%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.82% 14.97% 9.17%
Number of salaries quoted 140 82 165
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +13.14% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £74,000 £71,000
90th Percentile £88,875 £80,000 £79,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £64,814 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.29% +8.02% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,428 1,176 2,311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.90% 15.08% 14.11%
Number of salaries quoted 910 621 1,543
10th Percentile £30,450 £30,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £76,250
England 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 the South East

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

ISO/IEC 27001 job vacancy trend in the South East

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ISO/IEC 27001.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ISO/IEC 27001

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in the South East

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Hampshire +2 58 £65,000 -3.70% 13
Surrey +4 53 £57,500 +4.55% 5
Thames Valley +16 51 £58,500 -19.31% 37
Oxfordshire +4 19 £59,000 -5.60% 15
Berkshire +1 19 £72,500 -3.33% 19
West Sussex -21 14 £90,000 +16.13% 2
Buckinghamshire +3 13 £35,000 -30.00% 4
Kent -37 3 £80,000 +68.42% 5
East Sussex - 3 £87,500 - 3
ISO/IEC 27001
England

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 27 (14.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (10.93%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.73%) CMS
4 4 (2.19%) IIS
5 3 (1.64%) Confluence
6 1 (0.55%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 51 (27.87%) Azure
2 38 (20.77%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (17.49%) Entra ID
3 32 (17.49%) SaaS
4 16 (8.74%) Mimecast
5 12 (6.56%) AWS
6 8 (4.37%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.19%) IaaS
7 4 (2.19%) PaaS
8 3 (1.64%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.64%) Cloudflare
8 3 (1.64%) GitHub
8 3 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.09%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (1.09%) GCP
9 2 (1.09%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.55%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.55%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 22 (12.02%) Firewall
2 8 (4.37%) LAN
3 7 (3.83%) DNS
4 6 (3.28%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (2.19%) HTTP
5 4 (2.19%) Network Security
5 4 (2.19%) SSL
5 4 (2.19%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.19%) VoIP
5 4 (2.19%) Wireshark
6 3 (1.64%) Broadband
6 3 (1.64%) DHCP
6 3 (1.64%) MPLS
6 3 (1.64%) RTP
6 3 (1.64%) Unified Communications
6 3 (1.64%) VPN
6 3 (1.64%) WAN
7 2 (1.09%) SNMP
7 2 (1.09%) SSH
7 2 (1.09%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.65%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.01%) MySQL
3 9 (4.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (4.37%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (4.37%) Power BI
5 3 (1.64%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 17 (9.29%) JIRA
2 4 (2.19%) Git
General
1 76 (41.53%) Social Skills
2 41 (22.40%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (21.31%) Finance
4 28 (15.30%) Legal
5 26 (14.21%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (5.46%) Marketing
6 10 (5.46%) Public Sector
6 10 (5.46%) Telecoms
7 8 (4.37%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (4.37%) Retail
8 7 (3.83%) Law
9 6 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.73%) Banking
10 5 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.64%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.64%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.09%) Games
13 1 (0.55%) Aviation
13 1 (0.55%) Military
Job Titles
1 37 (20.22%) Security Manager
2 25 (13.66%) Support Engineer
3 22 (12.02%) Analyst
4 20 (10.93%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 17 (9.29%) Security Assurance Manager
6 15 (8.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 15 (8.20%) IT Support
7 14 (7.65%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 14 (7.65%) 3rd Line Support
7 14 (7.65%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 14 (7.65%) IT Engineer
7 14 (7.65%) IT Support Engineer
8 13 (7.10%) Information Manager
8 13 (7.10%) Information Security Manager
9 12 (6.56%) Compliance Manager
10 11 (6.01%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (6.01%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
10 11 (6.01%) Infrastructure Support
10 11 (6.01%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 11 (6.01%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.37%) JSON
1 8 (4.37%) XML
2 6 (3.28%) OAuth
3 5 (2.73%) REST
4 4 (2.19%) SAML
5 3 (1.64%) Django
5 3 (1.64%) Flask
5 3 (1.64%) FreeSWITCH
5 3 (1.64%) Jinja
5 3 (1.64%) OAuth2
5 3 (1.64%) OpenID
5 3 (1.64%) pytest
5 3 (1.64%) RFC 2833
5 3 (1.64%) SQLAlchemy
5 3 (1.64%) WebRTC
6 2 (1.09%) AWS CDK
6 2 (1.09%) GraphQL
6 2 (1.09%) LDAP
6 2 (1.09%) SOAP
6 2 (1.09%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.48%) Onboarding
2 17 (9.29%) Security Posture
3 16 (8.74%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (7.10%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (5.46%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.92%) Product Ownership
7 8 (4.37%) Data Structures
8 6 (3.28%) Data Centre
8 6 (3.28%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (2.19%) Cloud Native
10 4 (2.19%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (1.64%) Cyberattack
11 3 (1.64%) Fibre Optics
12 2 (1.09%) CCTV
12 2 (1.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 2 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (1.09%) PKI
12 2 (1.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.84%) Windows
2 12 (6.56%) Linux
3 8 (4.37%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.28%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.64%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (36.61%) Cybersecurity
2 48 (26.23%) Information Security
3 43 (23.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 34 (18.58%) Risk Management
5 20 (10.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 20 (10.93%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (10.38%) Change Management
6 19 (10.38%) Collaborative Working
6 19 (10.38%) Incident Management
7 18 (9.84%) Identity Management
7 18 (9.84%) Project Management
8 16 (8.74%) Data Protection
8 16 (8.74%) Technical Leadership
8 16 (8.74%) Workflow
9 15 (8.20%) Internal Audit
9 15 (8.20%) ISMS
9 15 (8.20%) Security Operations
10 14 (7.65%) AI
10 14 (7.65%) Incident Response
10 14 (7.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.29%) PowerShell
2 16 (8.74%) Python
2 16 (8.74%) R
3 11 (6.01%) SQL
4 10 (5.46%) T-SQL
5 5 (2.73%) Bash
5 5 (2.73%) C
6 3 (1.64%) C++
7 2 (1.09%) C#
7 2 (1.09%) Go
Qualifications
1 23 (12.57%) Degree
2 21 (11.48%) CISSP
3 20 (10.93%) Security Cleared
4 18 (9.84%) CISM
5 16 (8.74%) CREST Certified
6 12 (6.56%) SC Cleared
7 11 (6.01%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (4.92%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (3.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 7 (3.83%) CISA
10 5 (2.73%) CCSP
10 5 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 4 (2.19%) CCNA
11 4 (2.19%) CCNP
11 4 (2.19%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (2.19%) DV Cleared
12 3 (1.64%) CRISC
13 2 (1.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 2 (1.09%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (29.51%) NIST
2 50 (27.32%) Cyber Essentials
3 43 (23.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 38 (20.77%) GDPR
5 25 (13.66%) NCSC
6 20 (10.93%) GRC
6 20 (10.93%) PCI DSS
6 20 (10.93%) SOC 2
7 18 (9.84%) ISO 9001
8 14 (7.65%) Data Quality
9 12 (6.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 12 (6.56%) SOC 3
10 11 (6.01%) ISO 14001
11 7 (3.83%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (3.83%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 6 (3.28%) EU AI Act
13 4 (2.19%) QA
14 3 (1.64%) Def Stans
15 2 (1.09%) ISO 22301
15 2 (1.09%) ITGC
System Software
1 42 (22.95%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.92%) Docker
3 3 (1.64%) Kamailio
4 1 (0.55%) Firmware
4 1 (0.55%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (10.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.28%) Terraform
3 5 (2.73%) Ansible
3 5 (2.73%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.64%) Argo
4 3 (1.64%) Nagios
5 2 (1.09%) CASB
6 1 (0.55%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.55%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.55%) OpenView
6 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.55%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 50 (27.32%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.29%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (2.73%) Cisco
4 3 (1.64%) BT
4 3 (1.64%) Fortinet
4 3 (1.64%) Mitel
5 2 (1.09%) Infor
5 2 (1.09%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.09%) VMware
6 1 (0.55%) ArcSight
6 1 (0.55%) EMC
6 1 (0.55%) ExtraHop
6 1 (0.55%) HP
6 1 (0.55%) Juniper
6 1 (0.55%) Okta
6 1 (0.55%) Radware
6 1 (0.55%) Riverbed
6 1 (0.55%) SAP
6 1 (0.55%) Thales
6 1 (0.55%) Zscaler