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 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 113 141 164
Rank change year-on-year +28 +23 +15
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 173 174 142
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.67% 1.94% 1.61%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.94% 13.32% 10.80%
Number of salaries quoted 126 89 115
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% -8.33% +8.96%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £71,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £93,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,500
% change year-on-year - +3.31% +0.83%

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 1,337 1,306 1,315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 12.88% 14.55% 14.94%
Number of salaries quoted 695 658 800
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £27,965
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £38,220
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £59,136 £52,397
Median % change year-on-year -11.22% +12.86% -0.30%
75th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,216 £87,500 £83,750
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 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 14 January 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 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
Hampshire +46 69 £50,000 -23.95% 23
Thames Valley +8 59 £62,500 +4.17% 42
Oxfordshire +28 25 £55,000 +15.79% 11
Berkshire -22 22 £65,000 +4.00% 21
Surrey -14 15 £56,250 +15.38% 31
Middlesex - 13 - - 10
Buckinghamshire +11 12 £55,000 +10.00% 10
West Sussex -11 8 £65,000 +36.84% 11
Kent - 5 £85,000 - 20
East Sussex +8 2 £87,500 +16.67% 7
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 6 (3.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.89%) CMS
3 3 (1.73%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (1.73%) HCL Domino
3 3 (1.73%) HCL Notes
3 3 (1.73%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.16%) Confluence
5 1 (0.58%) Apache
5 1 (0.58%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.73%) InDesign
3 3 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.73%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 53 (30.64%) Azure
2 29 (16.76%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (13.29%) AWS
4 12 (6.94%) Entra ID
5 8 (4.62%) SaaS
6 6 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (3.47%) PaaS
6 6 (3.47%) Power Automate
6 6 (3.47%) Power Platform
7 5 (2.89%) Azure AI
7 5 (2.89%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (2.89%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (1.73%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.16%) OCI
10 1 (0.58%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.58%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.58%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.58%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 26 (15.03%) Firewall
2 12 (6.94%) Network Security
3 6 (3.47%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.31%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.73%) LAN
5 3 (1.73%) SAN
5 3 (1.73%) Unified Communications
5 3 (1.73%) VLAN
5 3 (1.73%) WAN
6 2 (1.16%) DHCP
6 2 (1.16%) DMZ
6 2 (1.16%) DNS
7 1 (0.58%) Broadband
7 1 (0.58%) Internet
7 1 (0.58%) Modbus
7 1 (0.58%) MPLS
7 1 (0.58%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.89%) Power BI
2 3 (1.73%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.58%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (3.47%) Git
2 3 (1.73%) JIRA
3 1 (0.58%) Burp Suite
General
1 72 (41.62%) Social Skills
2 32 (18.50%) Organisational Skills
3 31 (17.92%) Finance
4 28 (16.18%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (5.20%) Legal
6 7 (4.05%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (4.05%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.47%) Automotive
7 6 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.89%) Law
9 4 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.31%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.31%) Marketing
9 4 (2.31%) Retail
10 3 (1.73%) Advertising
10 3 (1.73%) Billing
10 3 (1.73%) Environmental Health
11 2 (1.16%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.16%) Aviation
11 2 (1.16%) Banking
Job Titles
1 28 (16.18%) Security Manager
2 27 (15.61%) Lead
3 26 (15.03%) Senior
4 23 (13.29%) Security Engineer
5 20 (11.56%) Analyst
6 16 (9.25%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 16 (9.25%) IT Support
6 16 (9.25%) Security Assurance Manager
7 14 (8.09%) IT Engineer
7 14 (8.09%) IT Support Engineer
7 14 (8.09%) Support Engineer
8 13 (7.51%) Security Analyst
9 9 (5.20%) IT Manager
10 8 (4.62%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 8 (4.62%) Senior Security Engineer
11 7 (4.05%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
12 6 (3.47%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 6 (3.47%) Information Manager
12 6 (3.47%) Information Security Manager
13 5 (2.89%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.89%) YAML
2 3 (1.73%) EDI
3 2 (1.16%) .NET
3 2 (1.16%) REST
4 1 (0.58%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.58%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.58%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.58%) LDAP
4 1 (0.58%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.58%) OAuth
4 1 (0.58%) OpenAPI
4 1 (0.58%) OpenID
4 1 (0.58%) SAML
4 1 (0.58%) SLSA
4 1 (0.58%) SOAP
4 1 (0.58%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 37 (21.39%) Security Posture
2 23 (13.29%) Security Operations Centre
3 16 (9.25%) Cyber Threat
4 14 (8.09%) Onboarding
5 10 (5.78%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 10 (5.78%) Management Information System
6 9 (5.20%) Operational Technology
7 7 (4.05%) Cloud Native
8 6 (3.47%) Product Ownership
8 6 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.89%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (2.31%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (2.31%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.73%) Replication
11 3 (1.73%) Social Media
11 3 (1.73%) Web Conferencing
12 2 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (1.16%) Blog
12 2 (1.16%) PKI
12 2 (1.16%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.78%) Windows
2 6 (3.47%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.73%) Linux
4 2 (1.16%) Android
4 2 (1.16%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.16%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.16%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (48.55%) Cybersecurity
2 53 (30.64%) Information Security
3 45 (26.01%) Continuous Improvement
4 40 (23.12%) Risk Management
5 32 (18.50%) Mentoring
6 31 (17.92%) ITIL
7 29 (16.76%) Security Operations
8 28 (16.18%) Stakeholder Management
9 26 (15.03%) Data Protection
9 26 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
10 24 (13.87%) Coaching
10 24 (13.87%) Roadmaps
11 23 (13.29%) Vulnerability Management
12 21 (12.14%) Agile
13 20 (11.56%) AI
14 16 (9.25%) Incident Response
15 14 (8.09%) Cloud Security
15 14 (8.09%) Security Architecture
16 13 (7.51%) OWASP
16 13 (7.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 16 (9.25%) PowerShell
2 7 (4.05%) Python
3 6 (3.47%) SQL
4 3 (1.73%) Bash
4 3 (1.73%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.58%) C#
5 1 (0.58%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (24.28%) CISSP
2 31 (17.92%) CISM
3 23 (13.29%) Degree
4 18 (10.40%) CREST Certified
5 14 (8.09%) CISA
5 14 (8.09%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (8.09%) Security Cleared
6 13 (7.51%) CRISC
6 13 (7.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 11 (6.36%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (4.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 8 (4.62%) SC Cleared
9 7 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (4.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 6 (3.47%) CCNA
10 6 (3.47%) CCNP
10 6 (3.47%) CEH
10 6 (3.47%) GCIA
10 6 (3.47%) SANS
11 5 (2.89%) CGEIT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (46.24%) NIST
2 62 (35.84%) Cyber Essentials
3 49 (28.32%) GDPR
4 33 (19.08%) GRC
5 30 (17.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 25 (14.45%) NCSC
7 21 (12.14%) SOC 2
8 18 (10.40%) PCI DSS
9 14 (8.09%) SOC 3
10 11 (6.36%) ISO 9001
11 9 (5.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 9 (5.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 7 (4.05%) EU AI Act
12 7 (4.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (3.47%) Data Quality
14 5 (2.89%) Accessibility
15 4 (2.31%) ISO 14001
15 4 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 3 (1.73%) QA
16 3 (1.73%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (9.83%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.89%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.73%) Docker
5 1 (0.58%) Firmware
5 1 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (4.05%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (4.05%) Terraform
2 3 (1.73%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.73%) SCCM
3 1 (0.58%) CASB
Vendors
1 51 (29.48%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.20%) VMware
3 8 (4.62%) SAP
4 5 (2.89%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.31%) Cisco
5 4 (2.31%) IBM
5 4 (2.31%) Tenable
6 3 (1.73%) Adobe
6 3 (1.73%) arcserve
6 3 (1.73%) Google
6 3 (1.73%) Lotus
6 3 (1.73%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.73%) Zoho
7 2 (1.16%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.16%) Oracle
8 1 (0.58%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (0.58%) Qualys
8 1 (0.58%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.58%) Splunk
8 1 (0.58%) Veeam