ISO/IEC 27001 Job Trends in the South West

ISO/IEC 27001
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 114 151
Rank change year-on-year +22 +37 +1
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 134 45 146
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.73% 1.67% 1.61%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 20.97% 10.54% 11.89%
Number of salaries quoted 105 41 132
10th Percentile £36,000 £27,250 £42,625
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £64,627 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.03% +3.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £78,800 £80,000 £70,250
90th Percentile £84,500 £85,000 £85,875
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 639 427 1,228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 8.27% 15.88% 13.56%
Number of salaries quoted 397 248 822
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,875 £32,781
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +13.86% -4.72%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £84,250 £85,000 £80,000
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 West

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

ISO/IEC 27001 job vacancy trend in the South West

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Trend in the South West

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

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

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in the South West over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in the South West

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 21 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
Bristol +1 46 £60,000 -11.11% 11
Wiltshire +14 29 £62,500 -3.29% 7
Gloucestershire -14 25 £50,000 +69.49% 9
Devon -4 20 £41,250 -38.89%
Somerset -23 4 - - 4
Dorset -16 2 - - 3
Cornwall - 1 - -
ISO/IEC 27001
England

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 7 (5.22%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.73%) IIS
2 5 (3.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.49%) Confluence
4 1 (0.75%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (2.99%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.75%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 40 (29.85%) Azure
2 28 (20.90%) AWS
3 15 (11.19%) Entra ID
4 13 (9.70%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.22%) SaaS
5 7 (5.22%) Twilio
6 6 (4.48%) IaaS
6 6 (4.48%) PaaS
7 5 (3.73%) Serverless
8 4 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.99%) GCP
8 4 (2.99%) Google Workspace
9 3 (2.24%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (2.24%) Amazon S3
9 3 (2.24%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.49%) Rubrik
11 1 (0.75%) Asana
11 1 (0.75%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.75%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 36 (26.87%) Firewall
2 18 (13.43%) Network Security
3 13 (9.70%) VPN
4 12 (8.96%) WAN
5 11 (8.21%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (7.46%) LAN
7 9 (6.72%) DNS
8 7 (5.22%) DHCP
8 7 (5.22%) PBX
8 7 (5.22%) VoIP
8 7 (5.22%) WebEx
9 6 (4.48%) VLAN
10 5 (3.73%) TCP/IP
11 4 (2.99%) Broadband
11 4 (2.99%) SSL
12 3 (2.24%) DMZ
13 2 (1.49%) SD-WAN
14 1 (0.75%) SAN
14 1 (0.75%) SSH
14 1 (0.75%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.73%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.49%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.75%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (2.99%) JIRA
2 2 (1.49%) Burp Suite
2 2 (1.49%) Metasploit
General
1 66 (49.25%) Social Skills
2 30 (22.39%) Public Sector
3 20 (14.93%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (11.94%) Finance
5 12 (8.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (5.97%) Telecoms
7 7 (5.22%) Marketing
8 6 (4.48%) Electronics
8 6 (4.48%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.49%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.75%) Cyber-Physical System
12 1 (0.75%) Law
12 1 (0.75%) Legal
Job Titles
1 30 (22.39%) Consultant
2 29 (21.64%) Security Consultant
3 14 (10.45%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 14 (10.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (9.70%) IT Engineer
5 11 (8.21%) Security Manager
6 9 (6.72%) Lead
6 9 (6.72%) Security Engineer
7 8 (5.97%) Architect
7 8 (5.97%) Infrastructure Support
8 7 (5.22%) Auditor
8 7 (5.22%) Security Architect
9 6 (4.48%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 6 (4.48%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (4.48%) Senior
9 6 (4.48%) Support Engineer
10 5 (3.73%) Cyber Defence Consultant
10 5 (3.73%) Data Technician
10 5 (3.73%) Lead Consultant
10 5 (3.73%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.48%) SAP CAF
2 3 (2.24%) GraphQL
2 3 (2.24%) LDAP
2 3 (2.24%) OAuth
2 3 (2.24%) OpenID
2 3 (2.24%) REST
2 3 (2.24%) SAML
2 3 (2.24%) SOAP
3 2 (1.49%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.75%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.21%) Security Posture
2 10 (7.46%) Management Information System
3 7 (5.22%) IVR
4 6 (4.48%) Cyberattack
4 6 (4.48%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.48%) PKI
5 5 (3.73%) Blog
5 5 (3.73%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 5 (3.73%) Cyber Security Posture
5 5 (3.73%) Fibre Optics
5 5 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.73%) YubiKey
6 4 (2.99%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.24%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.24%) IoT
8 2 (1.49%) BYOD
8 2 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.49%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.49%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.49%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 18 (13.43%) Windows
2 11 (8.21%) Linux
3 7 (5.22%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (55.22%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (23.88%) Risk Management
3 23 (17.16%) Incident Response
4 22 (16.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (14.18%) Cloud Security
5 19 (14.18%) Information Security
6 18 (13.43%) Mentoring
6 18 (13.43%) Penetration Testing
6 18 (13.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 18 (13.43%) Vulnerability Management
7 17 (12.69%) ISMS
7 17 (12.69%) SIEM
8 16 (11.94%) Collaborative Culture
8 16 (11.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 16 (11.94%) ITIL
9 15 (11.19%) Agile
10 14 (10.45%) Project Delivery
10 14 (10.45%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 13 (9.70%) Problem-Solving
11 13 (9.70%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.46%) SQL
2 7 (5.22%) Python
3 6 (4.48%) Bash
3 6 (4.48%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.24%) PHP
4 3 (2.24%) T-SQL
5 2 (1.49%) C#
Qualifications
1 72 (53.73%) Security Cleared
2 54 (40.30%) SC Cleared
3 40 (29.85%) CISSP
4 31 (23.13%) CISM
5 29 (21.64%) DV Cleared
6 15 (11.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 14 (10.45%) Degree
8 10 (7.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 9 (6.72%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (5.22%) Azure Certification
10 7 (5.22%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (5.22%) CREST Certified
10 7 (5.22%) CTC Cleared
11 5 (3.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (3.73%) AWS Certification
11 5 (3.73%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (2.99%) BC Cleared
12 4 (2.99%) CCNP
12 4 (2.99%) CISA
13 3 (2.24%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (44.03%) NIST
2 48 (35.82%) Cyber Essentials
3 35 (26.12%) GDPR
4 28 (20.90%) PCI DSS
5 27 (20.15%) GRC
6 24 (17.91%) NCSC
7 20 (14.93%) ISO 9001
8 11 (8.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (5.97%) QA
10 6 (4.48%) JSP 440
11 5 (3.73%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (3.73%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 5 (3.73%) NIST 800
12 4 (2.99%) Automotive SPICE
12 4 (2.99%) ISO 26262
13 3 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (2.24%) SOC 2
14 2 (1.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (1.49%) PMO
14 2 (1.49%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (18.66%) Active Directory
2 10 (7.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (6.72%) Hyper-V
4 5 (3.73%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (2.24%) Docker
5 3 (2.24%) Firmware
6 1 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.75%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (6.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.73%) FortiGate
3 3 (2.24%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.49%) Nmap
4 2 (1.49%) WSUS
5 1 (0.75%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.75%) Nessus
5 1 (0.75%) SCCM
5 1 (0.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (26.12%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.70%) VMware
3 10 (7.46%) Cisco
4 7 (5.22%) Genesys
4 7 (5.22%) Verint
5 6 (4.48%) SAP
6 5 (3.73%) Tenable
7 4 (2.99%) Qualys
7 4 (2.99%) Veeam
8 3 (2.24%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (2.24%) Dell
8 3 (2.24%) Splunk
9 2 (1.49%) Aruba
9 2 (1.49%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.49%) HP
9 2 (1.49%) Meraki
10 1 (0.75%) Google
10 1 (0.75%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.75%) NetApp
10 1 (0.75%) Sophos