ISO/IEC 27001 Job Trends in the Thames Valley

ISO/IEC 27001
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 139 130
Rank change year-on-year +19 -9 +38
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 62 57 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.76% 1.32% 1.77%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.98% 12.18% 10.53%
Number of salaries quoted 59 21 43
10th Percentile - £31,250 £41,960
25th Percentile £39,750 £43,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,498 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% -0.84% +4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £65,625
90th Percentile £85,500 - £94,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £59,249 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.27% -1.25% +4.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 621 468 570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 17.64% 10.87% 16.86%
Number of salaries quoted 271 225 305
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,263 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,050
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.45% +7.21%
75th Percentile £68,750 £78,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% -

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

ISO/IEC 27001 job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing ISO/IEC 27001.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing ISO/IEC 27001

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Salary histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in the Thames Valley

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 8 November 2025. 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
Oxfordshire +39 26 £41,500 +27.69% 27
Berkshire -12 23 £65,000 -7.14% 121
Buckinghamshire +15 13 £55,000 +12.24% 22
ISO/IEC 27001
South East

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 10 (16.13%) Exchange Server 2013
1 10 (16.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.84%) InDesign
2 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (4.84%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 25 (40.32%) Azure
2 22 (35.48%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (25.81%) AWS
4 9 (14.52%) SaaS
5 6 (9.68%) Entra ID
6 3 (4.84%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (4.84%) GCP
6 3 (4.84%) OCI
7 2 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (3.23%) IaaS
8 1 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.61%) GitHub
8 1 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.61%) PaaS
8 1 (1.61%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.61%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 26 (41.94%) Firewall
2 14 (22.58%) SAN
3 11 (17.74%) LAN
3 11 (17.74%) WAN
4 10 (16.13%) VLAN
4 10 (16.13%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (12.90%) Network Security
6 7 (11.29%) TCP/IP
7 3 (4.84%) Unified Communications
7 3 (4.84%) VPN
8 2 (3.23%) DHCP
8 2 (3.23%) DNS
9 1 (1.61%) Modbus
9 1 (1.61%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.84%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.61%) Git
General
1 36 (58.06%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (11.29%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (6.45%) Retail
5 3 (4.84%) Environmental Health
5 3 (4.84%) Legal
5 3 (4.84%) Marketing
6 2 (3.23%) Automotive
6 2 (3.23%) Finance
6 2 (3.23%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.61%) Advertising
7 1 (1.61%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 23 (37.10%) Senior
2 12 (19.35%) Support Technician
3 10 (16.13%) 3rd Line Support
3 10 (16.13%) 3rd Line Support Technician
4 9 (14.52%) Security Engineer
4 9 (14.52%) Senior Security Engineer
5 8 (12.90%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 7 (11.29%) Analyst
7 6 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (9.68%) IT Support
8 5 (8.06%) Lead
8 5 (8.06%) Security Analyst
9 4 (6.45%) Coordinator
9 4 (6.45%) Information Manager
9 4 (6.45%) Information Security Manager
9 4 (6.45%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 4 (6.45%) IT Support Engineer
9 4 (6.45%) Security Manager
9 4 (6.45%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (6.45%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.61%) .NET
1 1 (1.61%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.61%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (1.61%) OpenAPI
1 1 (1.61%) REST
1 1 (1.61%) SLSA
1 1 (1.61%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.13%) Replication
2 8 (12.90%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (11.29%) Management Information System
3 7 (11.29%) Onboarding
4 4 (6.45%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (4.84%) Social Media
5 3 (4.84%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (3.23%) CESG
6 2 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (3.23%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.61%) AS400
7 1 (1.61%) IoT
7 1 (1.61%) iSeries
7 1 (1.61%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.61%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.61%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.61%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.61%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 16 (25.81%) Windows
2 14 (22.58%) Windows Server
3 5 (8.06%) Linux
4 4 (6.45%) Apple iOS
4 4 (6.45%) Mac OS
4 4 (6.45%) Unix
5 2 (3.23%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (45.16%) Cybersecurity
1 28 (45.16%) Information Security
2 25 (40.32%) ITIL
3 18 (29.03%) Agile
4 14 (22.58%) Knowledge Transfer
5 11 (17.74%) Migration
5 11 (17.74%) Penetration Testing
6 10 (16.13%) Business Continuity
6 10 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (16.13%) Security Operations
6 10 (16.13%) SIEM
7 9 (14.52%) Risk Management
8 7 (11.29%) Computer Science
8 7 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (11.29%) Vulnerability Management
9 6 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 6 (9.68%) Mentoring
9 6 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (9.68%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 5 (8.06%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.61%) C#
1 1 (1.61%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 19 (30.65%) CISSP
2 10 (16.13%) Degree
3 9 (14.52%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (14.52%) CISM
3 9 (14.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 8 (12.90%) CCNP
5 7 (11.29%) CCNA
5 7 (11.29%) CISA
5 7 (11.29%) CompTIA Security+
5 7 (11.29%) GCIA
5 7 (11.29%) SANS
5 7 (11.29%) Security Cleared
6 5 (8.06%) CRISC
7 4 (6.45%) SC Cleared
8 3 (4.84%) CGEIT
8 3 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (4.84%) OSCP
9 2 (3.23%) CESG Certified Professional
9 2 (3.23%) CHECK Team Leader
9 2 (3.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 20 (32.26%) GDPR
3 19 (30.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 11 (17.74%) NIST
5 7 (11.29%) GRC
6 6 (9.68%) ISO 9001
7 5 (8.06%) SOC 2
8 3 (4.84%) HIPAA
8 3 (4.84%) ISO 14001
8 3 (4.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (4.84%) SLA
9 2 (3.23%) PCI DSS
10 1 (1.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (1.61%) COBIT
10 1 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (1.61%) NCSC
10 1 (1.61%) NIST 800
System Software
1 14 (22.58%) Hyper-V
1 14 (22.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (9.68%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (22.58%) Microsoft Intune
1 14 (22.58%) SCCM
2 3 (4.84%) Terraform
3 2 (3.23%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.61%) Ansible
Vendors
1 21 (33.87%) Microsoft
2 15 (24.19%) VMware
3 10 (16.13%) arcserve
4 4 (6.45%) Apple
4 4 (6.45%) Cisco
4 4 (6.45%) Sophos
5 3 (4.84%) Adobe
5 3 (4.84%) SAP
5 3 (4.84%) ServiceNow
5 3 (4.84%) Tenable
5 3 (4.84%) Zoho
6 2 (3.23%) Oracle
7 1 (1.61%) Google
7 1 (1.61%) IBM
7 1 (1.61%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.61%) Qualys
7 1 (1.61%) Splunk