ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) Job Trends in the UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 570 488 699
Rank change year-on-year -82 +211 -14
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) 7 31 45
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% 0.11% 0.066%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.12% 0.67% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 6 21 28
10th Percentile £60,625 £37,500 £42,625
25th Percentile £67,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +14.89% +6.82%
75th Percentile £75,416 £75,000 £65,625
90th Percentile £78,194 £90,000 £85,750
UK median annual salary £89,000 £69,750 £75,000
% change year-on-year +27.60% -7.00% +25.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,846 4,622 9,306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.92% 16.21% 13.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,452 2,411 6,282
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £25,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +11.58% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,625 £68,114 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,738 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799).

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) in the UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
South West -48 3 £70,000 +47.37% 1
Midlands -38 2 £68,750 +71.88%
East Midlands - 2 £68,750 -
Wales - 2 £73,925 -
ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
UK

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (14.29%) IaaS
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (14.29%) PaaS
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (14.29%) Law
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Information Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Information Security Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Security Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Compliance Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Risk Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Information Security
2 4 (57.14%) Incident Response
3 3 (42.86%) Cloud Security
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (42.86%) Data Protection
3 3 (42.86%) OWASP
3 3 (42.86%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
3 3 (42.86%) Security Operations
3 3 (42.86%) SIEM
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (42.86%) Zero Trust
4 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
4 2 (28.57%) Internal Audit
4 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Register
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CISSP
2 3 (42.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 3 (42.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) CISM
4 1 (14.29%) CISMP
4 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (71.43%) GDPR
2 5 (71.43%) NIST
3 4 (57.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (42.86%) PCI DSS
5 1 (14.29%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Host Intrusion Detection System
1 1 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft