ISO/IEC 27005 Job Trends in the UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 27005
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ISO/IEC 27005 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 456 553 542
Rank change year-on-year +97 -11 +176
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27005 69 10 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.027% 0.022%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.44% 0.18% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile £73,100 - £47,075
25th Percentile £74,750 £52,500 £51,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £67,500 £59,750
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% +12.97% -11.48%
75th Percentile £86,750 £82,500 £69,313
90th Percentile £87,200 - £74,225
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £59,750
% change year-on-year +3.70% +12.97% -20.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 27005 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 4,777 5,713 4,677
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.35% 15.64% 14.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,516 2,394 3,253
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £27,965
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,313 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,396
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.20% +4.79%
75th Percentile £65,640 £70,000 £65,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £58,500 £60,000 £59,556
% change year-on-year -2.50% +0.75% +3.57%

ISO/IEC 27005
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ISO/IEC 27005 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

ISO/IEC 27005 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 27005
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ISO/IEC 27005.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ISO/IEC 27005

ISO/IEC 27005
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 27005 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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
Midlands - 23 £85,000 -
North of England +40 22 - -
East Midlands - 15 - -
South East +32 10 £79,000 -1.25% 1
Yorkshire -2 10 - -
North West - 8 - -
East of England +33 7 - -
West Midlands - 7 - -
South West - 4 £80,000 - 1
North East - 4 - -
Wales +7 3 - -
ISO/IEC 27005
UK

ISO/IEC 27005
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 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (2.90%) Social Skills
2 1 (1.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 65 (94.20%) Lead
2 2 (2.90%) Consultant
2 2 (2.90%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 2 (2.90%) Security Consultant
3 1 (1.45%) Architect
3 1 (1.45%) Coordinator
3 1 (1.45%) Security Architect
3 1 (1.45%) Security Assurance Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 66 (95.65%) Cyber Threat
2 65 (94.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 65 (94.20%) Operational Technology
2 65 (94.20%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (1.45%) Blog
3 1 (1.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.45%) Mobile Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 66 (95.65%) SABSA
3 65 (94.20%) Business Strategy
3 65 (94.20%) Change Advisory Board
3 65 (94.20%) Coaching
3 65 (94.20%) Cyber Intelligence
3 65 (94.20%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 65 (94.20%) ITIL
3 65 (94.20%) Mentoring
3 65 (94.20%) Roadmaps
3 65 (94.20%) Security Operations
3 65 (94.20%) Stakeholder Management
3 65 (94.20%) Technology Roadmap
3 65 (94.20%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 65 (94.20%) Threat Intelligence
3 65 (94.20%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (4.35%) Agile
4 3 (4.35%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (2.90%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (2.90%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (2.90%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.45%) CISM
2 1 (1.45%) CISSP
2 1 (1.45%) CRISC
2 1 (1.45%) DV Cleared
2 1 (1.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (100.00%) NIST
2 67 (97.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.45%) COBIT
3 1 (1.45%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.45%) ISO 31000
3 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 1 (1.45%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.45%) NIST 800