ISO/IEC 42001 Job Trends in the UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 42001
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ISO/IEC 42001 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 491 561 -
Rank change year-on-year +70 - -
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 42001 18 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.042% 0.014% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.38% 0.088% -
Number of salaries quoted 11 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £100,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -45.00% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £100,000 -
% change year-on-year -45.00% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 42001 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 4,774 5,654 4,882
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.26% 15.74% 14.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,514 2,359 3,409
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,229 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,543 £70,821 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £58,500 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -2.50% +3.51% +0.81%

ISO/IEC 42001
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ISO/IEC 42001 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

ISO/IEC 42001 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 42001
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ISO/IEC 42001.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ISO/IEC 42001

ISO/IEC 42001
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 42001 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ISO/IEC 42001 in the UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 42001
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 42001 within the UK excluding London 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
South East - 10 £50,000 -
South West - 5 £55,000 -
East of England - 3 - - 1
ISO/IEC 42001
UK

ISO/IEC 42001
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 6 (33.33%) AWS
1 6 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 6 (33.33%) DMZ
1 6 (33.33%) Firewall
1 6 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 7 (38.89%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Games
2 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
1 7 (38.89%) Consultant
2 5 (27.78%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 5 (27.78%) Security Consultant
3 4 (22.22%) Head of Compliance
4 1 (5.56%) Risk Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Blog
1 6 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 6 (33.33%) Cloud Security Posture
1 6 (33.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 6 (33.33%) PKI
1 6 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.56%) Mobile Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (77.78%) Risk Management
2 13 (72.22%) AI
3 7 (38.89%) Cryptography
3 7 (38.89%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (38.89%) Security Architecture
3 7 (38.89%) Workshop Facilitation
3 7 (38.89%) Zero Trust
4 6 (33.33%) Cloud Security
4 6 (33.33%) Containerisation
4 6 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (33.33%) ISMS
4 6 (33.33%) Key Management
4 6 (33.33%) RBAC
4 6 (33.33%) SDLC
4 6 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
4 6 (33.33%) Use Case
5 5 (27.78%) Due Diligence
5 5 (27.78%) Impact Assessments
6 4 (22.22%) Information Security
7 1 (5.56%) Agile
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 6 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (94.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (77.78%) NIST
3 7 (38.89%) EU AI Act
4 6 (33.33%) Data Quality
4 6 (33.33%) GDPR
4 6 (33.33%) JSP 440
4 6 (33.33%) NCSC
4 6 (33.33%) PCI DSS
5 5 (27.78%) GRC
6 4 (22.22%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (22.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27005