ISO/IEC 27001 Jobs

ISO/IEC 27001
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited ISO/IEC 27001 over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 200 184
Rank change year-on-year +39 -16 +55
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 960 1,490 2,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.84% 1.52% 2.00%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.85% 11.00% 10.44%
Number of salaries quoted 604 1,315 1,236
10th Percentile £39,575 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £59,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.04% -0.83% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £91,694 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 8,850 13,541 19,961
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.97% 13.77% 19.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,598 9,268 9,195
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +5.04%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ISO/IEC 27001 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in the UK

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001.

Salary trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in the UK

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in the UK

ISO/IEC 27001
Top 19 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +25 894 £62,500 +4.17% 630
UK excluding London +41 649 £57,500 +4.55% 390
Work from Home +31 300 £62,500 +13.64% 357
London -7 254 £75,000 +3.45% 265
Midlands +70 231 £55,000 - 48
West Midlands +57 172 £55,000 - 36
South East +76 171 £59,449 +10.09% 103
North of England -41 138 £58,500 +17.00% 118
North West -64 80 £60,000 +20.00% 68
East Midlands +49 59 £54,500 +28.24% 12
South West +25 47 £59,400 -6.82% 59
Yorkshire +30 39 £57,500 +4.55% 41
East of England +31 25 £50,000 -23.08% 32
Scotland +94 23 £68,000 +23.64% 25
North East +34 19 £57,500 +43.75% 11
Northern Ireland +39 5 - - 7
Wales +30 4 £63,250 +15.00% 4
Channel Islands 0 3 £78,750 -7.35%
Isle of Man - 2 £50,000 - 2

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (2.40%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.83%) Confluence
3 8 (0.83%) IIS
4 4 (0.42%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.21%) TPMS
6 2 (0.21%) WordPress
7 1 (0.10%) Apache
7 1 (0.10%) CMS
7 1 (0.10%) Drupal
7 1 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.10%) nginx
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 35 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.94%) Acrobat
4 8 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.63%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.21%) InDesign
6 2 (0.21%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.63%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.10%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 251 (26.15%) Azure
2 114 (11.88%) Microsoft 365
3 112 (11.67%) AWS
4 58 (6.04%) Entra ID
4 58 (6.04%) SaaS
5 52 (5.42%) GCP
6 31 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (2.81%) PaaS
8 26 (2.71%) Azure Sentinel
9 20 (2.08%) IaaS
10 19 (1.98%) Power Platform
11 17 (1.77%) Microsoft Purview
12 16 (1.67%) Google Workspace
13 15 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
14 14 (1.46%) GitHub
15 12 (1.25%) Serverless
16 11 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
17 10 (1.04%) GitHub Actions
18 8 (0.83%) AWS Lambda
18 8 (0.83%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 179 (18.65%) Firewall
2 76 (7.92%) Network Security
3 65 (6.77%) Intrusion Detection
4 52 (5.42%) VPN
5 37 (3.85%) TCP/IP
6 23 (2.40%) DNS
7 22 (2.29%) LAN
7 22 (2.29%) WAN
8 12 (1.25%) DHCP
9 11 (1.15%) BGP
10 10 (1.04%) Intranet
10 10 (1.04%) VLAN
11 9 (0.94%) SSL
12 8 (0.83%) SAN
12 8 (0.83%) SD-WAN
12 8 (0.83%) VoIP
12 8 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (0.63%) HTTP
13 6 (0.63%) IPsec
14 5 (0.52%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (1.98%) Power BI
2 16 (1.67%) SQL Server
3 8 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.52%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.31%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.31%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.31%) MySQL
8 3 (0.31%) Parquet
8 3 (0.31%) Power Query
9 2 (0.21%) Big Data
9 2 (0.21%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.10%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.10%) HBase
10 1 (0.10%) Metadata
10 1 (0.10%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (2.60%) JIRA
2 7 (0.73%) Git
2 7 (0.73%) GitLab
3 4 (0.42%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.42%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.42%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.21%) ERwin
4 2 (0.21%) Postman
5 1 (0.10%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.10%) Babel
5 1 (0.10%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.10%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.10%) Subversion
5 1 (0.10%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.10%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.10%) webpack
General
1 322 (33.54%) Social Skills
2 189 (19.69%) Finance
3 149 (15.52%) Legal
4 136 (14.17%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (4.58%) Retail
6 43 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
7 42 (4.38%) Law
8 31 (3.23%) Public Sector
9 24 (2.50%) Marketing
9 24 (2.50%) Telecoms
10 19 (1.98%) Local Government
11 18 (1.88%) Manufacturing
12 17 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 14 (1.46%) Aerospace
14 13 (1.35%) Electronics
15 10 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (0.94%) Banking
16 9 (0.94%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 221 (23.02%) Security Engineer
2 205 (21.35%) Analyst
3 165 (17.19%) Security Analyst
4 156 (16.25%) Principal Engineer
5 147 (15.31%) Principal Security Engineer
6 112 (11.67%) Security Manager
7 104 (10.83%) Lead
8 87 (9.06%) Principal Security Analyst
8 87 (9.06%) Product Analyst
9 83 (8.65%) Senior
10 70 (7.29%) Architect
11 66 (6.88%) Information Manager
12 60 (6.25%) Product Engineer
13 58 (6.04%) Information Security Manager
14 49 (5.10%) Security Architect
15 35 (3.65%) Risk Manager
16 34 (3.54%) IT Manager
17 33 (3.44%) Cybersecurity Engineer
18 32 (3.33%) Information Analyst
19 30 (3.13%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.35%) YAML
2 12 (1.25%) XML
3 9 (0.94%) JSON
3 9 (0.94%) Laravel
3 9 (0.94%) Node.js
3 9 (0.94%) REST
3 9 (0.94%) RESTful
4 8 (0.83%) SOAP
5 7 (0.73%) .NET
5 7 (0.73%) AngularJS
5 7 (0.73%) HTML
6 6 (0.63%) CSS
6 6 (0.63%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (0.63%) Spring
7 5 (0.52%) CodeIgniter
7 5 (0.52%) SailPoint
7 5 (0.52%) Spring Boot
8 4 (0.42%) Middleware
8 4 (0.42%) Web Services
9 3 (0.31%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 195 (20.31%) Management Information System
2 142 (14.79%) Security Posture
3 52 (5.42%) Cyber Threat
4 51 (5.31%) Data Protection Act
5 45 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (2.40%) Social Media
7 22 (2.29%) Onboarding
8 20 (2.08%) Cloud Native
8 20 (2.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 19 (1.98%) Cyberattack
10 17 (1.77%) Cyber Security Posture
11 16 (1.67%) Operational Technology
12 14 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (1.46%) Data Centre
12 14 (1.46%) Freedom of Information
12 14 (1.46%) Freedom of Information Act
13 11 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (1.15%) Private Cloud
13 11 (1.15%) Public Cloud
14 10 (1.04%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 110 (11.46%) Windows
2 36 (3.75%) Windows Server
3 27 (2.81%) Linux
4 25 (2.60%) Apple iOS
5 20 (2.08%) Windows Vista
6 18 (1.88%) Android
7 15 (1.56%) Windows 10
8 8 (0.83%) Unix
9 6 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.52%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.42%) Mac OS
11 4 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.10%) Amazon Linux
13 1 (0.10%) Debian
13 1 (0.10%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.10%) Robot Operating System
13 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 564 (58.75%) Information Security
2 545 (56.77%) Cybersecurity
3 404 (42.08%) Risk Management
4 217 (22.60%) Project Management
5 183 (19.06%) Problem-Solving
6 179 (18.65%) Security Testing
7 167 (17.40%) Incident Response
8 166 (17.29%) Cyber Resilience
9 153 (15.94%) SIEM
10 137 (14.27%) Continuous Improvement
11 133 (13.85%) Vulnerability Management
12 128 (13.33%) Data Protection
13 120 (12.50%) Cloud Security
14 112 (11.67%) Agile
15 108 (11.25%) ITIL
16 107 (11.15%) Mentoring
17 98 (10.21%) Computer Science
18 84 (8.75%) CI/CD
19 83 (8.65%) Security Management
20 82 (8.54%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 74 (7.71%) PowerShell
2 66 (6.88%) Python
3 44 (4.58%) SQL
4 32 (3.33%) Bash
5 26 (2.71%) C#
6 23 (2.40%) JavaScript
7 18 (1.88%) Java
8 11 (1.15%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.04%) R
10 8 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
10 8 (0.83%) PHP
11 7 (0.73%) Go
12 6 (0.63%) C++
12 6 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (0.63%) VBA
13 3 (0.31%) Scala
14 2 (0.21%) Bicep
14 2 (0.21%) Perl
14 2 (0.21%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.10%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 380 (39.58%) CISSP
2 349 (36.35%) CISM
3 303 (31.56%) Degree
4 155 (16.15%) CESG Certified Professional
5 152 (15.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 102 (10.63%) CISA
7 74 (7.71%) Security Cleared
8 68 (7.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 57 (5.94%) Cisco Certification
10 55 (5.73%) CEH
10 55 (5.73%) CRISC
11 48 (5.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 44 (4.58%) Master's Degree
13 43 (4.48%) SC Cleared
14 40 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
15 33 (3.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 31 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
17 26 (2.71%) Azure Certification
18 21 (2.19%) DBS Check
19 18 (1.88%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 503 (52.40%) NIST
2 246 (25.63%) GDPR
3 197 (20.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 151 (15.73%) RMADS
5 147 (15.31%) JSP 440
6 122 (12.71%) PCI DSS
7 78 (8.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 68 (7.08%) GRC
9 66 (6.88%) SOC 2
10 54 (5.63%) COBIT
10 54 (5.63%) NCSC
11 41 (4.27%) ISO 9001
12 33 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 28 (2.92%) HIPAA
14 24 (2.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 15 (1.56%) Def Stans
16 14 (1.46%) NIST 800
17 12 (1.25%) SLA
18 10 (1.04%) QA
19 9 (0.94%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 60 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.56%) Hyper-V
3 13 (1.35%) Docker
3 13 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (1.04%) vSphere
6 1 (0.10%) HDFS
6 1 (0.10%) NFS
6 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 37 (3.85%) Terraform
2 34 (3.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (2.29%) Kubernetes
4 19 (1.98%) Ansible
5 13 (1.35%) Grafana
6 11 (1.15%) Nessus
6 11 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (1.04%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.04%) QRadar
8 9 (0.94%) Progress Chef
9 8 (0.83%) SCCM
10 5 (0.52%) ArcSight ESM
10 5 (0.52%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.52%) Puppet
11 4 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.42%) Graylog
11 4 (0.42%) HP Fortify
11 4 (0.42%) Nagios
11 4 (0.42%) Opsgenie
12 2 (0.21%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 221 (23.02%) Microsoft
2 38 (3.96%) Cisco
3 28 (2.92%) Google
4 24 (2.50%) VMware
5 22 (2.29%) Splunk
6 21 (2.19%) Citrix
7 17 (1.77%) Apple
8 15 (1.56%) Palo Alto
9 14 (1.46%) ServiceNow
10 11 (1.15%) Adobe
10 11 (1.15%) Fortinet
10 11 (1.15%) Veeam
11 10 (1.04%) OneTrust
12 9 (0.94%) HP
13 8 (0.83%) IBM
14 7 (0.73%) ArcSight
14 7 (0.73%) Oracle
15 6 (0.63%) McAfee
15 6 (0.63%) Qualys
15 6 (0.63%) SolarWinds