ISO/IEC 27001
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ISO/IEC 27001 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited ISO/IEC 27001 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 200 189 241
Rank change year-on-year -11 +52 -8
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 1,486 2,093 2,655
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.52% 2.00% 1.72%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.02% 10.38% 10.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,311 1,244 1,726
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,449 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,991 £92,500 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

ISO/IEC 27001 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,490 20,156 25,732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.76% 19.26% 16.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,233 9,268 13,209
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in the UK

ISO/IEC 27001
Top 18 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 27 April 2024. 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 +14 1,368 £60,000 - 367
UK excluding London -16 990 £55,000 - 254
Work from Home -46 558 £55,000 -8.33% 191
London +3 441 £72,500 +11.54% 131
North of England +40 310 £50,000 +2.83% 64
South East -30 210 £54,000 -6.90% 71
North West +20 192 £50,000 +7.17% 37
Midlands +10 192 £55,000 -4.35% 34
South West +13 149 £62,500 +5.04% 39
West Midlands +5 133 £55,000 -6.38% 22
Yorkshire +56 81 £55,000 -8.33% 20
East Midlands +13 58 £42,500 -10.53% 12
Scotland -60 57 £55,000 -19.41% 18
East of England -13 52 £65,000 +8.33% 19
North East +23 37 £40,000 -13.98% 7
Wales -13 14 £55,000 +41.03% 11
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -
Northern Ireland +16 2 £34,628 -18.52% 5

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 32 (2.15%) SharePoint
2 31 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.67%) IIS
4 9 (0.61%) CMS
5 7 (0.47%) MS Project Server
6 6 (0.40%) nginx
7 4 (0.27%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.20%) Drupal
8 3 (0.20%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.20%) NServiceBus
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 3 (0.20%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.20%) WordPress
9 2 (0.13%) Moodle
10 1 (0.067%) Apache
Applications
1 62 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 54 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 51 (3.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.067%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (0.27%) SAP WM
2 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.20%) Maximo
3 2 (0.13%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.13%) Shopify
4 1 (0.067%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.067%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.067%) Magento
4 1 (0.067%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.067%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.067%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.067%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.067%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.067%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 1 (0.067%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 411 (27.66%) Azure
2 245 (16.49%) Microsoft 365
3 195 (13.12%) AWS
4 77 (5.18%) Entra ID
5 72 (4.85%) Cloud Computing
6 65 (4.37%) SaaS
7 48 (3.23%) GCP
8 47 (3.16%) IaaS
9 43 (2.89%) PaaS
10 36 (2.42%) Azure Sentinel
11 26 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
11 26 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
12 24 (1.62%) Power Platform
13 18 (1.21%) Azure AKS
14 16 (1.08%) Google Workspace
15 14 (0.94%) Serverless
16 12 (0.81%) Amazon S3
17 11 (0.74%) OneDrive
18 10 (0.67%) AWS CloudTrail
19 9 (0.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 279 (18.78%) Firewall
2 100 (6.73%) Network Security
3 71 (4.78%) DNS
3 71 (4.78%) WAN
4 66 (4.44%) LAN
5 65 (4.37%) Intrusion Detection
6 48 (3.23%) VPN
7 47 (3.16%) TCP/IP
8 32 (2.15%) Wi-Fi
9 28 (1.88%) Wireless
10 26 (1.75%) SD-WAN
10 26 (1.75%) Wireshark
11 23 (1.55%) DHCP
12 22 (1.48%) Internet
13 16 (1.08%) VLAN
14 14 (0.94%) NAS
15 13 (0.87%) OSPF
15 13 (0.87%) SSL
16 12 (0.81%) Broadband
17 10 (0.67%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (2.42%) SQL Server
2 20 (1.35%) Power BI
3 15 (1.01%) Relational Database
4 14 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (0.54%) MongoDB
7 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.27%) Big Data
8 4 (0.27%) MySQL
8 4 (0.27%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.27%) PowerPivot
8 4 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.20%) DB2
9 3 (0.20%) Metadata
9 3 (0.20%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.20%) Redis
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.067%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 8 (0.54%) Jenkins
2 6 (0.40%) Cypress.io
2 6 (0.40%) JIRA
2 6 (0.40%) Mocha
2 6 (0.40%) Visual Studio
3 5 (0.34%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.27%) Git
4 4 (0.27%) GitLab
4 4 (0.27%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.13%) Mercurial
5 2 (0.13%) sqlmap
5 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.067%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.067%) Selenium
6 1 (0.067%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.067%) Vagrant
General
1 484 (32.57%) Social Skills
2 245 (16.49%) Finance
3 204 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
4 157 (10.57%) Legal
5 116 (7.81%) Law
6 89 (5.99%) Public Sector
7 56 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
8 48 (3.23%) Retail
9 33 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
10 31 (2.09%) Manufacturing
11 27 (1.82%) Banking
11 27 (1.82%) Telecoms
12 24 (1.62%) Games
13 23 (1.55%) Marketing
14 22 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 22 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
15 17 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
16 14 (0.94%) Environmental Health
17 13 (0.87%) Aerospace
18 12 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 273 (18.37%) Analyst
2 178 (11.98%) Security Analyst
3 171 (11.51%) Security Manager
4 122 (8.21%) Information Manager
5 117 (7.87%) Consultant
6 114 (7.67%) Lead
7 108 (7.27%) Senior
8 98 (6.59%) Information Security Manager
8 98 (6.59%) IT Manager
9 96 (6.46%) Architect
10 86 (5.79%) Information Analyst
10 86 (5.79%) Information Security Analyst
10 86 (5.79%) Security Consultant
11 78 (5.25%) Security Engineer
12 71 (4.78%) Security Architect
13 63 (4.24%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 53 (3.57%) Information Assurance Manager
15 49 (3.30%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 37 (2.49%) IT Analyst
17 36 (2.42%) Security Assurance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.62%) .NET
2 12 (0.81%) Middleware
3 11 (0.74%) Web Services
4 10 (0.67%) AngularJS
4 10 (0.67%) Kafka
4 10 (0.67%) Node.js
4 10 (0.67%) OAuth
5 9 (0.61%) .NET Framework
5 9 (0.61%) React
5 9 (0.61%) REST
6 7 (0.47%) Jest
6 7 (0.47%) ModSecurity
6 7 (0.47%) RabbitMQ
7 6 (0.40%) Express.js
7 6 (0.40%) JWT
7 6 (0.40%) MERN Stack
7 6 (0.40%) Mongoose
7 6 (0.40%) NestJS
7 6 (0.40%) OAuth2
7 6 (0.40%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 288 (19.38%) Management Information System
2 143 (9.62%) Security Posture
3 92 (6.19%) Cyber Threat
4 75 (5.05%) Self-Motivation
5 71 (4.78%) Data Centre
6 57 (3.84%) Cyberattack
7 46 (3.10%) Onboarding
7 46 (3.10%) Security Operations Centre
8 45 (3.03%) Driving Licence
9 28 (1.88%) Operational Technology
10 24 (1.62%) Public Cloud
11 23 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
12 22 (1.48%) Cloud Native
13 21 (1.41%) IoT
13 21 (1.41%) NHS
14 18 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
14 18 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
15 15 (1.01%) Cloud Security Posture
16 14 (0.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
16 14 (0.94%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 192 (12.92%) Windows
2 72 (4.85%) Linux
3 69 (4.64%) Windows Server
4 36 (2.42%) Apple iOS
5 27 (1.82%) Windows 10
6 25 (1.68%) Mac OS
7 22 (1.48%) Android
8 18 (1.21%) Unix
9 12 (0.81%) Solaris
10 10 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
10 10 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
11 8 (0.54%) AIX
11 8 (0.54%) Kali Linux
11 8 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
12 7 (0.47%) Ubuntu
13 5 (0.34%) CentOS
14 4 (0.27%) VMS
14 4 (0.27%) zOS
15 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
16 1 (0.067%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 755 (50.81%) Cybersecurity
2 704 (47.38%) Information Security
3 280 (18.84%) Problem-Solving
4 260 (17.50%) Risk Management
5 245 (16.49%) Incident Response
6 205 (13.80%) Security Management
7 204 (13.73%) ITIL
8 186 (12.52%) SIEM
9 170 (11.44%) Data Protection
10 151 (10.16%) Security Operations
11 148 (9.96%) Project Management
12 147 (9.89%) Disaster Recovery
13 142 (9.56%) Continuous Improvement
14 141 (9.49%) Cloud Security
15 129 (8.68%) Business Continuity
16 122 (8.21%) Vulnerability Management
17 121 (8.14%) Security Architecture
18 113 (7.60%) Information Security Management
19 112 (7.54%) Information Assurance
20 109 (7.34%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 78 (5.25%) PowerShell
2 69 (4.64%) Python
3 54 (3.63%) SQL
4 45 (3.03%) Bash
5 25 (1.68%) JavaScript
6 19 (1.28%) C#
7 15 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
8 13 (0.87%) Bicep
9 8 (0.54%) Java
9 8 (0.54%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.47%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.40%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.20%) PHP
12 3 (0.20%) Ruby
13 2 (0.13%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.067%) ABAP
14 1 (0.067%) C
14 1 (0.067%) C++
14 1 (0.067%) Go
14 1 (0.067%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 364 (24.50%) CISSP
2 243 (16.35%) CISM
3 237 (15.95%) Degree
4 235 (15.81%) Security Cleared
5 179 (12.05%) CISA
6 146 (9.83%) SC Cleared
7 104 (7.00%) Cisco Certification
8 75 (5.05%) CRISC
9 70 (4.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 59 (3.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 55 (3.70%) Azure Certification
12 53 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
13 52 (3.50%) CompTIA Security+
14 50 (3.36%) CCSP
15 49 (3.30%) CESG Certified Professional
16 45 (3.03%) AWS Certification
17 43 (2.89%) CCNA
17 43 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
18 42 (2.83%) CEH
18 42 (2.83%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 424 (28.53%) NIST
2 373 (25.10%) Cyber Essentials
3 262 (17.63%) GDPR
4 182 (12.25%) PCI DSS
5 177 (11.91%) ISO 9001
6 163 (10.97%) GRC
7 119 (8.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 103 (6.93%) NCSC
9 70 (4.71%) SOC 2
10 54 (3.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 45 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 44 (2.96%) COBIT
13 40 (2.69%) ISO 22301
13 40 (2.69%) SLA
14 36 (2.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 35 (2.36%) NIST 800
16 30 (2.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 26 (1.75%) ISO 14001
18 21 (1.41%) RMADS
19 19 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 128 (8.61%) Active Directory
2 55 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (2.15%) Docker
4 19 (1.28%) Hyper-V
4 19 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.67%) Firmware
7 6 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.34%) vSphere
9 3 (0.20%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.13%) XenApp
10 2 (0.13%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.067%) LXC
11 1 (0.067%) Snort
Systems Management
1 54 (3.63%) Kubernetes
2 53 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 43 (2.89%) EnCase
4 32 (2.15%) Terraform
5 28 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (1.08%) Nmap
7 15 (1.01%) QRadar
8 14 (0.94%) Ansible
8 14 (0.94%) CSIRT
8 14 (0.94%) WSUS
9 12 (0.81%) Nessus
10 10 (0.67%) Prometheus
11 8 (0.54%) CASB
11 8 (0.54%) SCCM
12 7 (0.47%) FortiGate
12 7 (0.47%) Grafana
12 7 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (0.34%) Packer
14 4 (0.27%) Istio
15 3 (0.20%) Suricata
Vendors
1 414 (27.86%) Microsoft
2 83 (5.59%) Cisco
3 82 (5.52%) VMware
4 38 (2.56%) Google
5 35 (2.36%) Splunk
6 32 (2.15%) Fortinet
7 30 (2.02%) Apple
8 29 (1.95%) Meraki
8 29 (1.95%) Qualys
9 25 (1.68%) IBM
10 19 (1.28%) Oracle
10 19 (1.28%) SAP
11 17 (1.14%) Citrix
12 16 (1.08%) Palo Alto
13 14 (0.94%) Rapid7
13 14 (0.94%) ServiceNow
13 14 (0.94%) Thycotic
14 10 (0.67%) Juniper
15 9 (0.61%) Red Hat
16 8 (0.54%) Veeam