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 16 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 170 178 257
Rank change year-on-year +8 +79 -22
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 1,329 1,297 2,410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.61% 2.00% 1.56%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.50% 14.41% 8.88%
Number of salaries quoted 802 1,025 1,716
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,822 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £76,250 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,449 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.65% +13.00%

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 11,556 9,001 27,143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.99% 13.91% 17.57%
Number of salaries quoted 5,390 6,683 13,478
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +9.09% +2.80%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,385 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,750 £93,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +6 1,225 £62,500 - 367
UK excluding London +17 846 £60,000 +9.09% 271
Work from Home -43 467 £60,000 -7.69% 206
London -14 441 £73,000 +0.69% 121
North of England +31 234 £55,000 +18.92% 86
South East -27 168 £60,000 - 60
South West +23 160 £68,000 +23.64% 32
Midlands -13 148 £57,500 +4.55% 37
North West +24 125 £55,000 +15.79% 42
West Midlands -11 103 £60,000 +4.35% 30
Yorkshire +17 90 £52,500 +15.38% 32
Scotland -15 65 £55,000 +11.11% 21
East of England +2 64 £67,500 -3.57% 31
East Midlands -37 44 £52,500 -4.55% 7
North East -10 19 £55,000 +24.29% 13
Wales +2 4 £34,000 -24.44% 4
Channel Islands - 2 £64,000 -
Northern Ireland +13 1 - - 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 45 (3.39%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.60%) Apache
4 7 (0.53%) Moodle
5 6 (0.45%) Skype for Business
6 5 (0.38%) Confluence
7 4 (0.30%) IIS
7 4 (0.30%) nginx
7 4 (0.30%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.30%) SAS
8 3 (0.23%) Camunda
8 3 (0.23%) MS Project Server
9 1 (0.075%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.075%) CMS
9 1 (0.075%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.075%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 1 (0.075%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.75%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.15%) 3ds Max
6 2 (0.15%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (0.53%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.38%) Maximo
3 4 (0.30%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.075%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.075%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.075%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.075%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.075%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 1 (0.075%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 378 (28.44%) Azure
2 252 (18.96%) AWS
3 185 (13.92%) Microsoft 365
4 124 (9.33%) Cloud Computing
5 105 (7.90%) GCP
6 73 (5.49%) Entra ID
7 72 (5.42%) SaaS
8 36 (2.71%) IaaS
8 36 (2.71%) PaaS
9 34 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
10 28 (2.11%) Power Platform
11 27 (2.03%) Amazon S3
11 27 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
12 25 (1.88%) Azure Sentinel
12 25 (1.88%) Serverless
13 24 (1.81%) AWS CloudTrail
13 24 (1.81%) AWS Lambda
14 23 (1.73%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 19 (1.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 18 (1.35%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 236 (17.76%) Firewall
2 191 (14.37%) Network Security
3 87 (6.55%) Broadband
4 85 (6.40%) VPN
5 48 (3.61%) Intrusion Detection
6 46 (3.46%) DNS
7 36 (2.71%) TCP/IP
8 34 (2.56%) VLAN
9 32 (2.41%) WAN
10 28 (2.11%) DHCP
10 28 (2.11%) Wireless
11 26 (1.96%) LAN
11 26 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
12 22 (1.66%) Internet
13 17 (1.28%) NAS
14 13 (0.98%) SAN
15 12 (0.90%) BGP
15 12 (0.90%) MPLS
15 12 (0.90%) Radio Access Network
15 12 (0.90%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (3.99%) SQL Server
2 21 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
3 14 (1.05%) Oracle Database
3 14 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (0.98%) MySQL
5 11 (0.83%) Power BI
6 10 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.60%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.38%) PowerPivot
9 3 (0.23%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.23%) Big Data
10 2 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.15%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.15%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.075%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.075%) DB2
11 1 (0.075%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.075%) MS Access
11 1 (0.075%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (1.20%) Git
2 14 (1.05%) JIRA
3 13 (0.98%) Oracle Forms
4 6 (0.45%) Burp Suite
4 6 (0.45%) Metasploit
4 6 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
5 4 (0.30%) Mercurial
5 4 (0.30%) sqlmap
6 3 (0.23%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.23%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.15%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.075%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.075%) Visual Studio
General
1 371 (27.92%) Social Skills
2 196 (14.75%) Finance
3 194 (14.60%) Analytical Skills
4 147 (11.06%) Legal
5 115 (8.65%) Law
6 52 (3.91%) Retail
7 49 (3.69%) Telecoms
8 42 (3.16%) Public Sector
9 38 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
10 29 (2.18%) Banking
11 27 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
12 24 (1.81%) Manufacturing
13 23 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 23 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.05%) Back Office
15 12 (0.90%) Local Government
15 12 (0.90%) Marketing
16 9 (0.68%) Financial Institution
16 9 (0.68%) Military
17 7 (0.53%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 288 (21.67%) Analyst
2 236 (17.76%) Security Analyst
3 167 (12.57%) Security Manager
4 143 (10.76%) Senior
5 116 (8.73%) Information Manager
6 109 (8.20%) Information Security Manager
7 96 (7.22%) Architect
8 83 (6.25%) IT Manager
9 82 (6.17%) Consultant
10 79 (5.94%) Information Analyst
10 79 (5.94%) Information Security Analyst
10 79 (5.94%) Lead
10 79 (5.94%) Senior Analyst
11 78 (5.87%) Cloud Security Analyst
12 75 (5.64%) Security Engineer
13 64 (4.82%) Senior Security Analyst
14 59 (4.44%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 59 (4.44%) Security Consultant
15 56 (4.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 51 (3.84%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (1.43%) .NET
2 16 (1.20%) CSS
3 15 (1.13%) HTML
4 10 (0.75%) ASP.NET
5 9 (0.68%) ModSecurity
5 9 (0.68%) Web Services
6 8 (0.60%) Elastic Stack
6 8 (0.60%) LAPP Stack
6 8 (0.60%) Spring
7 7 (0.53%) AWS CDK
7 7 (0.53%) Kafka
7 7 (0.53%) Loki
7 7 (0.53%) Middleware
8 6 (0.45%) .NET Framework
8 6 (0.45%) SailPoint
9 5 (0.38%) ASP.NET Web Forms
9 5 (0.38%) Entity Framework
9 5 (0.38%) REST
9 5 (0.38%) Spring MVC
9 5 (0.38%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 231 (17.38%) Management Information System
2 165 (12.42%) Cyber Threat
3 127 (9.56%) Cyberattack
4 107 (8.05%) Security Posture
5 101 (7.60%) Cloud Native
6 99 (7.45%) Hybrid Cloud
7 77 (5.79%) Social Media
8 58 (4.36%) Data Centre
9 53 (3.99%) Self-Motivation
10 39 (2.93%) Data Protection Act
11 33 (2.48%) Onboarding
12 27 (2.03%) Private Cloud
12 27 (2.03%) Public Cloud
13 26 (1.96%) Operational Technology
14 22 (1.66%) Security Operations Centre
15 18 (1.35%) Cyber Defence
16 16 (1.20%) Replication
17 15 (1.13%) PropTech
18 14 (1.05%) Cyber Security Posture
19 13 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 132 (9.93%) Windows
2 106 (7.98%) Linux
3 56 (4.21%) Windows Server
4 26 (1.96%) Apple iOS
5 23 (1.73%) Android
6 15 (1.13%) Mac OS
6 15 (1.13%) Ubuntu
7 12 (0.90%) Unix
8 10 (0.75%) VMS
8 10 (0.75%) Windows 10
9 9 (0.68%) CentOS
10 8 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (0.38%) Kali Linux
12 4 (0.30%) Solaris
12 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.30%) zOS
13 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.075%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 642 (48.31%) Cybersecurity
2 623 (46.88%) Information Security
3 318 (23.93%) Risk Management
4 297 (22.35%) Incident Response
5 238 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
6 231 (17.38%) Cloud Security
7 223 (16.78%) Disaster Recovery
8 197 (14.82%) Data Protection
9 164 (12.34%) ITIL
10 161 (12.11%) SIEM
11 157 (11.81%) Business Continuity
11 157 (11.81%) Security Management
12 140 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
12 140 (10.53%) Infrastructure as Code
13 135 (10.16%) Security Operations
14 123 (9.26%) Identity Access Management
15 122 (9.18%) ISMS
16 116 (8.73%) Project Management
17 115 (8.65%) Agile
18 107 (8.05%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 74 (5.57%) Python
2 70 (5.27%) PowerShell
3 54 (4.06%) SQL
4 33 (2.48%) Bash
5 25 (1.88%) JavaScript
6 20 (1.50%) C#
7 13 (0.98%) Bicep
8 12 (0.90%) Java
9 11 (0.83%) Go
10 8 (0.60%) C
11 6 (0.45%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.38%) C++
12 5 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (0.38%) PHP
13 2 (0.15%) Perl
13 2 (0.15%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 349 (26.26%) CISSP
2 289 (21.75%) CISM
3 244 (18.36%) Degree
4 172 (12.94%) Security Cleared
5 146 (10.99%) CISA
6 135 (10.16%) SC Cleared
7 76 (5.72%) CompTIA Security+
8 71 (5.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 65 (4.89%) CRISC
10 60 (4.51%) Cisco Certification
11 57 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
12 46 (3.46%) AWS Certification
13 45 (3.39%) Azure Certification
14 44 (3.31%) Microsoft Certification
15 43 (3.24%) CEH
16 41 (3.09%) Master's Degree
17 38 (2.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 36 (2.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
19 30 (2.26%) GIAC
20 26 (1.96%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 491 (36.95%) NIST
2 351 (26.41%) GDPR
3 305 (22.95%) Cyber Essentials
4 150 (11.29%) GRC
5 135 (10.16%) PCI DSS
6 127 (9.56%) NCSC
7 123 (9.26%) ISO 9001
8 100 (7.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 98 (7.37%) HIPAA
10 71 (5.34%) SOC 2
11 57 (4.29%) ISO 22301
12 52 (3.91%) NIST 800
12 52 (3.91%) SLA
13 48 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 35 (2.63%) QA
15 33 (2.48%) ISO 14001
16 31 (2.33%) COBIT
17 26 (1.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 25 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
19 14 (1.05%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 78 (5.87%) Active Directory
2 56 (4.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 55 (4.14%) Docker
4 21 (1.58%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.98%) vSphere
6 3 (0.23%) Firmware
6 3 (0.23%) KVM
6 3 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.15%) LXC
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.075%) NFS
8 1 (0.075%) Snort
8 1 (0.075%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 70 (5.27%) Kubernetes
2 41 (3.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 26 (1.96%) Terraform
4 16 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (0.75%) SCCM
6 7 (0.53%) CASB
6 7 (0.53%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.53%) QRadar
7 6 (0.45%) Ansible
7 6 (0.45%) vCenter Server
8 5 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.38%) Suricata
9 4 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.30%) Puppet
10 3 (0.23%) CSIRT
11 2 (0.15%) FTK
11 2 (0.15%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 2 (0.15%) McAfee ePO
11 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 2 (0.15%) Packer
Vendors
1 321 (24.15%) Microsoft
2 66 (4.97%) Cisco
3 64 (4.82%) VMware
4 33 (2.48%) Palo Alto
5 32 (2.41%) Google
5 32 (2.41%) Meraki
6 28 (2.11%) Splunk
7 24 (1.81%) Fortinet
8 22 (1.66%) Juniper
9 19 (1.43%) Oracle
10 17 (1.28%) Veeam
11 14 (1.05%) HP
11 14 (1.05%) Red Hat
12 13 (0.98%) ServiceNow
13 12 (0.90%) SolarWinds
14 9 (0.68%) Remedy
15 8 (0.60%) Apple
15 8 (0.60%) Atlassian
15 8 (0.60%) Extreme Networks
15 8 (0.60%) Zscaler