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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 200 189
Rank change year-on-year +21 -11 +55
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 961 1,498 2,010
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.74% 1.51% 1.99%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.29% 10.98% 10.56%
Number of salaries quoted 607 1,321 1,191
10th Percentile £39,750 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,627 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.71% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £101,750 £91,991 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -4.35%

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 9,336 13,639 19,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.93% 13.74% 18.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4,778 9,278 8,843
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,290 £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 £73,000 £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% +4.90%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 +6 893 £62,500 +4.17% 810
UK excluding London +19 655 £57,500 +4.55% 558
Work from Home -2 306 £62,500 +10.62% 671
London -8 247 £75,000 +3.45% 382
Midlands +68 223 £55,000 - 45
South East +54 176 £58,450 +11.33% 229
West Midlands +61 164 £55,000 -4.35% 30
North of England -49 142 £59,400 +15.34% 123
North West -83 81 £60,000 +15.38% 60
East Midlands +41 59 £54,500 +28.24% 14
South West +11 47 £59,400 -4.96% 66
Yorkshire +30 40 £57,500 +4.55% 45
East of England +18 29 £50,000 -25.93% 46
Scotland +82 22 £62,500 +13.64% 45
North East +30 21 £57,500 +43.75% 19
Northern Ireland +43 6 £82,801 +139.12% 11
Wales +33 5 £71,500 +33.02% 15
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 (2.39%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.14%) IIS
4 7 (0.73%) Confluence
4 7 (0.73%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.42%) 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 38 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.94%) Acrobat
4 8 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.62%) 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 (0.62%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.10%) Lorenzo
4 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.10%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.10%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 241 (25.08%) Azure
2 113 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
3 111 (11.55%) AWS
4 60 (6.24%) Entra ID
5 55 (5.72%) GCP
5 55 (5.72%) SaaS
6 33 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (3.12%) PaaS
8 23 (2.39%) Azure Sentinel
9 21 (2.19%) Power Platform
10 20 (2.08%) IaaS
11 17 (1.77%) Microsoft Purview
12 15 (1.56%) GitHub
12 15 (1.56%) Google Workspace
13 14 (1.46%) Serverless
14 13 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
15 12 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
15 12 (1.25%) Power Automate
16 11 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
17 10 (1.04%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 180 (18.73%) Firewall
2 80 (8.32%) Network Security
3 59 (6.14%) Intrusion Detection
4 53 (5.52%) VPN
5 36 (3.75%) TCP/IP
6 23 (2.39%) LAN
6 23 (2.39%) WAN
7 22 (2.29%) DNS
8 12 (1.25%) SSL
9 11 (1.14%) DHCP
9 11 (1.14%) VLAN
10 10 (1.04%) BGP
10 10 (1.04%) Intranet
11 9 (0.94%) SAN
12 8 (0.83%) VoIP
12 8 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (0.73%) DMARC
13 7 (0.73%) SD-WAN
14 6 (0.62%) HTTP
14 6 (0.62%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (2.19%) Power BI
2 20 (2.08%) SQL Server
3 9 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.52%) MongoDB
6 5 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.42%) 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%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.21%) Tableau
10 1 (0.10%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.10%) Big Data
10 1 (0.10%) HBase
10 1 (0.10%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 24 (2.50%) JIRA
2 7 (0.73%) Git
2 7 (0.73%) GitLab
3 5 (0.52%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.42%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.42%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.21%) ERwin
5 2 (0.21%) Postman
6 1 (0.10%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.10%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.10%) Babel
6 1 (0.10%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.10%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.10%) Subversion
6 1 (0.10%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.10%) webpack
General
1 332 (34.55%) Social Skills
2 191 (19.88%) Finance
3 152 (15.82%) Legal
4 135 (14.05%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (4.79%) Organisational Skills
6 44 (4.58%) Law
7 42 (4.37%) Retail
8 32 (3.33%) Public Sector
9 24 (2.50%) Telecoms
10 23 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 23 (2.39%) Marketing
11 20 (2.08%) Local Government
12 18 (1.87%) Manufacturing
13 14 (1.46%) Aerospace
13 14 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (1.35%) Banking
14 13 (1.35%) Electronics
15 11 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
16 10 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (0.73%) Czech Language
Job Titles
1 224 (23.31%) Security Engineer
2 204 (21.23%) Analyst
3 163 (16.96%) Security Analyst
4 156 (16.23%) Principal Engineer
5 147 (15.30%) Principal Security Engineer
6 108 (11.24%) Lead
7 98 (10.20%) Security Manager
8 87 (9.05%) Principal Security Analyst
8 87 (9.05%) Product Analyst
9 81 (8.43%) Architect
10 79 (8.22%) Senior
11 60 (6.24%) Product Engineer
12 58 (6.04%) Information Manager
12 58 (6.04%) Security Architect
13 52 (5.41%) Information Security Manager
14 35 (3.64%) Information Analyst
15 33 (3.43%) Information Security Analyst
15 33 (3.43%) Risk Manager
16 32 (3.33%) IT Manager
17 31 (3.23%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (1.66%) XML
1 16 (1.66%) YAML
2 13 (1.35%) JSON
2 13 (1.35%) REST
3 12 (1.25%) SOAP
4 9 (0.94%) Laravel
4 9 (0.94%) Node.js
4 9 (0.94%) RESTful
5 7 (0.73%) .NET
5 7 (0.73%) AngularJS
5 7 (0.73%) HTML
6 6 (0.62%) CSS
6 6 (0.62%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (0.62%) SailPoint
6 6 (0.62%) Spring
7 5 (0.52%) CodeIgniter
7 5 (0.52%) Spring Boot
7 5 (0.52%) Web Services
8 4 (0.42%) Kafka
8 4 (0.42%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 190 (19.77%) Management Information System
2 147 (15.30%) Security Posture
3 50 (5.20%) Cyber Threat
4 49 (5.10%) Data Protection Act
5 48 (4.99%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (2.39%) Social Media
7 21 (2.19%) Cloud Native
7 21 (2.19%) Onboarding
8 20 (2.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 16 (1.66%) Cyberattack
10 15 (1.56%) Cyber Security Posture
10 15 (1.56%) Operational Technology
11 13 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (1.35%) Data Centre
12 12 (1.25%) Cyber Defence
12 12 (1.25%) Freedom of Information
12 12 (1.25%) Freedom of Information Act
13 11 (1.14%) Private Cloud
13 11 (1.14%) Public Cloud
13 11 (1.14%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 114 (11.86%) Windows
2 36 (3.75%) Windows Server
3 31 (3.23%) Linux
4 25 (2.60%) Apple iOS
5 20 (2.08%) Windows Vista
6 19 (1.98%) Android
7 15 (1.56%) Windows 10
8 9 (0.94%) Unix
9 6 (0.62%) 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%) VMS
13 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 558 (58.06%) Information Security
2 539 (56.09%) Cybersecurity
3 406 (42.25%) Risk Management
4 218 (22.68%) Project Management
5 188 (19.56%) Problem-Solving
6 182 (18.94%) Security Testing
7 166 (17.27%) Cyber Resilience
8 158 (16.44%) Incident Response
9 146 (15.19%) SIEM
10 140 (14.57%) Continuous Improvement
11 128 (13.32%) Vulnerability Management
12 126 (13.11%) Data Protection
13 120 (12.49%) Agile
14 116 (12.07%) Cloud Security
15 114 (11.86%) Mentoring
16 97 (10.09%) Computer Science
16 97 (10.09%) ITIL
17 90 (9.37%) CI/CD
18 86 (8.95%) Security Architecture
19 83 (8.64%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 81 (8.43%) PowerShell
2 70 (7.28%) Python
3 49 (5.10%) SQL
4 33 (3.43%) Bash
5 27 (2.81%) C#
5 27 (2.81%) JavaScript
6 23 (2.39%) Java
7 11 (1.14%) R
7 11 (1.14%) TypeScript
8 9 (0.94%) VBA
9 8 (0.83%) Go
9 8 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
9 8 (0.83%) PHP
10 6 (0.62%) C++
10 6 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.31%) Scala
12 2 (0.21%) Bicep
12 2 (0.21%) C
12 2 (0.21%) Perl
12 2 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 363 (37.77%) CISSP
2 336 (34.96%) CISM
3 304 (31.63%) Degree
4 155 (16.13%) CESG Certified Professional
5 152 (15.82%) BPSS Clearance
6 91 (9.47%) CISA
7 82 (8.53%) Security Cleared
8 68 (7.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 57 (5.93%) CRISC
10 55 (5.72%) CEH
11 53 (5.52%) Cisco Certification
12 50 (5.20%) Master's Degree
12 50 (5.20%) SC Cleared
13 46 (4.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 39 (4.06%) CompTIA Security+
15 30 (3.12%) Microsoft Certification
16 29 (3.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 24 (2.50%) Azure Certification
18 22 (2.29%) DBS Check
19 20 (2.08%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 502 (52.24%) NIST
2 242 (25.18%) GDPR
3 186 (19.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 151 (15.71%) RMADS
5 147 (15.30%) JSP 440
6 116 (12.07%) PCI DSS
7 72 (7.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 71 (7.39%) GRC
9 70 (7.28%) SOC 2
10 64 (6.66%) NCSC
11 49 (5.10%) COBIT
12 39 (4.06%) ISO 9001
13 33 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 28 (2.91%) HIPAA
15 25 (2.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 19 (1.98%) NIST 800
17 15 (1.56%) QA
18 13 (1.35%) Def Stans
19 12 (1.25%) SLA
20 9 (0.94%) PERC
System Software
1 61 (6.35%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.56%) Docker
2 15 (1.56%) Hyper-V
3 13 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.94%) vSphere
7 1 (0.10%) HDFS
7 1 (0.10%) NFS
7 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 38 (3.95%) Terraform
2 37 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 24 (2.50%) Kubernetes
4 19 (1.98%) Ansible
5 14 (1.46%) Grafana
6 13 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (1.25%) Nessus
8 11 (1.14%) Prometheus
8 11 (1.14%) QRadar
9 9 (0.94%) Progress Chef
9 9 (0.94%) SCCM
10 8 (0.83%) RSA Archer
11 6 (0.62%) ArcSight ESM
12 5 (0.52%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.52%) HP Fortify
12 5 (0.52%) Puppet
13 4 (0.42%) Graylog
13 4 (0.42%) Nagios
13 4 (0.42%) Opsgenie
14 3 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 221 (23.00%) Microsoft
2 36 (3.75%) Cisco
3 28 (2.91%) Google
4 25 (2.60%) VMware
5 23 (2.39%) Splunk
6 20 (2.08%) Citrix
7 18 (1.87%) ServiceNow
8 17 (1.77%) Apple
9 14 (1.46%) Palo Alto
10 11 (1.14%) Adobe
10 11 (1.14%) OneTrust
11 10 (1.04%) Fortinet
11 10 (1.04%) Veeam
12 9 (0.94%) HP
12 9 (0.94%) IBM
12 9 (0.94%) Oracle
13 8 (0.83%) ArcSight
14 7 (0.73%) McAfee
14 7 (0.73%) Qualys
14 7 (0.73%) Tenable