ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) Job Trends

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 682 620 818
Rank change year-on-year -62 +198 +21
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) 30 39 64
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.033% 0.089% 0.066%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.32% 0.54% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 19 26 45
10th Percentile £66,500 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £69,375 £62,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £89,000 £71,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.91% -5.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £96,250 £89,063 £88,500
90th Percentile £110,750 £101,250 £91,991
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £58,750
% change year-on-year +3.70% +14.89% +6.82%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) 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 9,370 7,212 13,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.22% 16.38% 13.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5,680 3,954 9,138
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £42,938 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £77,775 £76,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £94,850 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.94% +11.58% -5.00%

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) job vacancy trend in the UK

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799).

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Salary histogram for ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) in the UK

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799) within the UK over the 6 months to 17 May 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
England -69 28 £89,000 +24.91% 3
London -15 22 £90,000 -16.28%
Work from Home +27 12 £75,000 +13.21% 3
UK excluding London -74 7 £70,000 +3.70% 3
South West -46 3 £70,000 +47.37% 1
Midlands -31 2 £68,750 +71.88%
Wales - 2 £73,925 -
East Midlands - 2 £68,750 -

ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (43.33%) Azure
2 10 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
4 3 (10.00%) AWS
5 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (3.33%) GCP
5 1 (3.33%) IaaS
5 1 (3.33%) PaaS
5 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (30.00%) Firewall
2 5 (16.67%) Network Security
3 1 (3.33%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (3.33%) VPN
General
1 12 (40.00%) Legal
2 11 (36.67%) Social Skills
3 10 (33.33%) Finance
4 8 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (23.33%) Law
6 5 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (10.00%) Banking
7 3 (10.00%) Japanese Language
8 2 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (3.33%) Financial Institution
9 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (3.33%) Police
9 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
9 1 (3.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (33.33%) Lead
1 10 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 8 (26.67%) Information Security Engineer
3 5 (16.67%) Information Manager
3 5 (16.67%) Information Security Manager
3 5 (16.67%) Security Manager
4 2 (6.67%) Architect
4 2 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Compliance Manager
4 2 (6.67%) Head of Compliance
4 2 (6.67%) Lead Cloud Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Security Architect
5 1 (3.33%) Analyst
5 1 (3.33%) Business Information Analyst
5 1 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 1 (3.33%) Information Risk Analyst
5 1 (3.33%) IT Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Senior
5 1 (3.33%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 11 (36.67%) Management Information System
2 6 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (16.67%) Security Posture
4 3 (10.00%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.33%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (86.67%) Information Security
2 20 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 16 (53.33%) SIEM
4 15 (50.00%) Incident Response
5 14 (46.67%) Data Protection
6 13 (43.33%) Cloud Security
7 12 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
7 12 (40.00%) Security Architecture
8 10 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (26.67%) OWASP
11 7 (23.33%) Regulatory Compliance
11 7 (23.33%) Roadmaps
12 6 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
13 5 (16.67%) Business Continuity
13 5 (16.67%) Coaching
13 5 (16.67%) Incident Management
13 5 (16.67%) Mentoring
13 5 (16.67%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 25 (83.33%) CISSP
2 13 (43.33%) CISM
3 10 (33.33%) CEH
4 8 (26.67%) Degree
5 6 (20.00%) CRISC
6 4 (13.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 4 (13.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 4 (13.33%) Security Cleared
7 2 (6.67%) CISA
7 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
8 1 (3.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (3.33%) CCSK
8 1 (3.33%) CCSP
8 1 (3.33%) CEPT
8 1 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (3.33%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (46.67%) NIST
3 10 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (23.33%) GRC
5 6 (20.00%) GDPR
6 5 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (13.33%) PCI DSS
8 3 (10.00%) NCSC
9 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (3.33%) COBIT
10 1 (3.33%) ITGC
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.33%) CASB
2 1 (3.33%) Host Intrusion Detection System
2 1 (3.33%) Nessus
Vendors
1 14 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (33.33%) iManage
3 7 (23.33%) Palo Alto
3 7 (23.33%) Rapid7
4 6 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
4 6 (20.00%) CyberArk
5 4 (13.33%) Thales
6 1 (3.33%) Cisco
6 1 (3.33%) Fortinet
6 1 (3.33%) Qualys
6 1 (3.33%) Tenable