ISO/IEC 27005
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring ISO/IEC 27005 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 634 627 868
Rank change year-on-year -7 +241 +40
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27005 79 5 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.095% 0.012% 0.008%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.87% 0.076% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 9 5 3
10th Percentile £58,920 £55,300 £46,400
25th Percentile £59,900 £59,500 £49,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.54% +18.18% -26.67%
75th Percentile £90,000 £67,500 £60,175
90th Percentile - £91,800 £63,280
UK excluding London median annual salary £90,000 £63,000 £54,300
% change year-on-year +42.86% +16.02% -25.10%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

ISO/IEC 27005 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 9,131 6,541 12,919
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.96% 15.99% 14.02%
Number of salaries quoted 5,327 3,855 9,135
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,375 £27,251
25th Percentile £42,603 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £79,257 £77,500 £70,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £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 27005
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ISO/IEC 27005 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

ISO/IEC 27005 job vacancy trend in the UK

ISO/IEC 27005
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO/IEC 27005.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO/IEC 27005

ISO/IEC 27005
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27005 over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Salary histogram for ISO/IEC 27005 in the UK

ISO/IEC 27005
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 27005 within the UK over the 6 months to 10 April 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 +5 76 £79,000 +21.54% 2
UK excluding London -20 72 £90,000 +42.86% 2
Work from Home +71 69 - - 1
North of England -48 22 - -
Midlands - 22 - -
East Midlands - 15 - -
South East -16 14 £90,000 +47.54% 1
Yorkshire -46 10 - -
North West - 8 - -
East of England - 8 - -
West Midlands - 7 - -
London - 5 £75,000 - 1
North East - 4 - -
Wales -28 3 - -
South West - 3 - -

ISO/IEC 27005
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.27%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.06%) Azure
2 3 (3.80%) Entra ID
2 3 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.53%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.27%) AWS
4 1 (1.27%) GCP
General
1 7 (8.86%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.59%) Public Sector
3 2 (2.53%) Law
3 2 (2.53%) Legal
4 1 (1.27%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.27%) Finance
4 1 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (89.87%) Lead
2 5 (6.33%) Consultant
2 5 (6.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 5 (6.33%) Security Consultant
3 2 (2.53%) Architect
3 2 (2.53%) Lead Architect
3 2 (2.53%) Lead Security Architect
3 2 (2.53%) Security Architect
3 2 (2.53%) Security Engineer
4 1 (1.27%) Coordinator
4 1 (1.27%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (1.27%) Security Assurance Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.27%) OAuth
1 1 (1.27%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (87.34%) Cyber Threat
2 68 (86.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 68 (86.08%) Operational Technology
2 68 (86.08%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (2.53%) Blog
3 2 (2.53%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.53%) Mobile Computing
3 2 (2.53%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.27%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (96.20%) Risk Management
2 70 (88.61%) Vulnerability Management
3 69 (87.34%) Mentoring
3 69 (87.34%) SABSA
3 69 (87.34%) Stakeholder Management
4 68 (86.08%) Business Strategy
4 68 (86.08%) Change Advisory Board
4 68 (86.08%) Coaching
4 68 (86.08%) Cyber Intelligence
4 68 (86.08%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 68 (86.08%) ITIL
4 68 (86.08%) Roadmaps
4 68 (86.08%) Security Operations
4 68 (86.08%) Technology Roadmap
4 68 (86.08%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 68 (86.08%) Threat Intelligence
5 9 (11.39%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (6.33%) Agile
7 4 (5.06%) Information Security
7 4 (5.06%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 4 (5.06%) CISSP
1 4 (5.06%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.80%) DV Cleared
3 2 (2.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.53%) CCSP
3 2 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (2.53%) CRISC
3 2 (2.53%) GIAC
3 2 (2.53%) SANS
4 1 (1.27%) CISM
4 1 (1.27%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.27%) Degree
4 1 (1.27%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (100.00%) NIST
2 73 (92.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.53%) GRC
3 2 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 2 (2.53%) NCSC
4 1 (1.27%) COBIT
4 1 (1.27%) ISO 31000
4 1 (1.27%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (1.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (2.53%) CyberArk
1 2 (2.53%) LogRhythm
1 2 (2.53%) Microsoft
1 2 (2.53%) Trend Micro
2 1 (1.27%) Foundry
2 1 (1.27%) Okta
2 1 (1.27%) Palantir