ISO/IEC 42001 Job Trends

ISO/IEC 42001
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring ISO/IEC 42001 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 668 668 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 42001 24 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.032% 0.007% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.28% 0.042% -
Number of salaries quoted 12 1 0
10th Percentile £43,250 - -
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -
75th Percentile £77,750 £61,250 -
90th Percentile £86,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 -
% change year-on-year -13.04% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

ISO/IEC 42001 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 8,544 7,081 12,085
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.53% 16.24% 14.35%
Number of salaries quoted 4,839 3,730 8,709
10th Percentile £30,580 £31,250 £27,400
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -6.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,228 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.80% +14.16% -5.00%

ISO/IEC 42001
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ISO/IEC 42001 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

ISO/IEC 42001 job vacancy trend in the UK

ISO/IEC 42001
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO/IEC 42001.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO/IEC 42001

ISO/IEC 42001
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 42001 over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for ISO/IEC 42001 in the UK

ISO/IEC 42001
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISO/IEC 42001 within the UK over the 6 months to 14 March 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 -14 24 £52,500 -8.70% 14
UK excluding London 0 16 £50,000 -13.04% 10
Work from Home - 13 £58,500 - 6
South East +4 12 £50,000 -13.04% 2
London - 8 £64,250 - 5
East of England - 4 - -

ISO/IEC 42001
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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (45.83%) AWS
2 9 (37.50%) Azure
3 4 (16.67%) GCP
4 2 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (4.17%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) DMZ
1 6 (25.00%) Firewall
1 6 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 10 (41.67%) Public Sector
2 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Games
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Consultant
2 9 (37.50%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
3 5 (20.83%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 5 (20.83%) Security Consultant
4 2 (8.33%) Architect
4 2 (8.33%) IT Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Security Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Security Technical Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Senior
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (41.67%) Cloud Native
2 8 (33.33%) Blog
3 7 (29.17%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 6 (25.00%) Cloud Security Posture
4 6 (25.00%) PKI
4 6 (25.00%) Security Posture
5 2 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (8.33%) Mobile Computing
6 1 (4.17%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Mac OS
1 2 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (83.33%) Risk Management
2 17 (70.83%) AI
3 12 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (45.83%) Security Architecture
5 10 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (37.50%) Threat Modelling
7 8 (33.33%) Cloud Security
7 8 (33.33%) Cryptography
7 8 (33.33%) ISMS
7 8 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
7 8 (33.33%) Zero Trust
8 7 (29.17%) Containerisation
8 7 (29.17%) SDLC
9 6 (25.00%) Due Diligence
9 6 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
9 6 (25.00%) Key Management
9 6 (25.00%) RBAC
9 6 (25.00%) Use Case
10 3 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
11 2 (8.33%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 7 (29.17%) DV Cleared
3 4 (16.67%) CISSP
4 3 (12.50%) CISM
5 2 (8.33%) AWS Certification
5 2 (8.33%) CISA
5 2 (8.33%) CRISC
5 2 (8.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
6 1 (4.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (4.17%) Azure Certification
6 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (4.17%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (75.00%) NIST
3 9 (37.50%) EU AI Act
4 8 (33.33%) Data Quality
4 8 (33.33%) GDPR
4 8 (33.33%) GRC
5 7 (29.17%) JSP 440
5 7 (29.17%) NCSC
6 6 (25.00%) PCI DSS
7 4 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 2 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (8.33%) ISO 14001
8 2 (8.33%) ISO 22301
8 2 (8.33%) ISO 9001