ISO/IEC 27001 Job Trends in Wales

ISO/IEC 27001
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 72 78
Rank change year-on-year +14 +6 +12
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 16 8 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 1.53% 0.92% 1.57%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.45% 7.08% 12.30%
Number of salaries quoted 12 5 11
10th Percentile £51,625 £49,350 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,313 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,963 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.48% +22.22% -1.10%
75th Percentile £85,000 £74,144 £48,750
90th Percentile - £83,658 £61,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 119 113 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 11.37% 12.94% 12.79%
Number of salaries quoted 65 50 82
10th Percentile £27,600 £36,250 £23,030
25th Percentile £40,750 £41,500 £32,526
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,052 £44,034
Median % change year-on-year +7.03% +11.40% -2.10%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,960 £81,375 £74,163
UK median annual salary £58,500 £60,000 £57,643
% change year-on-year -2.50% +4.09% +0.25%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ISO/IEC 27001 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

ISO/IEC 27001 job vacancy trend in Wales

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing ISO/IEC 27001.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing ISO/IEC 27001

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in Wales over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in Wales

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
South Wales +15 15 £74,000 +19.06% 16
Dyfed - 1 £70,000 -
ISO/IEC 27001
UK

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 5 (31.25%) Azure
2 4 (25.00%) AWS
2 4 (25.00%) GCP
2 4 (25.00%) SaaS
3 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) DNS
1 4 (25.00%) SSL
2 1 (6.25%) Firewall
2 1 (6.25%) Network Security
General
1 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.25%) Finance
4 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Architect
1 4 (25.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
1 4 (25.00%) Head of IT
1 4 (25.00%) Security Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Lead
3 2 (12.50%) Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Compliance Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 2 (12.50%) IT Manager
3 2 (12.50%) IT Risk Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Risk Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Risk Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Compliance Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Governance Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) IT Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) IT Governance Manager
4 1 (6.25%) IT Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Operational Technology
2 4 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (25.00%) Digital Media
2 4 (25.00%) Onboarding
3 3 (18.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 3 (18.75%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
4 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
1 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Incident Response
2 8 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (50.00%) ITIL
2 8 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 7 (43.75%) Computer Science
3 7 (43.75%) Identity Management
4 6 (37.50%) Risk Management
5 5 (31.25%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (25.00%) Cloud Security
6 4 (25.00%) Information Security
6 4 (25.00%) IT Strategy
6 4 (25.00%) Network Architecture
6 4 (25.00%) Security Architecture
6 4 (25.00%) Security Operations
6 4 (25.00%) SIEM
6 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (25.00%) Tech Ops
6 4 (25.00%) Threat Detection
6 4 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (18.75%) SABSA
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Degree
2 4 (25.00%) CEH
2 4 (25.00%) CISM
2 4 (25.00%) CISSP
2 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (87.50%) NIST
2 7 (43.75%) GDPR
3 4 (25.00%) SOC 2
4 3 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 2 (12.50%) COBIT
5 2 (12.50%) GRC
5 2 (12.50%) NCSC
5 2 (12.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft