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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 54 103
Rank change year-on-year -14 +49 -28
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 23 6 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 1.35% 1.12% 0.43%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.84% 6.52% 3.32%
Number of salaries quoted 20 6 4
10th Percentile £47,384 £53,750 £38,475
25th Percentile £50,351 £57,377 £46,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,600 £70,442 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +5.90% +31.05% +37.82%
75th Percentile £80,350 £73,756 £55,625
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,517 £56,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -

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 155 92 241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 9.09% 17.20% 13.03%
Number of salaries quoted 76 55 165
10th Percentile £33,128 £36,250 £25,128
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,085 £55,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.66% +37.50% -7.12%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,425 £52,884
90th Percentile £78,800 £73,555 £64,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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 21 May 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 21 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
South Wales -15 18 £75,000 +6.47% 9
West Wales - 5 £63,155 - 1
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (43.48%) Azure
2 5 (21.74%) AWS
3 4 (17.39%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (17.39%) GCP
3 4 (17.39%) SaaS
4 2 (8.70%) Azure Functions
4 2 (8.70%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (8.70%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (8.70%) Power Automate
4 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
4 2 (8.70%) PowerApps
4 2 (8.70%) Serverless
5 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.35%) GitHub
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (4.35%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 8 (34.78%) DNS
2 5 (21.74%) VoIP
3 4 (17.39%) BGP
3 4 (17.39%) DHCP
3 4 (17.39%) Firewall
3 4 (17.39%) HSRP
3 4 (17.39%) LAN
3 4 (17.39%) MPLS
3 4 (17.39%) SD-WAN
3 4 (17.39%) SSL
3 4 (17.39%) VPLS
3 4 (17.39%) VPN
3 4 (17.39%) VRRP
3 4 (17.39%) WAN
4 1 (4.35%) PBX
4 1 (4.35%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Git
1 1 (4.35%) JMeter
1 1 (4.35%) MSTest
1 1 (4.35%) Selenium
1 1 (4.35%) SpecFlow
1 1 (4.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 9 (39.13%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (26.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (8.70%) Finance
4 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Senior
2 5 (21.74%) Head of Cybersecurity
2 5 (21.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Head of IT
3 4 (17.39%) Network Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Senior Developer
4 3 (13.04%) SEO Developer
5 2 (8.70%) Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) IT Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) IT Risk Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Risk Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Security Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) ModSecurity
2 2 (8.70%) HTML5 Canvas
2 2 (8.70%) Web Services
3 1 (4.35%) Next.js
3 1 (4.35%) Node.js
3 1 (4.35%) React
3 1 (4.35%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) CMDB
1 4 (17.39%) Data Centre
1 4 (17.39%) Digital Media
1 4 (17.39%) Onboarding
2 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
3 2 (8.70%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (8.70%) Security Posture
4 1 (4.35%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
1 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Computer Science
1 11 (47.83%) ITIL
2 10 (43.48%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (34.78%) Information Security
3 8 (34.78%) SIEM
4 7 (30.43%) Incident Response
5 6 (26.09%) Agile
5 6 (26.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (26.09%) Risk Management
6 5 (21.74%) DevOps
6 5 (21.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (21.74%) Project Delivery
6 5 (21.74%) Roadmaps
6 5 (21.74%) SEO
7 4 (17.39%) Acceptance Criteria
7 4 (17.39%) Boundary Protection
7 4 (17.39%) IT Strategy
7 4 (17.39%) Performance Optimisation
7 4 (17.39%) Tech Ops
7 4 (17.39%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) Python
2 5 (21.74%) PowerShell
3 3 (13.04%) C#
3 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
4 2 (8.70%) TypeScript
5 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (60.87%) Degree
2 9 (39.13%) CISSP
3 7 (30.43%) CISM
3 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
4 6 (26.09%) DV Cleared
5 5 (21.74%) SC Cleared
6 4 (17.39%) CCIE
6 4 (17.39%) CCNP
6 4 (17.39%) CEH
6 4 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (17.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (4.35%) AWS Certification
7 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
7 1 (4.35%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (4.35%) ISTQB
7 1 (4.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (65.22%) NIST
2 7 (30.43%) GDPR
3 4 (17.39%) SOC 2
4 3 (13.04%) COBIT
4 3 (13.04%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (8.70%) PCI DSS
6 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (4.35%) ISO 9001
6 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 4 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (17.39%) VMware NSX
2 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Cisco
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 4 (17.39%) VMware
3 1 (4.35%) Genesys
3 1 (4.35%) Verint