ISO/IEC 27001 Job Trends in the West Midlands

ISO/IEC 27001
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands 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 126 96 128
Rank change year-on-year -30 +32 +9
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 82 68 131
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.96% 2.17% 1.75%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.61% 11.54% 11.31%
Number of salaries quoted 66 55 125
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £48,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -5.17% -3.33%
75th Percentile £77,850 £70,879 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,625 £80,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 853 589 1,158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.03% 18.78% 15.46%
Number of salaries quoted 429 369 871
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,068 £53,688 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +0.35% +5.21%
75th Percentile £65,640 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,760 £77,500 £77,500
England 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 the West Midlands

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

ISO/IEC 27001 job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing ISO/IEC 27001.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing ISO/IEC 27001

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in the West Midlands

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands 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
Birmingham +4 33 £72,000 +15.20% 14
Worcestershire -24 12 £35,000 - 2
Staffordshire -8 11 £42,500 -39.29% 5
Herefordshire -13 9 £55,000 - 1
Warwickshire -11 7 £60,000 +15.64% 2
Solihull -3 3 £100,000 +81.82% 1
Coventry -19 1 £74,600 - 5
Wolverhampton - 1 £45,000 -
ISO/IEC 27001
England

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 12 (14.63%) SharePoint
2 7 (8.54%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 12 (14.63%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 24 (29.27%) Azure
2 18 (21.95%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (17.07%) Entra ID
4 5 (6.10%) AWS
5 4 (4.88%) Google Workspace
6 3 (3.66%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (3.66%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (2.44%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (2.44%) GCP
7 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (2.44%) Nutanix
7 2 (2.44%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.44%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.44%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.22%) dbt
8 1 (1.22%) SaaS
8 1 (1.22%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (14.63%) VPN
2 10 (12.20%) LAN
2 10 (12.20%) WAN
3 8 (9.76%) DNS
4 7 (8.54%) DHCP
4 7 (8.54%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (7.32%) Firewall
6 4 (4.88%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (1.22%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.66%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.44%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.22%) MySQL
3 1 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.22%) Power BI
3 1 (1.22%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.22%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (6.10%) Yeoman
2 1 (1.22%) GitLab
2 1 (1.22%) Jenkins
General
1 34 (41.46%) Social Skills
2 14 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (14.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (8.54%) Retail
5 6 (7.32%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.66%) Finance
6 3 (3.66%) Legal
6 3 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.22%) Automotive
7 1 (1.22%) Banking
7 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (20.73%) IT Engineer
2 12 (14.63%) Architect
3 11 (13.41%) Security Architect
4 10 (12.20%) Analyst
4 10 (12.20%) IT Support
5 9 (10.98%) IT Support Engineer
5 9 (10.98%) Support Engineer
6 7 (8.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (8.54%) Sales Manager
7 6 (7.32%) Information Analyst
7 6 (7.32%) Information Security Analyst
7 6 (7.32%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
7 6 (7.32%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (7.32%) Operations Engineer
7 6 (7.32%) Security Analyst
8 5 (6.10%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 5 (6.10%) IT Manager
8 5 (6.10%) Lead
8 5 (6.10%) Senior
9 4 (4.88%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.22%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (1.22%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.63%) Driving Licence
2 8 (9.76%) Security Posture
3 7 (8.54%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.88%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.66%) CCTV
5 3 (3.66%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (3.66%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (3.66%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.22%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.22%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.22%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 13 (15.85%) Windows
2 6 (7.32%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.88%) Android
3 4 (4.88%) Apple iOS
3 4 (4.88%) Mac OS
4 3 (3.66%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (40.24%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (26.83%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (21.95%) Disaster Recovery
4 17 (20.73%) ITIL
5 16 (19.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (18.29%) Information Security
6 15 (18.29%) Risk Management
7 13 (15.85%) Identity Access Management
8 12 (14.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 12 (14.63%) Threat Modelling
8 12 (14.63%) TOGAF
9 11 (13.41%) SABSA
9 11 (13.41%) Security Architecture
9 11 (13.41%) Service Delivery
10 9 (10.98%) SIEM
11 8 (9.76%) Architectural Design
11 8 (9.76%) Cloud Security
11 8 (9.76%) Migration
12 7 (8.54%) Decision-Making
12 7 (8.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.98%) SQL
2 5 (6.10%) Bash
2 5 (6.10%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.44%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.22%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (30.49%) CISSP
2 19 (23.17%) CISM
3 18 (21.95%) Security Cleared
4 16 (19.51%) SC Cleared
5 14 (17.07%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (14.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 11 (13.41%) CCSP
7 11 (13.41%) Degree
8 9 (10.98%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (9.76%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (7.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (6.10%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (2.44%) CCNA
13 1 (1.22%) AWS Certification
13 1 (1.22%) Azure Certification
13 1 (1.22%) CISA
13 1 (1.22%) DV Cleared
13 1 (1.22%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (50.00%) NIST
2 25 (30.49%) GDPR
3 24 (29.27%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (19.51%) GRC
5 14 (17.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (9.76%) ISO 9001
7 5 (6.10%) HIPAA
8 4 (4.88%) SOC 2
9 3 (3.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (3.66%) PCI DSS
9 3 (3.66%) QA
9 3 (3.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (2.44%) COBIT
10 2 (2.44%) Data Quality
11 1 (1.22%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 9 (10.98%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.66%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.22%) Docker
4 1 (1.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (18.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.88%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.22%) Ansible
3 1 (1.22%) Grafana
3 1 (1.22%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (25.61%) Microsoft
2 12 (14.63%) SAP
3 7 (8.54%) Cisco
4 6 (7.32%) Meraki
5 4 (4.88%) Google
6 2 (2.44%) Databricks
6 2 (2.44%) Palo Alto
6 2 (2.44%) VMware
7 1 (1.22%) Autodesk
7 1 (1.22%) Oracle
7 1 (1.22%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.22%) Splunk