ISO/IEC 27001 Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

ISO/IEC 27001
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited ISO/IEC 27001 over the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 189 199 131
Rank change year-on-year +10 -68 +139
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 362 575 922
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.83% 1.61% 2.52%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.18% 13.05% 17.06%
Number of salaries quoted 246 478 552
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £38,148
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £81,125 £73,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £87,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,237 4,405 5,403
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.39% 12.31% 14.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,805 3,231 3,667
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,089 £36,750
25th Percentile £48,306 £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +5.26%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £93,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

ISO/IEC 27001
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing ISO/IEC 27001 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

ISO/IEC 27001 trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing ISO/IEC 27001.

ISO/IEC 27001 salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing ISO/IEC 27001 over the 6 months to 22 June 2025.

ISO/IEC 27001 salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (3.04%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.76%) IIS
3 9 (2.49%) Tomcat
4 6 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.55%) WordPress
6 1 (0.28%) Apache
6 1 (0.28%) Confluence
6 1 (0.28%) Drupal
6 1 (0.28%) nginx
Applications
1 25 (6.91%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.83%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.55%) InDesign
4 2 (0.55%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.66%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.83%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 123 (33.98%) AWS
2 93 (25.69%) Serverless
3 90 (24.86%) AWS Lambda
4 74 (20.44%) Azure
5 39 (10.77%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (8.56%) Entra ID
7 27 (7.46%) SaaS
8 15 (4.14%) Power Automate
9 14 (3.87%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (3.31%) Power Platform
11 11 (3.04%) GCP
11 11 (3.04%) GitHub
12 10 (2.76%) Azure Sentinel
12 10 (2.76%) Google Workspace
13 9 (2.49%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (2.49%) Microsoft Copilot
13 9 (2.49%) PaaS
14 6 (1.66%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (1.66%) Google Docs
14 6 (1.66%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 91 (25.14%) SSL
2 83 (22.93%) SSH
3 82 (22.65%) Broadband
4 40 (11.05%) Firewall
5 32 (8.84%) Network Security
6 11 (3.04%) VPN
7 9 (2.49%) DMARC
7 9 (2.49%) DNS
8 7 (1.93%) Intrusion Detection
9 6 (1.66%) DHCP
10 4 (1.10%) LAN
10 4 (1.10%) WAN
11 3 (0.83%) Intranet
11 3 (0.83%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.55%) Unified Communications
12 2 (0.55%) WLAN
13 1 (0.28%) BGP
13 1 (0.28%) Ethernet
13 1 (0.28%) IPv4
13 1 (0.28%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.52%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (3.04%) Power BI
3 7 (1.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.10%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.83%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.83%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.83%) Parquet
8 2 (0.55%) MySQL
9 1 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.28%) Big Data
9 1 (0.28%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (3.31%) JIRA
2 5 (1.38%) Git
3 2 (0.55%) ERwin
3 2 (0.55%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.55%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.28%) GitLab
4 1 (0.28%) Postman
General
1 199 (54.97%) Social Skills
2 58 (16.02%) Finance
3 49 (13.54%) Legal
4 35 (9.67%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (7.46%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (6.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (6.08%) Law
8 14 (3.87%) Retail
9 13 (3.59%) Public Sector
10 12 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (2.49%) Czech Language
11 9 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (2.21%) Electronics
13 7 (1.93%) Marketing
14 6 (1.66%) Aerospace
14 6 (1.66%) Back Office
14 6 (1.66%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.38%) Advertising
16 4 (1.10%) Banking
Job Titles
1 90 (24.86%) Cloud Engineer
2 87 (24.03%) DevOps Engineer
3 38 (10.50%) Lead
4 35 (9.67%) Architect
5 34 (9.39%) Analyst
6 28 (7.73%) Security Manager
7 22 (6.08%) Security Engineer
8 21 (5.80%) Security Architect
9 20 (5.52%) Information Manager
10 17 (4.70%) Information Security Manager
10 17 (4.70%) IT Support
10 17 (4.70%) Lead Architect
11 15 (4.14%) Security Analyst
12 14 (3.87%) IT Manager
13 12 (3.31%) IT Analyst
14 11 (3.04%) Administrator
14 11 (3.04%) IT Administrator
15 10 (2.76%) Auditor
15 10 (2.76%) IT Auditor
16 9 (2.49%) Principal Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (24.03%) RESTful
1 87 (24.03%) Web Services
2 16 (4.42%) JSON
3 15 (4.14%) REST
4 14 (3.87%) SOAP
5 12 (3.31%) Node.js
6 11 (3.04%) XML
7 8 (2.21%) Laravel
8 6 (1.66%) .NET
8 6 (1.66%) AngularJS
9 5 (1.38%) CodeIgniter
9 5 (1.38%) Spring
10 4 (1.10%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (1.10%) HTML
10 4 (1.10%) Spring Boot
11 3 (0.83%) CSS
11 3 (0.83%) Kafka
11 3 (0.83%) Middleware
12 2 (0.55%) Vue
12 2 (0.55%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 125 (34.53%) Management Information System
2 99 (27.35%) Cyber Threat
3 93 (25.69%) Onboarding
4 84 (23.20%) Cyberattack
5 83 (22.93%) PKI
6 24 (6.63%) Security Posture
7 13 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (3.04%) Cloud Native
8 11 (3.04%) Operational Technology
9 10 (2.76%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.66%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 6 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.66%) Taxonomies
11 5 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.38%) NHS
12 4 (1.10%) Cyber Security Posture
12 4 (1.10%) Driving Licence
13 3 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 31 (8.56%) Windows
2 18 (4.97%) Linux
3 12 (3.31%) Android
3 12 (3.31%) Apple iOS
4 9 (2.49%) Unix
5 7 (1.93%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.66%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.55%) VMS
9 1 (0.28%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.28%) Debian
9 1 (0.28%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (58.56%) Cybersecurity
2 121 (33.43%) Roadmaps
3 117 (32.32%) DevOps
3 117 (32.32%) Information Security
4 89 (24.59%) Risk Management
5 88 (24.31%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 87 (24.03%) Deployment Automation
7 85 (23.48%) Key Management
7 85 (23.48%) Use Case
8 82 (22.65%) Programme Delivery
9 59 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
10 42 (11.60%) Incident Response
10 42 (11.60%) SIEM
11 36 (9.94%) Mentoring
12 35 (9.67%) Agile
12 35 (9.67%) Cloud Security
13 34 (9.39%) Security Architecture
14 33 (9.12%) Risk Assessment
15 32 (8.84%) ITIL
16 30 (8.29%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 96 (26.52%) Python
2 31 (8.56%) SQL
3 30 (8.29%) PowerShell
4 23 (6.35%) JavaScript
5 17 (4.70%) Java
6 13 (3.59%) C#
7 9 (2.49%) TypeScript
7 9 (2.49%) VBA
8 8 (2.21%) PHP
9 6 (1.66%) Bash
10 3 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.55%) C
11 2 (0.55%) C++
11 2 (0.55%) Perl
11 2 (0.55%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.28%) Bicep
12 1 (0.28%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 52 (14.36%) Security Cleared
2 51 (14.09%) CISM
3 46 (12.71%) CISSP
4 41 (11.33%) Degree
5 28 (7.73%) SC Cleared
6 24 (6.63%) CISA
7 12 (3.31%) CRISC
8 9 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (2.21%) CEH
9 8 (2.21%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.38%) AWS Certification
12 4 (1.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 4 (1.10%) SANS
12 4 (1.10%) SSCP
13 3 (0.83%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.83%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (0.83%) ISEB
13 3 (0.83%) ISSAP
13 3 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 196 (54.14%) NIST
2 75 (20.72%) GDPR
3 47 (12.98%) Cyber Essentials
4 43 (11.88%) PCI DSS
5 33 (9.12%) SOC 2
6 32 (8.84%) NCSC
7 28 (7.73%) GRC
8 21 (5.80%) COBIT
9 15 (4.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 13 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 12 (3.31%) ISO 9001
11 12 (3.31%) QA
12 7 (1.93%) HIPAA
13 4 (1.10%) NIST 800
13 4 (1.10%) SOC 1
14 3 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 3 (0.83%) PERC
14 3 (0.83%) RMADS
15 2 (0.55%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.55%) PMO
System Software
1 111 (30.66%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.83%) Docker
3 3 (0.83%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 97 (26.80%) Terraform
2 22 (6.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (3.59%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.59%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (2.21%) Grafana
5 5 (1.38%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.10%) RSA Archer
7 3 (0.83%) Ansible
7 3 (0.83%) Nessus
8 2 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.55%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 2 (0.55%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.55%) Puppet
8 2 (0.55%) SCOM
9 1 (0.28%) CASB
9 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.28%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 82 (22.65%) Thales
2 73 (20.17%) Microsoft
3 11 (3.04%) Google
3 11 (3.04%) ServiceNow
4 9 (2.49%) Oracle
4 9 (2.49%) VMware
5 6 (1.66%) Apple
6 5 (1.38%) Adobe
6 5 (1.38%) OneTrust
6 5 (1.38%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.10%) Cisco
7 4 (1.10%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.10%) Splunk
8 3 (0.83%) IBM
9 2 (0.55%) arcserve
9 2 (0.55%) ESRI
9 2 (0.55%) Forcepoint
9 2 (0.55%) Juniper
9 2 (0.55%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.55%) Sophos