Hybrid/Remote ISO/IEC 27001 Job Trends

ISO/IEC 27001
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 167 191
Rank change year-on-year +68 +24 -42
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 462 305 554
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.52% 2.12% 1.70%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.12% 10.63% 13.24%
Number of salaries quoted 345 245 495
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +10.62% -5.83%
75th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £64,814 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.29% +8.02% -

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 3,055 2,870 4,184
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.66% 19.97% 12.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,880 1,604 3,248
10th Percentile £35,750 £35,000 £34,500
25th Percentile £47,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £81,250 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
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 for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ISO/IEC 27001 and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

ISO/IEC 27001 job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ISO/IEC 27001.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ISO/IEC 27001

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ISO/IEC 27001 over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

ISO/IEC 27001 salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 42 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 40 (8.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.30%) CMS
3 6 (1.30%) IIS
4 4 (0.87%) Drupal
4 4 (0.87%) nginx
4 4 (0.87%) WordPress
5 3 (0.65%) Confluence
6 1 (0.22%) Apache
Applications
1 9 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.43%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 184 (39.83%) Azure
2 79 (17.10%) Entra ID
3 76 (16.45%) Microsoft 365
4 74 (16.02%) AWS
5 56 (12.12%) SaaS
6 29 (6.28%) Google Workspace
7 24 (5.19%) GCP
8 19 (4.11%) Mimecast
8 19 (4.11%) Power Platform
9 16 (3.46%) Nutanix
10 13 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (2.81%) Serverless
11 9 (1.95%) GitHub
11 9 (1.95%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (1.73%) Amazon S3
13 7 (1.52%) Amazon EC2
13 7 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (1.52%) PaaS
14 6 (1.30%) AWS Lambda
15 5 (1.08%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 72 (15.58%) Firewall
2 47 (10.17%) Network Security
3 29 (6.28%) Broadband
4 22 (4.76%) DNS
4 22 (4.76%) VPN
5 15 (3.25%) WAN
6 13 (2.81%) LAN
7 12 (2.60%) DHCP
8 9 (1.95%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (1.73%) SSL
10 7 (1.52%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (1.52%) TCP/IP
11 6 (1.30%) DMZ
12 5 (1.08%) SSH
12 5 (1.08%) VLAN
12 5 (1.08%) Wireshark
13 4 (0.87%) HTTP
13 4 (0.87%) VoIP
14 3 (0.65%) RTP
14 3 (0.65%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.90%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.46%) MySQL
3 15 (3.25%) Power BI
4 13 (2.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.52%) MariaDB
7 5 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.87%) Tableau
9 3 (0.65%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.22%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (4.76%) JIRA
2 5 (1.08%) Git
3 1 (0.22%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.22%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.22%) Metasploit
General
1 169 (36.58%) Social Skills
2 87 (18.83%) Finance
3 55 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (11.26%) Law
4 52 (11.26%) Legal
5 49 (10.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 49 (10.61%) Organisational Skills
6 48 (10.39%) Public Sector
7 37 (8.01%) Retail
8 33 (7.14%) Telecoms
9 23 (4.98%) Banking
10 13 (2.81%) Manufacturing
11 12 (2.60%) Aviation
12 11 (2.38%) Back Office
13 10 (2.16%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.95%) Electronics
14 9 (1.95%) Marketing
15 7 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.87%) Police
Job Titles
1 72 (15.58%) Security Manager
2 56 (12.12%) Analyst
3 44 (9.52%) Senior
4 39 (8.44%) Security Analyst
5 38 (8.23%) Consultant
6 37 (8.01%) Lead
7 36 (7.79%) Information Manager
7 36 (7.79%) Information Security Manager
8 33 (7.14%) Security Consultant
9 30 (6.49%) Architect
9 30 (6.49%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 28 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 27 (5.84%) Security Specialist
12 22 (4.76%) IT Manager
13 21 (4.55%) Developer
13 21 (4.55%) IT Engineer
13 21 (4.55%) Security Architect
14 20 (4.33%) Security Engineer
14 20 (4.33%) Support Engineer
15 17 (3.68%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (6.93%) REST
2 28 (6.06%) OAuth
3 26 (5.63%) OpenID
3 26 (5.63%) SAML
3 26 (5.63%) SOAP
4 25 (5.41%) GraphQL
4 25 (5.41%) LDAP
5 11 (2.38%) JSON
6 9 (1.95%) SAP CAF
7 8 (1.73%) RESTful
7 8 (1.73%) XML
8 7 (1.52%) CSS
8 7 (1.52%) HTML
9 5 (1.08%) .NET
10 4 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Graph
10 4 (0.87%) Node.js
11 3 (0.65%) OAuth2
11 3 (0.65%) RFC 2833
11 3 (0.65%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 78 (16.88%) Security Posture
2 51 (11.04%) Management Information System
3 48 (10.39%) Cyber Threat
4 29 (6.28%) Cyberattack
5 25 (5.41%) Cloud Native
6 24 (5.19%) Cyber Security Posture
6 24 (5.19%) Onboarding
7 20 (4.33%) Hybrid Cloud
8 19 (4.11%) Blog
9 17 (3.68%) PKI
10 14 (3.03%) Cyber Defence
11 13 (2.81%) Driving Licence
12 11 (2.38%) Data Centre
13 10 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (1.95%) Data Structures
15 7 (1.52%) Cloud Security Posture
15 7 (1.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
16 6 (1.30%) Product Ownership
17 5 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (6.93%) Windows
2 18 (3.90%) Linux
3 13 (2.81%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.65%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.43%) Android
6 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.43%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.43%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (51.30%) Cybersecurity
2 151 (32.68%) Information Security
3 129 (27.92%) Risk Management
4 89 (19.26%) Incident Response
5 82 (17.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 78 (16.88%) Cloud Security
7 77 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
8 66 (14.29%) Roadmaps
9 64 (13.85%) SIEM
10 63 (13.64%) Regulatory Compliance
11 52 (11.26%) Disaster Recovery
11 52 (11.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 50 (10.82%) Mentoring
13 49 (10.61%) Problem-Solving
13 49 (10.61%) Security Architecture
13 49 (10.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 46 (9.96%) Incident Management
14 46 (9.96%) Stakeholder Management
15 45 (9.74%) Identity Access Management
16 38 (8.23%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 73 (15.80%) PowerShell
2 45 (9.74%) SQL
3 41 (8.87%) Python
4 39 (8.44%) T-SQL
5 30 (6.49%) Bash
6 16 (3.46%) R
7 6 (1.30%) C#
7 6 (1.30%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.08%) PHP
9 4 (0.87%) VBA
9 4 (0.87%) VBScript
10 3 (0.65%) C
10 3 (0.65%) C++
10 3 (0.65%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.43%) Bicep
12 1 (0.22%) Java
12 1 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 136 (29.44%) CISSP
2 106 (22.94%) CISM
3 95 (20.56%) Security Cleared
4 67 (14.50%) SC Cleared
5 46 (9.96%) Degree
6 37 (8.01%) DV Cleared
7 34 (7.36%) CISA
8 30 (6.49%) CEH
9 27 (5.84%) CRISC
10 20 (4.33%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (4.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 18 (3.90%) CompTIA Security+
12 17 (3.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 14 (3.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 14 (3.03%) CREST Certified
14 13 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (2.60%) AWS Certification
16 11 (2.38%) CCSP
17 10 (2.16%) GSEC
17 10 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 222 (48.05%) NIST
2 109 (23.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 90 (19.48%) GRC
4 88 (19.05%) GDPR
5 85 (18.40%) PCI DSS
6 61 (13.20%) NCSC
7 59 (12.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 33 (7.14%) SOC 2
9 29 (6.28%) ISO 9001
10 15 (3.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 15 (3.25%) ISO 22301
11 14 (3.03%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (3.03%) JSP 440
11 14 (3.03%) NIST 800
12 12 (2.60%) Data Quality
13 11 (2.38%) ISO 14001
13 11 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 11 (2.38%) QA
14 10 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 7 (1.52%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 82 (17.75%) Active Directory
2 18 (3.90%) Docker
3 4 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.65%) Firmware
4 3 (0.65%) Kamailio
5 2 (0.43%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 36 (7.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (4.11%) Terraform
3 14 (3.03%) Kubernetes
4 8 (1.73%) RSA Archer
5 7 (1.52%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 6 (1.30%) Argo
6 6 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.87%) Ansible
7 4 (0.87%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.65%) CSIRT
8 3 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.43%) Nessus
9 2 (0.43%) WSUS
10 1 (0.22%) CASB
10 1 (0.22%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.22%) Nmap
10 1 (0.22%) OpenView
10 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.22%) SCCM
10 1 (0.22%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 107 (23.16%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.33%) VMware
3 19 (4.11%) CrowdStrike
4 17 (3.68%) Google
5 16 (3.46%) Commvault
6 14 (3.03%) Cisco
7 11 (2.38%) SAP
8 9 (1.95%) iManage
8 9 (1.95%) Meraki
9 7 (1.52%) Fortinet
9 7 (1.52%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.08%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.87%) Sophos
11 4 (0.87%) Tenable
11 4 (0.87%) Thales
12 3 (0.65%) BT
12 3 (0.65%) Oracle
12 3 (0.65%) Qualys
12 3 (0.65%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.65%) Xero