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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 189 195 151
Rank change year-on-year +6 -44 +111
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 352 561 933
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.89% 1.64% 2.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.22% 13.06% 16.02%
Number of salaries quoted 229 493 594
10th Percentile £43,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,000 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £56,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.04% -5.83% -
75th Percentile £79,625 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £87,250 £89,250
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 3,138 4,294 5,823
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.85% 12.56% 14.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,722 3,233 3,924
10th Percentile £36,275 £34,781 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £45,690
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 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £92,500
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 28 May 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 10 (2.84%) IIS
1 10 (2.84%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.56%) Tomcat
3 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.57%) WordPress
5 1 (0.28%) Apache
5 1 (0.28%) Confluence
5 1 (0.28%) Drupal
5 1 (0.28%) nginx
Applications
1 29 (8.24%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.27%) Acrobat
3 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.57%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.57%) InDesign
4 2 (0.57%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.70%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 118 (33.52%) AWS
2 92 (26.14%) Serverless
3 90 (25.57%) AWS Lambda
4 65 (18.47%) Azure
5 43 (12.22%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (7.95%) Entra ID
7 21 (5.97%) SaaS
8 14 (3.98%) Google Workspace
8 14 (3.98%) Power Automate
9 12 (3.41%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (3.13%) Power Platform
11 9 (2.56%) GCP
11 9 (2.56%) Microsoft Copilot
12 8 (2.27%) GitHub
12 8 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (1.99%) Azure Sentinel
14 6 (1.70%) Google Docs
15 5 (1.42%) Amazon EKS
15 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
15 5 (1.42%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 91 (25.85%) SSL
2 83 (23.58%) SSH
3 82 (23.30%) Broadband
4 37 (10.51%) Firewall
5 25 (7.10%) Network Security
6 9 (2.56%) DMARC
6 9 (2.56%) VPN
7 8 (2.27%) DNS
7 8 (2.27%) Intranet
8 6 (1.70%) DHCP
9 5 (1.42%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.85%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.57%) LAN
11 2 (0.57%) WAN
12 1 (0.28%) Ethernet
12 1 (0.28%) IPv4
12 1 (0.28%) IPv6
12 1 (0.28%) Unified Communications
12 1 (0.28%) Wireless
12 1 (0.28%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.83%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.13%) Power BI
3 10 (2.84%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (1.70%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (1.14%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.85%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.85%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.85%) Parquet
9 1 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.28%) Big Data
9 1 (0.28%) MySQL
9 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (3.41%) JIRA
2 5 (1.42%) Git
3 3 (0.85%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.57%) ERwin
4 2 (0.57%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.28%) GitLab
5 1 (0.28%) Postman
General
1 205 (58.24%) Social Skills
2 58 (16.48%) Finance
3 57 (16.19%) Legal
4 34 (9.66%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (8.24%) Organisational Skills
6 24 (6.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (6.53%) Law
8 19 (5.40%) Retail
9 12 (3.41%) Public Sector
10 10 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (2.56%) Czech Language
11 9 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (2.27%) Electronics
13 6 (1.70%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.42%) Marketing
15 4 (1.14%) Banking
16 3 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.85%) Local Government
16 3 (0.85%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 87 (24.72%) Cloud Engineer
1 87 (24.72%) DevOps Engineer
2 36 (10.23%) Lead
3 34 (9.66%) Analyst
4 31 (8.81%) Architect
4 31 (8.81%) Security Manager
5 22 (6.25%) Information Manager
6 20 (5.68%) Security Architect
7 17 (4.83%) Information Security Manager
7 17 (4.83%) IT Support
8 16 (4.55%) Security Analyst
9 15 (4.26%) Lead Architect
9 15 (4.26%) Security Engineer
9 15 (4.26%) Senior
10 13 (3.69%) IT Manager
11 11 (3.13%) Administrator
11 11 (3.13%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 11 (3.13%) IT Administrator
11 11 (3.13%) IT Analyst
12 10 (2.84%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (24.72%) Web Services
2 86 (24.43%) RESTful
3 15 (4.26%) JSON
4 14 (3.98%) REST
4 14 (3.98%) SOAP
5 10 (2.84%) Node.js
6 9 (2.56%) XML
7 8 (2.27%) Laravel
8 6 (1.70%) AngularJS
9 5 (1.42%) .NET
9 5 (1.42%) CodeIgniter
9 5 (1.42%) Spring
10 4 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (1.14%) Spring Boot
11 3 (0.85%) HTML
11 3 (0.85%) Kafka
12 2 (0.57%) CSS
12 2 (0.57%) Middleware
12 2 (0.57%) Vue
12 2 (0.57%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 120 (34.09%) Management Information System
2 97 (27.56%) Cyber Threat
3 95 (26.99%) Onboarding
4 84 (23.86%) Cyberattack
5 83 (23.58%) PKI
6 19 (5.40%) Security Posture
7 17 (4.83%) Data Protection Act
8 14 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.84%) Cloud Native
9 10 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (2.56%) Operational Technology
11 8 (2.27%) e-Learning
12 6 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.70%) Taxonomies
13 5 (1.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 5 (1.42%) Driving Licence
13 5 (1.42%) Freedom of Information
13 5 (1.42%) Freedom of Information Act
14 4 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
14 4 (1.14%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 29 (8.24%) Windows
2 18 (5.11%) Linux
3 12 (3.41%) Android
3 12 (3.41%) Apple iOS
4 9 (2.56%) Unix
5 6 (1.70%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.70%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.28%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.28%) Debian
7 1 (0.28%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (58.24%) Cybersecurity
2 126 (35.80%) Information Security
3 116 (32.95%) Roadmaps
4 110 (31.25%) DevOps
5 89 (25.28%) Risk Management
6 88 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 87 (24.72%) Deployment Automation
8 84 (23.86%) Use Case
9 83 (23.58%) Key Management
10 82 (23.30%) Programme Delivery
11 55 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
12 39 (11.08%) SIEM
13 36 (10.23%) Incident Response
14 35 (9.94%) Agile
15 33 (9.38%) Mentoring
16 32 (9.09%) Security Management
17 31 (8.81%) Risk Assessment
17 31 (8.81%) Security Architecture
18 30 (8.52%) Cloud Security
18 30 (8.52%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 98 (27.84%) Python
2 29 (8.24%) SQL
3 27 (7.67%) PowerShell
4 22 (6.25%) JavaScript
5 15 (4.26%) Java
6 10 (2.84%) C#
7 9 (2.56%) TypeScript
7 9 (2.56%) VBA
8 7 (1.99%) Bash
8 7 (1.99%) PHP
9 3 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.57%) C++
10 2 (0.57%) Perl
10 2 (0.57%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.28%) Bicep
11 1 (0.28%) Groovy
11 1 (0.28%) R
Qualifications
1 48 (13.64%) CISM
2 47 (13.35%) Security Cleared
3 41 (11.65%) CISSP
4 36 (10.23%) Degree
5 26 (7.39%) SC Cleared
6 20 (5.68%) CISA
7 14 (3.98%) CRISC
8 7 (1.99%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.70%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.70%) CEH
10 4 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.14%) ISEB
10 4 (1.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.14%) SANS
10 4 (1.14%) SSCP
11 3 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.85%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 3 (0.85%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 191 (54.26%) NIST
2 79 (22.44%) GDPR
3 57 (16.19%) Cyber Essentials
4 46 (13.07%) PCI DSS
5 29 (8.24%) SOC 2
6 27 (7.67%) NCSC
7 25 (7.10%) GRC
8 20 (5.68%) COBIT
9 17 (4.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 14 (3.98%) ISO 9001
11 13 (3.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 13 (3.69%) QA
12 8 (2.27%) HIPAA
12 8 (2.27%) PERC
13 5 (1.42%) NIST 800
14 4 (1.14%) SOC 1
15 3 (0.85%) ISO 14001
15 3 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 2 (0.57%) ISO 22301
16 2 (0.57%) RMADS
System Software
1 110 (31.25%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.85%) Docker
3 3 (0.85%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 96 (27.27%) Terraform
2 21 (5.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (3.69%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.69%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (2.27%) Grafana
5 5 (1.42%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.14%) Nessus
6 4 (1.14%) RSA Archer
7 3 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.85%) Ansible
8 2 (0.57%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 2 (0.57%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.57%) Puppet
8 2 (0.57%) SCOM
9 1 (0.28%) CASB
9 1 (0.28%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 82 (23.30%) Thales
2 70 (19.89%) Microsoft
3 15 (4.26%) Google
4 10 (2.84%) Adobe
4 10 (2.84%) OneTrust
5 9 (2.56%) Oracle
5 9 (2.56%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.56%) VMware
6 6 (1.70%) Apple
6 6 (1.70%) Splunk
7 5 (1.42%) OpenAI
8 4 (1.14%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.85%) Cisco
9 3 (0.85%) IBM
10 2 (0.57%) ArcSight
10 2 (0.57%) Databricks
10 2 (0.57%) ESRI
10 2 (0.57%) iManage
10 2 (0.57%) Juniper
10 2 (0.57%) SAP