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 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 137 165
Rank change year-on-year +49 +28 +21
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 454 393 439
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.98% 2.39% 2.04%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.80% 14.02% 13.95%
Number of salaries quoted 298 237 401
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £40,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,144 £76,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £83,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -

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 2,702 2,803 3,147
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.76% 17.02% 14.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,633 1,499 2,470
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +2.56%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,625 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £60,000 £57,643
% change year-on-year -2.50% +4.09% +0.25%

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 15 January 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 10 (2.20%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.76%) WordPress
3 7 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.10%) CMS
4 5 (1.10%) Drupal
4 5 (1.10%) nginx
5 3 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.66%) HCL Domino
5 3 (0.66%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.22%) Apache
6 1 (0.22%) Confluence
6 1 (0.22%) IIS
Applications
1 26 (5.73%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (4.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.64%) InDesign
5 3 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.66%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.66%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.22%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 159 (35.02%) Azure
2 87 (19.16%) AWS
3 58 (12.78%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (10.13%) SaaS
5 32 (7.05%) GCP
6 27 (5.95%) Entra ID
7 20 (4.41%) Power Platform
8 16 (3.52%) GitHub
9 14 (3.08%) GitHub Actions
9 14 (3.08%) Google Workspace
10 13 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
11 12 (2.64%) Nutanix
12 11 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (1.76%) IaaS
14 7 (1.54%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (1.54%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (1.54%) PaaS
15 6 (1.32%) Microsoft Purview
15 6 (1.32%) Serverless
16 5 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 61 (13.44%) Firewall
2 47 (10.35%) Network Security
3 20 (4.41%) VPN
4 13 (2.86%) Broadband
5 12 (2.64%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.20%) DMZ
6 10 (2.20%) DNS
6 10 (2.20%) Unified Communications
6 10 (2.20%) VLAN
7 7 (1.54%) Intrusion Detection
8 6 (1.32%) WAN
9 5 (1.10%) VoIP
10 4 (0.88%) BGP
10 4 (0.88%) SSL
10 4 (0.88%) STUN
10 4 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.66%) LAN
11 3 (0.66%) SCCP
11 3 (0.66%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.44%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.96%) Power BI
2 13 (2.86%) Tableau
3 9 (1.98%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.32%) MariaDB
5 4 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.66%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.66%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.66%) DynamoDB
6 3 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.66%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.22%) MySQL
7 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (1.54%) TeamCity
2 5 (1.10%) Burp Suite
3 4 (0.88%) JIRA
3 4 (0.88%) Metasploit
4 3 (0.66%) Git
5 2 (0.44%) Jenkins
General
1 156 (34.36%) Social Skills
2 109 (24.01%) Finance
3 70 (15.42%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (14.98%) Public Sector
5 51 (11.23%) Marketing
6 45 (9.91%) Law
7 41 (9.03%) Telecoms
8 40 (8.81%) Manufacturing
9 37 (8.15%) Electronics
10 36 (7.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 36 (7.93%) Organisational Skills
11 30 (6.61%) Retail
12 24 (5.29%) Legal
13 22 (4.85%) Banking
14 19 (4.19%) Financial Institution
15 17 (3.74%) Back Office
16 13 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
18 5 (1.10%) Local Government
18 5 (1.10%) Police
Job Titles
1 90 (19.82%) Lead
2 55 (12.11%) Consultant
3 50 (11.01%) Security Consultant
4 48 (10.57%) Senior
5 39 (8.59%) Analyst
5 39 (8.59%) Security Manager
6 34 (7.49%) IT Manager
7 28 (6.17%) Security Engineer
8 25 (5.51%) Security Analyst
9 23 (5.07%) Architect
9 23 (5.07%) Security Specialist
10 18 (3.96%) Cloud Engineer
10 18 (3.96%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 16 (3.52%) Information Security Manager
12 15 (3.30%) Information Manager
12 15 (3.30%) Security Architect
13 14 (3.08%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 14 (3.08%) Support Engineer
14 13 (2.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 12 (2.64%) Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (5.73%) SAP CAF
2 14 (3.08%) REST
3 12 (2.64%) GraphQL
3 12 (2.64%) LDAP
3 12 (2.64%) OAuth
3 12 (2.64%) OpenID
3 12 (2.64%) SAML
3 12 (2.64%) SOAP
4 6 (1.32%) EDI
4 6 (1.32%) JSON
4 6 (1.32%) Node.js
5 5 (1.10%) YAML
6 4 (0.88%) .NET
6 4 (0.88%) FreeSWITCH
6 4 (0.88%) Next.js
6 4 (0.88%) RESTful
7 3 (0.66%) LangChain
7 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Graph
7 3 (0.66%) Middleware
8 2 (0.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 96 (21.15%) Cyber Threat
2 87 (19.16%) Security Operations Centre
3 76 (16.74%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 71 (15.64%) Operational Technology
5 50 (11.01%) Security Posture
6 39 (8.59%) Cloud Native
7 32 (7.05%) Management Information System
8 18 (3.96%) Onboarding
9 17 (3.74%) Cyberattack
9 17 (3.74%) Hybrid Cloud
10 16 (3.52%) Analytical Mindset
11 14 (3.08%) PKI
12 12 (2.64%) Data Centre
12 12 (2.64%) Driving Licence
12 12 (2.64%) Social Media
13 11 (2.42%) Cloud Security Posture
14 9 (1.98%) Blog
14 9 (1.98%) Web Conferencing
15 8 (1.76%) Cyber Defence
16 7 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.93%) Windows
2 23 (5.07%) Linux
3 11 (2.42%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.54%) Unix
5 6 (1.32%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.88%) Debian
7 2 (0.44%) VMS
8 1 (0.22%) Android
8 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (48.46%) Cybersecurity
2 180 (39.65%) Risk Management
3 126 (27.75%) Vulnerability Management
4 117 (25.77%) Mentoring
5 115 (25.33%) Security Operations
6 113 (24.89%) ITIL
7 105 (23.13%) Roadmaps
8 98 (21.59%) Stakeholder Management
9 90 (19.82%) Information Security
10 85 (18.72%) Incident Response
10 85 (18.72%) Threat Intelligence
11 80 (17.62%) Business Strategy
11 80 (17.62%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 77 (16.96%) Continuous Improvement
13 76 (16.74%) SABSA
13 76 (16.74%) Technology Roadmap
14 71 (15.64%) Business Intelligence
14 71 (15.64%) Coaching
15 70 (15.42%) Cyber Intelligence
15 70 (15.42%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (11.01%) PowerShell
2 37 (8.15%) Python
3 34 (7.49%) SQL
4 20 (4.41%) Bash
5 13 (2.86%) T-SQL
6 11 (2.42%) Java
7 8 (1.76%) Kusto Query Language
8 7 (1.54%) Go
8 7 (1.54%) R
9 5 (1.10%) C#
10 4 (0.88%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.44%) Bicep
11 2 (0.44%) C
12 1 (0.22%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 153 (33.70%) CISSP
2 112 (24.67%) CISM
3 85 (18.72%) Security Cleared
4 65 (14.32%) Degree
5 63 (13.88%) SC Cleared
6 42 (9.25%) CISA
7 41 (9.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 37 (8.15%) CEH
9 36 (7.93%) CompTIA Security+
10 31 (6.83%) Cisco Certification
11 30 (6.61%) CRISC
12 27 (5.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 25 (5.51%) AWS Certification
14 22 (4.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 21 (4.63%) Azure Certification
16 17 (3.74%) DV Cleared
17 11 (2.42%) CREST Certified
18 10 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
18 10 (2.20%) OSCP
18 10 (2.20%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 261 (57.49%) NIST
2 89 (19.60%) GRC
3 84 (18.50%) GDPR
4 82 (18.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 72 (15.86%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 65 (14.32%) PCI DSS
7 38 (8.37%) SOC 2
8 37 (8.15%) NCSC
9 36 (7.93%) ISO 9001
10 27 (5.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 14 (3.08%) ISO 22301
12 13 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 13 (2.86%) NIST 800
13 11 (2.42%) JSP 440
14 10 (2.20%) SLA
15 8 (1.76%) COBIT
16 6 (1.32%) ISO 14001
16 6 (1.32%) ITGC
16 6 (1.32%) QA
17 5 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 34 (7.49%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.64%) Docker
3 8 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.88%) Kamailio
4 4 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.66%) vSphere
6 1 (0.22%) Firmware
6 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 31 (6.83%) Terraform
2 20 (4.41%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.54%) Ansible
5 5 (1.10%) Nessus
5 5 (1.10%) Nmap
6 4 (0.88%) Cilium
7 3 (0.66%) Proxmox
7 3 (0.66%) RSA Archer
8 2 (0.44%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 2 (0.44%) Grafana
8 2 (0.44%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.44%) WSUS
9 1 (0.22%) Argo
9 1 (0.22%) Autotask
9 1 (0.22%) CASB
9 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 104 (22.91%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.15%) SAP
3 21 (4.63%) VMware
4 19 (4.19%) Cisco
5 13 (2.86%) Google
6 12 (2.64%) Adobe
6 12 (2.64%) Commvault
7 9 (1.98%) Oracle
7 9 (1.98%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.98%) Zoho
8 6 (1.32%) IBM
8 6 (1.32%) Tenable
9 4 (0.88%) Mitel
9 4 (0.88%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.66%) Databricks
10 3 (0.66%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.66%) Lotus
10 3 (0.66%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.66%) Rapid7
11 2 (0.44%) iManage