ISO/IEC 27001
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ISO/IEC 27001 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited ISO/IEC 27001 over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 200 188 242
Rank change year-on-year -12 +54 -12
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 1,495 2,023 2,664
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.51% 2.00% 1.70%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.99% 10.57% 10.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,320 1,201 1,716
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,750 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,250 £89,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +15.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

ISO/IEC 27001 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,602 19,143 26,540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.72% 18.89% 16.91%
Number of salaries quoted 9,263 8,888 13,070
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,650
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.93% +0.32%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ISO/IEC 27001 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in the UK

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001.

Salary trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in the UK

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in the UK

ISO/IEC 27001
Top 18 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
England +10 1,382 £60,000 - 348
UK excluding London -10 998 £55,000 - 221
Work from Home -50 559 £55,750 -7.08% 188
London +6 440 £72,500 +11.54% 124
North of England +35 308 £51,500 +5.64% 53
South East -49 212 £52,500 -8.70% 45
Midlands +10 201 £55,000 -8.33% 42
North West +13 189 £52,000 +11.83% 25
South West -5 148 £62,500 +5.04% 37
West Midlands +5 141 £55,000 -8.33% 25
Yorkshire +57 82 £55,000 -8.33% 20
East Midlands +9 58 £42,500 -10.53% 17
East of England -4 57 £67,500 +12.50% 20
Scotland -67 53 £55,000 -17.29% 14
North East +21 37 £40,000 -13.98% 8
Wales -25 13 £53,750 +37.82% 7
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -
Northern Ireland +13 2 £34,628 -19.94% 4

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 36 (2.41%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.67%) IIS
4 8 (0.54%) CMS
5 7 (0.47%) MS Project Server
6 6 (0.40%) nginx
7 4 (0.27%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.20%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.20%) NServiceBus
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 3 (0.20%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.13%) Drupal
9 2 (0.13%) Moodle
9 2 (0.13%) WordPress
10 1 (0.067%) Apache
Applications
1 64 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
2 56 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 51 (3.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.27%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.067%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (0.27%) SAP WM
2 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.20%) Maximo
3 2 (0.13%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.13%) Shopify
4 1 (0.067%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.067%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.067%) Magento
4 1 (0.067%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.067%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.067%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.067%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.067%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.067%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 1 (0.067%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.067%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 417 (27.89%) Azure
2 249 (16.66%) Microsoft 365
3 200 (13.38%) AWS
4 82 (5.48%) Entra ID
5 77 (5.15%) Cloud Computing
6 66 (4.41%) SaaS
7 51 (3.41%) GCP
8 49 (3.28%) IaaS
9 45 (3.01%) PaaS
10 35 (2.34%) Azure Sentinel
11 28 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
11 28 (1.87%) Power Platform
12 25 (1.67%) Microsoft Purview
13 20 (1.34%) Azure AKS
14 17 (1.14%) Serverless
15 15 (1.00%) Amazon S3
16 14 (0.94%) AWS CloudTrail
16 14 (0.94%) Google Workspace
17 13 (0.87%) Amazon GuardDuty
17 13 (0.87%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 279 (18.66%) Firewall
2 100 (6.69%) Network Security
3 73 (4.88%) DNS
4 70 (4.68%) WAN
5 66 (4.41%) Intrusion Detection
6 62 (4.15%) LAN
7 45 (3.01%) VPN
8 43 (2.88%) TCP/IP
9 31 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
10 26 (1.74%) Wireshark
11 24 (1.61%) Wireless
12 23 (1.54%) SD-WAN
13 22 (1.47%) DHCP
13 22 (1.47%) Internet
14 15 (1.00%) NAS
15 14 (0.94%) VLAN
16 13 (0.87%) Broadband
16 13 (0.87%) OSPF
16 13 (0.87%) SSL
17 10 (0.67%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (2.34%) SQL Server
2 21 (1.40%) Power BI
3 15 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 15 (1.00%) Relational Database
4 9 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (0.60%) MongoDB
5 7 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (0.33%) PowerPivot
7 4 (0.27%) Big Data
7 4 (0.27%) MySQL
7 4 (0.27%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (0.20%) DB2
8 3 (0.20%) Metadata
8 3 (0.20%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.20%) Redis
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.067%) Lumira
Development Applications
1 6 (0.40%) Cypress.io
1 6 (0.40%) Jenkins
1 6 (0.40%) Mocha
1 6 (0.40%) Visual Studio
2 5 (0.33%) JIRA
3 4 (0.27%) Git
4 3 (0.20%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.13%) GitLab
5 2 (0.13%) Mercurial
5 2 (0.13%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.13%) sqlmap
5 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.067%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.067%) Selenium
6 1 (0.067%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.067%) Vagrant
General
1 484 (32.37%) Social Skills
2 241 (16.12%) Finance
3 207 (13.85%) Analytical Skills
4 162 (10.84%) Legal
5 112 (7.49%) Law
6 88 (5.89%) Public Sector
7 56 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
8 49 (3.28%) Retail
9 34 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
10 30 (2.01%) Manufacturing
11 28 (1.87%) Telecoms
12 27 (1.81%) Banking
13 25 (1.67%) Games
14 23 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
15 22 (1.47%) Marketing
16 21 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 17 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
18 14 (0.94%) Environmental Health
19 13 (0.87%) Aerospace
20 12 (0.80%) Military
Job Titles
1 281 (18.80%) Analyst
2 181 (12.11%) Security Analyst
3 174 (11.64%) Security Manager
4 123 (8.23%) Information Manager
5 115 (7.69%) Consultant
5 115 (7.69%) Lead
6 107 (7.16%) Senior
7 100 (6.69%) IT Manager
8 99 (6.62%) Information Security Manager
9 97 (6.49%) Architect
10 87 (5.82%) Information Analyst
10 87 (5.82%) Information Security Analyst
11 83 (5.55%) Security Consultant
12 80 (5.35%) Security Engineer
13 70 (4.68%) Security Architect
14 62 (4.15%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 53 (3.55%) Information Assurance Manager
16 51 (3.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 36 (2.41%) Security Assurance Manager
18 35 (2.34%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.74%) .NET
2 13 (0.87%) Web Services
3 12 (0.80%) Middleware
4 11 (0.74%) OAuth
5 10 (0.67%) AngularJS
5 10 (0.67%) Kafka
5 10 (0.67%) Node.js
6 9 (0.60%) .NET Framework
6 9 (0.60%) React
6 9 (0.60%) REST
7 8 (0.54%) ModSecurity
8 7 (0.47%) Jest
8 7 (0.47%) RabbitMQ
9 6 (0.40%) ASP.NET
9 6 (0.40%) Express.js
9 6 (0.40%) GraphQL
9 6 (0.40%) gRPC
9 6 (0.40%) MEAN Stack
9 6 (0.40%) Mongoose
9 6 (0.40%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 289 (19.33%) Management Information System
2 141 (9.43%) Security Posture
3 91 (6.09%) Cyber Threat
4 74 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
5 73 (4.88%) Data Centre
6 57 (3.81%) Cyberattack
7 48 (3.21%) Onboarding
8 45 (3.01%) Driving Licence
9 44 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
10 32 (2.14%) Operational Technology
11 25 (1.67%) Public Cloud
12 22 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
12 22 (1.47%) NHS
13 21 (1.40%) IoT
14 20 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
14 20 (1.34%) Cloud Native
15 18 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
16 15 (1.00%) Cloud Security Posture
17 14 (0.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
17 14 (0.94%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 182 (12.17%) Windows
2 68 (4.55%) Windows Server
3 64 (4.28%) Linux
4 38 (2.54%) Apple iOS
5 27 (1.81%) Windows 10
6 24 (1.61%) Android
7 23 (1.54%) Mac OS
8 16 (1.07%) Unix
9 12 (0.80%) Solaris
10 11 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
10 11 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
11 9 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
12 8 (0.54%) AIX
12 8 (0.54%) Kali Linux
12 8 (0.54%) Ubuntu
13 6 (0.40%) CentOS
14 5 (0.33%) VMS
15 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.27%) zOS
16 1 (0.067%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 747 (49.97%) Cybersecurity
2 696 (46.56%) Information Security
3 285 (19.06%) Problem-Solving
4 266 (17.79%) Risk Management
5 253 (16.92%) Incident Response
6 207 (13.85%) ITIL
7 204 (13.65%) Security Management
8 192 (12.84%) SIEM
9 170 (11.37%) Data Protection
10 157 (10.50%) Security Operations
11 156 (10.43%) Project Management
12 149 (9.97%) Disaster Recovery
13 146 (9.77%) Cloud Security
13 146 (9.77%) Continuous Improvement
14 135 (9.03%) Business Continuity
15 129 (8.63%) Vulnerability Management
16 120 (8.03%) Security Architecture
17 113 (7.56%) Information Assurance
18 112 (7.49%) Incident Management
19 111 (7.42%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (5.35%) PowerShell
2 71 (4.75%) Python
3 54 (3.61%) SQL
4 44 (2.94%) Bash
5 25 (1.67%) JavaScript
6 17 (1.14%) C#
7 16 (1.07%) Kusto Query Language
8 13 (0.87%) Bicep
9 8 (0.54%) Java
9 8 (0.54%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.47%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.40%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.20%) Ruby
13 2 (0.13%) PHP
13 2 (0.13%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.13%) VBScript
14 1 (0.067%) ABAP
14 1 (0.067%) Go
Qualifications
1 362 (24.21%) CISSP
2 246 (16.45%) CISM
3 238 (15.92%) Security Cleared
4 234 (15.65%) Degree
5 180 (12.04%) CISA
6 149 (9.97%) SC Cleared
7 102 (6.82%) Cisco Certification
8 77 (5.15%) CRISC
9 69 (4.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 57 (3.81%) Azure Certification
11 56 (3.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 50 (3.34%) AWS Certification
13 49 (3.28%) CESG Certified Professional
13 49 (3.28%) CompTIA Security+
14 48 (3.21%) CCSP
15 47 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
16 44 (2.94%) CCNA
16 44 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
17 43 (2.88%) CEH
18 41 (2.74%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 425 (28.43%) NIST
2 376 (25.15%) Cyber Essentials
3 264 (17.66%) GDPR
4 183 (12.24%) PCI DSS
5 180 (12.04%) ISO 9001
6 167 (11.17%) GRC
7 117 (7.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 103 (6.89%) NCSC
9 72 (4.82%) SOC 2
10 53 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 47 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 43 (2.88%) COBIT
13 42 (2.81%) SLA
14 39 (2.61%) ISO 22301
15 37 (2.47%) NIST 800
16 35 (2.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 33 (2.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 26 (1.74%) ISO 14001
19 21 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
20 19 (1.27%) RMADS
System Software
1 126 (8.43%) Active Directory
2 53 (3.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (2.01%) Docker
4 19 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (1.07%) Hyper-V
6 14 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.67%) Firmware
8 6 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.33%) vSphere
10 3 (0.20%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.13%) XenApp
11 2 (0.13%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.067%) LXC
12 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.067%) Snort
Systems Management
1 56 (3.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 53 (3.55%) Kubernetes
3 44 (2.94%) EnCase
4 33 (2.21%) Terraform
5 29 (1.94%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (1.20%) QRadar
7 14 (0.94%) Nmap
7 14 (0.94%) WSUS
8 13 (0.87%) Ansible
9 12 (0.80%) CSIRT
9 12 (0.80%) Nessus
10 10 (0.67%) Prometheus
10 10 (0.67%) SCCM
11 7 (0.47%) FortiGate
12 6 (0.40%) Grafana
12 6 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (0.33%) Packer
13 5 (0.33%) Suricata
14 4 (0.27%) CASB
14 4 (0.27%) Istio
Vendors
1 415 (27.76%) Microsoft
2 85 (5.69%) Cisco
3 80 (5.35%) VMware
4 40 (2.68%) Splunk
5 38 (2.54%) Google
6 34 (2.27%) Fortinet
7 31 (2.07%) Apple
8 29 (1.94%) Meraki
8 29 (1.94%) Qualys
9 28 (1.87%) IBM
10 20 (1.34%) Oracle
11 19 (1.27%) SAP
12 17 (1.14%) Palo Alto
13 16 (1.07%) Citrix
14 14 (0.94%) Rapid7
14 14 (0.94%) Thycotic
15 13 (0.87%) Juniper
16 11 (0.74%) ServiceNow
17 9 (0.60%) Red Hat
18 8 (0.54%) Veeam