ISO/IEC 27001 Jobs

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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 202 181 258
Rank change year-on-year -21 +77 -23
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 1,484 1,905 2,750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.41% 2.01% 1.63%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.80% 10.95% 9.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,291 1,144 1,732
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £87,500
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 13,735 17,400 29,080
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.09% 18.38% 17.23%
Number of salaries quoted 9,212 8,417 13,445
10th Percentile £26,500 £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 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,900 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.17% +1.05%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -3 1,368 £60,000 - 339
UK excluding London -12 991 £55,000 - 220
Work from Home -54 567 £56,500 -5.83% 158
London -4 436 £72,500 +11.54% 115
North of England +24 308 £52,000 +7.22% 56
South East -43 205 £52,500 -10.26% 57
Midlands -8 195 £57,500 +2.68% 46
North West +7 189 £51,500 +9.57% 25
South West +1 148 £63,750 +2.00% 26
West Midlands -15 134 £60,000 - 34
Yorkshire +28 84 £55,000 +0.92% 23
East of England -19 61 £67,500 +14.89% 19
East Midlands +6 59 £42,500 -10.53% 12
Scotland -69 54 £55,000 -8.33% 11
North East +18 35 £40,000 -9.60% 8
Wales -20 13 £53,750 +37.82% 4
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -
Northern Ireland +8 3 £34,628 -21.30% 1

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 38 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 34 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (0.61%) IIS
4 7 (0.47%) CMS
4 7 (0.47%) MS Project Server
5 6 (0.40%) nginx
6 4 (0.27%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.20%) MQSeries
7 3 (0.20%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 3 (0.20%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.13%) Drupal
8 2 (0.13%) Moodle
8 2 (0.13%) WordPress
9 1 (0.067%) Apache
9 1 (0.067%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 51 (3.44%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (2.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.34%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.067%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (0.27%) SAP WM
2 3 (0.20%) Maximo
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
1 411 (27.70%) Azure
2 253 (17.05%) Microsoft 365
3 208 (14.02%) AWS
4 81 (5.46%) Entra ID
5 77 (5.19%) Cloud Computing
6 58 (3.91%) SaaS
7 49 (3.30%) GCP
8 41 (2.76%) IaaS
9 38 (2.56%) PaaS
10 33 (2.22%) Azure Sentinel
11 29 (1.95%) Power Platform
12 28 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
13 24 (1.62%) Microsoft Purview
13 24 (1.62%) Serverless
14 22 (1.48%) Amazon S3
15 21 (1.42%) AWS CloudTrail
16 20 (1.35%) Amazon GuardDuty
17 19 (1.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 19 (1.28%) Azure AKS
18 17 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 289 (19.47%) Firewall
2 92 (6.20%) Network Security
3 76 (5.12%) DNS
4 69 (4.65%) WAN
5 66 (4.45%) Intrusion Detection
6 59 (3.98%) LAN
7 47 (3.17%) VPN
8 41 (2.76%) TCP/IP
9 34 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
10 26 (1.75%) Wireshark
11 23 (1.55%) DHCP
11 23 (1.55%) SD-WAN
12 22 (1.48%) Internet
13 21 (1.42%) Wireless
14 16 (1.08%) NAS
15 14 (0.94%) VLAN
16 13 (0.88%) Broadband
16 13 (0.88%) SSL
17 11 (0.74%) IPsec
17 11 (0.74%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (2.29%) SQL Server
2 21 (1.42%) Power BI
3 15 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
3 15 (1.01%) Relational Database
4 14 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (0.61%) MongoDB
6 5 (0.34%) PowerPivot
6 5 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.27%) Big Data
7 4 (0.27%) MySQL
7 4 (0.27%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.27%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (0.20%) DB2
8 3 (0.20%) Metadata
8 3 (0.20%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.13%) Redis
9 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.067%) Lumira
Development Applications
1 6 (0.40%) Cypress.io
1 6 (0.40%) Jenkins
1 6 (0.40%) Mocha
2 5 (0.34%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.27%) Git
4 3 (0.20%) Burp Suite
4 3 (0.20%) JIRA
4 3 (0.20%) Metasploit
4 3 (0.20%) sqlmap
5 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.13%) GitLab
5 2 (0.13%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.067%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.067%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.067%) Selenium
6 1 (0.067%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.067%) Vagrant
6 1 (0.067%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 468 (31.54%) Social Skills
2 244 (16.44%) Finance
3 213 (14.35%) Analytical Skills
4 158 (10.65%) Legal
5 105 (7.08%) Law
6 70 (4.72%) Public Sector
7 60 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
8 52 (3.50%) Retail
9 34 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
10 30 (2.02%) Banking
10 30 (2.02%) Manufacturing
10 30 (2.02%) Telecoms
11 26 (1.75%) Games
12 24 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 24 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
13 23 (1.55%) Marketing
14 16 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
15 14 (0.94%) Environmental Health
16 13 (0.88%) Aerospace
17 12 (0.81%) Military
Job Titles
1 290 (19.54%) Analyst
2 189 (12.74%) Security Analyst
3 166 (11.19%) Security Manager
4 121 (8.15%) Lead
5 119 (8.02%) Information Manager
6 110 (7.41%) Consultant
7 108 (7.28%) Senior
8 95 (6.40%) Information Security Manager
9 94 (6.33%) IT Manager
10 92 (6.20%) Information Analyst
10 92 (6.20%) Information Security Analyst
11 90 (6.06%) Architect
12 88 (5.93%) Security Engineer
13 78 (5.26%) Security Consultant
14 63 (4.25%) Security Architect
15 59 (3.98%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 53 (3.57%) Information Assurance Manager
17 52 (3.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
18 38 (2.56%) Security Officer
19 37 (2.49%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.62%) .NET
2 11 (0.74%) OAuth
3 10 (0.67%) AngularJS
3 10 (0.67%) Kafka
4 9 (0.61%) ModSecurity
4 9 (0.61%) Node.js
5 8 (0.54%) .NET Framework
5 8 (0.54%) React
6 7 (0.47%) Jest
6 7 (0.47%) RabbitMQ
7 6 (0.40%) Express.js
7 6 (0.40%) GraphQL
7 6 (0.40%) JWT
7 6 (0.40%) MEAN Stack
7 6 (0.40%) MERN Stack
7 6 (0.40%) Mongoose
7 6 (0.40%) NestJS
7 6 (0.40%) OAuth2
7 6 (0.40%) OpenAPI
7 6 (0.40%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 278 (18.73%) Management Information System
2 142 (9.57%) Security Posture
3 93 (6.27%) Cyber Threat
4 72 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
5 71 (4.78%) Data Centre
6 56 (3.77%) Cyberattack
7 48 (3.23%) Onboarding
8 45 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
9 30 (2.02%) Driving Licence
10 24 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
10 24 (1.62%) Operational Technology
11 23 (1.55%) Public Cloud
12 22 (1.48%) NHS
13 20 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
14 18 (1.21%) IoT
15 17 (1.15%) Cloud Native
15 17 (1.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 17 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
16 14 (0.94%) Cloud Security Posture
16 14 (0.94%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 187 (12.60%) Windows
2 69 (4.65%) Linux
3 67 (4.51%) Windows Server
4 43 (2.90%) Apple iOS
5 29 (1.95%) Android
6 28 (1.89%) Windows 10
7 23 (1.55%) Mac OS
8 17 (1.15%) Unix
9 12 (0.81%) Solaris
9 12 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (0.61%) Ubuntu
10 9 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (0.54%) AIX
11 8 (0.54%) CentOS
11 8 (0.54%) Kali Linux
12 5 (0.34%) VMS
13 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (0.27%) zOS
14 1 (0.067%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 714 (48.11%) Cybersecurity
2 693 (46.70%) Information Security
3 276 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
4 266 (17.92%) Risk Management
5 249 (16.78%) Incident Response
6 208 (14.02%) ITIL
7 192 (12.94%) Security Management
8 191 (12.87%) SIEM
9 178 (11.99%) Data Protection
10 159 (10.71%) Project Management
10 159 (10.71%) Security Operations
11 151 (10.18%) Disaster Recovery
12 148 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
13 146 (9.84%) Cloud Security
14 144 (9.70%) Business Continuity
15 126 (8.49%) Vulnerability Management
16 114 (7.68%) Incident Management
17 110 (7.41%) ISMS
18 109 (7.35%) Information Assurance
19 107 (7.21%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 77 (5.19%) Python
2 75 (5.05%) PowerShell
3 53 (3.57%) SQL
4 43 (2.90%) Bash
5 21 (1.42%) JavaScript
6 14 (0.94%) C#
6 14 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
7 13 (0.88%) Bicep
8 8 (0.54%) Java
8 8 (0.54%) T-SQL
9 7 (0.47%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.40%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.20%) Ruby
12 2 (0.13%) Go
12 2 (0.13%) PHP
12 2 (0.13%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.13%) VBScript
13 1 (0.067%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 365 (24.60%) CISSP
2 255 (17.18%) CISM
3 229 (15.43%) Degree
4 213 (14.35%) Security Cleared
5 187 (12.60%) CISA
6 140 (9.43%) SC Cleared
7 100 (6.74%) Cisco Certification
8 76 (5.12%) CRISC
9 70 (4.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 54 (3.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 54 (3.64%) AWS Certification
10 54 (3.64%) Azure Certification
11 49 (3.30%) CompTIA Security+
12 46 (3.10%) CCSP
13 45 (3.03%) CESG Certified Professional
14 44 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
14 44 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
15 43 (2.90%) CCNA
15 43 (2.90%) SSCP
16 42 (2.83%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 421 (28.37%) NIST
2 370 (24.93%) Cyber Essentials
3 272 (18.33%) GDPR
4 173 (11.66%) PCI DSS
5 166 (11.19%) GRC
5 166 (11.19%) ISO 9001
6 122 (8.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 109 (7.35%) NCSC
8 72 (4.85%) SOC 2
9 55 (3.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 45 (3.03%) SLA
11 37 (2.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 36 (2.43%) COBIT
12 36 (2.43%) ISO 22301
12 36 (2.43%) NIST 800
13 32 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 17025
14 30 (2.02%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 27 (1.82%) ISO 14001
16 20 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 19 (1.28%) QA
System Software
1 124 (8.36%) Active Directory
2 58 (3.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (2.09%) Docker
4 19 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (1.08%) Hyper-V
6 14 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.74%) Firmware
8 7 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.27%) vSphere
10 3 (0.20%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
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%) Snort
Systems Management
1 59 (3.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (3.44%) Kubernetes
3 32 (2.16%) Terraform
4 30 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
5 29 (1.95%) EnCase
6 18 (1.21%) QRadar
7 14 (0.94%) Nmap
7 14 (0.94%) WSUS
8 13 (0.88%) Ansible
9 12 (0.81%) CSIRT
9 12 (0.81%) SCCM
10 11 (0.74%) Nessus
11 10 (0.67%) Prometheus
12 7 (0.47%) FortiGate
13 6 (0.40%) Grafana
13 6 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
14 5 (0.34%) CASB
14 5 (0.34%) Packer
14 5 (0.34%) Suricata
15 4 (0.27%) Istio
Vendors
1 398 (26.82%) Microsoft
2 90 (6.06%) Cisco
3 81 (5.46%) VMware
4 41 (2.76%) Splunk
5 37 (2.49%) Fortinet
5 37 (2.49%) Google
6 31 (2.09%) Apple
7 30 (2.02%) Meraki
7 30 (2.02%) Qualys
8 26 (1.75%) IBM
9 22 (1.48%) Oracle
10 20 (1.35%) Palo Alto
11 19 (1.28%) SAP
12 16 (1.08%) Citrix
13 14 (0.94%) Juniper
13 14 (0.94%) Rapid7
13 14 (0.94%) Thycotic
14 11 (0.74%) Red Hat
15 9 (0.61%) ServiceNow
16 8 (0.54%) Veeam