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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 205 184 252
Rank change year-on-year -21 +68 -16
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 1,469 1,936 2,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.43% 1.99% 1.63%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.78% 10.74% 9.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,290 1,156 1,720
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 - - +8.82%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,991 £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 13,629 18,029 28,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.28% 18.52% 17.13%
Number of salaries quoted 9,164 8,543 13,451
10th Percentile £26,750 £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% +4.75%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,825
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.55% +0.68%

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 28 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 28 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 -5 1,353 £60,000 - 447
UK excluding London -10 979 £55,000 - 318
Work from Home -41 561 £56,500 -5.83% 198
London 0 434 £72,500 +11.54% 183
North of England +19 302 £52,500 +8.25% 61
South East -41 202 £52,500 -9.87% 125
Midlands +8 193 £56,250 +0.45% 41
North West +16 187 £52,000 +11.83% 23
South West +3 146 £62,500 +2.04% 32
West Midlands -4 132 £60,000 - 29
Yorkshire +37 80 £55,000 - 31
East of England -21 61 £67,500 +14.89% 44
East Midlands +11 59 £42,500 -10.53% 12
Scotland -58 55 £55,000 -8.33% 11
North East +20 35 £40,000 -13.98% 7
Wales -24 13 £53,750 +37.82% 3
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 (2.59%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.68%) IIS
4 7 (0.48%) CMS
4 7 (0.48%) MS Project Server
5 6 (0.41%) 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 (0.14%) Drupal
8 2 (0.14%) Moodle
8 2 (0.14%) WordPress
9 1 (0.068%) Apache
Applications
1 51 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.34%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.068%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (0.27%) SAP WM
2 3 (0.20%) Maximo
3 2 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.14%) Shopify
4 1 (0.068%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (0.068%) Carpe Diem
4 1 (0.068%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.068%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.068%) Magento
4 1 (0.068%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.068%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.068%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.068%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.068%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.068%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 1 (0.068%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.068%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 407 (27.71%) Azure
2 249 (16.95%) Microsoft 365
3 204 (13.89%) AWS
4 79 (5.38%) Entra ID
5 77 (5.24%) Cloud Computing
6 57 (3.88%) SaaS
7 49 (3.34%) GCP
8 40 (2.72%) IaaS
9 37 (2.52%) PaaS
10 32 (2.18%) Azure Sentinel
11 28 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
11 28 (1.91%) Power Platform
12 25 (1.70%) Microsoft Purview
13 22 (1.50%) Serverless
14 20 (1.36%) Amazon S3
15 19 (1.29%) AWS CloudTrail
15 19 (1.29%) Azure AKS
16 18 (1.23%) Amazon GuardDuty
17 17 (1.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 15 (1.02%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 286 (19.47%) Firewall
2 91 (6.19%) Network Security
3 73 (4.97%) DNS
4 69 (4.70%) WAN
5 66 (4.49%) Intrusion Detection
6 59 (4.02%) LAN
7 46 (3.13%) VPN
8 39 (2.65%) TCP/IP
9 31 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
10 26 (1.77%) Wireshark
11 23 (1.57%) SD-WAN
12 22 (1.50%) Internet
13 21 (1.43%) DHCP
13 21 (1.43%) Wireless
14 15 (1.02%) NAS
15 14 (0.95%) VLAN
16 13 (0.88%) Broadband
16 13 (0.88%) SSL
17 11 (0.75%) IPsec
17 11 (0.75%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (2.25%) SQL Server
2 20 (1.36%) Power BI
3 15 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
3 15 (1.02%) Relational Database
4 12 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (0.61%) MongoDB
6 6 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.34%) PowerPivot
8 4 (0.27%) Big Data
8 4 (0.27%) MySQL
8 4 (0.27%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.20%) DB2
9 3 (0.20%) Metadata
9 3 (0.20%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.20%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.14%) Redis
11 1 (0.068%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 6 (0.41%) Cypress.io
1 6 (0.41%) Jenkins
1 6 (0.41%) Mocha
2 5 (0.34%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.27%) Git
3 4 (0.27%) JIRA
4 3 (0.20%) Burp Suite
4 3 (0.20%) Metasploit
4 3 (0.20%) sqlmap
5 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.14%) GitLab
5 2 (0.14%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.068%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.068%) Selenium
6 1 (0.068%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.068%) Vagrant
6 1 (0.068%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 464 (31.59%) Social Skills
2 242 (16.47%) Finance
3 211 (14.36%) Analytical Skills
4 159 (10.82%) Legal
5 106 (7.22%) Law
6 71 (4.83%) Public Sector
7 56 (3.81%) Organisational Skills
8 51 (3.47%) Retail
9 34 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
10 30 (2.04%) Manufacturing
11 29 (1.97%) Banking
12 28 (1.91%) Telecoms
13 26 (1.77%) Games
14 24 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
15 23 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 22 (1.50%) Marketing
17 16 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
18 14 (0.95%) Environmental Health
19 13 (0.88%) Aerospace
20 12 (0.82%) Military
Job Titles
1 287 (19.54%) Analyst
2 186 (12.66%) Security Analyst
3 167 (11.37%) Security Manager
4 121 (8.24%) Information Manager
5 118 (8.03%) Lead
6 109 (7.42%) Consultant
7 107 (7.28%) Senior
8 97 (6.60%) Information Security Manager
9 92 (6.26%) Information Analyst
9 92 (6.26%) Information Security Analyst
10 91 (6.19%) Architect
10 91 (6.19%) IT Manager
11 85 (5.79%) Security Engineer
12 77 (5.24%) Security Consultant
13 65 (4.42%) Security Architect
14 60 (4.08%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 53 (3.61%) Information Assurance Manager
16 52 (3.54%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 37 (2.52%) Security Assurance Manager
17 37 (2.52%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.63%) .NET
2 11 (0.75%) OAuth
3 10 (0.68%) AngularJS
3 10 (0.68%) 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 (0.48%) Jest
6 7 (0.48%) RabbitMQ
6 7 (0.48%) REST
7 6 (0.41%) Express.js
7 6 (0.41%) GraphQL
7 6 (0.41%) JWT
7 6 (0.41%) MEAN Stack
7 6 (0.41%) MERN Stack
7 6 (0.41%) Mongoose
7 6 (0.41%) NestJS
7 6 (0.41%) OAuth2
7 6 (0.41%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 276 (18.79%) Management Information System
2 141 (9.60%) Security Posture
3 93 (6.33%) Cyber Threat
4 70 (4.77%) Data Centre
4 70 (4.77%) Self-Motivation
5 56 (3.81%) Cyberattack
6 50 (3.40%) Onboarding
7 43 (2.93%) Security Operations Centre
8 31 (2.11%) Driving Licence
9 25 (1.70%) Operational Technology
10 23 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
10 23 (1.57%) Public Cloud
11 22 (1.50%) NHS
12 20 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
13 19 (1.29%) IoT
14 18 (1.23%) Cloud Native
15 17 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
16 15 (1.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
17 14 (0.95%) Cloud Security Posture
17 14 (0.95%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 183 (12.46%) Windows
2 66 (4.49%) Windows Server
3 65 (4.42%) Linux
4 41 (2.79%) Apple iOS
5 28 (1.91%) Windows 10
6 27 (1.84%) Android
7 23 (1.57%) Mac OS
8 17 (1.16%) Unix
9 12 (0.82%) Solaris
9 12 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (0.54%) AIX
11 8 (0.54%) Kali Linux
11 8 (0.54%) Ubuntu
12 7 (0.48%) CentOS
13 5 (0.34%) VMS
14 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.27%) zOS
15 1 (0.068%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 712 (48.47%) Cybersecurity
2 687 (46.77%) Information Security
3 273 (18.58%) Problem-Solving
4 266 (18.11%) Risk Management
5 242 (16.47%) Incident Response
6 202 (13.75%) ITIL
7 193 (13.14%) Security Management
8 191 (13.00%) SIEM
9 176 (11.98%) Data Protection
10 159 (10.82%) Project Management
11 157 (10.69%) Security Operations
12 149 (10.14%) Disaster Recovery
13 147 (10.01%) Cloud Security
14 146 (9.94%) Continuous Improvement
15 139 (9.46%) Business Continuity
16 125 (8.51%) Vulnerability Management
17 111 (7.56%) Incident Management
17 111 (7.56%) Information Assurance
18 109 (7.42%) ISMS
19 108 (7.35%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 76 (5.17%) PowerShell
2 74 (5.04%) Python
3 52 (3.54%) SQL
4 43 (2.93%) Bash
5 22 (1.50%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.02%) C#
7 14 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
8 13 (0.88%) Bicep
9 8 (0.54%) Java
9 8 (0.54%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.48%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.41%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.20%) Ruby
13 2 (0.14%) PHP
13 2 (0.14%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.14%) VBScript
14 1 (0.068%) ABAP
14 1 (0.068%) Go
Qualifications
1 366 (24.91%) CISSP
2 255 (17.36%) CISM
3 227 (15.45%) Degree
4 216 (14.70%) Security Cleared
5 186 (12.66%) CISA
6 143 (9.73%) SC Cleared
7 100 (6.81%) Cisco Certification
8 76 (5.17%) CRISC
9 69 (4.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 55 (3.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 53 (3.61%) Azure Certification
12 52 (3.54%) AWS Certification
13 48 (3.27%) CompTIA Security+
14 47 (3.20%) CCSP
14 47 (3.20%) CESG Certified Professional
15 44 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
15 44 (3.00%) Microsoft Certification
16 43 (2.93%) SSCP
17 42 (2.86%) CCNA
18 41 (2.79%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 422 (28.73%) NIST
2 361 (24.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 265 (18.04%) GDPR
4 172 (11.71%) PCI DSS
5 168 (11.44%) GRC
6 165 (11.23%) ISO 9001
7 118 (8.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 106 (7.22%) NCSC
9 70 (4.77%) SOC 2
10 54 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 43 (2.93%) SLA
12 37 (2.52%) COBIT
12 37 (2.52%) ISO 22301
12 37 (2.52%) NIST 800
13 36 (2.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 33 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 17025
15 32 (2.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 26 (1.77%) ISO 14001
17 20 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
18 17 (1.16%) QA
System Software
1 121 (8.24%) Active Directory
2 54 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (2.11%) Docker
4 19 (1.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (1.02%) Hyper-V
6 14 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.75%) Firmware
8 7 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.27%) vSphere
10 3 (0.20%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.14%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.14%) XenApp
11 2 (0.14%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.068%) LXC
12 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.068%) Snort
Systems Management
1 57 (3.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (3.47%) Kubernetes
3 32 (2.18%) Terraform
4 30 (2.04%) EnCase
4 30 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
5 18 (1.23%) QRadar
6 14 (0.95%) Nmap
7 13 (0.88%) Ansible
7 13 (0.88%) WSUS
8 12 (0.82%) CSIRT
9 11 (0.75%) Nessus
10 10 (0.68%) Prometheus
10 10 (0.68%) SCCM
11 7 (0.48%) FortiGate
12 6 (0.41%) Grafana
12 6 (0.41%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (0.34%) CASB
13 5 (0.34%) Packer
13 5 (0.34%) Suricata
14 4 (0.27%) Istio
Vendors
1 394 (26.82%) Microsoft
2 86 (5.85%) Cisco
3 78 (5.31%) VMware
4 41 (2.79%) Splunk
5 37 (2.52%) Google
6 36 (2.45%) Fortinet
7 31 (2.11%) Apple
8 30 (2.04%) Qualys
9 29 (1.97%) Meraki
10 26 (1.77%) IBM
11 21 (1.43%) Oracle
12 19 (1.29%) Palo Alto
12 19 (1.29%) SAP
13 16 (1.09%) Citrix
14 14 (0.95%) Rapid7
14 14 (0.95%) Thycotic
15 13 (0.88%) Juniper
16 10 (0.68%) Red Hat
16 10 (0.68%) ServiceNow
17 7 (0.48%) Veeam