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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 204 190 250
Rank change year-on-year -14 +60 -19
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 1,485 1,986 2,656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.49% 2.00% 1.65%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.92% 10.59% 9.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,307 1,184 1,695
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,991 £93,250 £90,000
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 13,596 18,747 27,353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.61% 18.90% 17.02%
Number of salaries quoted 9,193 8,688 13,219
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% +3.77%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,626
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.98% +0.27%

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 18 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 18 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 +1 1,369 £60,000 - 403
UK excluding London -13 991 £55,000 - 285
Work from Home -41 566 £56,500 -5.83% 197
London +6 437 £72,500 +11.54% 134
North of England +31 309 £52,000 +6.94% 71
South East -36 211 £52,500 -8.70% 83
Midlands +5 191 £55,000 -2.65% 52
North West +11 189 £52,250 +12.37% 29
South West -7 147 £62,500 +4.17% 33
West Midlands +6 131 £58,000 -3.33% 34
Yorkshire +47 83 £55,000 -2.22% 32
East Midlands +16 58 £42,500 -10.53% 18
East of England -14 58 £68,000 +15.74% 30
Scotland -62 56 £55,000 -13.04% 12
North East +21 37 £40,000 -13.98% 10
Wales -22 13 £53,750 +37.82% 3
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -
Northern Ireland +7 2 £34,628 -19.94% 3

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 33 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.74%) 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
Applications
1 55 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (2.69%) 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%) 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
1 412 (27.74%) Azure
2 251 (16.90%) Microsoft 365
3 201 (13.54%) AWS
4 82 (5.52%) Entra ID
5 77 (5.19%) Cloud Computing
6 64 (4.31%) SaaS
7 50 (3.37%) GCP
8 48 (3.23%) IaaS
9 44 (2.96%) PaaS
10 32 (2.15%) Azure Sentinel
11 28 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
11 28 (1.89%) Power Platform
12 26 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
13 19 (1.28%) Azure AKS
13 19 (1.28%) Serverless
14 17 (1.14%) Amazon S3
15 16 (1.08%) AWS CloudTrail
16 15 (1.01%) Amazon GuardDuty
17 14 (0.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 14 (0.94%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 282 (18.99%) Firewall
2 98 (6.60%) Network Security
3 75 (5.05%) DNS
4 71 (4.78%) WAN
5 66 (4.44%) Intrusion Detection
6 63 (4.24%) LAN
7 45 (3.03%) VPN
8 42 (2.83%) TCP/IP
9 33 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
10 26 (1.75%) Wireshark
11 24 (1.62%) SD-WAN
11 24 (1.62%) Wireless
12 23 (1.55%) DHCP
13 22 (1.48%) Internet
14 15 (1.01%) NAS
15 14 (0.94%) VLAN
16 13 (0.88%) Broadband
16 13 (0.88%) OSPF
16 13 (0.88%) SSL
17 10 (0.67%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (2.29%) SQL Server
2 21 (1.41%) Power BI
3 15 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
3 15 (1.01%) Relational Database
4 9 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (0.61%) MongoDB
5 7 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (0.34%) 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%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.20%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.13%) Redis
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 (0.34%) JIRA
3 4 (0.27%) Git
4 3 (0.20%) Burp Suite
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
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
1 471 (31.72%) Social Skills
2 241 (16.23%) Finance
3 209 (14.07%) Analytical Skills
4 161 (10.84%) Legal
5 108 (7.27%) Law
6 76 (5.12%) Public Sector
7 56 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
8 51 (3.43%) Retail
9 34 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
10 30 (2.02%) Manufacturing
11 28 (1.89%) Banking
11 28 (1.89%) Telecoms
12 25 (1.68%) Games
13 24 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
14 23 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 22 (1.48%) Marketing
16 15 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
17 14 (0.94%) Environmental Health
18 13 (0.88%) Aerospace
19 12 (0.81%) Military
Job Titles
1 283 (19.06%) Analyst
2 182 (12.26%) Security Analyst
3 174 (11.72%) Security Manager
4 124 (8.35%) Information Manager
5 118 (7.95%) Lead
6 113 (7.61%) Consultant
7 107 (7.21%) Senior
8 100 (6.73%) Information Security Manager
9 95 (6.40%) IT Manager
10 91 (6.13%) Architect
11 88 (5.93%) Information Analyst
11 88 (5.93%) Information Security Analyst
12 82 (5.52%) Security Engineer
13 80 (5.39%) Security Consultant
14 66 (4.44%) Security Architect
15 63 (4.24%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 53 (3.57%) Information Assurance Manager
17 52 (3.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
18 37 (2.49%) Security Assurance Manager
19 36 (2.42%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.68%) .NET
2 13 (0.88%) Web Services
3 12 (0.81%) Middleware
4 11 (0.74%) OAuth
5 10 (0.67%) AngularJS
5 10 (0.67%) Kafka
6 9 (0.61%) Node.js
7 8 (0.54%) .NET Framework
7 8 (0.54%) ModSecurity
7 8 (0.54%) React
7 8 (0.54%) REST
8 7 (0.47%) Jest
8 7 (0.47%) RabbitMQ
9 6 (0.40%) Express.js
9 6 (0.40%) GraphQL
9 6 (0.40%) JWT
9 6 (0.40%) MEAN Stack
9 6 (0.40%) NestJS
9 6 (0.40%) OAuth2
9 6 (0.40%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 286 (19.26%) Management Information System
2 139 (9.36%) Security Posture
3 93 (6.26%) Cyber Threat
4 73 (4.92%) Data Centre
5 72 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
6 56 (3.77%) Cyberattack
7 49 (3.30%) Onboarding
8 43 (2.90%) Security Operations Centre
9 34 (2.29%) Driving Licence
10 31 (2.09%) Operational Technology
11 25 (1.68%) Public Cloud
12 23 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
13 22 (1.48%) NHS
14 21 (1.41%) IoT
15 20 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
16 18 (1.21%) Cloud Native
17 17 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
18 15 (1.01%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
19 14 (0.94%) Cloud Security Posture
19 14 (0.94%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 185 (12.46%) Windows
2 69 (4.65%) Windows Server
3 65 (4.38%) Linux
4 39 (2.63%) Apple iOS
5 27 (1.82%) Windows 10
6 25 (1.68%) Android
7 23 (1.55%) Mac OS
8 17 (1.14%) Unix
9 12 (0.81%) Solaris
9 12 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (0.81%) 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 6 (0.40%) CentOS
13 5 (0.34%) VMS
14 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.27%) zOS
15 1 (0.067%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 729 (49.09%) Cybersecurity
2 694 (46.73%) Information Security
3 274 (18.45%) Problem-Solving
4 271 (18.25%) Risk Management
5 240 (16.16%) Incident Response
6 208 (14.01%) ITIL
7 202 (13.60%) Security Management
8 193 (13.00%) SIEM
9 175 (11.78%) Data Protection
10 160 (10.77%) Security Operations
11 156 (10.51%) Project Management
12 149 (10.03%) Disaster Recovery
13 147 (9.90%) Continuous Improvement
14 145 (9.76%) Cloud Security
15 136 (9.16%) Business Continuity
16 131 (8.82%) Vulnerability Management
17 118 (7.95%) Security Architecture
18 114 (7.68%) Information Assurance
19 113 (7.61%) Incident Management
20 110 (7.41%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 77 (5.19%) PowerShell
2 71 (4.78%) Python
3 55 (3.70%) SQL
4 42 (2.83%) Bash
5 24 (1.62%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.08%) C#
7 14 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
8 13 (0.88%) 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
1 360 (24.24%) CISSP
2 250 (16.84%) CISM
3 232 (15.62%) Degree
4 224 (15.08%) Security Cleared
5 180 (12.12%) CISA
6 147 (9.90%) SC Cleared
7 102 (6.87%) Cisco Certification
8 77 (5.19%) CRISC
9 69 (4.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 56 (3.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 54 (3.64%) Azure Certification
12 50 (3.37%) AWS Certification
13 49 (3.30%) CCSP
14 48 (3.23%) CESG Certified Professional
14 48 (3.23%) CompTIA Security+
15 44 (2.96%) CCNA
15 44 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
16 43 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
16 43 (2.90%) SSCP
17 41 (2.76%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 424 (28.55%) NIST
2 365 (24.58%) Cyber Essentials
3 265 (17.85%) GDPR
4 180 (12.12%) PCI DSS
5 171 (11.52%) ISO 9001
6 168 (11.31%) GRC
7 116 (7.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 105 (7.07%) NCSC
9 70 (4.71%) SOC 2
10 53 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 42 (2.83%) SLA
12 41 (2.76%) COBIT
13 40 (2.69%) ISO 22301
14 37 (2.49%) NIST 800
15 36 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 17025
16 35 (2.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 34 (2.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 26 (1.75%) ISO 14001
19 21 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
20 19 (1.28%) RMADS
System Software
1 126 (8.48%) Active Directory
2 54 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (2.02%) 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 6 (0.40%) 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 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (3.43%) Kubernetes
3 33 (2.22%) EnCase
4 32 (2.15%) Terraform
5 30 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (1.21%) QRadar
7 14 (0.94%) Nmap
8 13 (0.88%) Ansible
8 13 (0.88%) WSUS
9 12 (0.81%) CSIRT
10 11 (0.74%) Nessus
11 10 (0.67%) Prometheus
11 10 (0.67%) SCCM
12 7 (0.47%) FortiGate
13 6 (0.40%) Grafana
13 6 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
14 5 (0.34%) Packer
14 5 (0.34%) Suricata
15 4 (0.27%) CASB
15 4 (0.27%) Istio
Vendors
1 400 (26.94%) Microsoft
2 87 (5.86%) Cisco
3 81 (5.45%) VMware
4 40 (2.69%) Splunk
5 37 (2.49%) Google
6 36 (2.42%) Fortinet
7 31 (2.09%) Apple
7 31 (2.09%) Meraki
8 30 (2.02%) Qualys
9 28 (1.89%) IBM
10 21 (1.41%) Oracle
11 19 (1.28%) SAP
12 17 (1.14%) Palo Alto
13 16 (1.08%) Citrix
14 14 (0.94%) Rapid7
14 14 (0.94%) Thycotic
15 13 (0.88%) Juniper
16 11 (0.74%) ServiceNow
17 9 (0.61%) Red Hat
18 7 (0.47%) CA