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

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 204 184 259
Rank change year-on-year -20 +75 -17
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 1,499 1,895 2,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.38% 2.04% 1.61%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.78% 11.25% 9.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,288 1,146 1,740
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 - - +7.55%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £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 13,908 16,850 29,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.82% 18.10% 17.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9,231 8,352 13,447
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 £91,250 £93,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +3.09% +2.11%

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 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 9 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 -6 1,382 £60,000 - 296
UK excluding London -28 1,011 £55,000 - 199
Work from Home -59 571 £57,500 -4.17% 146
London -26 430 £72,500 +7.41% 90
North of England +11 309 £52,000 +7.22% 48
Midlands -19 205 £57,500 +4.55% 45
South East -24 205 £52,500 -12.50% 49
North West +2 188 £52,500 +9.95% 18
South West +3 158 £65,000 +4.00% 26
West Midlands -18 141 £60,000 +9.09% 32
Yorkshire +27 85 £55,000 +1.85% 23
East Midlands -13 62 £42,500 -12.82% 13
East of England -29 61 £67,500 +14.89% 19
Scotland -74 53 £55,000 -8.33% 11
North East +15 36 £40,000 -9.35% 7
Wales -17 13 £53,750 +37.82% 2
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -
Northern Ireland +2 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 40 (2.67%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.53%) IIS
4 7 (0.47%) MS Project Server
5 6 (0.40%) CMS
5 6 (0.40%) nginx
6 4 (0.27%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.20%) MQSeries
7 3 (0.20%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 3 (0.20%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.13%) Moodle
9 1 (0.067%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.067%) Drupal
9 1 (0.067%) WordPress
Applications
1 51 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 35 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.40%) 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
Cloud Services
1 410 (27.35%) Azure
2 251 (16.74%) Microsoft 365
3 216 (14.41%) AWS
4 82 (5.47%) Entra ID
5 75 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
6 63 (4.20%) SaaS
7 49 (3.27%) GCP
8 43 (2.87%) IaaS
9 40 (2.67%) PaaS
10 32 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
11 29 (1.93%) Power Platform
12 25 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (1.67%) Serverless
13 22 (1.47%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 22 (1.47%) Amazon S3
13 22 (1.47%) AWS CloudTrail
14 21 (1.40%) Microsoft Purview
15 19 (1.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 18 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
16 18 (1.20%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 287 (19.15%) Firewall
2 90 (6.00%) Network Security
3 75 (5.00%) DNS
4 68 (4.54%) WAN
5 64 (4.27%) Intrusion Detection
6 58 (3.87%) LAN
7 49 (3.27%) VPN
8 37 (2.47%) TCP/IP
9 35 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
10 23 (1.53%) DHCP
10 23 (1.53%) SD-WAN
11 22 (1.47%) Internet
11 22 (1.47%) Wireless
11 22 (1.47%) Wireshark
12 17 (1.13%) NAS
13 15 (1.00%) VLAN
14 13 (0.87%) Broadband
14 13 (0.87%) IPsec
14 13 (0.87%) SSL
15 12 (0.80%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (2.54%) SQL Server
2 21 (1.40%) Power BI
3 15 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
3 15 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 15 (1.00%) Relational Database
4 10 (0.67%) MongoDB
5 9 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (0.53%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.33%) PowerPivot
7 5 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
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%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.13%) Redis
10 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.067%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 6 (0.40%) Cypress.io
1 6 (0.40%) Mocha
2 5 (0.33%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
2 5 (0.33%) 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%) Mercurial
5 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.067%) GitLab
6 1 (0.067%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.067%) Selenium
6 1 (0.067%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.067%) Vagrant
General
1 470 (31.35%) Social Skills
2 250 (16.68%) Finance
3 214 (14.28%) Analytical Skills
4 163 (10.87%) Legal
5 109 (7.27%) Law
6 67 (4.47%) Public Sector
7 62 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
8 52 (3.47%) Retail
9 34 (2.27%) Banking
9 34 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
10 32 (2.13%) Telecoms
11 30 (2.00%) Manufacturing
12 26 (1.73%) Games
13 25 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 24 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
14 24 (1.60%) Marketing
15 15 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
16 14 (0.93%) Environmental Health
17 12 (0.80%) Aerospace
17 12 (0.80%) Military
Job Titles
1 291 (19.41%) Analyst
2 189 (12.61%) Security Analyst
3 171 (11.41%) Security Manager
4 123 (8.21%) Information Manager
5 119 (7.94%) Lead
6 107 (7.14%) Consultant
6 107 (7.14%) Senior
7 100 (6.67%) Information Security Manager
8 95 (6.34%) IT Manager
9 93 (6.20%) Information Analyst
9 93 (6.20%) Information Security Analyst
10 89 (5.94%) Architect
11 84 (5.60%) Security Engineer
12 75 (5.00%) Security Consultant
13 62 (4.14%) Security Architect
14 59 (3.94%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 52 (3.47%) Information Assurance Manager
16 48 (3.20%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 43 (2.87%) Security Officer
18 39 (2.60%) Security Assurance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.60%) .NET
2 12 (0.80%) OAuth
3 10 (0.67%) AngularJS
3 10 (0.67%) Kafka
4 9 (0.60%) ModSecurity
4 9 (0.60%) Node.js
5 8 (0.53%) .NET Framework
5 8 (0.53%) React
6 7 (0.47%) Jest
6 7 (0.47%) RabbitMQ
7 6 (0.40%) Express.js
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%) OpenID
7 6 (0.40%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 275 (18.35%) Management Information System
2 144 (9.61%) Security Posture
3 95 (6.34%) Cyber Threat
4 75 (5.00%) Data Centre
5 73 (4.87%) Self-Motivation
6 56 (3.74%) Cyberattack
7 48 (3.20%) Onboarding
8 45 (3.00%) Security Operations Centre
9 30 (2.00%) Driving Licence
10 26 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
11 25 (1.67%) Operational Technology
12 23 (1.53%) Public Cloud
13 22 (1.47%) NHS
14 20 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
15 18 (1.20%) IoT
16 17 (1.13%) Cloud Native
17 16 (1.07%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
17 16 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
17 16 (1.07%) Video Conferencing
18 14 (0.93%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 190 (12.68%) Windows
2 75 (5.00%) Linux
3 72 (4.80%) Windows Server
4 41 (2.74%) Apple iOS
5 28 (1.87%) Windows 10
6 27 (1.80%) Android
7 23 (1.53%) Mac OS
8 17 (1.13%) Unix
9 12 (0.80%) Solaris
9 12 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (0.60%) Ubuntu
10 9 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (0.53%) AIX
11 8 (0.53%) CentOS
11 8 (0.53%) Kali Linux
12 6 (0.40%) VMS
13 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (0.27%) zOS
14 1 (0.067%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 710 (47.36%) Cybersecurity
2 700 (46.70%) Information Security
3 275 (18.35%) Problem-Solving
4 270 (18.01%) Risk Management
5 253 (16.88%) Incident Response
6 213 (14.21%) ITIL
7 192 (12.81%) Security Management
8 189 (12.61%) SIEM
9 182 (12.14%) Data Protection
10 159 (10.61%) Project Management
11 157 (10.47%) Security Operations
12 154 (10.27%) Disaster Recovery
13 152 (10.14%) Business Continuity
14 149 (9.94%) Continuous Improvement
15 142 (9.47%) Cloud Security
16 122 (8.14%) Vulnerability Management
17 117 (7.81%) ISMS
18 115 (7.67%) Incident Management
19 107 (7.14%) Computer Science
19 107 (7.14%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 75 (5.00%) Python
2 72 (4.80%) PowerShell
3 58 (3.87%) SQL
4 42 (2.80%) Bash
5 22 (1.47%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.00%) C#
7 13 (0.87%) Bicep
7 13 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
8 8 (0.53%) Java
8 8 (0.53%) 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%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.13%) VBScript
13 1 (0.067%) PHP
Qualifications
1 369 (24.62%) CISSP
2 262 (17.48%) CISM
3 239 (15.94%) Degree
4 209 (13.94%) Security Cleared
5 189 (12.61%) CISA
6 136 (9.07%) SC Cleared
7 99 (6.60%) Cisco Certification
8 75 (5.00%) CRISC
9 68 (4.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 57 (3.80%) Azure Certification
11 56 (3.74%) AWS Certification
12 51 (3.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 49 (3.27%) CompTIA Security+
14 46 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
15 44 (2.94%) CCNA
15 44 (2.94%) CESG Certified Professional
15 44 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
16 43 (2.87%) CCSP
17 41 (2.74%) CEH
18 39 (2.60%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 415 (27.69%) NIST
2 378 (25.22%) Cyber Essentials
3 278 (18.55%) GDPR
4 170 (11.34%) PCI DSS
5 162 (10.81%) GRC
5 162 (10.81%) ISO 9001
6 125 (8.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 109 (7.27%) NCSC
8 72 (4.80%) SOC 2
9 56 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 50 (3.34%) SLA
11 38 (2.54%) ISO 22301
11 38 (2.54%) NIST 800
12 36 (2.40%) COBIT
12 36 (2.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 31 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 17025
14 29 (1.93%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 27 (1.80%) ISO 14001
16 20 (1.33%) QA
17 19 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 128 (8.54%) Active Directory
2 64 (4.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (2.00%) Docker
4 17 (1.13%) Hyper-V
5 16 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.73%) Firmware
8 7 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.33%) vSphere
10 4 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.20%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.13%) XenApp
12 2 (0.13%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.067%) LXC
13 1 (0.067%) Snort
Systems Management
1 59 (3.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 49 (3.27%) Kubernetes
3 32 (2.13%) Terraform
4 30 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
5 28 (1.87%) EnCase
6 18 (1.20%) QRadar
7 14 (0.93%) WSUS
8 13 (0.87%) Ansible
8 13 (0.87%) SCCM
9 11 (0.73%) CSIRT
9 11 (0.73%) Nessus
9 11 (0.73%) Nmap
9 11 (0.73%) Prometheus
10 7 (0.47%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.40%) Grafana
11 6 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.33%) CASB
12 5 (0.33%) Packer
12 5 (0.33%) Suricata
13 4 (0.27%) Istio
Vendors
1 399 (26.62%) Microsoft
2 96 (6.40%) Cisco
3 86 (5.74%) VMware
4 40 (2.67%) Fortinet
5 39 (2.60%) Splunk
6 37 (2.47%) Google
7 31 (2.07%) Apple
7 31 (2.07%) Meraki
8 26 (1.73%) IBM
8 26 (1.73%) Oracle
8 26 (1.73%) Qualys
9 23 (1.53%) Palo Alto
10 18 (1.20%) SAP
11 16 (1.07%) Citrix
12 15 (1.00%) Juniper
12 15 (1.00%) Red Hat
13 11 (0.73%) Rapid7
13 11 (0.73%) Thycotic
14 9 (0.60%) ServiceNow
14 9 (0.60%) Veeam