ISO/IEC 27001 Job Trends in Central London

ISO/IEC 27001
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 102 74
Rank change year-on-year +18 -28 +39
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 60 44 119
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 1.96% 2.26% 3.64%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.76% 12.83% 26.10%
Number of salaries quoted 41 36 79
10th Percentile £36,750 £36,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,875 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.45% -4.23% -18.75%
75th Percentile £79,500 £83,438 £80,625
90th Percentile £87,500 £108,125 £107,000
London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £73,375
% change year-on-year +6.67% +2.21% -2.17%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Central London

ISO/IEC 27001 falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 436 343 456
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 14.22% 17.61% 13.97%
Number of salaries quoted 278 264 303
10th Percentile £44,000 £37,350 £45,977
25th Percentile £57,500 £50,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £92,188 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £112,375 £105,000 £106,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -6.67% +7.14%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ISO/IEC 27001 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

ISO/IEC 27001 job vacancy trend in Central London

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing ISO/IEC 27001.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing ISO/IEC 27001

ISO/IEC 27001
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in Central London over the 6 months to 30 September 2026.

Salary histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in Central London

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 30 September 2026. 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
City of London +15 51 £72,500 +27.19% 54
Southwark - 3 - - 1
West End of London 0 1 £32,500 -42.48% 2
ISO/IEC 27001
London

ISO/IEC 27001
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (11.67%) Skype for Business
2 4 (6.67%) IIS
2 4 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (18.33%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (11.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (11.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (13.33%) Azure
3 5 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
4 4 (6.67%) AWS
4 4 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (6.67%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (3.33%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.33%) SaaS
5 2 (3.33%) Serverless
6 1 (1.67%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.67%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.67%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.67%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.67%) Skype
1 7 (11.67%) Unified Communications
1 7 (11.67%) WebEx
2 3 (5.00%) Cisco IPT
2 3 (5.00%) Network Security
3 2 (3.33%) Firewall
4 1 (1.67%) DKIM
4 1 (1.67%) DMARC
4 1 (1.67%) NAS
4 1 (1.67%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.67%) GitLab
General
1 30 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 26 (43.33%) Finance
3 14 (23.33%) Law
4 10 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (16.67%) Retail
5 9 (15.00%) Legal
6 8 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (13.33%) Banking
7 7 (11.67%) Local Government
8 4 (6.67%) Public Sector
9 3 (5.00%) Marketing
9 3 (5.00%) Public Speaking
9 3 (5.00%) Telecoms
10 2 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.67%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (18.33%) Analyst
2 8 (13.33%) Support Analyst
3 7 (11.67%) Consultant
3 7 (11.67%) Senior
3 7 (11.67%) Support Assistant
4 5 (8.33%) Lead
4 5 (8.33%) Security Consultant
5 4 (6.67%) Auditor
5 4 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 4 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 4 (6.67%) Developer
5 4 (6.67%) Senior Consultant
5 4 (6.67%) Software Developer
6 3 (5.00%) Head of Security
6 3 (5.00%) Security Specialist
7 2 (3.33%) Data Manager
7 2 (3.33%) IT Auditor
7 2 (3.33%) Risk Manager
7 2 (3.33%) Security Engineer
7 2 (3.33%) Senior IT Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.67%) CSS
1 4 (6.67%) HTML
2 2 (3.33%) AWS CDK
3 1 (1.67%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.67%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.33%) Security Posture
2 10 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 7 (11.67%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (5.00%) Data Centre
5 3 (5.00%) Life Science
6 2 (3.33%) Driving Licence
6 2 (3.33%) Onboarding
6 2 (3.33%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.67%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (1.67%) Learning Management System
7 1 (1.67%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.67%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.00%) Windows
2 5 (8.33%) Windows Server
3 4 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (3.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (41.67%) Information Security
3 20 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 11 (18.33%) Incident Response
4 11 (18.33%) ISMS
4 11 (18.33%) Mentoring
5 10 (16.67%) ITIL
6 9 (15.00%) Project Management
6 9 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (13.33%) Cloud Security
7 8 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (13.33%) Decision-Making
7 8 (13.33%) Internal Audit
7 8 (13.33%) Roadmaps
8 7 (11.67%) Business Development
8 7 (11.67%) Preventative Maintenance
8 7 (11.67%) Target Operating Model
9 6 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
9 6 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
10 5 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.67%) SQL
2 4 (6.67%) T-SQL
2 4 (6.67%) VBA
2 4 (6.67%) VBScript
3 1 (1.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 21 (35.00%) CISSP
2 19 (31.67%) CISM
3 11 (18.33%) Degree
4 9 (15.00%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (15.00%) SC Cleared
4 9 (15.00%) Security Cleared
5 8 (13.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 7 (11.67%) CCSP
6 7 (11.67%) Master's Degree
7 6 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 5 (8.33%) CRISC
9 4 (6.67%) CEH
10 3 (5.00%) CISA
10 3 (5.00%) CISMP
10 3 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (5.00%) ISEB
10 3 (5.00%) SANS
11 2 (3.33%) Azure Certification
11 2 (3.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (40.00%) NIST
2 16 (26.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (26.67%) GDPR
3 9 (15.00%) QA
4 5 (8.33%) GRC
4 5 (8.33%) NCSC
5 4 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (6.67%) PCI DSS
5 4 (6.67%) SOC 2
6 3 (5.00%) COBIT
7 2 (3.33%) ISO 14000
7 2 (3.33%) ISO 22301
7 2 (3.33%) NIST 800
8 1 (1.67%) Def Stans
8 1 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (1.67%) ITGC
8 1 (1.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (1.67%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (11.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.67%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.67%) Polycom
3 4 (6.67%) iManage
3 4 (6.67%) OneTrust
4 2 (3.33%) Darktrace
5 1 (1.67%) Cisco
5 1 (1.67%) Google
5 1 (1.67%) NetApp
5 1 (1.67%) Proofpoint
5 1 (1.67%) VMware
5 1 (1.67%) Zscaler