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 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 121 99
Rank change year-on-year +66 -22 +48
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 116 39 85
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 3.17% 1.50% 2.41%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 24.47% 9.18% 17.17%
Number of salaries quoted 61 28 79
10th Percentile £36,750 £46,000 £47,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £59,688 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,750 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.01% +10.74% -3.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £85,938 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £98,500
London median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% +7.14% +11.11%

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 474 425 495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 12.94% 16.34% 14.04%
Number of salaries quoted 340 196 409
10th Percentile £40,478 £42,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £56,875 £47,500 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £91,250 £86,875 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,125 £111,875 £110,000
London median annual salary £74,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +5.71% +3.70% -

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 6 April 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 6 April 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 +49 101 £72,500 -3.33% 32
City of Westminster - 3 - -
West End of London - 2 £45,000 -
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 5 (4.31%) Skype for Business
2 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.86%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (6.03%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (6.03%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (6.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.86%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 46 (39.66%) Azure
2 24 (20.69%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (13.79%) Entra ID
4 15 (12.93%) AWS
5 11 (9.48%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (6.03%) GCP
6 7 (6.03%) Microsoft Purview
6 7 (6.03%) SaaS
7 6 (5.17%) Nutanix
8 5 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (3.45%) PaaS
10 3 (2.59%) Google Workspace
10 3 (2.59%) Power Platform
11 2 (1.72%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 2 (1.72%) AWS CloudTrail
11 2 (1.72%) AWS KMS
11 2 (1.72%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.72%) Tessian
12 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.86%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.34%) Firewall
2 8 (6.90%) VPN
3 5 (4.31%) Network Security
3 5 (4.31%) Skype
3 5 (4.31%) Unified Communications
3 5 (4.31%) WebEx
4 4 (3.45%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (3.45%) LAN
5 3 (2.59%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.59%) WAN
6 2 (1.72%) DHCP
6 2 (1.72%) DKIM
6 2 (1.72%) DMARC
6 2 (1.72%) DNS
7 1 (0.86%) Broadband
7 1 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.48%) Tableau
2 2 (1.72%) Power BI
2 2 (1.72%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.86%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.86%) Metadata
3 1 (0.86%) MS Access
3 1 (0.86%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.72%) JIRA
2 1 (0.86%) GitLab
2 1 (0.86%) MLflow
General
1 57 (49.14%) Finance
2 48 (41.38%) Social Skills
3 34 (29.31%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (15.52%) Legal
5 15 (12.93%) Banking
5 15 (12.93%) Law
6 13 (11.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (10.34%) Retail
8 11 (9.48%) Local Government
9 6 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (2.59%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.72%) Advertising
12 2 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.72%) Marketing
13 1 (0.86%) Front Office
13 1 (0.86%) Games
13 1 (0.86%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 20 (17.24%) Senior
2 18 (15.52%) Security Engineer
3 14 (12.07%) Consultant
4 13 (11.21%) Analyst
5 12 (10.34%) Lead
6 11 (9.48%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 11 (9.48%) Security Manager
7 10 (8.62%) CISSP Engineer
7 10 (8.62%) PowerShell Engineer
7 10 (8.62%) Python Engineer
8 8 (6.90%) Senior Consultant
9 7 (6.03%) CyberArk Engineer
10 6 (5.17%) IT Manager
10 6 (5.17%) Support Analyst
11 5 (4.31%) Infrastructure Manager
11 5 (4.31%) Risk Manager
11 5 (4.31%) Security Consultant
11 5 (4.31%) Senior Manager
11 5 (4.31%) Support Assistant
12 4 (3.45%) Information Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.45%) YAML
2 3 (2.59%) SailPoint
3 2 (1.72%) REST
3 2 (1.72%) SOAP
4 1 (0.86%) ADO
4 1 (0.86%) CSS
4 1 (0.86%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.86%) HTML
4 1 (0.86%) JSP
4 1 (0.86%) Kafka
4 1 (0.86%) LangChain
4 1 (0.86%) LDAP
4 1 (0.86%) OAuth
4 1 (0.86%) OpenID
4 1 (0.86%) pydantic
4 1 (0.86%) SAML
4 1 (0.86%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.86%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.86%) Web Services
4 1 (0.86%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.97%) Security Posture
2 16 (13.79%) Management Information System
3 10 (8.62%) Hedge funds
4 8 (6.90%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (6.03%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (5.17%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (5.17%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (5.17%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (3.45%) Onboarding
7 4 (3.45%) Operational Technology
7 4 (3.45%) PKI
7 4 (3.45%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (2.59%) Cloud Native
8 3 (2.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (1.72%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.72%) CMDB
9 2 (1.72%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.72%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.86%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.86%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.52%) Windows
2 12 (10.34%) Linux
2 12 (10.34%) Mac OS
3 6 (5.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (43.10%) Risk Management
2 49 (42.24%) Cybersecurity
3 45 (38.79%) Information Security
4 30 (25.86%) Mentoring
5 24 (20.69%) Incident Response
6 21 (18.10%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (18.10%) Vulnerability Management
7 19 (16.38%) Agile
8 18 (15.52%) SIEM
9 17 (14.66%) Roadmaps
10 16 (13.79%) Coaching
10 16 (13.79%) ITIL
11 15 (12.93%) Project Management
12 14 (12.07%) Internal Audit
12 14 (12.07%) Security Operations
13 13 (11.21%) Actionable Insight
13 13 (11.21%) Business Intelligence
13 13 (11.21%) Creative Thinking
14 12 (10.34%) AI
14 12 (10.34%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 34 (29.31%) PowerShell
2 27 (23.28%) Python
3 15 (12.93%) SQL
4 3 (2.59%) Bash
5 1 (0.86%) Java
5 1 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.86%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (40.52%) CISSP
2 32 (27.59%) CISM
3 22 (18.97%) CISA
4 20 (17.24%) CRISC
5 17 (14.66%) Degree
6 14 (12.07%) CompTIA CySA+
7 9 (7.76%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (7.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (6.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 7 (6.03%) CCSP
8 7 (6.03%) Master's Degree
9 5 (4.31%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (4.31%) GIAC
10 4 (3.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 4 (3.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 3 (2.59%) CCNA
11 3 (2.59%) CEH
12 2 (1.72%) A+ Certification
12 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (1.72%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (63.79%) NIST
2 24 (20.69%) GDPR
3 19 (16.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (12.93%) GRC
5 14 (12.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 13 (11.21%) Actionable Recommendations
6 13 (11.21%) QA
7 10 (8.62%) NIST 800
8 8 (6.90%) SOC 2
9 7 (6.03%) Data Quality
10 6 (5.17%) COBIT
10 6 (5.17%) NCSC
11 4 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 3 (2.59%) PCI DSS
12 3 (2.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (1.72%) EU AI Act
13 2 (1.72%) ITGC
13 2 (1.72%) SOC 1
14 1 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 15 (12.93%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.86%) Docker
3 1 (0.86%) NLBS
3 1 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.86%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (7.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (2.59%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.72%) ArcSight ESM
4 2 (1.72%) QRadar
4 2 (1.72%) Terraform
5 1 (0.86%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.86%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.86%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 44 (37.93%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.21%) Google
3 10 (8.62%) VMware
4 7 (6.03%) CyberArk
4 7 (6.03%) Splunk
5 6 (5.17%) Commvault
6 5 (4.31%) Polycom
7 4 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (3.45%) Oracle
8 3 (2.59%) SAP
9 2 (1.72%) ArcSight
9 2 (1.72%) Cisco
9 2 (1.72%) LogLogic
9 2 (1.72%) LogRhythm
9 2 (1.72%) McAfee
9 2 (1.72%) OneTrust
9 2 (1.72%) Sage
9 2 (1.72%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.72%) Xero
10 1 (0.86%) Workday