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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 94 105
Rank change year-on-year +39 +11 +56
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 89 98 78
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 4.20% 2.98% 2.42%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.07% 19.48% 14.80%
Number of salaries quoted 59 57 74
10th Percentile £36,750 £47,000 £56,625
25th Percentile £48,000 £60,000 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -10.00% +3.45%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £101,000 £115,000 £104,250
London median annual salary £75,000 £72,450 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.52% +3.50% +3.70%

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 355 503 527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 16.75% 15.29% 16.33%
Number of salaries quoted 273 270 472
10th Percentile £36,750 £46,125 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.45% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £96,313
90th Percentile £105,000 £106,375 £107,250
London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +7.14% +6.46%

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 2 December 2025.

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 2 December 2025. 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 +41 82 £65,000 - 25
City of Westminster +34 2 - -
West End of London +4 1 £57,500 -23.33%
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 12 (13.48%) Skype for Business
2 2 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.12%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (14.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (14.61%) Microsoft Office
1 13 (14.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.12%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 33 (37.08%) Azure
2 15 (16.85%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (13.48%) Entra ID
4 11 (12.36%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (7.87%) PaaS
6 6 (6.74%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (6.74%) SaaS
7 4 (4.49%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (3.37%) AWS
8 3 (3.37%) Nutanix
9 2 (2.25%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (2.25%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (1.12%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (1.12%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (1.12%) AWS Fargate
10 1 (1.12%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (1.12%) Azure Stack
10 1 (1.12%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 1 (1.12%) Mimecast
10 1 (1.12%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (13.48%) Skype
1 12 (13.48%) Unified Communications
1 12 (13.48%) WebEx
2 10 (11.24%) Firewall
3 7 (7.87%) Network Security
4 4 (4.49%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (3.37%) VPN
6 2 (2.25%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.25%) WAN
7 1 (1.12%) DHCP
7 1 (1.12%) DKIM
7 1 (1.12%) DMARC
7 1 (1.12%) DNS
7 1 (1.12%) LAN
7 1 (1.12%) NetScaler
7 1 (1.12%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.37%) Tableau
2 1 (1.12%) Metadata
2 1 (1.12%) MS Access
2 1 (1.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.12%) JIRA
1 1 (1.12%) MLflow
General
1 34 (38.20%) Social Skills
2 32 (35.96%) Finance
3 21 (23.60%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (19.10%) Law
5 11 (12.36%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (10.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (7.87%) Legal
8 4 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.25%) Back Office
9 2 (2.25%) Banking
9 2 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.25%) Retail
10 1 (1.12%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.12%) Games
10 1 (1.12%) Local Government
10 1 (1.12%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (21.35%) Analyst
2 13 (14.61%) Security Engineer
3 12 (13.48%) Lead
3 12 (13.48%) Senior
3 12 (13.48%) Support Analyst
3 12 (13.48%) Support Assistant
4 6 (6.74%) IT Manager
5 5 (5.62%) Junior
5 5 (5.62%) Risk Manager
5 5 (5.62%) Senior Manager
5 5 (5.62%) Senior Risk Manager
6 4 (4.49%) Consultant
6 4 (4.49%) DevOps Engineer
6 4 (4.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (4.49%) Infrastructure Manager
6 4 (4.49%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 4 (4.49%) Security Manager
6 4 (4.49%) Technology Risk Manager
7 3 (3.37%) Disaster Recovery Specialist
7 3 (3.37%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.62%) YAML
2 1 (1.12%) Kafka
2 1 (1.12%) LangChain
2 1 (1.12%) pydantic
2 1 (1.12%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.12%) RESTful
2 1 (1.12%) scikit-learn
2 1 (1.12%) TensorFlow
2 1 (1.12%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 15 (16.85%) Security Posture
2 13 (14.61%) Video Conferencing
3 12 (13.48%) Management Information System
4 10 (11.24%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (10.11%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (6.74%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (5.62%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (4.49%) Algorithms
9 3 (3.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (3.37%) Operational Technology
9 3 (3.37%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (3.37%) Virtual Team
10 2 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (2.25%) Cloud Native
10 2 (2.25%) Hedge funds
10 2 (2.25%) Onboarding
11 1 (1.12%) Data Centre
11 1 (1.12%) Enterprise Cloud
11 1 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (1.12%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.99%) Windows
2 3 (3.37%) Linux
2 3 (3.37%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.25%) VMS
3 2 (2.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (38.20%) Risk Management
2 31 (34.83%) Information Security
2 31 (34.83%) ITIL
3 30 (33.71%) Cybersecurity
4 19 (21.35%) SIEM
4 19 (21.35%) Vulnerability Management
5 16 (17.98%) ISMS
6 15 (16.85%) Mentoring
7 14 (15.73%) Coaching
8 13 (14.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 13 (14.61%) Creative Thinking
8 13 (14.61%) Regulatory Compliance
9 12 (13.48%) Agile
9 12 (13.48%) Data Protection
9 12 (13.48%) Disaster Recovery
9 12 (13.48%) Preventative Maintenance
9 12 (13.48%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (12.36%) Cloud Security
10 11 (12.36%) Incident Response
11 10 (11.24%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 20 (22.47%) PowerShell
2 13 (14.61%) Python
3 9 (10.11%) SQL
4 4 (4.49%) Bash
5 1 (1.12%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 29 (32.58%) CISSP
2 19 (21.35%) CISM
3 13 (14.61%) CRISC
4 12 (13.48%) CISA
4 12 (13.48%) Degree
5 7 (7.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (5.62%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (4.49%) CompTIA CySA+
7 4 (4.49%) Master's Degree
8 3 (3.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (3.37%) CCNA
8 3 (3.37%) CEH
8 3 (3.37%) SC Cleared
8 3 (3.37%) Security Cleared
9 2 (2.25%) CCSP
9 2 (2.25%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (2.25%) GCIH
9 2 (2.25%) GIAC
9 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (2.25%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (52.81%) NIST
2 21 (23.60%) GDPR
3 12 (13.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (11.24%) GRC
5 6 (6.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (6.74%) Data Quality
6 5 (5.62%) NCSC
7 4 (4.49%) ISO 9001
7 4 (4.49%) SOC 2
8 3 (3.37%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 3 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (3.37%) ITGC
8 3 (3.37%) PCI DSS
9 2 (2.25%) COBIT
9 2 (2.25%) QA
9 2 (2.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (1.12%) HIPAA
10 1 (1.12%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 10 (11.24%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.12%) Docker
2 1 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (5.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.49%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.25%) ArcSight ESM
3 2 (2.25%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.25%) QRadar
4 1 (1.12%) Nessus
4 1 (1.12%) Terraform
4 1 (1.12%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 38 (42.70%) Microsoft
2 12 (13.48%) Polycom
3 5 (5.62%) Google
3 5 (5.62%) VMware
4 3 (3.37%) Commvault
4 3 (3.37%) Tenable
5 2 (2.25%) ArcSight
5 2 (2.25%) Cisco
5 2 (2.25%) CyberArk
5 2 (2.25%) LogLogic
5 2 (2.25%) McAfee
5 2 (2.25%) Meraki
5 2 (2.25%) Splunk
6 1 (1.12%) Aruba
6 1 (1.12%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.12%) Dell
6 1 (1.12%) Rapid7
6 1 (1.12%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.12%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.12%) Stonesoft