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

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 126 97
Rank change year-on-year +68 -29 +51
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 116 39 87
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 3.04% 1.50% 2.46%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 23.77% 9.07% 17.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59 28 81
10th Percentile £36,750 £46,000 £47,000
25th Percentile £56,750 £63,438 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.38% -10.34%
75th Percentile £92,500 £85,938 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £97,500
London median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% +7.14% +7.69%

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 488 430 493
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 12.77% 16.56% 13.94%
Number of salaries quoted 348 199 407
10th Percentile £41,034 £42,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £56,969 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £91,250 £85,625 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £114,000 £105,000
London median annual salary £73,750 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +5.36% +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 13 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 13 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 +51 101 £75,000 - 31
City of Westminster - 3 - - 1
West End of London - 1 £32,500 - 3
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 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.86%) IIS
3 1 (0.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (6.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.86%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 44 (37.93%) Azure
2 24 (20.69%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (12.93%) AWS
3 15 (12.93%) Entra ID
4 10 (8.62%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (6.03%) GCP
5 7 (6.03%) Microsoft Purview
5 7 (6.03%) SaaS
6 6 (5.17%) Nutanix
7 5 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (3.45%) PaaS
8 4 (3.45%) Power Platform
9 3 (2.59%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.72%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (1.72%) AWS CloudTrail
10 2 (1.72%) AWS KMS
10 2 (1.72%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.72%) Tessian
11 1 (0.86%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.86%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.48%) 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
5 3 (2.59%) LAN
6 2 (1.72%) DHCP
6 2 (1.72%) DKIM
6 2 (1.72%) DMARC
6 2 (1.72%) DNS
6 2 (1.72%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.72%) WAN
7 1 (0.86%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.48%) Tableau
2 3 (2.59%) Power BI
3 2 (1.72%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.86%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.86%) Metadata
4 1 (0.86%) MS Access
4 1 (0.86%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.72%) JIRA
2 1 (0.86%) GitLab
General
1 60 (51.72%) Finance
2 48 (41.38%) Social Skills
3 35 (30.17%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (16.38%) Legal
5 17 (14.66%) Banking
6 16 (13.79%) Law
7 14 (12.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (11.21%) Local Government
8 13 (11.21%) Retail
9 4 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.59%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.72%) Advertising
11 2 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.86%) Front Office
12 1 (0.86%) Games
12 1 (0.86%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.86%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (16.38%) Senior
2 17 (14.66%) Security Engineer
3 14 (12.07%) Analyst
3 14 (12.07%) Consultant
4 13 (11.21%) Lead
5 11 (9.48%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 11 (9.48%) Security Manager
6 10 (8.62%) CISSP Engineer
6 10 (8.62%) PowerShell Engineer
6 10 (8.62%) Python Engineer
7 9 (7.76%) Senior Consultant
8 7 (6.03%) CyberArk Engineer
9 6 (5.17%) IT Manager
9 6 (5.17%) Support Analyst
10 5 (4.31%) Infrastructure Manager
10 5 (4.31%) Support Assistant
11 4 (3.45%) Information Analyst
11 4 (3.45%) Risk Manager
11 4 (3.45%) Security Consultant
11 4 (3.45%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.45%) YAML
2 3 (2.59%) SailPoint
3 2 (1.72%) CSS
3 2 (1.72%) HTML
3 2 (1.72%) REST
3 2 (1.72%) SOAP
4 1 (0.86%) ADO
4 1 (0.86%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.86%) JSP
4 1 (0.86%) LDAP
4 1 (0.86%) OAuth
4 1 (0.86%) OpenID
4 1 (0.86%) SAML
4 1 (0.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (20.69%) 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%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (4.31%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (4.31%) Onboarding
7 5 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (3.45%) Operational Technology
8 4 (3.45%) PKI
8 4 (3.45%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (2.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 2 (1.72%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.72%) CMDB
10 2 (1.72%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.86%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.86%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.86%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.86%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.52%) Windows
2 12 (10.34%) Linux
2 12 (10.34%) Mac OS
3 6 (5.17%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (43.10%) Cybersecurity
1 50 (43.10%) Risk Management
2 47 (40.52%) Information Security
3 32 (27.59%) Mentoring
4 24 (20.69%) Incident Response
5 21 (18.10%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (17.24%) Vulnerability Management
7 19 (16.38%) Agile
8 18 (15.52%) Roadmaps
9 17 (14.66%) Project Management
9 17 (14.66%) SIEM
10 16 (13.79%) Coaching
10 16 (13.79%) Internal Audit
11 15 (12.93%) ITIL
12 14 (12.07%) Business Intelligence
12 14 (12.07%) Security Operations
13 13 (11.21%) Actionable Insight
13 13 (11.21%) Target Operating Model
14 12 (10.34%) Creative Thinking
14 12 (10.34%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 34 (29.31%) PowerShell
2 26 (22.41%) Python
3 16 (13.79%) SQL
4 3 (2.59%) Bash
5 2 (1.72%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.86%) Java
6 1 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.86%) VB
6 1 (0.86%) VBA
6 1 (0.86%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 48 (41.38%) CISSP
2 34 (29.31%) CISM
3 22 (18.97%) CISA
4 19 (16.38%) CRISC
4 19 (16.38%) Degree
5 14 (12.07%) CompTIA CySA+
6 10 (8.62%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (7.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (6.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 8 (6.90%) CCSP
8 8 (6.90%) Master's Degree
9 5 (4.31%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (4.31%) GIAC
9 5 (4.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 4 (3.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
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 75 (64.66%) NIST
2 24 (20.69%) GDPR
3 18 (15.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (13.79%) GRC
5 15 (12.93%) QA
6 14 (12.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 12 (10.34%) Actionable Recommendations
8 11 (9.48%) NIST 800
9 9 (7.76%) SOC 2
10 7 (6.03%) COBIT
11 6 (5.17%) Data Quality
11 6 (5.17%) NCSC
12 4 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 3 (2.59%) ITGC
13 3 (2.59%) PCI DSS
13 3 (2.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (1.72%) EU AI Act
14 2 (1.72%) SOC 1
15 1 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 15 (12.93%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.86%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 8 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.72%) ArcSight ESM
3 2 (1.72%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.72%) QRadar
3 2 (1.72%) Terraform
4 1 (0.86%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 44 (37.93%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.21%) Google
3 9 (7.76%) 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%) 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%) iManage
10 1 (0.86%) Workday