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 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 130 99
Rank change year-on-year +60 -31 +34
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 108 33 92
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 2.52% 1.32% 2.55%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 22.64% 8.15% 18.93%
Number of salaries quoted 56 25 87
10th Percentile £36,750 £46,000 £46,700
25th Percentile £56,938 £55,000 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £75,000 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +9.49% -5.52%
75th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £97,500
London median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +13.33% +3.45% +11.54%

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 477 405 486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 11.14% 16.24% 13.45%
Number of salaries quoted 349 219 397
10th Percentile £41,106 £41,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £56,875 £46,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% +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 11 May 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 11 May 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 +48 91 £72,500 -3.33% 30
City of Westminster - 2 - - 2
West End of London - 1 £32,500 - 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 6 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (5.56%) Skype for Business
2 4 (3.70%) IIS
3 1 (0.93%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (7.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.93%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 35 (32.41%) Azure
2 25 (23.15%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (14.81%) AWS
4 13 (12.04%) Entra ID
5 8 (7.41%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (6.48%) GCP
7 6 (5.56%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (4.63%) SaaS
9 4 (3.70%) Nutanix
9 4 (3.70%) Power Platform
10 3 (2.78%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.85%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 2 (1.85%) AWS CloudTrail
11 2 (1.85%) AWS KMS
11 2 (1.85%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.85%) Tessian
12 1 (0.93%) Azure AKS
12 1 (0.93%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.93%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (10.19%) Firewall
2 8 (7.41%) VPN
3 6 (5.56%) Network Security
3 6 (5.56%) Skype
3 6 (5.56%) Unified Communications
3 6 (5.56%) WebEx
4 3 (2.78%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (2.78%) LAN
5 2 (1.85%) DHCP
5 2 (1.85%) DKIM
5 2 (1.85%) DMARC
5 2 (1.85%) DNS
5 2 (1.85%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.85%) WAN
6 1 (0.93%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.26%) Tableau
2 5 (4.63%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (2.78%) Power BI
5 1 (0.93%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.93%) Metadata
5 1 (0.93%) MS Access
5 1 (0.93%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.85%) GitLab
1 2 (1.85%) JIRA
General
1 59 (54.63%) Finance
2 54 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 35 (32.41%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (21.30%) Banking
5 20 (18.52%) Legal
6 18 (16.67%) Law
6 18 (16.67%) Local Government
6 18 (16.67%) Retail
7 16 (14.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.85%) Advertising
9 2 (1.85%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.85%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.93%) Front Office
10 1 (0.93%) Games
10 1 (0.93%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 18 (16.67%) Senior
2 14 (12.96%) Consultant
3 13 (12.04%) Analyst
3 13 (12.04%) Security Engineer
4 12 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 11 (10.19%) Security Manager
6 10 (9.26%) Senior Consultant
7 9 (8.33%) CISSP Engineer
7 9 (8.33%) PowerShell Engineer
7 9 (8.33%) Python Engineer
8 7 (6.48%) CyberArk Engineer
8 7 (6.48%) Support Analyst
9 6 (5.56%) Lead
9 6 (5.56%) Support Assistant
10 5 (4.63%) Developer
11 4 (3.70%) Software Developer
12 3 (2.78%) IT Manager
12 3 (2.78%) Junior
12 3 (2.78%) Security Consultant
12 3 (2.78%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.63%) CSS
1 5 (4.63%) HTML
2 3 (2.78%) SailPoint
3 2 (1.85%) REST
3 2 (1.85%) SOAP
4 1 (0.93%) ADO
4 1 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.93%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.93%) JSP
4 1 (0.93%) LDAP
4 1 (0.93%) OAuth
4 1 (0.93%) OpenID
4 1 (0.93%) SAML
4 1 (0.93%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (21.30%) Security Posture
2 20 (18.52%) Management Information System
3 9 (8.33%) Hedge funds
4 8 (7.41%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (4.63%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (4.63%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (3.70%) Data Centre
6 4 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (3.70%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.70%) PKI
7 2 (1.85%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.85%) CMDB
7 2 (1.85%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.85%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.93%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.93%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.93%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.93%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 21 (19.44%) Windows
2 12 (11.11%) Linux
3 11 (10.19%) Mac OS
4 9 (8.33%) Windows Server
5 4 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (46.30%) Cybersecurity
2 48 (44.44%) Information Security
3 46 (42.59%) Risk Management
4 31 (28.70%) Mentoring
5 24 (22.22%) Project Management
6 23 (21.30%) Incident Response
7 20 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (16.67%) Target Operating Model
9 17 (15.74%) Internal Audit
10 16 (14.81%) Roadmaps
11 15 (13.89%) Agile
11 15 (13.89%) SIEM
12 13 (12.04%) Business Intelligence
13 12 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
13 12 (11.11%) Decision-Making
14 11 (10.19%) Regulatory Change
14 11 (10.19%) Security Operations
14 11 (10.19%) Vulnerability Management
15 10 (9.26%) Security Architecture
16 9 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 30 (27.78%) PowerShell
2 23 (21.30%) Python
3 18 (16.67%) SQL
4 5 (4.63%) T-SQL
5 4 (3.70%) VBA
5 4 (3.70%) VBScript
6 3 (2.78%) Bash
7 1 (0.93%) Java
7 1 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.93%) VB
Qualifications
1 47 (43.52%) CISSP
2 36 (33.33%) CISM
3 20 (18.52%) Degree
4 18 (16.67%) CISA
5 17 (15.74%) CRISC
6 13 (12.04%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 12 (11.11%) CCSP
7 12 (11.11%) CompTIA CySA+
8 9 (8.33%) Master's Degree
9 5 (4.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (4.63%) GIAC
9 5 (4.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 4 (3.70%) CEH
10 4 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 4 (3.70%) SC Cleared
10 4 (3.70%) Security Cleared
11 2 (1.85%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.85%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (59.26%) NIST
2 23 (21.30%) GDPR
3 20 (18.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 20 (18.52%) QA
4 15 (13.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 15 (13.89%) GRC
5 12 (11.11%) NIST 800
6 11 (10.19%) Actionable Recommendations
7 9 (8.33%) SOC 2
8 5 (4.63%) COBIT
9 4 (3.70%) Data Quality
9 4 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (2.78%) NCSC
10 3 (2.78%) PCI DSS
10 3 (2.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (1.85%) ISO 14000
11 2 (1.85%) ITGC
11 2 (1.85%) SOC 1
12 1 (0.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.93%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 16 (14.81%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.93%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 8 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.78%) Terraform
3 2 (1.85%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.93%) ArcSight ESM
4 1 (0.93%) QRadar
4 1 (0.93%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 39 (36.11%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.11%) Google
3 7 (6.48%) CyberArk
3 7 (6.48%) VMware
4 6 (5.56%) Polycom
4 6 (5.56%) Splunk
5 4 (3.70%) Commvault
5 4 (3.70%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (3.70%) iManage
5 4 (3.70%) Oracle
6 3 (2.78%) SAP
7 2 (1.85%) LogRhythm
7 2 (1.85%) OneTrust
7 2 (1.85%) Sage
7 2 (1.85%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.85%) Xero
8 1 (0.93%) ArcSight
8 1 (0.93%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.93%) LogLogic
8 1 (0.93%) Workday