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 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	80	84	89
Rank change year-on-year	+4	+5	+18
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001	52	57	106
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London	1.93%	3.03%	3.32%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	12.59%	16.72%	22.75%
Number of salaries quoted	36	45	66
10^th Percentile	£36,750	£36,750	£46,250
25^th Percentile	£52,000	£46,250	£57,563
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£72,500	£57,500	£65,000
Median % change year-on-year	+26.09%	-11.54%	-17.46%
75^th Percentile	£81,563	£81,250	£82,188
90^th Percentile	£94,375	£106,250	£102,500
London median annual salary	£80,000	£75,000	£70,000
% change year-on-year	+6.67%	+7.14%	-4.11%

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.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills	413	341	466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London	15.33%	18.12%	14.60%
Number of salaries quoted	261	275	294
10^th Percentile	£45,000	£39,750	£46,475
25^th Percentile	£57,500	£51,250	£55,375
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£72,500	£67,500	£70,000
Median % change year-on-year	+7.41%	-3.57%	-6.67%
75^th Percentile	£93,000	£83,125	£85,000
90^th Percentile	£115,000	£106,250	£106,250
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 Salary Trend in Central London

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 18 October 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 18 October 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	-6	42	£72,500	+27.19%	51
Southwark	-	5	-	-
West End of London	0	1	£100,000	+75.44%	2
ISO/IEC 27001 London

ISO/IEC 27001 Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, job vacancies citing ISO/IEC 27001 also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Central London region with a requirement for ISO/IEC 27001.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	53.8%	28
2	Information Security	36.5%	19
2	NIST	36.5%	19
4	CISSP	32.7%	17
5	Microsoft	30.8%	16
6	CISM	28.8%	15
6	Cyber Essentials	28.8%	15
8	GDPR	26.9%	14
8	Incident Response	26.9%	14
8	Risk Management	26.9%	14
11	Azure	21.2%	11
11	Cloud Security	21.2%	11
13	Roadmaps	19.2%	10
13	SC Cleared	19.2%	10
13	Security Cleared	19.2%	10
16	Mentoring	17.3%	9
16	Microsoft 365	17.3%	9
16	Stakeholder Management	17.3%	9
19	Data Loss Prevention	15.4%	8
19	Degree	15.4%	8
19	ISMS	15.4%	8
19	ITIL	15.4%	8
19	Microsoft Purview	15.4%	8
24	Cisco Certification	13.5%	7
24	Data Governance	13.5%	7
24	Data Protection	13.5%	7
24	ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	13.5%	7
24	Microsoft Office	13.5%	7
24	People Management	13.5%	7
24	Security Architecture	13.5%	7

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	NIST	36.5%	19
2	Cyber Essentials	28.8%	15
3	GDPR	26.9%	14
4	Cyber Essentials PLUS	9.6%	5
4	PCI DSS	9.6%	5
6	NCSC	7.7%	4
6	QA	7.7%	4
8	COBIT	3.8%	2
8	GRC	3.8%	2
8	ISO 14000	3.8%	2
8	ISO 22301	3.8%	2
8	SOC 2	3.8%	2
13	Def Stans	1.9%	1
13	ISO/IEC 27005	1.9%	1
13	ISO/IEC 42001	1.9%	1
13	Sarbanes-Oxley	1.9%	1
13	SLA	1.9%	1