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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 106 118
Rank change year-on-year +56 +12 +16
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 116 74 69
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 3.82% 2.43% 2.02%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 26.79% 14.86% 14.20%
Number of salaries quoted 67 41 63
10th Percentile £36,750 £47,000 £48,250
25th Percentile £51,875 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -6.90% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £101,500
London median annual salary £77,500 £73,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +6.16% +4.29% +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 433 498 486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 14.28% 16.33% 14.22%
Number of salaries quoted 328 202 411
10th Percentile £38,675 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £56,875 £51,563 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -6.90% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £96,250
90th Percentile £101,800 £102,600 £110,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
% 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 19 February 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 19 February 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 +42 101 £65,000 -10.22% 25
City of Westminster +33 3 - -
West End of London - 1 £57,500 -
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 10 (8.62%) Skype for Business
2 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.86%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (10.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (9.48%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.86%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 48 (41.38%) Azure
2 27 (23.28%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (14.66%) Entra ID
4 13 (11.21%) AWS
5 12 (10.34%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (6.90%) Microsoft Purview
6 8 (6.90%) SaaS
7 5 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (4.31%) GCP
7 5 (4.31%) Nutanix
8 4 (3.45%) PaaS
9 3 (2.59%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.72%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.72%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.72%) Tessian
11 1 (0.86%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (0.86%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.86%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 1 (0.86%) AWS KMS
11 1 (0.86%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.21%) Firewall
2 10 (8.62%) Skype
2 10 (8.62%) Unified Communications
2 10 (8.62%) WebEx
3 7 (6.03%) Network Security
3 7 (6.03%) VPN
4 5 (4.31%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (3.45%) LAN
5 4 (3.45%) WAN
6 3 (2.59%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.72%) DHCP
7 2 (1.72%) DKIM
7 2 (1.72%) DMARC
7 2 (1.72%) DNS
8 1 (0.86%) Broadband
8 1 (0.86%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.86%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.48%) Tableau
2 2 (1.72%) Power BI
3 1 (0.86%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.86%) Metadata
3 1 (0.86%) MS Access
3 1 (0.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.72%) JIRA
2 1 (0.86%) MLflow
General
1 49 (42.24%) Finance
2 43 (37.07%) Social Skills
3 32 (27.59%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (17.24%) Law
4 20 (17.24%) Legal
5 10 (8.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (6.90%) Banking
6 8 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (6.03%) Retail
8 6 (5.17%) Local Government
9 3 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.72%) Advertising
10 2 (1.72%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.72%) Marketing
11 1 (0.86%) Front Office
11 1 (0.86%) Games
Job Titles
1 21 (18.10%) Senior
2 18 (15.52%) Security Engineer
3 17 (14.66%) Analyst
4 11 (9.48%) Consultant
4 11 (9.48%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 11 (9.48%) Lead
5 10 (8.62%) CISSP Engineer
5 10 (8.62%) PowerShell Engineer
5 10 (8.62%) Python Engineer
5 10 (8.62%) Support Analyst
5 10 (8.62%) Support Assistant
6 8 (6.90%) IT Manager
7 7 (6.03%) CyberArk Engineer
7 7 (6.03%) Infrastructure Manager
7 7 (6.03%) Security Manager
7 7 (6.03%) Senior Manager
8 6 (5.17%) Risk Manager
8 6 (5.17%) Senior Consultant
8 6 (5.17%) Senior Risk Manager
9 5 (4.31%) IT Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.45%) YAML
2 1 (0.86%) ADO
2 1 (0.86%) GraphQL
2 1 (0.86%) Kafka
2 1 (0.86%) LangChain
2 1 (0.86%) LDAP
2 1 (0.86%) OAuth
2 1 (0.86%) OpenID
2 1 (0.86%) pydantic
2 1 (0.86%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.86%) REST
2 1 (0.86%) RESTful
2 1 (0.86%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.86%) SAML
2 1 (0.86%) scikit-learn
2 1 (0.86%) SOAP
2 1 (0.86%) TensorFlow
2 1 (0.86%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 21 (18.10%) Security Posture
2 19 (16.38%) Management Information System
3 12 (10.34%) Video Conferencing
4 10 (8.62%) Hedge funds
4 10 (8.62%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (6.03%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (5.17%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (3.45%) Algorithms
8 4 (3.45%) Onboarding
8 4 (3.45%) Operational Technology
8 4 (3.45%) PKI
8 4 (3.45%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (2.59%) Cloud Native
9 3 (2.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 2 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.72%) CMDB
10 2 (1.72%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.72%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.86%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 17 (14.66%) Windows
2 12 (10.34%) Mac OS
3 10 (8.62%) Linux
4 4 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (41.38%) Risk Management
2 44 (37.93%) Information Security
3 43 (37.07%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (19.83%) ITIL
5 21 (18.10%) Incident Response
5 21 (18.10%) Mentoring
5 21 (18.10%) Vulnerability Management
6 20 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (17.24%) SIEM
7 18 (15.52%) Agile
8 16 (13.79%) Coaching
8 16 (13.79%) Roadmaps
9 15 (12.93%) Data Protection
9 15 (12.93%) Regulatory Compliance
10 14 (12.07%) AI
10 14 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (12.07%) Creative Thinking
10 14 (12.07%) Migration
11 13 (11.21%) Actionable Insight
11 13 (11.21%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 33 (28.45%) PowerShell
2 26 (22.41%) Python
3 14 (12.07%) SQL
4 3 (2.59%) Bash
5 1 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.86%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (38.79%) CISSP
2 30 (25.86%) CISM
3 24 (20.69%) CISA
4 19 (16.38%) CRISC
5 15 (12.93%) Degree
6 13 (11.21%) CompTIA CySA+
7 9 (7.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (4.31%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (3.45%) CEH
9 4 (3.45%) GIAC
9 4 (3.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 4 (3.45%) Master's Degree
10 3 (2.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (2.59%) CCNA
10 3 (2.59%) CCSP
10 3 (2.59%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (2.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 3 (2.59%) SC Cleared
10 3 (2.59%) Security Cleared
11 2 (1.72%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (56.03%) NIST
2 26 (22.41%) GDPR
3 19 (16.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (11.21%) Actionable Recommendations
4 13 (11.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 12 (10.34%) GRC
6 9 (7.76%) Data Quality
7 8 (6.90%) QA
8 7 (6.03%) NIST 800
9 6 (5.17%) COBIT
9 6 (5.17%) SOC 2
10 5 (4.31%) 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%) ISO 9001
13 2 (1.72%) ITGC
13 2 (1.72%) SOC 1
System Software
1 14 (12.07%) 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 5 (4.31%) 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%) Nessus
5 1 (0.86%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.86%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.86%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 45 (38.79%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.21%) Google
3 10 (8.62%) Polycom
4 9 (7.76%) VMware
5 7 (6.03%) CyberArk
6 5 (4.31%) Commvault
7 3 (2.59%) Cisco
7 3 (2.59%) Oracle
7 3 (2.59%) SAP
7 3 (2.59%) Splunk
8 2 (1.72%) ArcSight
8 2 (1.72%) CheckPoint
8 2 (1.72%) LogLogic
8 2 (1.72%) McAfee
8 2 (1.72%) Meraki
8 2 (1.72%) OneTrust
8 2 (1.72%) Sage
8 2 (1.72%) Tenable
8 2 (1.72%) Xero
9 1 (0.86%) Forcepoint