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 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 100 123
Rank change year-on-year +50 +23 +5
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 111 82 65
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 3.99% 2.60% 1.95%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 26.81% 16.05% 12.87%
Number of salaries quoted 65 45 62
10th Percentile £36,750 £47,200 £47,875
25th Percentile £49,750 £61,250 £58,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -3.45% -
75th Percentile £91,250 £85,000 £86,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £97,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £74,000 £71,250
% change year-on-year +1.35% +3.86% +9.62%

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 414 511 505
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 14.89% 16.22% 15.16%
Number of salaries quoted 309 211 434
10th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £40,000
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 £89,375 £97,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £71,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.33% +7.14% +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 29 January 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 29 January 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 +45 98 £65,000 -10.28% 31
City of Westminster +34 3 - - 9
West End of London - 1 £57,500 - 1
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 (10.81%) Skype for Business
2 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.80%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.90%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 14 (12.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 14 (12.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 13 (11.71%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.90%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 46 (41.44%) Azure
2 26 (23.42%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (14.41%) Entra ID
4 13 (11.71%) Azure Sentinel
5 10 (9.01%) AWS
6 8 (7.21%) Microsoft Purview
7 7 (6.31%) SaaS
8 5 (4.50%) Nutanix
9 4 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (3.60%) PaaS
10 3 (2.70%) GCP
10 3 (2.70%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.80%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.80%) Power Platform
11 2 (1.80%) Tessian
12 1 (0.90%) Amazon ECS
12 1 (0.90%) Amazon EKS
12 1 (0.90%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.90%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 1 (0.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.81%) Skype
1 12 (10.81%) Unified Communications
1 12 (10.81%) WebEx
2 10 (9.01%) Firewall
3 7 (6.31%) Network Security
4 5 (4.50%) VPN
5 4 (3.60%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (2.70%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.70%) WAN
7 2 (1.80%) DHCP
7 2 (1.80%) DKIM
7 2 (1.80%) DMARC
7 2 (1.80%) DNS
7 2 (1.80%) LAN
8 1 (0.90%) Broadband
8 1 (0.90%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.90%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.90%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.11%) Tableau
2 2 (1.80%) Power BI
3 1 (0.90%) Metadata
3 1 (0.90%) MS Access
3 1 (0.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.80%) JIRA
2 1 (0.90%) MLflow
General
1 46 (41.44%) Finance
2 42 (37.84%) Social Skills
3 30 (27.03%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (18.92%) Law
5 16 (14.41%) Legal
6 10 (9.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (8.11%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (6.31%) Banking
9 6 (5.41%) Retail
10 5 (4.50%) Local Government
11 3 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.80%) Marketing
13 1 (0.90%) Back Office
13 1 (0.90%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.90%) Games
Job Titles
1 19 (17.12%) Senior
2 18 (16.22%) Analyst
3 17 (15.32%) Security Engineer
4 12 (10.81%) Lead
4 12 (10.81%) Support Analyst
4 12 (10.81%) Support Assistant
5 9 (8.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 8 (7.21%) CISSP Engineer
6 8 (7.21%) Consultant
6 8 (7.21%) PowerShell Engineer
6 8 (7.21%) Python Engineer
7 7 (6.31%) CyberArk Engineer
7 7 (6.31%) IT Manager
7 7 (6.31%) Senior Manager
8 6 (5.41%) Risk Manager
8 6 (5.41%) Senior Risk Manager
9 5 (4.50%) Infrastructure Manager
9 5 (4.50%) Security Manager
9 5 (4.50%) Senior Consultant
10 4 (3.60%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.60%) YAML
2 1 (0.90%) GraphQL
2 1 (0.90%) Kafka
2 1 (0.90%) LangChain
2 1 (0.90%) LDAP
2 1 (0.90%) OAuth
2 1 (0.90%) OpenID
2 1 (0.90%) pydantic
2 1 (0.90%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.90%) REST
2 1 (0.90%) RESTful
2 1 (0.90%) SAML
2 1 (0.90%) scikit-learn
2 1 (0.90%) SOAP
2 1 (0.90%) TensorFlow
2 1 (0.90%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 21 (18.92%) Security Posture
2 16 (14.41%) Management Information System
3 14 (12.61%) Video Conferencing
4 11 (9.91%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (7.21%) Hedge funds
6 7 (6.31%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (6.31%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (4.50%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (3.60%) Algorithms
8 4 (3.60%) Onboarding
8 4 (3.60%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (2.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (2.70%) Operational Technology
10 2 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.80%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.80%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.80%) PKI
10 2 (1.80%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.90%) CMDB
11 1 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 14 (12.61%) Windows
2 10 (9.01%) Mac OS
3 8 (7.21%) Linux
4 3 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (37.84%) Risk Management
2 40 (36.04%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (36.04%) Information Security
3 26 (23.42%) ITIL
4 20 (18.02%) Incident Response
4 20 (18.02%) Mentoring
5 19 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (17.12%) Vulnerability Management
6 17 (15.32%) Agile
6 17 (15.32%) SIEM
7 15 (13.51%) Coaching
7 15 (13.51%) ISMS
7 15 (13.51%) Migration
7 15 (13.51%) Regulatory Compliance
8 14 (12.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (12.61%) Roadmaps
9 13 (11.71%) AI
9 13 (11.71%) Creative Thinking
10 12 (10.81%) Decision-Making
10 12 (10.81%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 30 (27.03%) PowerShell
2 24 (21.62%) Python
3 13 (11.71%) SQL
4 3 (2.70%) Bash
5 1 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.90%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (36.94%) CISSP
2 26 (23.42%) CISM
3 20 (18.02%) CISA
4 17 (15.32%) CRISC
5 14 (12.61%) Degree
6 10 (9.01%) CompTIA CySA+
7 8 (7.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (4.50%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (3.60%) Master's Degree
9 4 (3.60%) SC Cleared
9 4 (3.60%) Security Cleared
10 3 (2.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (2.70%) CCNA
10 3 (2.70%) CEH
10 3 (2.70%) GIAC
11 2 (1.80%) A+ Certification
11 2 (1.80%) CCSP
11 2 (1.80%) GCIH
11 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.80%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (54.95%) NIST
2 24 (21.62%) GDPR
3 16 (14.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (9.91%) Actionable Recommendations
4 11 (9.91%) GRC
5 10 (9.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (7.21%) Data Quality
7 7 (6.31%) QA
8 6 (5.41%) COBIT
8 6 (5.41%) SOC 2
9 5 (4.50%) NCSC
9 5 (4.50%) NIST 800
10 3 (2.70%) ISO 9001
10 3 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (2.70%) ITGC
10 3 (2.70%) SOC 1
11 2 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (1.80%) PCI DSS
11 2 (1.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (11.71%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.90%) Docker
3 1 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.90%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (8.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.60%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.80%) ArcSight ESM
3 2 (1.80%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.80%) QRadar
4 1 (0.90%) Nessus
4 1 (0.90%) Terraform
4 1 (0.90%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.90%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 44 (39.64%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.81%) Polycom
3 11 (9.91%) Google
4 8 (7.21%) VMware
5 7 (6.31%) CyberArk
6 5 (4.50%) Commvault
7 3 (2.70%) Tenable
8 2 (1.80%) ArcSight
8 2 (1.80%) Cisco
8 2 (1.80%) LogLogic
8 2 (1.80%) McAfee
8 2 (1.80%) Meraki
8 2 (1.80%) Oracle
8 2 (1.80%) Sage
8 2 (1.80%) SAP
8 2 (1.80%) Splunk
8 2 (1.80%) Xero
9 1 (0.90%) Aruba
9 1 (0.90%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.90%) Stonesoft