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 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 119 87
Rank change year-on-year +35 -32 +39
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 72 34 99
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 1.81% 1.56% 3.08%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.03% 9.42% 23.91%
Number of salaries quoted 44 23 91
10th Percentile £36,750 £46,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,188 £48,375 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +15.38% -18.75%
75th Percentile £88,125 £97,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,750 £109,250 £105,000
London median annual salary £82,500 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.45% +3.33% +7.14%

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 479 361 414
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 12.02% 16.57% 12.89%
Number of salaries quoted 333 257 346
10th Percentile £48,400 £42,300 £41,288
25th Percentile £57,500 £49,000 £50,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -1.52% -8.97%
75th Percentile £92,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £106,250 £105,000
London median annual salary £73,250 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +4.64% - +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 30 July 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 30 July 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 +26 64 £72,500 -3.33% 28
West End of London +5 1 £32,500 -42.48% 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 7 (9.72%) Skype for Business
2 4 (5.56%) IIS
2 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (9.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (9.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (18.06%) Azure
2 11 (15.28%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (13.89%) AWS
4 6 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (6.94%) GCP
6 4 (5.56%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.78%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 2 (2.78%) AWS CloudTrail
7 2 (2.78%) AWS KMS
7 2 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.78%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.78%) Serverless
8 1 (1.39%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (1.39%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.39%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.39%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.39%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.39%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.72%) Skype
1 7 (9.72%) Unified Communications
1 7 (9.72%) WebEx
2 6 (8.33%) Firewall
3 4 (5.56%) Network Security
4 3 (4.17%) VPN
5 2 (2.78%) LAN
6 1 (1.39%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.39%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.94%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (2.78%) Tableau
4 1 (1.39%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.39%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.78%) GitLab
General
1 37 (51.39%) Finance
2 36 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 16 (22.22%) Banking
3 16 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (19.44%) Law
6 13 (18.06%) Local Government
6 13 (18.06%) Retail
7 9 (12.50%) Legal
8 3 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.78%) Advertising
9 2 (2.78%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.39%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.39%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (15.28%) Analyst
2 10 (13.89%) Consultant
2 10 (13.89%) Senior
3 8 (11.11%) Lead
3 8 (11.11%) Support Analyst
4 7 (9.72%) Security Manager
4 7 (9.72%) Support Assistant
5 6 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 6 (8.33%) Senior Consultant
6 4 (5.56%) Auditor
6 4 (5.56%) Developer
6 4 (5.56%) Security Consultant
6 4 (5.56%) Security Engineer
6 4 (5.56%) Software Developer
7 3 (4.17%) Risk Manager
7 3 (4.17%) Security Specialist
8 2 (2.78%) Data Manager
8 2 (2.78%) Presales Consultant
8 2 (2.78%) Security Architect
8 2 (2.78%) Senior IT Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.94%) CSS
1 5 (6.94%) HTML
2 3 (4.17%) SailPoint
3 2 (2.78%) AWS CDK
4 1 (1.39%) ADO
4 1 (1.39%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (1.39%) JSP
4 1 (1.39%) REST
4 1 (1.39%) SOAP
4 1 (1.39%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (23.61%) Security Posture
2 13 (18.06%) Management Information System
3 7 (9.72%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.78%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.78%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.78%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.78%) Hedge funds
6 2 (2.78%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.78%) PKI
6 2 (2.78%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.39%) CMDB
7 1 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.39%) Learning Management System
7 1 (1.39%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.39%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 10 (13.89%) Windows
2 7 (9.72%) Windows Server
3 5 (6.94%) Linux
4 4 (5.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (2.78%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (48.61%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (41.67%) Information Security
3 28 (38.89%) Risk Management
4 19 (26.39%) Mentoring
5 15 (20.83%) Project Management
6 13 (18.06%) Incident Response
6 13 (18.06%) Target Operating Model
7 12 (16.67%) Internal Audit
8 11 (15.28%) ISMS
9 10 (13.89%) SIEM
10 9 (12.50%) Cloud Security
10 9 (12.50%) Decision-Making
10 9 (12.50%) ITIL
10 9 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
11 8 (11.11%) Business Development
11 8 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (11.11%) Project Planning
11 8 (11.11%) Time Management
12 7 (9.72%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (9.72%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 7 (9.72%) SQL
3 4 (5.56%) T-SQL
3 4 (5.56%) VBA
3 4 (5.56%) VBScript
4 3 (4.17%) Python
5 1 (1.39%) Java
5 1 (1.39%) VB
Qualifications
1 29 (40.28%) CISSP
2 24 (33.33%) CISM
3 15 (20.83%) Degree
4 12 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 12 (16.67%) CCSP
4 12 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (13.89%) Master's Degree
6 9 (12.50%) CISA
6 9 (12.50%) CRISC
7 6 (8.33%) CEH
7 6 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (8.33%) SC Cleared
7 6 (8.33%) Security Cleared
8 4 (5.56%) CompTIA CySA+
8 4 (5.56%) GIAC
9 3 (4.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 3 (4.17%) SANS
10 2 (2.78%) AWS Certification
10 2 (2.78%) DV Cleared
10 2 (2.78%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (54.17%) NIST
2 15 (20.83%) QA
3 14 (19.44%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (19.44%) GDPR
4 8 (11.11%) GRC
5 7 (9.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (9.72%) NIST 800
5 7 (9.72%) SOC 2
6 4 (5.56%) NCSC
6 4 (5.56%) PCI DSS
7 3 (4.17%) COBIT
8 2 (2.78%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (2.78%) ISO 14000
8 2 (2.78%) ISO 22301
8 2 (2.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (1.39%) EU AI Act
9 1 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (1.39%) ITGC
System Software
1 9 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.39%) NLBS
2 1 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
1 3 (4.17%) Terraform
2 2 (2.78%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.39%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 18 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.72%) Polycom
3 5 (6.94%) Splunk
4 4 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (5.56%) Google
4 4 (5.56%) iManage
5 2 (2.78%) Darktrace
5 2 (2.78%) LogRhythm
5 2 (2.78%) OneTrust
5 2 (2.78%) Oracle
5 2 (2.78%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.78%) VMware
6 1 (1.39%) Ariba
6 1 (1.39%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.39%) Cisco
6 1 (1.39%) Commvault
6 1 (1.39%) Proofpoint
6 1 (1.39%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.39%) SAP
6 1 (1.39%) Workday