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 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 130 100
Rank change year-on-year +70 -30 +47
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 115 39 90
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 2.92% 1.51% 2.51%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 23.66% 9.24% 18.18%
Number of salaries quoted 57 28 84
10th Percentile £36,750 £46,000 £47,000
25th Percentile £57,000 £63,438 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +11.11% -6.90%
75th Percentile £92,500 £85,938 £80,938
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £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 486 422 495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 12.35% 16.30% 13.80%
Number of salaries quoted 343 198 407
10th Percentile £40,532 £42,350 £37,500
25th Percentile £56,938 £46,563 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -5.11% -2.14%
75th Percentile £91,250 £84,688 £90,625
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
London median annual salary £73,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +4.29% +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 20 April 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 20 April 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 +51 99 £73,750 -1.67% 31
City of Westminster - 3 - - 1
West End of London - 1 £32,500 - 3
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 (5.22%) Skype for Business
2 4 (3.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.74%) IIS
4 1 (0.87%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (6.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (6.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.87%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 42 (36.52%) Azure
2 24 (20.87%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (13.04%) AWS
4 14 (12.17%) Entra ID
5 8 (6.96%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (6.09%) GCP
6 7 (6.09%) Microsoft Purview
6 7 (6.09%) SaaS
7 6 (5.22%) Nutanix
8 5 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (3.48%) PaaS
9 4 (3.48%) Power Platform
10 3 (2.61%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.74%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 2 (1.74%) AWS CloudTrail
11 2 (1.74%) AWS KMS
11 2 (1.74%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.74%) Tessian
12 1 (0.87%) Azure AKS
12 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.57%) Firewall
2 8 (6.96%) VPN
3 6 (5.22%) Skype
3 6 (5.22%) Unified Communications
3 6 (5.22%) WebEx
4 5 (4.35%) Network Security
5 4 (3.48%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (2.61%) LAN
7 2 (1.74%) DHCP
7 2 (1.74%) DKIM
7 2 (1.74%) DMARC
7 2 (1.74%) DNS
7 2 (1.74%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.74%) WAN
8 1 (0.87%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.57%) Tableau
2 3 (2.61%) Power BI
2 3 (2.61%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.87%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.87%) Metadata
4 1 (0.87%) MS Access
4 1 (0.87%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.74%) JIRA
2 1 (0.87%) GitLab
General
1 61 (53.04%) Finance
2 48 (41.74%) Social Skills
3 34 (29.57%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (16.52%) Banking
4 19 (16.52%) Legal
5 17 (14.78%) Law
6 15 (13.04%) Local Government
6 15 (13.04%) Retail
7 14 (12.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.61%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.74%) Advertising
10 2 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.87%) Front Office
11 1 (0.87%) Games
11 1 (0.87%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.87%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 18 (15.65%) Senior
2 17 (14.78%) Security Engineer
3 15 (13.04%) Analyst
4 14 (12.17%) Consultant
5 13 (11.30%) Lead
6 11 (9.57%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 11 (9.57%) Security Manager
7 10 (8.70%) CISSP Engineer
7 10 (8.70%) PowerShell Engineer
7 10 (8.70%) Python Engineer
7 10 (8.70%) Senior Consultant
8 7 (6.09%) CyberArk Engineer
8 7 (6.09%) Support Analyst
9 6 (5.22%) Support Assistant
10 5 (4.35%) IT Manager
11 4 (3.48%) DevOps Engineer
11 4 (3.48%) Disaster Recovery Specialist
11 4 (3.48%) Information Analyst
11 4 (3.48%) Infrastructure Manager
12 3 (2.61%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.48%) YAML
2 3 (2.61%) CSS
2 3 (2.61%) HTML
2 3 (2.61%) SailPoint
3 2 (1.74%) REST
3 2 (1.74%) SOAP
4 1 (0.87%) ADO
4 1 (0.87%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.87%) JSP
4 1 (0.87%) LDAP
4 1 (0.87%) OAuth
4 1 (0.87%) OpenID
4 1 (0.87%) SAML
4 1 (0.87%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (20.87%) Security Posture
2 17 (14.78%) Management Information System
3 10 (8.70%) Hedge funds
4 8 (6.96%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (6.09%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (5.22%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (4.35%) Onboarding
8 4 (3.48%) Operational Technology
8 4 (3.48%) PKI
8 4 (3.48%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (2.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 2 (1.74%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.74%) CMDB
10 2 (1.74%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.87%) Cyber Defence
11 1 (0.87%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.87%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.87%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 19 (16.52%) Windows
2 12 (10.43%) Linux
2 12 (10.43%) Mac OS
3 7 (6.09%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (44.35%) Cybersecurity
2 48 (41.74%) Risk Management
3 46 (40.00%) Information Security
4 34 (29.57%) Mentoring
5 24 (20.87%) Incident Response
6 21 (18.26%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (16.52%) Agile
7 19 (16.52%) Project Management
7 19 (16.52%) Vulnerability Management
8 18 (15.65%) Roadmaps
9 17 (14.78%) Internal Audit
10 16 (13.91%) Coaching
11 15 (13.04%) SIEM
11 15 (13.04%) Target Operating Model
12 14 (12.17%) Business Intelligence
12 14 (12.17%) ITIL
12 14 (12.17%) Security Operations
13 13 (11.30%) Actionable Insight
14 12 (10.43%) Regulatory Change
15 11 (9.57%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 35 (30.43%) PowerShell
2 26 (22.61%) Python
3 17 (14.78%) SQL
4 3 (2.61%) Bash
4 3 (2.61%) T-SQL
5 2 (1.74%) VBA
5 2 (1.74%) VBScript
6 1 (0.87%) Java
6 1 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.87%) VB
Qualifications
1 46 (40.00%) CISSP
2 34 (29.57%) CISM
3 21 (18.26%) CISA
4 20 (17.39%) Degree
5 18 (15.65%) CRISC
6 14 (12.17%) CompTIA CySA+
7 10 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (7.83%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (7.83%) Master's Degree
9 8 (6.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (6.96%) CCSP
10 5 (4.35%) GIAC
10 5 (4.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 4 (3.48%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (3.48%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 3 (2.61%) CCNA
13 2 (1.74%) CEH
13 2 (1.74%) GSEC
13 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (1.74%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (63.48%) NIST
2 23 (20.00%) GDPR
3 18 (15.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (14.78%) QA
5 16 (13.91%) GRC
6 15 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 12 (10.43%) Actionable Recommendations
7 12 (10.43%) NIST 800
8 9 (7.83%) SOC 2
9 7 (6.09%) COBIT
10 6 (5.22%) NCSC
11 4 (3.48%) Data Quality
11 4 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 3 (2.61%) ITGC
12 3 (2.61%) PCI DSS
12 3 (2.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (1.74%) SOC 1
14 1 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 1 (0.87%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 15 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.87%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 8 (6.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.61%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.74%) ArcSight ESM
3 2 (1.74%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.74%) QRadar
3 2 (1.74%) Terraform
4 1 (0.87%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 43 (37.39%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.30%) Google
3 9 (7.83%) VMware
4 7 (6.09%) CyberArk
4 7 (6.09%) Splunk
5 6 (5.22%) Commvault
5 6 (5.22%) Polycom
6 4 (3.48%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (3.48%) Oracle
7 3 (2.61%) SAP
8 2 (1.74%) ArcSight
8 2 (1.74%) iManage
8 2 (1.74%) LogLogic
8 2 (1.74%) LogRhythm
8 2 (1.74%) McAfee
8 2 (1.74%) OneTrust
8 2 (1.74%) Sage
8 2 (1.74%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.74%) Xero
9 1 (0.87%) Workday