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 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 104 71
Rank change year-on-year +23 -33 +37
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 61 38 122
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 1.85% 1.90% 3.73%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.53% 10.76% 27.48%
Number of salaries quoted 41 33 87
10th Percentile £36,750 - £46,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £36,750 £48,676
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.81% -12.31% -17.46%
75th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £80,625
90th Percentile £90,000 £109,250 £100,500
London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £73,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +2.74% +0.69%

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 451 353 444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 13.69% 17.69% 13.56%
Number of salaries quoted 279 274 314
10th Percentile £44,800 £39,500 £46,059
25th Percentile £57,500 £49,375 £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,250 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.66% -1.12% -10.67%
75th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,250 £105,000 £105,000
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 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +24 54 £72,500 +28.32% 53
Southwark - 2 - - 1
West End of London +1 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 (11.48%) Skype for Business
2 4 (6.56%) IIS
2 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (18.03%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (11.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (11.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (13.11%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (9.84%) Azure
3 5 (8.20%) AWS
4 3 (4.92%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (4.92%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.28%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (3.28%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.28%) Serverless
6 1 (1.64%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.64%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (1.64%) AWS CloudTrail
6 1 (1.64%) GCP
6 1 (1.64%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.64%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.64%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.64%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.64%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.64%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.48%) Skype
1 7 (11.48%) Unified Communications
1 7 (11.48%) WebEx
2 3 (4.92%) Firewall
2 3 (4.92%) Network Security
3 2 (3.28%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (1.64%) DKIM
4 1 (1.64%) DMARC
4 1 (1.64%) NAS
4 1 (1.64%) SAN
4 1 (1.64%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.20%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) GitLab
General
1 31 (50.82%) Social Skills
2 30 (49.18%) Finance
3 13 (21.31%) Law
4 12 (19.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (18.03%) Retail
6 10 (16.39%) Banking
7 9 (14.75%) Local Government
8 8 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (13.11%) Legal
9 3 (4.92%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (4.92%) Public Sector
10 2 (3.28%) Marketing
10 2 (3.28%) Public Speaking
10 2 (3.28%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.64%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (18.03%) Analyst
2 8 (13.11%) Senior
2 8 (13.11%) Support Analyst
3 7 (11.48%) Consultant
3 7 (11.48%) Support Assistant
4 6 (9.84%) Lead
5 5 (8.20%) Senior Consultant
6 4 (6.56%) Auditor
6 4 (6.56%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) Developer
6 4 (6.56%) Security Manager
6 4 (6.56%) Software Developer
7 3 (4.92%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 3 (4.92%) Risk Manager
7 3 (4.92%) Security Consultant
7 3 (4.92%) Security Specialist
8 2 (3.28%) Data Manager
8 2 (3.28%) Security Analyst
8 2 (3.28%) Security Engineer
8 2 (3.28%) Senior IT Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.56%) CSS
1 4 (6.56%) HTML
2 2 (3.28%) AWS CDK
3 1 (1.64%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.64%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.64%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 13 (21.31%) Security Posture
2 10 (16.39%) Management Information System
3 7 (11.48%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (6.56%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (4.92%) Data Centre
6 2 (3.28%) Driving Licence
6 2 (3.28%) Life Science
6 2 (3.28%) Onboarding
6 2 (3.28%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.64%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (1.64%) Learning Management System
7 1 (1.64%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.64%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.84%) Windows
2 5 (8.20%) Windows Server
3 4 (6.56%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (3.28%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (50.82%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (42.62%) Information Security
3 22 (36.07%) Risk Management
4 13 (21.31%) Mentoring
5 12 (19.67%) ISMS
6 11 (18.03%) Project Management
7 10 (16.39%) Incident Response
7 10 (16.39%) Internal Audit
7 10 (16.39%) ITIL
8 9 (14.75%) Decision-Making
8 9 (14.75%) Target Operating Model
9 8 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (11.48%) Preventative Maintenance
11 6 (9.84%) Business Continuity
11 6 (9.84%) Roadmaps
11 6 (9.84%) Security Operations
11 6 (9.84%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (9.84%) Strategic Thinking
12 5 (8.20%) Computer Science
12 5 (8.20%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.56%) PowerShell
1 4 (6.56%) SQL
1 4 (6.56%) T-SQL
1 4 (6.56%) VBA
1 4 (6.56%) VBScript
2 1 (1.64%) VB
Qualifications
1 23 (37.70%) CISSP
2 20 (32.79%) CISM
3 11 (18.03%) Degree
4 9 (14.75%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (13.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 8 (13.11%) CCSP
5 8 (13.11%) CRISC
5 8 (13.11%) SC Cleared
5 8 (13.11%) Security Cleared
6 7 (11.48%) Master's Degree
7 5 (8.20%) CEH
7 5 (8.20%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (6.56%) CISA
8 4 (6.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 3 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (4.92%) GIAC
9 3 (4.92%) SANS
10 2 (3.28%) CISMP
10 2 (3.28%) DV Cleared
10 2 (3.28%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (47.54%) NIST
2 14 (22.95%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (22.95%) GDPR
3 11 (18.03%) QA
4 8 (13.11%) GRC
5 6 (9.84%) SOC 2
6 5 (8.20%) NCSC
7 4 (6.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (6.56%) NIST 800
7 4 (6.56%) PCI DSS
8 3 (4.92%) COBIT
9 2 (3.28%) ISO 14000
9 2 (3.28%) ISO 22301
10 1 (1.64%) Def Stans
10 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (1.64%) ITGC
10 1 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (1.64%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (9.84%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.64%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.64%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (3.28%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.64%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (21.31%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.48%) Polycom
3 4 (6.56%) iManage
4 3 (4.92%) OneTrust
5 2 (3.28%) Darktrace
6 1 (1.64%) Cisco
6 1 (1.64%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.64%) Google
6 1 (1.64%) NetApp
6 1 (1.64%) Proofpoint
6 1 (1.64%) Splunk
6 1 (1.64%) VMware
6 1 (1.64%) Zscaler