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 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 89 107
Rank change year-on-year +5 +18 +59
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 57 106 86
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 3.03% 3.32% 2.47%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.72% 22.75% 15.87%
Number of salaries quoted 45 66 84
10th Percentile £36,750 £46,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £57,563 £62,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% -17.46% +12.50%
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,188 £86,875
90th Percentile £106,250 £102,500 £99,250
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £73,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -4.11% +8.15%

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 341 466 542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 18.12% 14.60% 15.56%
Number of salaries quoted 275 294 481
10th Percentile £39,750 £46,475 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,375 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £83,125 £85,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £106,250 £110,000
London median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +7.69%

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 18 October 2025.

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 18 October 2025. 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 -2 52 £57,000 -12.31% 51
West End of London +15 2 £57,000 -5.00%
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 9 (15.79%) Skype for Business
2 2 (3.51%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.75%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 9 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
1 9 (15.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 18 (31.58%) Azure
2 10 (17.54%) Azure Sentinel
2 10 (17.54%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (15.79%) Entra ID
4 5 (8.77%) PaaS
5 3 (5.26%) SaaS
6 2 (3.51%) AWS
6 2 (3.51%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (3.51%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.75%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.75%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.75%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.75%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.75%) AWS Fargate
7 1 (1.75%) Azure Stack
7 1 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.75%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (1.75%) IaaS
7 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.75%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (17.54%) Firewall
2 9 (15.79%) Skype
2 9 (15.79%) Unified Communications
2 9 (15.79%) WebEx
3 6 (10.53%) Network Security
4 4 (7.02%) WAN
5 3 (5.26%) VPN
6 2 (3.51%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (3.51%) LAN
6 2 (3.51%) SD-WAN
6 2 (3.51%) Wireless
7 1 (1.75%) NetScaler
7 1 (1.75%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.75%) VLAN
7 1 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.75%) MLflow
General
1 28 (49.12%) Social Skills
2 18 (31.58%) Finance
3 11 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (19.30%) Law
4 9 (15.79%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (8.77%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (7.02%) Legal
8 3 (5.26%) Retail
9 2 (3.51%) Back Office
9 2 (3.51%) Banking
9 2 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (3.51%) Local Government
10 1 (1.75%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (22.81%) Analyst
2 11 (19.30%) Senior
3 9 (15.79%) Support Analyst
3 9 (15.79%) Support Assistant
4 6 (10.53%) Security Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Lead
5 5 (8.77%) Risk Manager
5 5 (8.77%) Senior Manager
5 5 (8.77%) Senior Risk Manager
6 4 (7.02%) IT Manager
6 4 (7.02%) Technology Risk Manager
7 3 (5.26%) Architect
7 3 (5.26%) Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (5.26%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) IT Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (5.26%) Junior
7 3 (5.26%) Security Architect
7 3 (5.26%) Security Manager
8 2 (3.51%) Lead Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) Kafka
1 1 (1.75%) LangChain
1 1 (1.75%) pydantic
1 1 (1.75%) PyTorch
1 1 (1.75%) RESTful
1 1 (1.75%) scikit-learn
1 1 (1.75%) TensorFlow
1 1 (1.75%) XGBoost
1 1 (1.75%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (19.30%) Security Posture
2 9 (15.79%) Management Information System
2 9 (15.79%) Video Conferencing
3 8 (14.04%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (10.53%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (7.02%) Algorithms
6 3 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (5.26%) Virtual Team
7 2 (3.51%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (3.51%) Cloud Native
7 2 (3.51%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (1.75%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.75%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 1 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.75%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.75%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.28%) Windows
2 4 (7.02%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.51%) VMS
4 1 (1.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (43.86%) Risk Management
2 22 (38.60%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (38.60%) Information Security
2 22 (38.60%) ITIL
3 17 (29.82%) SIEM
4 12 (21.05%) ISMS
5 11 (19.30%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (19.30%) Regulatory Compliance
6 10 (17.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (15.79%) Cloud Security
7 9 (15.79%) Data Governance
7 9 (15.79%) Preventative Maintenance
7 9 (15.79%) Service Management
8 8 (14.04%) Migration
8 8 (14.04%) Vulnerability Management
9 7 (12.28%) AI
9 7 (12.28%) Data Protection
9 7 (12.28%) Identity Access Management
9 7 (12.28%) IT Governance
9 7 (12.28%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 10 (17.54%) PowerShell
2 7 (12.28%) SQL
3 5 (8.77%) Python
4 4 (7.02%) Bash
Qualifications
1 20 (35.09%) CISSP
2 13 (22.81%) CISM
3 8 (14.04%) CISA
3 8 (14.04%) CRISC
3 8 (14.04%) Degree
4 6 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (8.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (7.02%) CCSP
7 3 (5.26%) CEH
7 3 (5.26%) Master's Degree
7 3 (5.26%) SC Cleared
7 3 (5.26%) Security Cleared
8 2 (3.51%) CCNA
8 2 (3.51%) CCNP
8 2 (3.51%) MCSA
8 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.75%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.75%) CCIE
9 1 (1.75%) MCSE
9 1 (1.75%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (56.14%) NIST
2 17 (29.82%) GDPR
3 8 (14.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (14.04%) GRC
4 5 (8.77%) Data Quality
5 3 (5.26%) ISO 9001
5 3 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 3 (5.26%) QA
5 3 (5.26%) SOC 2
6 2 (3.51%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.75%) EU AI Act
7 1 (1.75%) ISO 14001
7 1 (1.75%) ISO 22301
7 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (1.75%) ITGC
7 1 (1.75%) NCSC
7 1 (1.75%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (1.75%) SOC 1
System Software
1 9 (15.79%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.75%) Docker
3 1 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (3.51%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.75%) CASB
3 1 (1.75%) Nessus
3 1 (1.75%) Terraform
3 1 (1.75%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.75%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 21 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 9 (15.79%) Polycom
3 3 (5.26%) Cisco
3 3 (5.26%) Tenable
3 3 (5.26%) VMware
4 2 (3.51%) Google
4 2 (3.51%) Juniper
4 2 (3.51%) Meraki
4 2 (3.51%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.75%) Aruba
5 1 (1.75%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.75%) Databricks
5 1 (1.75%) Dell
5 1 (1.75%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (1.75%) Forcepoint
5 1 (1.75%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.75%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.75%) Stonesoft