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 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 120 106
Rank change year-on-year +65 -14 +31
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 117 45 74
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 3.41% 1.68% 2.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.43% 9.96% 14.92%
Number of salaries quoted 62 30 68
10th Percentile £37,325 £46,000 £47,000
25th Percentile £56,813 £61,250 £56,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £73,500 £69,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.74% +5.76% +2.96%
75th Percentile £92,500 £83,750 £88,438
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £99,000
London median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% +7.14% +12.00%

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 460 452 496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 13.41% 16.84% 14.24%
Number of salaries quoted 336 201 408
10th Percentile £40,532 £42,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £56,875 £49,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £91,250 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,625 £110,000 £110,000
London median annual salary £74,000 £71,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.50% +5.93% -

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 22 March 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 22 March 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 +54 103 £75,000 - 29
City of Westminster - 3 - -
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 5 (4.27%) Skype for Business
2 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.85%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (5.98%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (5.98%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (5.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 49 (41.88%) Azure
2 26 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (15.38%) Entra ID
4 16 (13.68%) AWS
5 13 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (6.84%) GCP
6 8 (6.84%) Microsoft Purview
6 8 (6.84%) SaaS
7 6 (5.13%) Nutanix
8 5 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (3.42%) PaaS
10 3 (2.56%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.71%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (1.71%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 2 (1.71%) AWS CloudTrail
11 2 (1.71%) AWS KMS
11 2 (1.71%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 2 (1.71%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.71%) Power Platform
11 2 (1.71%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.26%) Firewall
2 8 (6.84%) VPN
3 5 (4.27%) Network Security
3 5 (4.27%) Skype
3 5 (4.27%) Unified Communications
3 5 (4.27%) WebEx
4 4 (3.42%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (3.42%) LAN
5 3 (2.56%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.56%) WAN
6 2 (1.71%) DHCP
6 2 (1.71%) DKIM
6 2 (1.71%) DMARC
6 2 (1.71%) DNS
7 1 (0.85%) Broadband
7 1 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.40%) Tableau
2 2 (1.71%) Power BI
3 1 (0.85%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.85%) Metadata
3 1 (0.85%) MS Access
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.71%) JIRA
2 1 (0.85%) GitLab
2 1 (0.85%) MLflow
General
1 55 (47.01%) Finance
2 47 (40.17%) Social Skills
3 34 (29.06%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (16.24%) Legal
5 15 (12.82%) Law
6 14 (11.97%) Banking
7 13 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (9.40%) Retail
9 10 (8.55%) Local Government
10 7 (5.98%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (2.56%) Financial Institution
13 2 (1.71%) Advertising
13 2 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.71%) Marketing
14 1 (0.85%) Front Office
14 1 (0.85%) Games
14 1 (0.85%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (17.95%) Senior
2 18 (15.38%) Security Engineer
3 13 (11.11%) Consultant
3 13 (11.11%) Lead
4 12 (10.26%) Analyst
5 11 (9.40%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 10 (8.55%) CISSP Engineer
6 10 (8.55%) PowerShell Engineer
6 10 (8.55%) Python Engineer
6 10 (8.55%) Security Manager
7 8 (6.84%) IT Manager
8 7 (5.98%) CyberArk Engineer
8 7 (5.98%) Infrastructure Manager
8 7 (5.98%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (5.13%) Senior Manager
10 5 (4.27%) IT Infrastructure Manager
10 5 (4.27%) Risk Manager
10 5 (4.27%) Security Consultant
10 5 (4.27%) Support Analyst
10 5 (4.27%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.42%) YAML
2 3 (2.56%) SailPoint
3 2 (1.71%) REST
3 2 (1.71%) SOAP
4 1 (0.85%) ADO
4 1 (0.85%) CSS
4 1 (0.85%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.85%) HTML
4 1 (0.85%) JSP
4 1 (0.85%) Kafka
4 1 (0.85%) LangChain
4 1 (0.85%) LDAP
4 1 (0.85%) OAuth
4 1 (0.85%) OpenID
4 1 (0.85%) RESTful
4 1 (0.85%) SAML
4 1 (0.85%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.85%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.85%) Web Services
4 1 (0.85%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 24 (20.51%) Security Posture
2 17 (14.53%) Management Information System
3 10 (8.55%) Hedge funds
3 10 (8.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (5.98%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (5.98%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (5.13%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (5.13%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (3.42%) Cloud Native
6 4 (3.42%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.42%) Operational Technology
6 4 (3.42%) PKI
6 4 (3.42%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (2.56%) Algorithms
7 3 (2.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (1.71%) CMDB
8 2 (1.71%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.71%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.85%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.38%) Windows
2 12 (10.26%) Mac OS
3 11 (9.40%) Linux
4 5 (4.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (42.74%) Risk Management
2 49 (41.88%) Cybersecurity
3 43 (36.75%) Information Security
4 29 (24.79%) Mentoring
5 24 (20.51%) Incident Response
6 23 (19.66%) Vulnerability Management
7 20 (17.09%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (17.09%) SIEM
8 19 (16.24%) Agile
9 18 (15.38%) ITIL
10 17 (14.53%) Coaching
10 17 (14.53%) Roadmaps
11 14 (11.97%) Creative Thinking
11 14 (11.97%) Migration
11 14 (11.97%) Project Management
11 14 (11.97%) Regulatory Compliance
12 13 (11.11%) AI
12 13 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
12 13 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (11.11%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 35 (29.91%) PowerShell
2 27 (23.08%) Python
3 15 (12.82%) SQL
4 3 (2.56%) Bash
5 1 (0.85%) Java
5 1 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (40.17%) CISSP
2 32 (27.35%) CISM
3 23 (19.66%) CISA
4 20 (17.09%) CRISC
5 18 (15.38%) Degree
6 14 (11.97%) CompTIA CySA+
7 9 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (5.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 7 (5.98%) CCSP
8 7 (5.98%) Master's Degree
9 5 (4.27%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (4.27%) GIAC
10 4 (3.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 4 (3.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 3 (2.56%) CCNA
11 3 (2.56%) CEH
12 2 (1.71%) A+ Certification
12 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (1.71%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (60.68%) NIST
2 26 (22.22%) GDPR
3 18 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (11.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 14 (11.97%) GRC
5 13 (11.11%) Actionable Recommendations
6 12 (10.26%) QA
7 9 (7.69%) NIST 800
8 8 (6.84%) Data Quality
8 8 (6.84%) SOC 2
9 6 (5.13%) COBIT
10 5 (4.27%) NCSC
11 4 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 3 (2.56%) PCI DSS
12 3 (2.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (1.71%) EU AI Act
13 2 (1.71%) ITGC
13 2 (1.71%) SOC 1
14 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 16 (13.68%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.85%) Docker
3 1 (0.85%) NLBS
3 1 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.13%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (3.42%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.56%) Terraform
5 2 (1.71%) ArcSight ESM
5 2 (1.71%) QRadar
6 1 (0.85%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.85%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.85%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 46 (39.32%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.11%) Google
3 10 (8.55%) VMware
4 7 (5.98%) CyberArk
4 7 (5.98%) Splunk
5 6 (5.13%) Commvault
6 5 (4.27%) Polycom
7 4 (3.42%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (3.42%) Oracle
8 3 (2.56%) Cisco
8 3 (2.56%) SAP
9 2 (1.71%) ArcSight
9 2 (1.71%) LogLogic
9 2 (1.71%) LogRhythm
9 2 (1.71%) McAfee
9 2 (1.71%) Meraki
9 2 (1.71%) OneTrust
9 2 (1.71%) Sage
9 2 (1.71%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.71%) Xero