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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 110 101
Rank change year-on-year +56 -9 +43
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 117 55 75
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 3.63% 1.97% 2.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 26.17% 11.80% 14.97%
Number of salaries quoted 65 35 69
10th Percentile £36,750 £46,000 £47,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £61,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% -3.45% +9.85%
75th Percentile £92,500 £82,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £104,000
London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +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 447 466 501
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 13.87% 16.68% 14.37%
Number of salaries quoted 335 206 414
10th Percentile £37,850 £41,875 £36,750
25th Percentile £56,875 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -6.90% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £89,688 £96,250
90th Percentile £100,750 £108,125 £110,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +7.41% +0.75%

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 9 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 9 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 +50 103 £67,500 -9.40% 21
City of Westminster +33 3 - -
West End of London - 1 £57,500 -
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 (7.69%) Skype for Business
2 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.85%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (9.40%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (9.40%) Microsoft Office
1 11 (9.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 48 (41.03%) Azure
2 26 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (14.53%) Entra ID
4 13 (11.11%) AWS
5 11 (9.40%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (6.84%) Microsoft Purview
6 8 (6.84%) SaaS
7 6 (5.13%) Nutanix
8 5 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (4.27%) GCP
9 4 (3.42%) PaaS
10 3 (2.56%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.71%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.71%) Power Platform
11 2 (1.71%) Tessian
12 1 (0.85%) Amazon ECS
12 1 (0.85%) Amazon EKS
12 1 (0.85%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 1 (0.85%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 1 (0.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.11%) Firewall
2 9 (7.69%) Skype
2 9 (7.69%) Unified Communications
2 9 (7.69%) WebEx
3 7 (5.98%) VPN
4 6 (5.13%) Network Security
5 5 (4.27%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (3.42%) LAN
6 4 (3.42%) WAN
7 3 (2.56%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.71%) DHCP
8 2 (1.71%) DKIM
8 2 (1.71%) DMARC
8 2 (1.71%) DNS
9 1 (0.85%) Broadband
9 1 (0.85%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.85%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.85%) Wireless
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%) MLflow
General
1 52 (44.44%) Finance
2 45 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 34 (29.06%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (17.09%) Legal
5 19 (16.24%) Law
6 12 (10.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (9.40%) Banking
8 9 (7.69%) Retail
9 8 (6.84%) Local Government
9 8 (6.84%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.56%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.71%) Advertising
11 2 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.71%) Marketing
12 1 (0.85%) Front Office
12 1 (0.85%) Games
Job Titles
1 21 (17.95%) Senior
2 18 (15.38%) Security Engineer
3 16 (13.68%) Analyst
4 11 (9.40%) Consultant
4 11 (9.40%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 11 (9.40%) Lead
5 10 (8.55%) CISSP Engineer
5 10 (8.55%) PowerShell Engineer
5 10 (8.55%) Python Engineer
6 9 (7.69%) Support Analyst
6 9 (7.69%) Support Assistant
7 8 (6.84%) IT Manager
8 7 (5.98%) CyberArk Engineer
8 7 (5.98%) Infrastructure Manager
8 7 (5.98%) Security Manager
8 7 (5.98%) Senior Manager
9 6 (5.13%) Risk Manager
9 6 (5.13%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (5.13%) Senior Risk Manager
10 5 (4.27%) IT Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.42%) YAML
2 2 (1.71%) REST
2 2 (1.71%) SailPoint
2 2 (1.71%) SOAP
3 1 (0.85%) ADO
3 1 (0.85%) CSS
3 1 (0.85%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.85%) HTML
3 1 (0.85%) JSP
3 1 (0.85%) Kafka
3 1 (0.85%) LangChain
3 1 (0.85%) LDAP
3 1 (0.85%) OAuth
3 1 (0.85%) pydantic
3 1 (0.85%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.85%) SAML
3 1 (0.85%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.85%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.85%) Web Services
3 1 (0.85%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 23 (19.66%) Security Posture
2 19 (16.24%) Management Information System
3 11 (9.40%) Video Conferencing
4 10 (8.55%) Hedge funds
4 10 (8.55%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (6.84%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (5.98%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (5.13%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (3.42%) Algorithms
8 4 (3.42%) Onboarding
8 4 (3.42%) Operational Technology
8 4 (3.42%) PKI
8 4 (3.42%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (2.56%) Cloud Native
9 3 (2.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 2 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.71%) CMDB
10 2 (1.71%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.71%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.85%) Public Cloud
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 49 (41.88%) Risk Management
2 47 (40.17%) Cybersecurity
3 45 (38.46%) Information Security
4 24 (20.51%) Mentoring
5 22 (18.80%) Incident Response
5 22 (18.80%) ITIL
5 22 (18.80%) Vulnerability Management
6 21 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (16.24%) Agile
7 19 (16.24%) SIEM
8 17 (14.53%) Coaching
9 16 (13.68%) Roadmaps
10 15 (12.82%) Creative Thinking
10 15 (12.82%) Regulatory Compliance
11 14 (11.97%) AI
11 14 (11.97%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (11.97%) Data Protection
11 14 (11.97%) Migration
12 13 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
12 13 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
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 46 (39.32%) CISSP
2 32 (27.35%) CISM
3 23 (19.66%) CISA
4 19 (16.24%) CRISC
5 18 (15.38%) Degree
6 13 (11.11%) CompTIA CySA+
7 9 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (5.98%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (5.13%) Master's Degree
10 5 (4.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (4.27%) CCSP
11 4 (3.42%) CEH
11 4 (3.42%) GIAC
11 4 (3.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 3 (2.56%) CCNA
12 3 (2.56%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (2.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (1.71%) SC Cleared
13 2 (1.71%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (58.12%) NIST
2 25 (21.37%) GDPR
3 19 (16.24%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (11.11%) Actionable Recommendations
4 13 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 12 (10.26%) GRC
6 10 (8.55%) QA
7 9 (7.69%) Data Quality
8 7 (5.98%) NIST 800
9 6 (5.13%) COBIT
9 6 (5.13%) SOC 2
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%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 15 (12.82%) 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 5 (4.27%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (2.56%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.71%) ArcSight ESM
4 2 (1.71%) QRadar
4 2 (1.71%) Terraform
5 1 (0.85%) Nessus
5 1 (0.85%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.85%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.85%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 45 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.11%) Google
3 10 (8.55%) VMware
4 9 (7.69%) Polycom
5 7 (5.98%) CyberArk
6 6 (5.13%) Commvault
7 4 (3.42%) Oracle
7 4 (3.42%) Splunk
8 3 (2.56%) Cisco
8 3 (2.56%) SAP
9 2 (1.71%) ArcSight
9 2 (1.71%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.71%) LogLogic
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
10 1 (0.85%) CrowdStrike