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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 125 99
Rank change year-on-year +67 -26 +33
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 116 37 90
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 2.83% 1.46% 2.49%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 24.12% 8.98% 18.07%
Number of salaries quoted 59 27 84
10th Percentile £36,750 £46,000 £47,000
25th Percentile £56,875 £60,625 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +9.49% -5.52%
75th Percentile £91,250 £86,875 £82,813
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 481 412 498
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 11.74% 16.25% 13.78%
Number of salaries quoted 345 206 406
10th Percentile £40,213 £42,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £57,000 £46,563 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £91,250 £83,750 £90,000
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 30 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 30 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 +45 98 £72,500 -3.33% 25
City of Westminster - 3 - - 2
West End of London - 1 £32,500 - 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 7 (6.03%) Skype for Business
2 6 (5.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.45%) IIS
4 1 (0.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (11.21%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (7.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (7.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.86%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 40 (34.48%) Azure
2 25 (21.55%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (13.79%) AWS
4 13 (11.21%) Entra ID
5 8 (6.90%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (6.03%) GCP
6 7 (6.03%) Microsoft Purview
6 7 (6.03%) SaaS
7 6 (5.17%) Nutanix
8 4 (3.45%) Power Platform
9 3 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.59%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.72%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (1.72%) AWS CloudTrail
10 2 (1.72%) AWS KMS
10 2 (1.72%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.72%) PaaS
10 2 (1.72%) Tessian
11 1 (0.86%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.86%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.48%) Firewall
2 8 (6.90%) VPN
3 7 (6.03%) Skype
3 7 (6.03%) Unified Communications
3 7 (6.03%) WebEx
4 5 (4.31%) Network Security
5 4 (3.45%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (2.59%) LAN
7 2 (1.72%) DHCP
7 2 (1.72%) DKIM
7 2 (1.72%) DMARC
7 2 (1.72%) DNS
7 2 (1.72%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.72%) WAN
8 1 (0.86%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.48%) Tableau
2 5 (4.31%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (2.59%) Power BI
5 1 (0.86%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.86%) Metadata
5 1 (0.86%) MS Access
5 1 (0.86%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.72%) GitLab
1 2 (1.72%) JIRA
General
1 62 (53.45%) Finance
2 52 (44.83%) Social Skills
3 35 (30.17%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (18.10%) Banking
4 21 (18.10%) Legal
5 20 (17.24%) Law
6 16 (13.79%) Local Government
6 16 (13.79%) Retail
7 14 (12.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.72%) Advertising
9 2 (1.72%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.72%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.86%) Front Office
10 1 (0.86%) Games
10 1 (0.86%) Marketing
10 1 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (15.52%) Senior
2 16 (13.79%) Security Engineer
3 15 (12.93%) Analyst
4 14 (12.07%) Consultant
5 12 (10.34%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 11 (9.48%) Security Manager
7 10 (8.62%) CISSP Engineer
7 10 (8.62%) Lead
7 10 (8.62%) PowerShell Engineer
7 10 (8.62%) Python Engineer
7 10 (8.62%) Senior Consultant
8 8 (6.90%) Support Analyst
9 7 (6.03%) CyberArk Engineer
9 7 (6.03%) Support Assistant
10 5 (4.31%) Developer
11 4 (3.45%) DevOps Engineer
11 4 (3.45%) Disaster Recovery Specialist
11 4 (3.45%) Information Analyst
11 4 (3.45%) IT Manager
11 4 (3.45%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.31%) CSS
1 5 (4.31%) HTML
2 3 (2.59%) SailPoint
3 2 (1.72%) REST
3 2 (1.72%) SOAP
3 2 (1.72%) YAML
4 1 (0.86%) ADO
4 1 (0.86%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.86%) JSP
4 1 (0.86%) LDAP
4 1 (0.86%) OAuth
4 1 (0.86%) OpenID
4 1 (0.86%) SAML
4 1 (0.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.97%) Security Posture
2 20 (17.24%) Management Information System
3 10 (8.62%) Hedge funds
4 9 (7.76%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (5.17%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (5.17%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (4.31%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (4.31%) Onboarding
7 4 (3.45%) PKI
7 4 (3.45%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.59%) Data Centre
8 3 (2.59%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.72%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.72%) CMDB
9 2 (1.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.86%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.86%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.86%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.86%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (18.10%) Windows
2 12 (10.34%) Linux
2 12 (10.34%) Mac OS
3 9 (7.76%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (43.10%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (40.52%) Information Security
2 47 (40.52%) Risk Management
3 33 (28.45%) Mentoring
4 25 (21.55%) Incident Response
5 22 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (18.10%) Project Management
7 18 (15.52%) Internal Audit
7 18 (15.52%) Roadmaps
8 17 (14.66%) Agile
9 16 (13.79%) Target Operating Model
9 16 (13.79%) Vulnerability Management
10 15 (12.93%) SIEM
11 14 (12.07%) Business Intelligence
11 14 (12.07%) Security Operations
12 13 (11.21%) Actionable Insight
12 13 (11.21%) Coaching
13 12 (10.34%) ITIL
13 12 (10.34%) Regulatory Change
14 11 (9.48%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 35 (30.17%) PowerShell
2 26 (22.41%) Python
3 19 (16.38%) SQL
4 5 (4.31%) T-SQL
5 4 (3.45%) VBA
5 4 (3.45%) VBScript
6 3 (2.59%) Bash
7 1 (0.86%) Java
7 1 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.86%) VB
Qualifications
1 46 (39.66%) CISSP
2 34 (29.31%) CISM
3 20 (17.24%) CISA
3 20 (17.24%) Degree
4 17 (14.66%) CRISC
5 14 (12.07%) CompTIA CySA+
6 11 (9.48%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (7.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 9 (7.76%) CCSP
8 8 (6.90%) Master's Degree
9 7 (6.03%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (5.17%) GIAC
11 5 (4.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 4 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
12 4 (3.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 3 (2.59%) CCNA
13 3 (2.59%) CEH
13 3 (2.59%) SC Cleared
13 3 (2.59%) Security Cleared
14 2 (1.72%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (60.34%) NIST
2 23 (19.83%) GDPR
3 18 (15.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (15.52%) QA
4 15 (12.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 15 (12.93%) GRC
5 12 (10.34%) Actionable Recommendations
5 12 (10.34%) NIST 800
6 9 (7.76%) SOC 2
7 6 (5.17%) COBIT
8 5 (4.31%) NCSC
9 4 (3.45%) Data Quality
9 4 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (2.59%) ITGC
10 3 (2.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (1.72%) PCI DSS
11 2 (1.72%) SOC 1
12 1 (0.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.86%) PMO
System Software
1 16 (13.79%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.86%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 8 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.59%) Terraform
3 2 (1.72%) ArcSight ESM
3 2 (1.72%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.72%) QRadar
3 2 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.86%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 43 (37.07%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.21%) Google
3 9 (7.76%) VMware
4 7 (6.03%) CyberArk
4 7 (6.03%) Polycom
4 7 (6.03%) Splunk
5 6 (5.17%) Commvault
6 4 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (3.45%) iManage
6 4 (3.45%) Oracle
7 3 (2.59%) SAP
8 2 (1.72%) ArcSight
8 2 (1.72%) LogLogic
8 2 (1.72%) LogRhythm
8 2 (1.72%) McAfee
8 2 (1.72%) OneTrust
8 2 (1.72%) Sage
8 2 (1.72%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.72%) Xero
9 1 (0.86%) Workday