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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 126 97
Rank change year-on-year +55 -29 +30
Permanent jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 106 29 94
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 2.45% 1.19% 2.62%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 22.46% 7.36% 19.50%
Number of salaries quoted 57 20 89
10th Percentile £36,750 - £46,850
25th Percentile £57,000 £46,000 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £71,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +1.79% -3.45%
75th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £89,500 £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 472 394 482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 10.93% 16.12% 13.41%
Number of salaries quoted 347 212 393
10th Percentile £40,963 £41,775 £37,500
25th Percentile £56,938 £46,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £64,250 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -4.81% -3.57%
75th Percentile £89,375 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,500 £104,500
London median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% +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 15 May 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 15 May 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 +44 90 £72,500 -3.33% 32
West End of London - 1 £32,500 - 1
City of Westminster - 1 - - 2
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 (6.60%) Skype for Business
2 6 (5.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.77%) IIS
4 1 (0.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (12.26%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (8.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (8.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.94%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 35 (33.02%) Azure
2 23 (21.70%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (16.04%) AWS
4 12 (11.32%) Entra ID
5 9 (8.49%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (6.60%) GCP
7 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Purview
7 5 (4.72%) SaaS
8 4 (3.77%) Nutanix
8 4 (3.77%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.89%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (1.89%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (1.89%) AWS KMS
9 2 (1.89%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.89%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.89%) Tessian
10 1 (0.94%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.94%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 1 (0.94%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.43%) Firewall
2 7 (6.60%) Skype
2 7 (6.60%) Unified Communications
2 7 (6.60%) VPN
2 7 (6.60%) WebEx
3 6 (5.66%) Network Security
4 3 (2.83%) LAN
5 2 (1.89%) DKIM
5 2 (1.89%) DMARC
5 2 (1.89%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (1.89%) WAN
6 1 (0.94%) Broadband
6 1 (0.94%) DHCP
6 1 (0.94%) DNS
6 1 (0.94%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.49%) Tableau
2 5 (4.72%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (2.83%) Power BI
5 1 (0.94%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.94%) Metadata
5 1 (0.94%) MS Access
5 1 (0.94%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.89%) GitLab
2 1 (0.94%) JIRA
General
1 56 (52.83%) Finance
2 52 (49.06%) Social Skills
3 35 (33.02%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (20.75%) Banking
5 19 (17.92%) Law
5 19 (17.92%) Legal
6 17 (16.04%) Local Government
6 17 (16.04%) Retail
7 15 (14.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.89%) Advertising
9 2 (1.89%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.89%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.94%) Front Office
10 1 (0.94%) Games
10 1 (0.94%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (16.04%) Senior
2 13 (12.26%) Analyst
2 13 (12.26%) Consultant
2 13 (12.26%) Security Engineer
3 12 (11.32%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 11 (10.38%) Security Manager
5 9 (8.49%) Senior Consultant
6 8 (7.55%) CISSP Engineer
6 8 (7.55%) PowerShell Engineer
6 8 (7.55%) Python Engineer
6 8 (7.55%) Support Analyst
7 7 (6.60%) CyberArk Engineer
7 7 (6.60%) Support Assistant
8 6 (5.66%) Lead
9 5 (4.72%) Developer
10 4 (3.77%) Software Developer
11 3 (2.83%) IT Manager
11 3 (2.83%) Risk Manager
11 3 (2.83%) Security Consultant
11 3 (2.83%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.72%) CSS
1 5 (4.72%) HTML
2 3 (2.83%) SailPoint
3 2 (1.89%) REST
3 2 (1.89%) SOAP
4 1 (0.94%) ADO
4 1 (0.94%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.94%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.94%) JSP
4 1 (0.94%) LDAP
4 1 (0.94%) OAuth
4 1 (0.94%) OpenID
4 1 (0.94%) SAML
4 1 (0.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (20.75%) Security Posture
2 20 (18.87%) Management Information System
3 8 (7.55%) Hedge funds
3 8 (7.55%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (4.72%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.77%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.77%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (3.77%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.77%) PKI
6 3 (2.83%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.83%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.89%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.89%) CMDB
7 2 (1.89%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.94%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.94%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.94%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.94%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 19 (17.92%) Windows
2 11 (10.38%) Linux
3 9 (8.49%) Mac OS
3 9 (8.49%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.77%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (46.23%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (42.45%) Information Security
3 44 (41.51%) Risk Management
4 30 (28.30%) Mentoring
5 23 (21.70%) Project Management
6 22 (20.75%) Incident Response
7 19 (17.92%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (16.04%) Target Operating Model
9 16 (15.09%) Internal Audit
9 16 (15.09%) Roadmaps
10 15 (14.15%) SIEM
11 14 (13.21%) Agile
12 12 (11.32%) Business Intelligence
12 12 (11.32%) Decision-Making
12 12 (11.32%) Vulnerability Management
13 11 (10.38%) Actionable Insight
13 11 (10.38%) Security Operations
14 10 (9.43%) ISMS
14 10 (9.43%) Regulatory Change
14 10 (9.43%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 28 (26.42%) PowerShell
2 21 (19.81%) Python
3 17 (16.04%) SQL
4 5 (4.72%) T-SQL
5 4 (3.77%) VBA
5 4 (3.77%) VBScript
6 2 (1.89%) Bash
7 1 (0.94%) Java
7 1 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.94%) VB
Qualifications
1 46 (43.40%) CISSP
2 35 (33.02%) CISM
3 19 (17.92%) Degree
4 17 (16.04%) CISA
5 16 (15.09%) CRISC
6 12 (11.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 12 (11.32%) CCSP
6 12 (11.32%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (9.43%) CompTIA CySA+
8 9 (8.49%) Master's Degree
9 5 (4.72%) CEH
9 5 (4.72%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (4.72%) GIAC
9 5 (4.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 5 (4.72%) SC Cleared
9 5 (4.72%) Security Cleared
10 4 (3.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 3 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.89%) AWS Certification
12 2 (1.89%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (58.49%) NIST
2 22 (20.75%) GDPR
3 20 (18.87%) Cyber Essentials
4 19 (17.92%) QA
5 15 (14.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 14 (13.21%) GRC
7 11 (10.38%) NIST 800
8 10 (9.43%) Actionable Recommendations
9 8 (7.55%) SOC 2
10 5 (4.72%) COBIT
11 4 (3.77%) Data Quality
11 4 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (3.77%) NCSC
12 3 (2.83%) PCI DSS
12 3 (2.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (1.89%) ISO 14000
13 2 (1.89%) SOC 1
14 1 (0.94%) Def Stans
14 1 (0.94%) ITGC
14 1 (0.94%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (14.15%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.94%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 7 (6.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.83%) Terraform
3 2 (1.89%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.94%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 37 (34.91%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.43%) Google
3 7 (6.60%) CyberArk
3 7 (6.60%) Polycom
3 7 (6.60%) VMware
4 5 (4.72%) Splunk
5 4 (3.77%) Commvault
5 4 (3.77%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (3.77%) iManage
5 4 (3.77%) Oracle
6 3 (2.83%) SAP
7 2 (1.89%) Darktrace
7 2 (1.89%) LogRhythm
7 2 (1.89%) OneTrust
7 2 (1.89%) Sage
7 2 (1.89%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.89%) Xero
8 1 (0.94%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.94%) Cisco
8 1 (0.94%) Workday