DORA Job Trends in London

Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring DORA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	358	349	401
Rank change year-on-year	-9	+52	+70
Permanent jobs citing DORA	92	29	28
As % of all permanent jobs in London	0.35%	0.25%	0.16%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	2.57%	1.20%	0.96%
Number of salaries quoted	58	21	15
10^th Percentile	£57,500	£56,250	£61,000
25^th Percentile	£70,000	£67,500	£67,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£90,000	£90,000	£100,000
Median % change year-on-year	-	-10.00%	+17.65%
75^th Percentile	£105,000	£105,000	£120,000
90^th Percentile	£120,000	£115,000	£132,750
England median annual salary	£90,000	£85,000	£92,500
% change year-on-year	+5.88%	-8.11%	-2.63%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

DORA 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 London.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills	3,582	2,408	2,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London	13.68%	20.38%	16.55%
Number of salaries quoted	2,160	1,517	1,543
10^th Percentile	£41,750	£42,464	£45,000
25^th Percentile	£53,750	£55,000	£57,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£72,500	£70,000	£75,000
Median % change year-on-year	+3.57%	-6.67%	+7.14%
75^th Percentile	£92,500	£90,000	£95,000
90^th Percentile	£112,500	£110,000	£120,000
England median annual salary	£55,000	£57,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	-4.35%	-4.17%	-

DORA Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DORA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

DORA Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing DORA.

DORA Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing DORA in London over the 6 months to 22 October 2026.

DORA Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DORA within the London region over the 6 months to 22 October 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
Central London	+22	20	£90,000	+12.50%
East London	-	2	£75,000	-
DORA England

DORA Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, job vacancies citing DORA also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region with a requirement for DORA.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ISO/IEC 27001	47.8%	44
2	Operational Resilience	42.4%	39
3	Risk Management	40.2%	37
4	Continuous Improvement	37.0%	34
5	GRC	34.8%	32
5	NIST	34.8%	32
5	Stakeholder Management	34.8%	32
8	Information Security	33.7%	31
9	ITIL	32.6%	30
10	Cybersecurity	31.5%	29
11	Business Continuity	25.0%	23
12	CISSP	21.7%	20
12	GDPR	21.7%	20
14	Disaster Recovery	20.7%	19
15	ServiceNow	19.6%	18
16	COBIT	17.4%	16
17	ISO 22301	16.3%	15
17	Regulatory Compliance	16.3%	15
19	CRISC	15.2%	14
19	Roadmaps	15.2%	14
21	ITSM	14.1%	13
21	Service Delivery	14.1%	13
23	Asset Management	13.0%	12
23	Incident Management	13.0%	12
23	Information Security Governance	13.0%	12
23	IT Asset Management	13.0%	12
23	Service Management	13.0%	12
28	Cost Optimisation	12.0%	11
28	Mentoring	12.0%	11
28	Sarbanes-Oxley	12.0%	11

DORA Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ISO/IEC 27001	47.8%	44
2	GRC	34.8%	32
2	NIST	34.8%	32
4	GDPR	21.7%	20
5	COBIT	17.4%	16
6	ISO 22301	16.3%	15
7	Sarbanes-Oxley	12.0%	11
8	PCI DSS	6.5%	6
8	SOC 2	6.5%	6
10	Cyber Essentials	5.4%	5
11	NCSC	4.3%	4
11	QA	4.3%	4
13	Actionable Recommendations	3.3%	3
14	EU AI Act	2.2%	2
14	PMO	2.2%	2
16	COSO	1.1%	1
16	Cyber Essentials PLUS	1.1%	1
16	HITRUST	1.1%	1
16	ISAE 3402	1.1%	1
16	ISO 9001	1.1%	1