ISO 27001 Lead Auditor Contracts

ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for ISO 27001 Lead Auditor qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 567 702 829
Rank change year-on-year +135 +127 -138
Contract jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor 15 16 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% 0.027% 0.030%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.11% 0.098% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 21
10th Percentile £523 £450 £484
25th Percentile £563 £475 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.80% +13.64% +57.14%
75th Percentile £607 £788 £638
90th Percentile £608 £825 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £595 £500 £625
% change year-on-year +19.00% -20.00% +78.57%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,313 16,288 19,025
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.56% 27.29% 21.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,187 10,860 12,550
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.42%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £743 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £533 £530 £500
% change year-on-year +0.47% +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,076 849 780
10th Percentile £13.87 £15.25 £13.71
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.00 £19.35
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.81
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +29.16% +8.01%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £56.75
90th Percentile £75.24 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £49.57 £32.37
% change year-on-year -17.41% +53.14% -11.44%

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ISO 27001 Lead Auditor in the UK

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor.

Daily rate trend for ISO 27001 Lead Auditor in the UK

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISO 27001 Lead Auditor in the UK

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +64 15 £595 +19.00% 3
Scotland - 13 £600 - 1
Work from Home +141 12 £604 -24.50% 2
England +97 2 £475 -24.00% 3
North of England +35 2 £475 +5.56% 1
North West +20 2 £475 +5.56% 1

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) SCCP
2 2 (13.33%) Network Security
General
1 14 (93.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Security Advisor
1 5 (33.33%) Senior
2 3 (20.00%) Lead
3 2 (13.33%) Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Information Security Advisor
4 1 (6.67%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (86.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.67%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) ISMS
2 14 (93.33%) Information Security
3 9 (60.00%) Business Process Analysis
3 9 (60.00%) Threat Modelling
4 8 (53.33%) Business Continuity
5 7 (46.67%) Risk Assessment
6 5 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (33.33%) Information Security Management
6 5 (33.33%) Internal Audit
6 5 (33.33%) Risk Management
6 5 (33.33%) Security Management
7 4 (26.67%) Incident Management
7 4 (26.67%) Security Monitoring
8 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
8 3 (20.00%) Service Delivery
9 2 (13.33%) Secure Coding
9 2 (13.33%) Systems Engineering
9 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
10 1 (6.67%) Process Improvement
10 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 13 (86.67%) CISSP
2 9 (60.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 4 (26.67%) CGEIT
4 4 (26.67%) CISA
4 4 (26.67%) CISM
4 4 (26.67%) CLAS
4 4 (26.67%) CRISC
5 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (26.67%) NIST
3 2 (13.33%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (6.67%) GRC