ISO 27001 Lead Auditor Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for ISO 27001 Lead Auditor qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - 60
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.14% - 0.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.38% - 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £364 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £377 - £475
75th Percentile £391 - £488
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £377 - £475
% change year-on-year - - +5.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cheshire

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 262 120 125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 36.95% 27.97% 24.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 81 89
10th Percentile £313 £230 £158
25th Percentile £358 £335 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £447 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% -5.89% +6.74%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £540
90th Percentile £652 £600 £645
North West median daily rate £469 £499 £513
% change year-on-year -5.90% -2.73% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 6
10th Percentile £15.50 £24.13 -
25th Percentile £19.00 £29.49 £14.00
Median hourly rate £32.23 £32.50 £20.33
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% +59.86% -59.94%
75th Percentile £83.75 £85.44 £26.66
90th Percentile £111.15 £86.00 £35.83
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £16.06
% change year-on-year +39.88% +102.37% -56.30%

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor job vacancy trend in Cheshire

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 21 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Knutsford - 1 £377 - 1
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
North West

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GSEC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST