ISO 27001 Lead Auditor Contract Job Trends in Manchester

ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 14 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 - 105
Rank change year-on-year - - +41
Contract jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.20% - 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.70% - 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £709 - £387
25th Percentile £723 - £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £745 - £448
Median % change year-on-year - - -31.15%
75th Percentile £768 - £479
90th Percentile £781 - £490
North West median daily rate £745 £560 £448
% change year-on-year +33.04% +25.14% -31.15%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 284 292 424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 28.17% 24.46% 24.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 161 304
10th Percentile £357 £313 £238
25th Percentile £425 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.29% -1.87%
75th Percentile £624 £663 £620
90th Percentile £726 £825 £700
North West median daily rate £492 £503 £525
% change year-on-year -2.24% -4.14% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 18 15
10th Percentile £20.00 £16.57 £15.73
25th Percentile £22.16 £22.28 £15.75
Median hourly rate £28.58 £51.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.51% +164.10% -53.57%
75th Percentile £50.31 £67.94 £40.63
90th Percentile £71.88 £100.00 £50.50
North West median hourly rate £27.19 £46.18 £44.19
% change year-on-year -41.13% +4.50% +22.75%

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for ISO 27001 Lead Auditor in Manchester

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Information Assurance Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Information Assurance Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 2 (100.00%) ISMS
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) COBIT
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST