ISO 27001 Lead Auditor Contract Job Trends in Scotland

ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor
UK > Scotland

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 114 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Contract jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.066% 0.060% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.27% 0.26% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £418 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% - -
75th Percentile £473 £488 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £570 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +14.00% -13.04% -4.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 366 384 716
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 24.02% 23.06% 30.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 230 407
10th Percentile £181 £200 £187
25th Percentile £358 £361 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £552 £550 £600
90th Percentile £652 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 19 30
10th Percentile £19.23 £16.40 £22.81
25th Percentile £19.38 £19.07 £51.86
Median hourly rate £22.27 £23.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% -61.67% +141.50%
75th Percentile £25.15 £28.07 £62.25
90th Percentile £28.76 £48.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -23.81% +16.67%

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor job vacancy trend in Scotland

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. 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
Edinburgh - 1 £445 -
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
UK

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) SailPoint
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) IT Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid7