ISO 27001 Lead Auditor Contracts in the UK excluding London

ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 333 375 435
Rank change year-on-year +42 +60 +67
Contract jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor 5 15 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.039% 0.073% 0.046%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.11% 0.20% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 7
10th Percentile £504 £523 £423
25th Percentile £509 £563 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £595 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +19.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £538 £607 £638
90th Percentile - £608 £643
UK median daily rate £413 £595 £625
% change year-on-year -30.67% -4.80% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £83.20 - -
UK median hourly rate £83.20 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,557 7,648 7,917
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.58% 37.05% 33.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,786 4,423 5,310
10th Percentile £211 £269 £286
25th Percentile £388 £425 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £532 £530
Median % change year-on-year -6.02% +0.38% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £635
90th Percentile £688 £725 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 413 936 659
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.60 £14.20
25th Percentile £21.25 £16.50 £19.71
Median hourly rate £40.00 £40.94 £49.88
Median % change year-on-year -2.30% -17.91% +53.49%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £79.74 £77.50 £78.24
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +27.06%

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for ISO 27001 Lead Auditor in the UK excluding London

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for ISO 27001 Lead Auditor in the UK excluding London

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
South East - 3 £525 - 4
North of England +16 1 £525 +10.53% 1
Scotland +5 1 - - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £525 - 1
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
UK

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Azure Sentinel
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Auditor
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Audit Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) IT Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Security Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) IT Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) SOC Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cloud Security
1 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (60.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Remediation Plan
3 2 (40.00%) SIEM
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Security Auditing
4 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CISM
1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
2 3 (60.00%) CISA
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (20.00%) CRISC
4 1 (20.00%) GCIA
4 1 (20.00%) GCIH
4 1 (20.00%) GIAC
4 1 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (100.00%) NIST
2 4 (80.00%) GDPR
3 3 (60.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (20.00%) GRC
4 1 (20.00%) NIST 800
4 1 (20.00%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Nessus
1 1 (20.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Qualys
1 1 (20.00%) Splunk