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 23 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 355 370 420
Rank change year-on-year +15 +50 +97
Contract jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor 15 20 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.10% 0.10% 0.061%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.29% 0.28% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 13 10
10th Percentile £415 £475 £410
25th Percentile £441 £555 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £556
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +3.37% -14.42%
75th Percentile £688 £600 £638
90th Percentile £695 £608 £655
UK median daily rate £625 £575 £625
% change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -

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 5,229 7,115 7,499
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.01% 36.02% 32.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,092 4,238 4,826
10th Percentile £205 £285 £313
25th Percentile £381 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £631 £638
90th Percentile £675 £710 £713
UK median daily rate £523 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.38% -4.55% +2.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 600 860 563
10th Percentile £17.54 £14.16 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.12 £21.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -21.82% +37.36%
75th Percentile £56.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.55 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £57.33
% change year-on-year -41.51% -25.00% +27.63%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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 23 July 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 West - 5 £675 - 5
North of England 0 3 £700 +25.00% 1
Scotland -15 3 £445 -25.77%
East Midlands - 3 £465 - 1
Midlands - 3 £465 - 2
North West +1 2 £745 +33.04% 1
South East +27 1 £500 -11.11%
Yorkshire - 1 £525 -
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:

Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) Azure
2 3 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (13.33%) AWS
3 2 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (13.33%) Azure Sentinel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) Power BI
1 3 (20.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (46.67%) Finance
2 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (33.33%) Electronics
3 5 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 5 (33.33%) Marketing
3 5 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 5 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Consultant
2 6 (40.00%) Security Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Information Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Information Assurance Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Information Security Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Lead
3 2 (13.33%) Security Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Security Specialist
3 2 (13.33%) Senior
3 2 (13.33%) Senior Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Senior Information Assurance Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Audit Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) IT Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) IT Manager
4 1 (6.67%) IT Security Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) IT Security Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Security Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Security Tester
4 1 (6.67%) SOC Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 9 (60.00%) Cloud Security
3 6 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (40.00%) Information Security
4 5 (33.33%) Agile
4 5 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
4 5 (33.33%) Programme Management
4 5 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
5 4 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (26.67%) IT Audit
5 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
6 3 (20.00%) Kanban
7 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (13.33%) Information Assurance
7 2 (13.33%) SIEM
7 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (13.33%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) CISM
2 13 (86.67%) CISSP
3 7 (46.67%) CISA
3 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
4 5 (33.33%) CESG Certified Professional
4 5 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 5 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 3 (20.00%) Degree
6 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
7 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (6.67%) GCIA
7 1 (6.67%) GCIH
7 1 (6.67%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (53.33%) NIST
3 6 (40.00%) COBIT
4 5 (33.33%) NCSC
4 5 (33.33%) NIST 800
4 5 (33.33%) RMADS
5 4 (26.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (13.33%) GDPR
7 1 (6.67%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (6.67%) GRC
7 1 (6.67%) PCI DSS
7 1 (6.67%) QA
7 1 (6.67%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) RSA Archer
2 1 (6.67%) Nessus
2 1 (6.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) SAP
2 4 (26.67%) Rapid7
3 3 (20.00%) Alteryx
4 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow
4 2 (13.33%) Tenable
5 1 (6.67%) Qualys
5 1 (6.67%) Splunk