ISO 27001 Lead Auditor Contracts

ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 505 567 702
Rank change year-on-year +62 +135 +127
Contract jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor 15 15 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.051% 0.034% 0.027%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.17% 0.11% 0.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 11
10th Percentile - £523 £450
25th Percentile £313 £563 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £595 £625
Median % change year-on-year -20.17% -4.80% +13.64%
75th Percentile £538 £607 £788
90th Percentile - £608 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £595 £500
% change year-on-year -11.76% +19.00% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £71.68 - -
25th Percentile £76.00 - -
Median hourly rate £83.20 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £83.20 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,993 13,316 16,299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.72% 30.57% 27.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,686 8,190 10,861
10th Percentile £288 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £707 £743 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £533 £530
% change year-on-year -6.10% +0.57% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 509 1,076 849
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.87 £15.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £17.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%
75th Percentile £66.00 £61.60 £68.25
90th Percentile £80.20 £75.24 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £40.94 £49.57
% change year-on-year +3.81% -17.41% +53.14%

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ISO 27001 Lead Auditor in the UK

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for ISO 27001 Lead Auditor in the UK

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISO 27001 Lead Auditor in the UK

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor.

Hourly rate trend for ISO 27001 Lead Auditor in the UK

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Top 8 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 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
England +68 13 £413 -13.16% 35
London - 9 £325 - 17
UK excluding London +54 6 £525 -11.76% 24
Work from Home +34 5 £525 -13.08% 7
South East - 3 £525 - 11
Scotland +2 2 £475 -20.77% 1
North of England +18 1 £525 +10.53% 2
Yorkshire - 1 £525 - 1

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (13.33%) Azure
1 2 (13.33%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Network Security
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Finance
3 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
5 1 (6.67%) Banking
5 1 (6.67%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (6.67%) Financial Institution
5 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Investment Banking
5 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.67%) Retail
5 1 (6.67%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Consultant
2 3 (20.00%) Security Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Associate Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Auditor
4 1 (6.67%) Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Audit Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
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%) Operations Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Risk Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Security Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Security Manager
4 1 (6.67%) SOC Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Management Information System
2 5 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 5 (33.33%) Security Posture
3 3 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (13.33%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (6.67%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) Risk Management
2 8 (53.33%) GAP Analysis
2 8 (53.33%) Information Security
3 7 (46.67%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
5 5 (33.33%) Cloud Security
5 5 (33.33%) Incident Response
5 5 (33.33%) ISMS
6 4 (26.67%) Regulatory Compliance
6 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (20.00%) Cyber Assurance
7 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (20.00%) Security Architecture
7 3 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
8 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (13.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 2 (13.33%) Remediation Plan
8 2 (13.33%) Security Operations
8 2 (13.33%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 11 (73.33%) CISSP
2 10 (66.67%) CISM
3 8 (53.33%) CISA
4 5 (33.33%) CRISC
5 4 (26.67%) Degree
6 2 (13.33%) Master's Degree
7 1 (6.67%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (6.67%) GCIA
7 1 (6.67%) GCIH
7 1 (6.67%) GIAC
7 1 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
7 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
7 1 (6.67%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (60.00%) NIST
3 7 (46.67%) GRC
4 4 (26.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (26.67%) GDPR
5 3 (20.00%) PCI DSS
6 1 (6.67%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (6.67%) NIST 800
6 1 (6.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (6.67%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) RSA Archer
2 1 (6.67%) CASB
2 1 (6.67%) Nessus
2 1 (6.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (6.67%) Forcepoint
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Qualys
2 1 (6.67%) Splunk