ISO 27001 Lead Auditor Contract Job Trends

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 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 518 540 636
Rank change year-on-year +22 +96 +204
Contract jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor 35 23 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.060% 0.046%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.34% 0.20% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 19 20
10th Percentile £413 £493 £398
25th Percentile £449 £500 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £560 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +1.82% -12.00%
75th Percentile £691 £598 £646
90th Percentile £700 £606 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £560 £525
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -19.23%

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 10,259 11,275 14,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.39% 29.36% 28.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,388 6,977 9,124
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £732 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 820 666 727
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £25.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.70% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £45.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.83 £78.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £53.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -52.55% +0.95% +16.77%

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
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor over the 6 months to 14 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISO 27001 Lead Auditor in the UK

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Top 11 Contract Job 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 14 September 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 +27 31 £644 +28.75% 25
Work from Home +22 20 £675 +20.00% 12
London +31 15 £638 - 9
UK excluding London -11 15 £525 -6.25% 24
South West - 5 £675 - 2
Midlands -12 4 £445 -11.00% 5
East Midlands - 4 £445 - 4
Scotland -4 3 £445 -25.77%
North West -10 2 £745 +33.04% 3
North of England -10 2 £745 +33.04% 7
South East +9 1 £500 -11.11% 7

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:

Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 13 (37.14%) Azure
2 10 (28.57%) AWS
3 5 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
3 5 (14.29%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.86%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.71%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.29%) Power BI
1 5 (14.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (17.14%) JIRA
General
1 13 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 12 (34.29%) Finance
3 11 (31.43%) Public Sector
4 7 (20.00%) Telecoms
5 5 (14.29%) Electronics
5 5 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 5 (14.29%) Marketing
6 4 (11.43%) Local Government
7 3 (8.57%) Banking
8 2 (5.71%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (5.71%) Investment Banking
8 2 (5.71%) Legal
8 2 (5.71%) Retail
8 2 (5.71%) Retail Banking
9 1 (2.86%) Financial Institution
9 1 (2.86%) Law
9 1 (2.86%) Police
9 1 (2.86%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (31.43%) Consultant
2 10 (28.57%) Lead
3 8 (22.86%) Security Consultant
4 4 (11.43%) Senior
5 3 (8.57%) Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) Security Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (5.71%) Associate Consultant
6 2 (5.71%) Information Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Information Assurance Consultant
6 2 (5.71%) Information Security Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Risk Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Security Specialist
6 2 (5.71%) Security Tester
6 2 (5.71%) Senior Information Assurance Consultant
6 2 (5.71%) Tester
7 1 (2.86%) Audit Consultant
7 1 (2.86%) Compliance Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) Information Security Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Senior Information Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (20.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Management Information System
1 4 (11.43%) Security Posture
2 3 (8.57%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.71%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (5.71%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.86%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.57%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (62.86%) Information Security
2 18 (51.43%) Risk Management
3 16 (45.71%) Cloud Security
3 16 (45.71%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (34.29%) Agile
5 11 (31.43%) Regulatory Compliance
6 10 (28.57%) Incident Response
7 9 (25.71%) Threat Modelling
8 8 (22.86%) IT Audit
9 7 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
9 7 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
10 6 (17.14%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (17.14%) Kanban
10 6 (17.14%) Roadmaps
10 6 (17.14%) Test Automation
11 5 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
11 5 (14.29%) Programme Management
11 5 (14.29%) SABSA
11 5 (14.29%) SIEM
11 5 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 33 (94.29%) CISM
2 32 (91.43%) CISSP
3 21 (60.00%) CISA
4 11 (31.43%) Security Cleared
5 9 (25.71%) Degree
6 8 (22.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 5 (14.29%) CESG Certified Professional
7 5 (14.29%) DV Cleared
8 3 (8.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (8.57%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (8.57%) SC Cleared
9 2 (5.71%) CRISC
10 1 (2.86%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (2.86%) GCIA
10 1 (2.86%) GCIH
10 1 (2.86%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (60.00%) NIST
3 10 (28.57%) COBIT
4 9 (25.71%) NCSC
4 9 (25.71%) NIST 800
5 8 (22.86%) GDPR
5 8 (22.86%) RMADS
6 7 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (8.57%) QA
8 2 (5.71%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (5.71%) GRC
8 2 (5.71%) PCI DSS
8 2 (5.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (2.86%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (2.86%) JSP 440
9 1 (2.86%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 6 (17.14%) RSA Archer
2 5 (14.29%) QRadar
3 4 (11.43%) CSIRT
4 3 (8.57%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 7 (20.00%) Rapid7
2 5 (14.29%) Alteryx
2 5 (14.29%) SAP
2 5 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 5 (14.29%) Splunk
3 4 (11.43%) Fortinet
3 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.71%) Tenable