ISO 27001 Lead Implementer Contract Job Trends

ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for ISO 27001 Lead Implementer qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 567 537 597
Rank change year-on-year -30 +60 +196
Contract jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Implementer 27 10 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.074% 0.028% 0.011%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.22% 0.094% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 2
10th Percentile £413 £526 £443
25th Percentile £435 £547 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £569 £531
Median % change year-on-year -16.48% +7.06% -18.27%
75th Percentile £700 £603 £583
90th Percentile £738 £621 £604
UK excluding London median daily rate £447 £600 £613
% change year-on-year -25.50% -2.04% +2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
Median hourly rate £33.50 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.50 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

ISO 27001 Lead Implementer 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 12,174 10,608 13,341
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.40% 29.48% 29.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,906 6,439 8,410
10th Percentile £306 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £420 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £515 £538
% change year-on-year -2.91% -4.19% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,020 506 753
10th Percentile £17.04 £19.00 £17.72
25th Percentile £19.20 £24.18 £27.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.71 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.70% -22.05% +18.89%
75th Percentile £45.46 £66.00 £67.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £51.90
% change year-on-year -44.11% -13.29% +15.33%

ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

ISO 27001 Lead Implementer job vacancy trend in the UK

ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Implementer over the 6 months to 6 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISO 27001 Lead Implementer in the UK

ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Top 10 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 Implementer within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
England +3 26 £463 -18.68% 13
UK excluding London -31 20 £447 -25.50% 10
South West - 13 - - 2
Work from Home +8 9 £700 +21.74% 5
London 0 5 £475 -13.64% 9
South East -2 3 £447 -25.50% 5
North West -22 3 £700 +9.38%
North of England -45 3 £700 +15.23%
East Midlands - 1 £425 - 2
Midlands - 1 £425 - 2

ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.70%) Confluence
1 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 9 (33.33%) Azure
2 5 (18.52%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (14.81%) AWS
3 4 (14.81%) OpenShift
4 3 (11.11%) Azure AKS
4 3 (11.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 3 (11.11%) Azure Monitor
4 3 (11.11%) GCP
4 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (7.41%) Entra ID
5 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (7.41%) SaaS
6 1 (3.70%) Akamai
6 1 (3.70%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) Firewall
2 3 (11.11%) VPN
3 2 (7.41%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (3.70%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Metadata
General
1 23 (85.19%) Social Skills
2 10 (37.04%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Finance
4 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Banking
4 2 (7.41%) Legal
4 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.70%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (37.04%) Information Security Advisor
1 10 (37.04%) Security Advisor
2 4 (14.81%) Consultant
2 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 4 (14.81%) Security Manager
3 3 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Information Assurance Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Lead
4 2 (7.41%) Programme Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Security Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Senior
4 2 (7.41%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Senior Information Assurance Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Information Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Information Security Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 16 (59.26%) Management Information System
2 14 (51.85%) Security Posture
3 3 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (7.41%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (7.41%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
5 1 (3.70%) SCADA
5 1 (3.70%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Linux
1 1 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (74.07%) Information Security
1 20 (74.07%) Risk Management
2 14 (51.85%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (44.44%) Information Security Governance
4 11 (40.74%) Computer Science
4 11 (40.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (37.04%) Facilities Management
5 10 (37.04%) Internal Audit
6 8 (29.63%) Cloud Security
6 8 (29.63%) Identity Access Management
6 8 (29.63%) SIEM
7 7 (25.93%) GAP Analysis
8 6 (22.22%) Incident Response
8 6 (22.22%) Regulatory Compliance
8 6 (22.22%) Security Architecture
9 5 (18.52%) Data Protection
10 4 (14.81%) Security Operations
10 4 (14.81%) TOGAF
11 3 (11.11%) DevSecOps
11 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 17 (62.96%) CISSP
1 17 (62.96%) Security Cleared
2 16 (59.26%) CISM
3 15 (55.56%) SC Cleared
4 12 (44.44%) Degree
5 11 (40.74%) Master's Degree
6 10 (37.04%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (37.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (22.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 4 (14.81%) DV Cleared
9 3 (11.11%) Azure Certification
9 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (7.41%) CEH
10 2 (7.41%) CISA
11 1 (3.70%) AWS Certification
11 1 (3.70%) CGEIT
11 1 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (3.70%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (44.44%) GRC
2 12 (44.44%) NIST
3 10 (37.04%) Def Stans
4 6 (22.22%) GDPR
5 4 (14.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (14.81%) NIST 800
6 2 (7.41%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (7.41%) COBIT
6 2 (7.41%) NCSC
7 1 (3.70%) Accessibility
7 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (3.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (3.70%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (18.52%) Kubernetes
2 4 (14.81%) Terraform
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) Red Hat
3 3 (11.11%) IBM
4 2 (7.41%) Fortinet
4 2 (7.41%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow