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 28 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 527 561
Rank change year-on-year -114 +34 +109
Contract jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Implementer 26 19 11
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.049% 0.058% 0.027%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.19% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 16 7
10th Percentile £450 £444 £563
25th Percentile - £513 £579
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% -2.04%
75th Percentile £569 £688 £607
90th Percentile £600 £700 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £377 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -28.19% -12.50% -2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £104.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £104.00 - -

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 16,581 10,104 11,990
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.37% 30.85% 29.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,078 6,264 7,609
10th Percentile £350 £281 £313
25th Percentile £431 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -0.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,220 765 912
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.87 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £21.19
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -41.51% -23.88%
75th Percentile £73.75 £56.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.02 £75.00 £76.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +98.81% -41.51% -21.79%

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 28 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ISO 27001 Lead Implementer in the UK

ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
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 Implementer within the UK over the 6 months to 28 July 2026. 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 -104 24 £500 -16.70% 17
London -59 17 £500 -9.17% 9
Work from Home -55 15 £500 -16.67% 8
UK excluding London -92 9 £377 -28.19% 8
South East -66 4 - - 2
Midlands -49 3 - -
East Midlands - 2 - -
Scotland -16 1 - -
North West -48 1 £377 -49.40% 3
West Midlands -52 1 - -
North of England -75 1 £377 -46.14% 3

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 5 (19.23%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (23.08%) Azure
2 5 (19.23%) AWS
2 5 (19.23%) GCP
3 3 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) JIRA
General
1 14 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Legal
3 5 (19.23%) Aerospace
3 5 (19.23%) Finance
3 5 (19.23%) Public Sector
4 4 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.69%) Banking
6 1 (3.85%) Health Technology
6 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Consultant
1 6 (23.08%) Lead
1 6 (23.08%) Security Consultant
2 5 (19.23%) Operations Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) Security Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Information Security Consultant
6 1 (3.85%) Auditor
6 1 (3.85%) Change Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Compliance Consultant
6 1 (3.85%) Information Assurance Consultant
6 1 (3.85%) Information Assurance Specialist
6 1 (3.85%) Information Specialist
6 1 (3.85%) IT Change Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Migration Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Risk Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Security Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Security Auditor
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Public Cloud
2 2 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.69%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.85%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (73.08%) Information Security
2 16 (61.54%) Risk Management
3 10 (38.46%) Vulnerability Management
4 9 (34.62%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (30.77%) Cloud Security
5 8 (30.77%) ISMS
6 7 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (26.92%) Migration
6 7 (26.92%) Remediation Plan
6 7 (26.92%) Risk Register
6 7 (26.92%) Security Operations
7 6 (23.08%) Agile
8 5 (19.23%) Change Management
8 5 (19.23%) Information Security Management
8 5 (19.23%) Presales
8 5 (19.23%) Risk Assessment
8 5 (19.23%) Security Management
8 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (19.23%) Threat Modelling
9 4 (15.38%) SDLC
Qualifications
1 18 (69.23%) CISSP
2 17 (65.38%) CISM
3 16 (61.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 12 (46.15%) SC Cleared
4 12 (46.15%) Security Cleared
5 11 (42.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 11 (42.31%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (15.38%) CRISC
6 4 (15.38%) Degree
7 3 (11.54%) CISA
8 2 (7.69%) Master's Degree
9 1 (3.85%) CEH
9 1 (3.85%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (3.85%) CGEIT
9 1 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (3.85%) GIAC
9 1 (3.85%) GSEC
9 1 (3.85%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (38.46%) NIST
3 9 (34.62%) GRC
4 7 (26.92%) GDPR
5 4 (15.38%) Def Stans
5 4 (15.38%) Government Security Classifications
5 4 (15.38%) NIST 800
6 3 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (11.54%) PCI DSS
7 2 (7.69%) SOC 2
8 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (3.85%) NCSC
8 1 (3.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) ServiceNow
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.85%) OneTrust