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 7 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 519 582
Rank change year-on-year -31 +63 +182
Contract jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Implementer 32 10 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.086% 0.031% 0.014%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.26% 0.10% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 3
10th Percentile £414 £526 £440
25th Percentile £440 £547 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £569 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.48% +13.75% -23.08%
75th Percentile £700 £603 £559
90th Percentile £734 £621 £595
UK excluding London median daily rate £447 £600 £556
% change year-on-year -25.50% +7.87% -7.29%
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 12,538 9,661 12,813
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.87% 29.96% 30.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,223 5,875 8,072
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £631 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £501 £540
% change year-on-year -0.10% -7.31% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 972 478 729
10th Percentile £16.17 £18.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.08 £23.53 £26.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.33% -24.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.75 £68.63
90th Percentile £76.58 £75.30 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.50 £51.89
% change year-on-year -37.90% -21.95% +15.31%

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 7 January 2026.

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 7 January 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 -24 31 £475 -16.48% 8
UK excluding London -38 25 £447 -25.50% 4
South West - 18 - - 2
Work from Home +5 8 £575 - 4
London -19 5 £563 +2.27% 5
South East -18 4 £449 -25.25% 1
North West -24 2 £500 -21.88% 1
North of England -49 2 £500 -17.70% 1
East Midlands - 1 £425 -
Midlands - 1 £425 -

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 (3.13%) Confluence
1 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 8 (25.00%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 14 (43.75%) Azure
2 10 (31.25%) Azure Sentinel
3 9 (28.13%) OpenShift
4 8 (25.00%) Azure AKS
4 8 (25.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 8 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
5 5 (15.63%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (12.50%) AWS
7 3 (9.38%) GCP
7 3 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (6.25%) Entra ID
8 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (6.25%) SaaS
9 1 (3.13%) Akamai
9 1 (3.13%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.00%) VPN
2 4 (12.50%) Firewall
3 2 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (3.13%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) EDRMS
1 1 (3.13%) Metadata
General
1 21 (65.63%) Social Skills
2 10 (31.25%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (9.38%) Finance
4 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.13%) Banking
5 1 (3.13%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (31.25%) Information Security Advisor
1 10 (31.25%) Security Advisor
2 8 (25.00%) Azure Engineer
3 5 (15.63%) Azure DevOps Engineer
3 5 (15.63%) DevOps Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Consultant
4 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 4 (12.50%) Security Manager
5 3 (9.38%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 3 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Security Consultant
6 2 (6.25%) Programme Manager
7 1 (3.13%) Head of IT Security
7 1 (3.13%) Identity Management Manager
7 1 (3.13%) Lead
7 1 (3.13%) Lead Security Architect
7 1 (3.13%) Security Assurance Manager
7 1 (3.13%) Senior
7 1 (3.13%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (25.00%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 15 (46.88%) Management Information System
2 13 (40.63%) Security Posture
3 8 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (6.25%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.13%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (3.13%) NHS
5 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
5 1 (3.13%) SCADA
5 1 (3.13%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Linux
1 1 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (62.50%) Risk Management
2 18 (56.25%) Information Security
3 14 (43.75%) Cloud Security
4 13 (40.63%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (40.63%) Identity Access Management
4 13 (40.63%) SIEM
5 12 (37.50%) Information Security Governance
6 11 (34.38%) Computer Science
6 11 (34.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (31.25%) Facilities Management
7 10 (31.25%) Internal Audit
7 10 (31.25%) Security Operations
8 9 (28.13%) TOGAF
9 8 (25.00%) Analytics
9 8 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (25.00%) ITIL
9 8 (25.00%) Log Analytics
9 8 (25.00%) RBAC
10 7 (21.88%) Incident Response
11 6 (18.75%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.00%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 22 (68.75%) CISSP
2 21 (65.63%) CISM
2 21 (65.63%) Security Cleared
3 19 (59.38%) SC Cleared
4 12 (37.50%) Degree
5 11 (34.38%) Master's Degree
6 10 (31.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (31.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (28.13%) DV Cleared
8 8 (25.00%) Azure Certification
8 8 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (15.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (6.25%) CEH
10 2 (6.25%) CISA
11 1 (3.13%) AWS Certification
11 1 (3.13%) CGEIT
11 1 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (3.13%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (53.13%) NIST
3 13 (40.63%) GRC
4 10 (31.25%) Def Stans
5 9 (28.13%) NIST 800
6 5 (15.63%) GDPR
7 4 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (9.38%) NCSC
9 2 (6.25%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (3.13%) Accessibility
10 1 (3.13%) COBIT
10 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (3.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (3.13%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (31.25%) Kubernetes
2 9 (28.13%) Terraform
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 9 (28.13%) Red Hat
3 8 (25.00%) IBM
4 2 (6.25%) Fortinet
4 2 (6.25%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow