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 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 542 541 627
Rank change year-on-year -1 +86 +186
Contract jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Implementer 32 10 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.092% 0.027% 0.015%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.28% 0.094% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 8 4
10th Percentile £413 £526 £479
25th Percentile £425 £547 £561
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £569 £656
Median % change year-on-year -16.48% -13.33% +0.96%
75th Percentile £688 £603 £725
90th Percentile £700 £621 -
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 11,360 10,694 13,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.81% 29.28% 28.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,236 6,499 8,519
10th Percentile £300 £310 £302
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £635 £650
90th Percentile £714 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £516 £534
% change year-on-year -3.10% -3.37% +1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 982 485 749
10th Percentile £17.32 £18.66 £17.72
25th Percentile £19.06 £24.18 £26.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% -12.04% +16.67%
75th Percentile £43.63 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.14 £75.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £47.84 £51.89
% change year-on-year -47.43% -7.80% +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 6 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISO 27001 Lead Implementer in the UK

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 6 November 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 +21 29 £475 -16.48% 48
UK excluding London -20 23 £447 -25.50% 37
Work from Home +26 13 £475 -17.39% 31
South West - 13 - - 2
London -3 7 £663 +20.45% 21
South East +5 4 £447 -25.50% 14
North West -13 3 £700 +9.38% 12
North of England -32 3 £700 +15.23% 14
Scotland - 2 £438 - 4
East Midlands - 1 £425 - 2
Midlands - 1 £425 - 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 10 (31.25%) Azure
2 5 (15.63%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (9.38%) AWS
3 3 (9.38%) Azure AKS
3 3 (9.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 3 (9.38%) Azure Monitor
3 3 (9.38%) OpenShift
4 2 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.25%) GCP
4 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (3.13%) Akamai
5 1 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.50%) Firewall
2 3 (9.38%) VPN
3 2 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (6.25%) Network Security
4 1 (3.13%) DNS
General
1 24 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (31.25%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (18.75%) Finance
4 4 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Legal
6 1 (3.13%) Banking
6 1 (3.13%) Private Banking
6 1 (3.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (31.25%) Information Security Advisor
1 10 (31.25%) Security Advisor
2 4 (12.50%) Consultant
2 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 4 (12.50%) Security Manager
3 3 (9.38%) Analyst
3 3 (9.38%) Azure Engineer
3 3 (9.38%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (9.38%) Security Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 2 (6.25%) Information Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Information Assurance Consultant
4 2 (6.25%) Information Security Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Lead
4 2 (6.25%) Security Architect
4 2 (6.25%) Security Consultant
4 2 (6.25%) Senior
4 2 (6.25%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (6.25%) Senior Information Assurance Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.38%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 16 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 15 (46.88%) Security Posture
3 3 (9.38%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (9.38%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (9.38%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (6.25%) Cyberattack
4 2 (6.25%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (3.13%) SCADA
5 1 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (71.88%) Information Security
2 21 (65.63%) Risk Management
3 16 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (34.38%) Computer Science
5 10 (31.25%) Facilities Management
5 10 (31.25%) Information Security Governance
5 10 (31.25%) Internal Audit
5 10 (31.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (28.13%) Identity Access Management
7 8 (25.00%) Cloud Security
7 8 (25.00%) Incident Response
7 8 (25.00%) SIEM
8 6 (18.75%) GAP Analysis
8 6 (18.75%) Security Architecture
9 5 (15.63%) Data Protection
9 5 (15.63%) Information Assurance
9 5 (15.63%) Information Security Management
9 5 (15.63%) ISMS
9 5 (15.63%) Regulatory Compliance
9 5 (15.63%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.38%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 19 (59.38%) CISM
1 19 (59.38%) Security Cleared
2 17 (53.13%) SC Cleared
3 16 (50.00%) CISSP
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 8 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 5 (15.63%) CISA
9 4 (12.50%) DV Cleared
10 3 (9.38%) Azure Certification
10 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (6.25%) CEH
11 2 (6.25%) CESG Certified Professional
12 1 (3.13%) AWS Certification
12 1 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (3.13%) CREST Certified
12 1 (3.13%) CRISC
12 1 (3.13%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (37.50%) GRC
3 11 (34.38%) NIST
4 10 (31.25%) Def Stans
5 7 (21.88%) GDPR
6 5 (15.63%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (9.38%) NIST 800
8 2 (6.25%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (6.25%) COBIT
8 2 (6.25%) NCSC
9 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (3.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (3.13%) ISO 9001
9 1 (3.13%) JSP 440
9 1 (3.13%) PCI DSS
9 1 (3.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 4 (12.50%) Terraform
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.38%) IBM
2 3 (9.38%) Red Hat
3 2 (6.25%) Fortinet
3 2 (6.25%) Palo Alto
3 2 (6.25%) Tenable