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 29 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 666 522 555
Rank change year-on-year -144 +33 +69
Contract jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Implementer 27 29 15
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.049% 0.089% 0.040%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.28% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 16 12
10th Percentile £521 £413 £539
25th Percentile £600 £440 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £475 £575
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -17.39% -6.12%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £602
90th Percentile £698 £700 £612
UK excluding London median daily rate £647 £446 £595
% change year-on-year +45.07% -25.04% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 0
Median hourly rate £104.00 £33.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +210.45% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £104.00 £33.50 -
% change year-on-year +210.45% - -

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 17,321 10,276 11,062
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.71% 31.52% 29.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,524 6,433 6,726
10th Percentile £350 £282 £313
25th Percentile £445 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £634
90th Percentile £713 £709 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,394 866 615
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.87 £17.73
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £24.18
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £48.56
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -48.21% -9.54%
75th Percentile £72.25 £42.81 £68.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £70.00 £75.34
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £50.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -49.70% -4.21%

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 29 September 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 29 September 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 -133 26 £650 +18.18% 57
Work from Home -54 17 £650 +15.56% 28
UK excluding London -107 15 £647 +45.07% 21
London -84 11 £650 - 33
Midlands -38 5 £650 +52.94% 1
South East -66 5 - - 7
North of England -72 5 £622 -11.14% 8
East Midlands -15 3 - -
North West -50 3 £647 -7.57% 6
West Midlands - 2 £650 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £600 - 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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (44.44%) Azure
2 10 (37.04%) AWS
3 9 (33.33%) GCP
4 4 (14.81%) Power Platform
5 2 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (3.70%) AWS KMS
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (3.70%) Datadog
6 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
6 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) JIRA
2 2 (7.41%) Claude Code
3 1 (3.70%) Git
General
1 15 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Aerospace
2 5 (18.52%) Finance
2 5 (18.52%) Influencing Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Legal
3 4 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Aviation
4 1 (3.70%) Banking
4 1 (3.70%) Health Technology
4 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Lead
2 6 (22.22%) Consultant
3 5 (18.52%) Security Consultant
4 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 3 (11.11%) Senior
6 2 (7.41%) Auditor
6 2 (7.41%) Risk Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Security Auditor
7 1 (3.70%) Compliance Consultant
7 1 (3.70%) Data Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Head of Security
7 1 (3.70%) Implementation Consultant
7 1 (3.70%) Information Assurance Consultant
7 1 (3.70%) Information Assurance Specialist
7 1 (3.70%) Information Security Consultant
7 1 (3.70%) Information Specialist
7 1 (3.70%) Security Architect
7 1 (3.70%) Security Manager
7 1 (3.70%) Security Tester
7 1 (3.70%) Senior Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.81%) JSON
2 1 (3.70%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Onboarding
1 6 (22.22%) Security Posture
2 2 (7.41%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.41%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.70%) IoT
3 1 (3.70%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) CentOS
1 1 (3.70%) Linux
1 1 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (3.70%) Ubuntu
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
1 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (62.96%) Risk Management
3 16 (59.26%) Information Security
4 12 (44.44%) Vulnerability Management
5 10 (37.04%) Risk Register
5 10 (37.04%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (25.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (22.22%) Cloud Security
7 6 (22.22%) SABSA
8 5 (18.52%) Application Security
8 5 (18.52%) SDLC
9 4 (14.81%) API Integration
9 4 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (14.81%) Data Lineage
9 4 (14.81%) Decision-Making
9 4 (14.81%) Incident Management
9 4 (14.81%) ISMS
9 4 (14.81%) Remediation Plan
9 4 (14.81%) Risk Assessment
9 4 (14.81%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) SQL
2 1 (3.70%) Bash
2 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.70%) Python
2 1 (3.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (81.48%) CISM
2 21 (77.78%) CISSP
3 15 (55.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 14 (51.85%) CRISC
5 9 (33.33%) Security Cleared
6 8 (29.63%) CISA
6 8 (29.63%) SC Cleared
7 6 (22.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 6 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (14.81%) Degree
9 3 (11.11%) Master's Degree
10 1 (3.70%) Azure Certification
10 1 (3.70%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (3.70%) CSSLP
10 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared
10 1 (3.70%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (70.37%) NIST
3 14 (51.85%) GRC
4 5 (18.52%) COBIT
4 5 (18.52%) NIST 800
5 4 (14.81%) Data Quality
5 4 (14.81%) Def Stans
5 4 (14.81%) GDPR
5 4 (14.81%) NCSC
6 3 (11.11%) PCI DSS
7 2 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (7.41%) EU AI Act
7 2 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (3.70%) PMO
8 1 (3.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Ansible
1 1 (3.70%) QRadar
1 1 (3.70%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.70%) Dynatrace
2 1 (3.70%) Google
2 1 (3.70%) OneTrust
2 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.70%) Splunk
2 1 (3.70%) Thales