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 17 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 592 524 581
Rank change year-on-year -68 +57 +145
Contract jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Implementer 36 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.083% 0.010% 0.009%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.25% 0.034% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 1 1
10th Percentile £447 - -
25th Percentile £463 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £600 £538 -
90th Percentile £698 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -

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 14,590 8,931 13,563
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.79% 30.42% 30.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,589 5,638 8,379
10th Percentile £333 £285 £300
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £613 £626 £650
90th Percentile £720 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,079 472 1,018
10th Percentile £16.17 £18.52 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.83 £24.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £29.61 £44.00 £38.45
Median % change year-on-year -32.70% +14.43% -25.33%
75th Percentile £67.50 £67.50 £61.91
90th Percentile £84.00 £82.03 £75.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.97 £50.00 £39.92
% change year-on-year -46.06% +25.25% -18.53%

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 17 March 2026.

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 17 March 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 -69 33 £500 -4.76% 11
London - 20 £500 - 4
Work from Home -11 16 £500 -4.76% 6
UK excluding London -85 14 £450 -14.29% 9
South West - 7 - - 1
South East - 4 £449 - 5
Midlands -55 1 - -
West Midlands -64 1 - -
North of England -67 1 £675 +28.57% 2
Scotland - 1 - -
North West - 1 £675 - 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 6 (16.67%) Confluence
2 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 7 (19.44%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 15 (41.67%) Azure
2 9 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 8 (22.22%) OpenShift
4 7 (19.44%) Azure AKS
4 7 (19.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 7 (19.44%) Azure Monitor
5 6 (16.67%) AWS
6 5 (13.89%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (13.89%) GCP
7 4 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (5.56%) Entra ID
8 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (2.78%) Akamai
9 1 (2.78%) GitHub
9 1 (2.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (19.44%) VPN
2 4 (11.11%) Firewall
3 2 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.78%) DNS
4 1 (2.78%) Modbus
4 1 (2.78%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) EDRMS
1 1 (2.78%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (13.89%) JIRA
General
1 17 (47.22%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.00%) Finance
3 5 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (13.89%) Banking
3 5 (13.89%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.33%) Legal
5 2 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (19.44%) Azure Engineer
2 5 (13.89%) Azure DevOps Engineer
2 5 (13.89%) DevOps Engineer
2 5 (13.89%) Operations Engineer
2 5 (13.89%) Security Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) Consultant
3 4 (11.11%) IT Manager
3 4 (11.11%) Security Consultant
4 3 (8.33%) Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Change Manager
4 3 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 3 (8.33%) IT Change Manager
4 3 (8.33%) Lead
4 3 (8.33%) Security Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Programme Manager
6 1 (2.78%) Architect
6 1 (2.78%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (19.44%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 7 (19.44%) Enterprise Software
1 7 (19.44%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (13.89%) Public Cloud
3 3 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 3 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 3 (8.33%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.78%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (2.78%) NHS
4 1 (2.78%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.78%) SCADA
4 1 (2.78%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.33%) Windows
2 1 (2.78%) Linux
2 1 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (55.56%) Cloud Security
2 17 (47.22%) Information Security
3 16 (44.44%) Risk Management
4 15 (41.67%) Security Operations
5 12 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
5 12 (33.33%) SIEM
6 10 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (27.78%) ITIL
6 10 (27.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (25.00%) DevOps
8 8 (22.22%) Agile
8 8 (22.22%) Change Management
8 8 (22.22%) Migration
8 8 (22.22%) Regulatory Compliance
8 8 (22.22%) TOGAF
9 7 (19.44%) Analytics
9 7 (19.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 7 (19.44%) Log Analytics
9 7 (19.44%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 7 (19.44%) Bicep
2 1 (2.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (77.78%) CISSP
2 25 (69.44%) CISM
3 16 (44.44%) Security Cleared
4 14 (38.89%) SC Cleared
5 13 (36.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 9 (25.00%) DV Cleared
7 8 (22.22%) Azure Certification
8 7 (19.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 7 (19.44%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (19.44%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (11.11%) CISA
9 4 (11.11%) Degree
10 3 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (5.56%) CEH
11 2 (5.56%) CGEIT
12 1 (2.78%) AWS Certification
12 1 (2.78%) CRISC
12 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (50.00%) NIST
3 12 (33.33%) GDPR
4 8 (22.22%) NIST 800
5 7 (19.44%) GRC
6 4 (11.11%) Government Security Classifications
6 4 (11.11%) PCI DSS
7 3 (8.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (5.56%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (5.56%) COBIT
8 2 (5.56%) NCSC
8 2 (5.56%) SLA
8 2 (5.56%) SOC 2
9 1 (2.78%) Accessibility
9 1 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (2.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (2.78%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 8 (22.22%) Terraform
3 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.78%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 11 (30.56%) Microsoft
2 9 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 8 (22.22%) Red Hat
4 7 (19.44%) IBM
5 3 (8.33%) Fortinet
6 2 (5.56%) Palo Alto