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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 628 534 576
Rank change year-on-year -94 +42 +102
Contract jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Implementer 27 17 10
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.052% 0.053% 0.023%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.17% 0.17% 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 14 6
10th Percentile £460 £436 £563
25th Percentile - £513 £571
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.26% -14.36%
75th Percentile £600 £631 £608
90th Percentile £670 £688 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £526 £488 £600
% change year-on-year +7.90% -18.68% -

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 16,198 9,788 12,910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.26% 30.78% 29.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,800 6,078 8,010
10th Percentile £350 £275 £310
25th Percentile £428 £412 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £522 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.62% -0.62% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £638
90th Percentile £713 £704 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,180 664 1,100
10th Percentile £17.30 £17.87 £14.00
25th Percentile £24.24 £20.22 £20.12
Median hourly rate £51.72 £27.65 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +87.09% -32.47% -26.12%
75th Percentile £72.54 £59.00 £64.44
90th Percentile £85.25 £75.00 £75.24
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £25.30 £43.00
% change year-on-year +97.63% -41.16% -21.19%

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 July 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 6 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 -110 24 £500 -9.13% 12
London -62 20 £500 -9.13% 2
Work from Home -42 18 £500 -6.98% 9
UK excluding London -111 6 £526 +7.90% 12
Midlands -58 3 - - 3
North West -42 2 £526 -33.42% 1
North of England -75 2 £526 -20.00% 1
East Midlands - 2 - - 2
Scotland -15 1 - -
West Midlands -57 1 - - 1

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 (18.52%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.93%) Azure
2 6 (22.22%) AWS
2 6 (22.22%) GCP
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Modbus
1 1 (3.70%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) JIRA
General
1 12 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 8 (29.63%) Finance
3 7 (25.93%) Legal
4 5 (18.52%) Public Sector
5 4 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (14.81%) Banking
6 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.70%) Aerospace
7 1 (3.70%) Health Technology
7 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (22.22%) Lead
2 5 (18.52%) Operations Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Security Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) IT Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Change Manager
4 3 (11.11%) IT Change Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Information Security Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Security Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Auditor
6 1 (3.70%) Compliance Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Information Assurance Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Information Assurance Specialist
6 1 (3.70%) Information Specialist
6 1 (3.70%) IT Security Manager
6 1 (3.70%) IT Services Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Risk Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Security Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Service Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Public Cloud
2 3 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.41%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.70%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (74.07%) Information Security
2 16 (59.26%) Risk Management
3 10 (37.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (33.33%) Cloud Security
4 9 (33.33%) ISMS
5 8 (29.63%) Agile
6 7 (25.93%) Change Management
6 7 (25.93%) Migration
6 7 (25.93%) Remediation Plan
6 7 (25.93%) Risk Assessment
6 7 (25.93%) Risk Register
6 7 (25.93%) Security Operations
7 6 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (18.52%) Computer Science
8 5 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (18.52%) Information Security Management
8 5 (18.52%) Security Management
8 5 (18.52%) Service Management
8 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (59.26%) CISSP
2 14 (51.85%) CISM
2 14 (51.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 9 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 8 (29.63%) SC Cleared
5 7 (25.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 7 (25.93%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (22.22%) Degree
7 5 (18.52%) CISA
8 4 (14.81%) CRISC
9 3 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (7.41%) Master's Degree
11 1 (3.70%) Azure Certification
11 1 (3.70%) CEH
11 1 (3.70%) CESG Certified Professional
11 1 (3.70%) CGEIT
11 1 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared
11 1 (3.70%) GIAC
11 1 (3.70%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (37.04%) GRC
3 9 (33.33%) GDPR
3 9 (33.33%) NIST
4 5 (18.52%) PCI DSS
5 4 (14.81%) Government Security Classifications
6 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (11.11%) SOC 2
7 2 (7.41%) COBIT
7 2 (7.41%) SLA
8 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (3.70%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) FortiGate
1 1 (3.70%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.70%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.70%) OneTrust