ISO 27001 Lead Implementer Contracts

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

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 522 580 680
Rank change year-on-year +58 +100 +190
Contract jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Implementer 17 10 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.054% 0.023% 0.009%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.18% 0.077% 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 5
10th Percentile £436 £563 -
25th Percentile £513 £571 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £700
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% -14.36% +1.08%
75th Percentile £631 £608 £725
90th Percentile £688 £608 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £600 -
% change year-on-year -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 9,677 12,964 14,983
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.89% 29.82% 26.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,985 8,024 9,929
10th Percentile £278 £313 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £706 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 647 1,107 731
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £20.19 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £27.94 £40.94 £55.85
Median % change year-on-year -31.75% -26.70% +25.51%
75th Percentile £59.95 £65.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.32 £43.00 £54.11
% change year-on-year -41.12% -20.54% +53.73%

ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ISO 27001 Lead Implementer as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ISO 27001 Lead Implementer in the UK

ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Implementer.

Daily rate trend for ISO 27001 Lead Implementer in the UK

ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Implementer over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISO 27001 Lead Implementer in the UK

ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Top 11 Contract 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 3 July 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 +70 13 £550 - 63
Work from Home +37 10 £538 -11.30% 36
London +55 9 £550 - 37
UK excluding London +28 6 £488 -18.68% 35
Scotland -7 2 £438 -27.02% 9
North of England - 2 £658 - 8
Midlands - 1 - - 3
North West - 1 £790 - 5
South East - 1 - - 10
West Midlands - 1 - - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £525 - 2

ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 6 (35.29%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (17.65%) Azure
3 2 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Network Security
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 6 (35.29%) Public Sector
3 4 (23.53%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Banking
4 1 (5.88%) Legal
4 1 (5.88%) Private Banking
4 1 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Lead
2 4 (23.53%) Consultant
3 3 (17.65%) Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Security Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Information Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Information Security Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Security Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Security Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Compliance Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) IT Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) IT Manager
5 1 (5.88%) IT Security Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) IT Security Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Lead Security Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Risk Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Security Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Security Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.76%) Cyberattack
2 2 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (11.76%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (52.94%) Information Security
3 8 (47.06%) Vulnerability Management
4 6 (35.29%) Impact Assessments
5 5 (29.41%) Design Patterns
5 5 (29.41%) ISMS
5 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
6 4 (23.53%) Information Security Management
6 4 (23.53%) Security Management
7 3 (17.65%) Agile
7 3 (17.65%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 3 (17.65%) GAP Analysis
7 3 (17.65%) Incident Response
7 3 (17.65%) Information Assurance
7 3 (17.65%) OWASP
7 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (17.65%) Threat Intelligence
8 2 (11.76%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
8 2 (11.76%) Risk Register
8 2 (11.76%) Static Application Security Testing
Qualifications
1 11 (64.71%) CISSP
2 9 (52.94%) CISM
3 7 (41.18%) CESG Certified Professional
4 6 (35.29%) CISA
4 6 (35.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
5 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
6 2 (11.76%) Degree
7 1 (5.88%) CEH
7 1 (5.88%) CREST Certified
7 1 (5.88%) CRISC
7 1 (5.88%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (29.41%) GDPR
2 5 (29.41%) NIST
3 4 (23.53%) GRC
4 2 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (11.76%) PCI DSS
4 2 (11.76%) SOC 2
5 1 (5.88%) COBIT
5 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (5.88%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Tenable
2 1 (5.88%) Qualys