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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 574 511 593
Rank change year-on-year -63 +82 +133
Contract jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Implementer 35 8 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.080% 0.027% 0.009%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.24% 0.090% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 6 1
10th Percentile £443 £513 -
25th Percentile £472 £522 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £600 - -
90th Percentile £703 £550 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +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 14,749 8,900 13,571
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.66% 30.55% 30.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,717 5,665 8,401
10th Percentile £335 £288 £300
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £537
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.32% -2.28%
75th Percentile £614 £625 £650
90th Percentile £721 £714 £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 1,078 478 1,011
10th Percentile £16.17 £18.51 £13.87
25th Percentile £20.31 £24.18 £17.74
Median hourly rate £34.93 £42.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.82% +13.33% -27.88%
75th Percentile £67.84 £67.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £84.00 £81.01 £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £48.31 £37.50
% change year-on-year -37.90% +28.83% -23.47%

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 24 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 24 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 -84 32 £500 -9.09% 10
London -41 20 £500 -9.09% 2
Work from Home -23 15 £500 -6.98% 5
UK excluding London -81 13 £563 +7.14% 9
South West - 7 - - 1
North of England -68 2 £526 +0.19% 2
North West - 2 £526 - 2
South East - 2 £675 - 5
West Midlands -60 1 - -
Midlands -66 1 - -
Scotland - 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 6 (17.14%) Confluence
2 1 (2.86%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 7 (20.00%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 13 (37.14%) Azure
2 9 (25.71%) Azure Sentinel
3 8 (22.86%) OpenShift
4 7 (20.00%) Azure AKS
4 7 (20.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 7 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
5 5 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (11.43%) AWS
6 4 (11.43%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (8.57%) GCP
8 2 (5.71%) Entra ID
8 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (2.86%) Akamai
9 1 (2.86%) GitHub
9 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.00%) VPN
2 2 (5.71%) Firewall
2 2 (5.71%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.86%) DNS
3 1 (2.86%) Modbus
3 1 (2.86%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) EDRMS
1 1 (2.86%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 15 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.86%) Finance
3 5 (14.29%) Banking
3 5 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 4 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.57%) Legal
6 2 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (20.00%) Azure Engineer
2 5 (14.29%) Azure DevOps Engineer
2 5 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
2 5 (14.29%) Operations Engineer
2 5 (14.29%) Security Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) Analyst
3 4 (11.43%) IT Manager
4 3 (8.57%) Change Manager
4 3 (8.57%) IT Change Manager
4 3 (8.57%) Lead
4 3 (8.57%) Security Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Consultant
5 2 (5.71%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Programme Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Security Consultant
6 1 (2.86%) Migration Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Security Analyst
6 1 (2.86%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (20.00%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 7 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (14.29%) Public Cloud
3 4 (11.43%) Management Information System
4 3 (8.57%) Onboarding
5 2 (5.71%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.86%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (2.86%) NHS
6 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.86%) Product Ownership
6 1 (2.86%) SCADA
6 1 (2.86%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.86%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.57%) Windows
2 1 (2.86%) Linux
2 1 (2.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (51.43%) Cloud Security
2 17 (48.57%) Information Security
3 15 (42.86%) Risk Management
3 15 (42.86%) Security Operations
4 10 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
4 10 (28.57%) ITIL
4 10 (28.57%) SIEM
5 9 (25.71%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (25.71%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (25.71%) DevOps
6 8 (22.86%) Agile
6 8 (22.86%) Change Management
6 8 (22.86%) Migration
6 8 (22.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (22.86%) TOGAF
7 7 (20.00%) Analytics
7 7 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 7 (20.00%) Log Analytics
7 7 (20.00%) RBAC
8 6 (17.14%) ISMS
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.00%) Bicep
2 1 (2.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (74.29%) CISSP
2 23 (65.71%) CISM
3 16 (45.71%) Security Cleared
4 14 (40.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 14 (40.00%) SC Cleared
5 9 (25.71%) DV Cleared
6 8 (22.86%) Azure Certification
7 7 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 7 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (14.29%) CISA
8 5 (14.29%) Degree
9 3 (8.57%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (5.71%) CGEIT
10 2 (5.71%) CRISC
11 1 (2.86%) AWS Certification
11 1 (2.86%) CEH
11 1 (2.86%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (2.86%) GIAC
11 1 (2.86%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (48.57%) NIST
3 10 (28.57%) GDPR
4 8 (22.86%) GRC
4 8 (22.86%) NIST 800
5 4 (11.43%) Government Security Classifications
5 4 (11.43%) PCI DSS
6 3 (8.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (5.71%) COBIT
7 2 (5.71%) NCSC
7 2 (5.71%) SLA
7 2 (5.71%) SOC 2
8 1 (2.86%) Accessibility
8 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (2.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (2.86%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (25.71%) Kubernetes
2 8 (22.86%) Terraform
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.86%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 10 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 9 (25.71%) ServiceNow
3 8 (22.86%) Red Hat
4 7 (20.00%) IBM
5 3 (8.57%) Fortinet
6 2 (5.71%) Palo Alto