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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 660 513 544
Rank change year-on-year -147 +31 +98
Contract jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Implementer 22 27 18
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.040% 0.083% 0.047%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% 0.26% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 14 14
10th Percentile £497 £413 £541
25th Percentile £556 £430 £552
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £513 £575
Median % change year-on-year +17.07% -10.87% +3.37%
75th Percentile £672 £688 £608
90th Percentile £755 £700 £611
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £446 £600
% change year-on-year +34.53% -25.67% -2.04%
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 17,270 10,222 11,109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.65% 31.47% 29.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,482 6,385 6,811
10th Percentile £350 £300 £313
25th Percentile £440 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.52% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £625 £638
90th Percentile £715 £711 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,381 837 637
10th Percentile £17.17 £17.87 £17.05
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £24.18
Median hourly rate £47.54 £25.15 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +89.03% -49.70% -7.41%
75th Percentile £72.50 £43.75 £68.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £70.50 £75.74
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +88.87% -52.10% +1.18%

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 22 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 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 22 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 -141 21 £600 -7.69% 58
Work from Home -55 13 £600 +6.67% 32
UK excluding London -110 12 £600 +34.53% 24
London -75 9 £600 -11.11% 33
South East -61 5 - - 5
North of England -68 4 £600 -14.29% 12
East Midlands -12 3 - -
Midlands -48 3 - - 2
North West -52 2 £644 -8.00% 7
Yorkshire - 1 £600 - 5

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 8 (36.36%) Azure
2 6 (27.27%) AWS
3 5 (22.73%) GCP
4 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.55%) AWS KMS
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (4.55%) Datadog
5 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Firewall
1 1 (4.55%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Claude Code
2 1 (4.55%) Git
General
1 14 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Aerospace
2 5 (22.73%) Finance
2 5 (22.73%) Legal
3 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Banking
4 1 (4.55%) Health Technology
4 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Lead
2 6 (27.27%) Consultant
3 5 (22.73%) Security Consultant
4 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 3 (13.64%) Senior
6 2 (9.09%) Auditor
6 2 (9.09%) Security Auditor
7 1 (4.55%) Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Compliance Consultant
7 1 (4.55%) Head of Security
7 1 (4.55%) Implementation Consultant
7 1 (4.55%) Information Assurance Consultant
7 1 (4.55%) Information Assurance Specialist
7 1 (4.55%) Information Security Consultant
7 1 (4.55%) Information Specialist
7 1 (4.55%) Risk Manager
7 1 (4.55%) Security Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Security Tester
7 1 (4.55%) Senior Manager
7 1 (4.55%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Security Posture
2 2 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.55%) IoT
3 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.55%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.55%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) CentOS
1 1 (4.55%) Linux
1 1 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (4.55%) Ubuntu
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
1 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
1 16 (72.73%) Risk Management
2 15 (68.18%) Information Security
3 9 (40.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (36.36%) Vulnerability Management
5 7 (31.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (27.27%) Cloud Security
6 6 (27.27%) SABSA
7 5 (22.73%) Application Security
7 5 (22.73%) Risk Register
7 5 (22.73%) SDLC
8 4 (18.18%) Decision-Making
8 4 (18.18%) ISMS
8 4 (18.18%) Remediation Plan
8 4 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
9 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (13.64%) Programme Delivery
9 3 (13.64%) Regulatory Compliance
9 3 (13.64%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) Bash
1 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
1 1 (4.55%) Python
1 1 (4.55%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (77.27%) CISM
2 16 (72.73%) CISSP
3 10 (45.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 9 (40.91%) CRISC
4 9 (40.91%) Security Cleared
5 8 (36.36%) SC Cleared
6 6 (27.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (18.18%) Degree
8 3 (13.64%) CISA
8 3 (13.64%) Master's Degree
9 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
9 1 (4.55%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (4.55%) CSSLP
9 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
9 1 (4.55%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (63.64%) NIST
3 10 (45.45%) GRC
4 5 (22.73%) NIST 800
5 4 (18.18%) Def Stans
5 4 (18.18%) GDPR
6 3 (13.64%) NCSC
6 3 (13.64%) PCI DSS
7 2 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (9.09%) EU AI Act
7 2 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (4.55%) COBIT
8 1 (4.55%) PMO
8 1 (4.55%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Ansible
1 1 (4.55%) QRadar
1 1 (4.55%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) Dynatrace
2 1 (4.55%) Google
2 1 (4.55%) OneTrust
2 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.55%) Splunk
2 1 (4.55%) Thales