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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 578 701
Rank change year-on-year +65 +123 +138
Contract jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Implementer 10 12 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% 0.028% 0.007%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.11% 0.092% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 4
10th Percentile £513 £538 -
25th Percentile £522 £563 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £595 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% -0.83% -6.80%
75th Percentile £557 £607 £725
90th Percentile £598 £608 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £595 -
% change year-on-year -11.76% - -

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 9,080 13,074 15,817
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.89% 30.36% 27.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,723 8,083 10,555
10th Percentile £288 £307 £330
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £623 £650 £650
90th Percentile £701 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £535 £530
% change year-on-year -6.54% +0.94% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 518 1,070 819
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.83 £15.25
25th Percentile £21.47 £17.80 £20.22
Median hourly rate £38.27 £40.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.33% -25.93% +28.57%
75th Percentile £65.46 £61.58 £68.25
90th Percentile £80.03 £75.35 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £40.94 £50.00
% change year-on-year -2.30% -18.12% +56.79%

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 10 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISO 27001 Lead Implementer in the UK

ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Top 9 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 10 May 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 +75 9 £550 +10.00% 20
London +51 6 £550 - 7
Work from Home +36 5 £550 -8.94% 108
UK excluding London +51 3 £525 -11.76% 13
South East +43 1 - - 4
West Midlands - 1 - - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £525 -
Midlands - 1 - - 1
North of England - 1 £525 - 4

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 5 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
General
1 5 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Lead
2 3 (30.00%) Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Security Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Head of Information
4 1 (10.00%) Head of Information Security
4 1 (10.00%) Head of Security
4 1 (10.00%) IT Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) IT Manager
4 1 (10.00%) IT Security Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) IT Security Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Security Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Cyberattack
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 5 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 4 (40.00%) Design Patterns
4 3 (30.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 3 (30.00%) Information Security
4 3 (30.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 2 (20.00%) Information Security Management
5 2 (20.00%) ISMS
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Register
5 2 (20.00%) Security Management
6 1 (10.00%) Application Security
6 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security
6 1 (10.00%) Due Diligence
6 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
6 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
6 1 (10.00%) Security Operations
6 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (10.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) CISSP
2 6 (60.00%) CESG Certified Professional
3 3 (30.00%) CISM
4 2 (20.00%) CISA
4 2 (20.00%) Degree
5 1 (10.00%) CEH
5 1 (10.00%) CRISC
5 1 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (40.00%) GDPR
2 4 (40.00%) GRC
3 3 (30.00%) NIST
4 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (10.00%) ISO 9001
5 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
5 1 (10.00%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Qualys