Hybrid/Remote ISO 27001 Lead Auditor Contract Job Trends

ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for ISO 27001 Lead Auditor qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 313 306 356
Rank change year-on-year -7 +50 +154
Contract jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor 11 5 10
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.10% 0.047% 0.060%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.29% 0.18% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 6
10th Percentile £462 £478 £431
25th Percentile £503 - £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -4.76% -34.38%
75th Percentile £573 £538 £572
90th Percentile £579 - £599
UK median daily rate £513 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +5.13% -7.14% -16.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,799 2,831 4,673
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 35.20% 26.54% 28.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,616 1,811 2,871
10th Percentile £356 £350 £350
25th Percentile £431 £438 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year - -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £717 £703 £713
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.43% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 89 236
10th Percentile £20.26 £21.25 £16.00
25th Percentile £29.61 £25.50 £24.19
Median hourly rate £45.46 £42.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.96% -15.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £67.50 £66.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £97.50 £77.20 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -35.51% -15.00% -0.26%

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor over the 6 months to 16 February 2026.

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Finance
3 4 (36.36%) Public Sector
4 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Banking
4 2 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Police
5 1 (9.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) Security Assurance Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Security Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Supplier Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Compliance Officer
2 1 (9.09%) Information Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Information Security Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Operations Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Risk Officer
2 1 (9.09%) Security Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Security Tester
2 1 (9.09%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Public Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Information Security
2 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (45.45%) Risk Management
3 4 (36.36%) Information Security Management
3 4 (36.36%) Security Management
4 3 (27.27%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (27.27%) Remediation Plan
5 2 (18.18%) Change Management
5 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
5 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
5 2 (18.18%) Due Diligence
5 2 (18.18%) Information Security Governance
5 2 (18.18%) Kanban
5 2 (18.18%) Migration
5 2 (18.18%) Regtech
5 2 (18.18%) Security Operations
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (18.18%) Threat Intelligence
5 2 (18.18%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) CISSP
2 7 (63.64%) CISM
3 6 (54.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
4 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
5 3 (27.27%) CISA
6 2 (18.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (18.18%) CESG Certified Professional
6 2 (18.18%) CGEIT
6 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (18.18%) CISMP
6 2 (18.18%) Degree
7 1 (9.09%) CRISC
7 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (54.55%) GRC
3 4 (36.36%) NIST
4 3 (27.27%) GDPR
5 2 (18.18%) COBIT
5 2 (18.18%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (18.18%) SOC 2
6 1 (9.09%) ISO 31000
6 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (9.09%) NIST 800
6 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
6 1 (9.09%) PMO
6 1 (9.09%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
1 1 (9.09%) Rapid7
1 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow