ISO 27001 Lead Auditor Job Trends in the City of London

ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for ISO 27001 Lead Auditor qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 167 186
Rank change year-on-year +39 +19 +115
Permanent jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor 1 5 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.058% 0.17% 0.059%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.19% 0.54% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - - £55,750
25th Percentile - £71,250 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +25.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile - £77,500 £64,375
90th Percentile - £100,000 £66,250
Central London median annual salary £90,000 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% +25.00% +20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 513 928 798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 29.95% 32.17% 23.49%
Number of salaries quoted 384 537 672
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,125 £39,085
25th Percentile £49,000 £54,000 £48,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £93,750
90th Percentile £113,750 £110,500 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £68,250 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.50% +7.69% -7.14%

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for ISO 27001 Lead Auditor in the City of London

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Encryption
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
1 1 (100.00%) MCSA
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware