ISO 27001 Lead Implementer Job Trends

ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ISO 27001 Lead Implementer qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 694 659 860
Rank change year-on-year -35 +201 +29
Permanent jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Implementer 42 12 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.045% 0.027% 0.025%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.22% 0.069% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 30 4 25
10th Percentile £51,250 - £58,550
25th Percentile £57,397 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -16.67% +46.94%
75th Percentile £79,375 £83,125 £120,000
90th Percentile £88,250 £97,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 - £120,000
% change year-on-year - - +65.52%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,267 17,410 26,793
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.82% 39.29% 25.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9,386 7,347 17,251
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,555
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +2.70% -10.74%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.84% +2.00% -4.76%

ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ISO 27001 Lead Implementer relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

ISO 27001 Lead Implementer job vacancy trend in the UK

ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO 27001 Lead Implementer.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO 27001 Lead Implementer

ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Implementer over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for ISO 27001 Lead Implementer in the UK

ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Implementer within the UK over the 6 months to 8 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -27 42 £70,000 -6.67% 13
London +4 24 £80,000 +6.67% 6
Work from Home +25 18 £70,000 -33.33% 7
UK excluding London -57 16 £70,000 - 9
South West - 10 £72,500 - 2
North of England - 2 £56,000 -
East Midlands - 2 £58,589 -
Midlands - 2 £58,589 - 2
North West - 2 £56,000 -
South East -32 1 £70,000 - 5
East of England - 1 £90,000 -

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:

Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 7 (16.67%) SaaS
2 6 (14.29%) AWS
3 5 (11.90%) Azure
4 3 (7.14%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.76%) GCP
6 1 (2.38%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (2.38%) Asana
6 1 (2.38%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (2.38%) AWS CloudTrail
6 1 (2.38%) AWS KMS
6 1 (2.38%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.38%) IaaS
6 1 (2.38%) PaaS
6 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.29%) Firewall
2 4 (9.52%) Network Security
3 1 (2.38%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Yeoman
General
1 18 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 15 (35.71%) Finance
3 9 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (19.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (19.05%) Public Sector
5 7 (16.67%) Law
5 7 (16.67%) Legal
6 5 (11.90%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (9.52%) Retail
8 3 (7.14%) Telecoms
9 2 (4.76%) Electronics
9 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
9 2 (4.76%) Marketing
9 2 (4.76%) Social Housing
10 1 (2.38%) Advertising
10 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (2.38%) Police
Job Titles
1 12 (28.57%) Consultant
2 8 (19.05%) Security Consultant
2 8 (19.05%) Security Manager
3 6 (14.29%) Information Manager
3 6 (14.29%) Information Security Manager
3 6 (14.29%) Lead
4 5 (11.90%) Principal Consultant
4 5 (11.90%) Principal Security Consultant
5 4 (9.52%) Analyst
6 3 (7.14%) Associate Director
6 3 (7.14%) Security Specialist
7 2 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 2 (4.76%) Information Security Officer
7 2 (4.76%) Security Officer
7 2 (4.76%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
8 1 (2.38%) Chief Information Security Officer
8 1 (2.38%) Chief Security Officer
8 1 (2.38%) Risk Management Consultant
8 1 (2.38%) Senior Consultant
8 1 (2.38%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.14%) ModSecurity
2 2 (4.76%) SAP CAF
3 1 (2.38%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.52%) Management Information System
1 4 (9.52%) Security Posture
2 3 (7.14%) Operational Technology
2 3 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.76%) Housing Association
3 2 (4.76%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.38%) PMI
4 1 (2.38%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (54.76%) Cybersecurity
1 23 (54.76%) Information Security
2 21 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 16 (38.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (30.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (23.81%) Incident Response
5 10 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (21.43%) GAP Analysis
6 9 (21.43%) ISMS
6 9 (21.43%) Security Management
7 8 (19.05%) Cloud Security
7 8 (19.05%) Information Security Management
8 7 (16.67%) Due Diligence
8 7 (16.67%) Mentoring
8 7 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
8 7 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
8 7 (16.67%) Security Operations
8 7 (16.67%) SIEM
8 7 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
9 6 (14.29%) Cyber Assurance
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.38%) Bash
1 1 (2.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 34 (80.95%) CISSP
2 30 (71.43%) CISM
3 20 (47.62%) Degree
4 19 (45.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 12 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (23.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 10 (23.81%) SC Cleared
6 10 (23.81%) Security Cleared
7 8 (19.05%) CRISC
8 6 (14.29%) CCSP
8 6 (14.29%) GIAC
8 6 (14.29%) Master's Degree
9 5 (11.90%) CEH
9 5 (11.90%) SANS
10 4 (9.52%) CISA
10 4 (9.52%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (9.52%) DV Cleared
11 3 (7.14%) CISMP
12 2 (4.76%) CCNP
12 2 (4.76%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (66.67%) NIST
3 14 (33.33%) GRC
4 12 (28.57%) GDPR
5 10 (23.81%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (16.67%) PCI DSS
7 5 (11.90%) SOC 2
8 4 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (9.52%) JSP 440
9 3 (7.14%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (4.76%) NCSC
10 2 (4.76%) QA
11 1 (2.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (2.38%) COBIT
11 1 (2.38%) EU AI Act
11 1 (2.38%) HIPAA
11 1 (2.38%) NIST 800
11 1 (2.38%) PSD2
11 1 (2.38%) RMADS
System Software
1 5 (11.90%) IAG
2 1 (2.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) Kubernetes
1 2 (4.76%) RSA Archer
1 2 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (4.76%) Terraform
2 1 (2.38%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft
1 2 (4.76%) OneTrust
1 2 (4.76%) SAP
2 1 (2.38%) Ariba
2 1 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (2.38%) DocuSign
2 1 (2.38%) Google
2 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.38%) Splunk