ISO 27001 Lead Auditor Jobs

ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ISO 27001 Lead Auditor qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 837 917 1156
Rank change year-on-year +80 +239 -259
Permanent jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor 70 30 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.067% 0.032% 0.062%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.25% 0.094% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 68 29 84
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,780 £43,050
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £45,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £79,063 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £99,400 £94,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,285
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.62% +14.83%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,927 31,974 45,711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.61% 33.78% 27.09%
Number of salaries quoted 17,249 14,434 19,201
10th Percentile £28,668 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,503 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,772 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ISO 27001 Lead Auditor in the UK

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor.

Salary trend for ISO 27001 Lead Auditor in the UK

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ISO 27001 Lead Auditor over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for ISO 27001 Lead Auditor in the UK

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
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 Auditor within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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 +88 70 £72,500 +3.57% 5
London +137 34 £75,000 +7.14% 1
UK excluding London -10 33 £60,000 +4.35% 5
Work from Home +51 24 £73,750 +3.51% 3
South West - 11 £120,000 -
North of England +39 9 £63,750 -12.07% 1
East of England - 7 £50,000 -
Midlands -9 6 £47,500 -25.49% 3
West Midlands -10 6 £47,500 -25.49% 2
North West - 5 £65,000 - 1
Yorkshire +64 4 £62,500 -13.79%

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.86%) Moodle
1 2 (2.86%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (24.29%) Azure
2 2 (2.86%) Azure App Service
2 2 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.86%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 29 (41.43%) Firewall
2 4 (5.71%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.43%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.86%) Power BI
General
1 18 (25.71%) Finance
2 15 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 12 (17.14%) Law
4 5 (7.14%) Legal
5 2 (2.86%) Banking
5 2 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.43%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.43%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 31 (44.29%) Analyst
2 28 (40.00%) Security Analyst
3 14 (20.00%) Architect
3 14 (20.00%) Security Architect
4 13 (18.57%) Information Analyst
4 13 (18.57%) Information Security Analyst
5 12 (17.14%) Enterprise Architect
5 12 (17.14%) Enterprise Security Architect
6 11 (15.71%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 8 (11.43%) CISSP Architect
8 7 (10.00%) Consultant
9 6 (8.57%) Risk Analyst
9 6 (8.57%) Senior
10 4 (5.71%) Compliance Analyst
10 4 (5.71%) Governance Analyst
10 4 (5.71%) Information Manager
10 4 (5.71%) Information Security Manager
10 4 (5.71%) Security Compliance Analyst
10 4 (5.71%) Security Consultant
10 4 (5.71%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.86%) .NET
1 2 (2.86%) ASP.NET
1 2 (2.86%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (2.86%) CSS
1 2 (2.86%) HTML
1 2 (2.86%) REST
1 2 (2.86%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 35 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.71%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.71%) Security Posture
3 3 (4.29%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (4.29%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.29%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.29%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.86%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.43%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.29%) Linux
1 3 (4.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (77.14%) Information Security
2 49 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
3 26 (37.14%) Internal Audit
4 21 (30.00%) Incident Management
5 18 (25.71%) Disaster Recovery
5 18 (25.71%) Risk Management
6 17 (24.29%) Roadmaps
7 15 (21.43%) Incident Response
7 15 (21.43%) Information Security Management
7 15 (21.43%) Security Management
8 14 (20.00%) Security Architecture
8 14 (20.00%) SIEM
9 12 (17.14%) ISMS
10 11 (15.71%) Business Case
11 7 (10.00%) Compliance Audit
11 7 (10.00%) IT Audit
11 7 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
12 6 (8.57%) Conflict Resolution
12 6 (8.57%) Decision-Making
13 5 (7.14%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.86%) C#
1 2 (2.86%) JavaScript
1 2 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (81.43%) CISSP
2 55 (78.57%) CISA
2 55 (78.57%) CISM
3 29 (41.43%) CRISC
4 21 (30.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 6 (8.57%) Degree
5 6 (8.57%) PCI QSA
6 5 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (5.71%) ISSMP
8 3 (4.29%) ISACA
9 2 (2.86%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.43%) AAT
10 1 (1.43%) ACCA
10 1 (1.43%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (1.43%) CIMA
10 1 (1.43%) CIPD
10 1 (1.43%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (37.14%) NIST
3 25 (35.71%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (24.29%) GRC
5 10 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (10.00%) GDPR
6 7 (10.00%) PCI DSS
7 4 (5.71%) NCSC
8 2 (2.86%) ISO 9001
8 2 (2.86%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.43%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 21 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.71%) Cisco
2 4 (5.71%) Citrix
2 4 (5.71%) Dell