Auditor
UK

The median Auditor salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 859 885 1157
Rank change year-on-year +26 +272 -283
Permanent jobs requiring an Auditor 45 108 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.046% 0.10% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.11% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 32 83 43
10th Percentile £42,050 - -
25th Percentile £46,313 - £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £24,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -54.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £51,250 £60,625
90th Percentile - £58,750 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,250 £24,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +109.38% -54.29% -4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,314 94,990 150,394
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.53% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,914 59,752 85,367
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Auditor
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Auditor in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Auditor in the UK

Auditor
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Auditor in the UK

Auditor
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Auditor over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Auditor in the UK

Auditor
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Auditor within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 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 +41 44 £60,000 +150.00% 27
London +134 24 £72,500 +31.82% 9
UK excluding London -53 19 £50,250 +109.38% 19
Work from Home +73 11 £62,500 +25.00% 9
Midlands +4 8 £62,500 +56.25% 3
North of England +28 7 £48,000 +100.00% 3
Yorkshire +61 4 £48,750 +103.13%
West Midlands +6 4 £62,500 +25.00% 3
East Midlands -4 4 - -
South West -22 4 £60,000 +150.00% 4
North East -5 2 £48,000 +100.00%
North West +3 1 £45,000 +87.50% 3

Auditor Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Auditor job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Auditor in the job title.

1 35 (77.78%) IT Audit
2 28 (62.22%) Finance
2 28 (62.22%) Internal Audit
3 21 (46.67%) CISA
4 14 (31.11%) Degree
5 13 (28.89%) Risk Management
5 13 (28.89%) Management Information System
6 11 (24.44%) Information Security
6 11 (24.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (22.22%) Social Skills
8 8 (17.78%) Analytics
8 8 (17.78%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (17.78%) CISM
8 8 (17.78%) CISSP
9 7 (15.56%) COBIT
9 7 (15.56%) Data Analytics
10 6 (13.33%) ITGC
10 6 (13.33%) QiCA
10 6 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
11 5 (11.11%) Computer Science
11 5 (11.11%) Business Continuity
11 5 (11.11%) Logistics
12 4 (8.89%) Problem Management
12 4 (8.89%) Solvency II
12 4 (8.89%) Change Control
12 4 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
12 4 (8.89%) Issue Tracking
12 4 (8.89%) NIST
12 4 (8.89%) Decision-Making

Auditor Skill Set
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 1 (2.22%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (2.22%) AutoCAD
1 1 (2.22%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (2.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.44%) Firewall
1 2 (4.44%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.22%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (2.22%) Power BI
General
1 28 (62.22%) Finance
2 10 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.89%) Legal
3 4 (8.89%) Manufacturing
3 4 (8.89%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (6.67%) Banking
4 3 (6.67%) Law
5 2 (4.44%) Front Office
5 2 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.22%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.22%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 13 (28.89%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.89%) Reinsurance
3 3 (6.67%) Derivative
4 2 (4.44%) Housing Association
4 2 (4.44%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.22%) Blockchain
5 1 (2.22%) Credit Risk
5 1 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.22%) Tandem
5 1 (2.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (77.78%) IT Audit
2 28 (62.22%) Internal Audit
3 13 (28.89%) Risk Management
4 11 (24.44%) Information Security
5 10 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (17.78%) Analytics
6 8 (17.78%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (15.56%) Data Analytics
8 6 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (11.11%) Business Continuity
9 5 (11.11%) Computer Science
9 5 (11.11%) Logistics
10 4 (8.89%) Artificial Intelligence
10 4 (8.89%) Change Control
10 4 (8.89%) Change Management
10 4 (8.89%) Decision-Making
10 4 (8.89%) Issue Tracking
10 4 (8.89%) ITIL
10 4 (8.89%) Problem Management
11 3 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.44%) SQL
2 1 (2.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (46.67%) CISA
2 14 (31.11%) Degree
3 8 (17.78%) CISM
3 8 (17.78%) CISSP
4 6 (13.33%) QiCA
5 4 (8.89%) ACCA
5 4 (8.89%) CCAB
5 4 (8.89%) Master's Degree
6 3 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (6.67%) CRISC
6 3 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (4.44%) CIMA
8 1 (2.22%) AAT
8 1 (2.22%) CIPD
8 1 (2.22%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (24.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (15.56%) COBIT
3 6 (13.33%) ITGC
4 4 (8.89%) NIST
4 4 (8.89%) Solvency II
5 3 (6.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (4.44%) SOC 1
6 2 (4.44%) SOC 2
6 2 (4.44%) SOX 404
7 1 (2.22%) Accessibility
7 1 (2.22%) AIFMD
7 1 (2.22%) COSO
7 1 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (2.22%) GDPR
7 1 (2.22%) GRC
7 1 (2.22%) IFRS
7 1 (2.22%) ISAE 3402
7 1 (2.22%) ISO 22301
7 1 (2.22%) PCI DSS
7 1 (2.22%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (6.67%) SAP
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.22%) Alteryx
3 1 (2.22%) Oracle
3 1 (2.22%) Peregrine