IT Auditing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for IT Audit skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited IT Audit over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 721 840 1036
Rank change year-on-year +119 +196 -214
Permanent jobs citing IT Audit 189 139 202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.13% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.14% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 139 112 145
10th Percentile £41,125 £41,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,125 £46,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,475 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,750 £50,000 £46,865
% change year-on-year +17.50% +6.69% -8.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

IT Audit is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,862 98,882 150,503
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.90% 95.62% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 59,922 58,137 83,321
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,251 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,251
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

IT Audit
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IT Audit as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IT Audit in the UK

IT Audit
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Audit.

Salary trend for IT Audit in the UK

IT Audit
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Audit over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Audit in the UK

IT Audit
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Audit within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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 +159 169 £60,000 +4.35% 25
UK excluding London +32 117 £58,750 +17.50% 8
Work from Home +79 76 £50,000 - 8
London +141 68 £67,500 +8.00% 16
Midlands +40 43 £60,000 +20.00%
West Midlands +49 39 £60,000 +20.00%
North of England +68 30 £52,500 +8.25% 7
Scotland -57 17 £22,000 -71.61%
North West +26 16 £57,500 +19.17% 3
Yorkshire +100 12 £48,750 -30.36% 2
South East +16 12 £55,000 -
East of England +26 10 £43,000 -1.71% 1
South West -37 5 £60,000 -4.00%
East Midlands -11 4 - -
North East -6 2 £48,000 -31.43% 2

IT Audit
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 8 (4.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.59%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.53%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 17 (8.99%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (2.12%) SAP WM
3 1 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (5.82%) Google Workspace
3 6 (3.17%) Azure
4 5 (2.65%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.06%) AWS
5 2 (1.06%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.53%) IaaS
6 1 (0.53%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.53%) PaaS
6 1 (0.53%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (12.70%) DNS
2 20 (10.58%) Firewall
3 13 (6.88%) Broadband
4 11 (5.82%) DHCP
4 11 (5.82%) NAS
4 11 (5.82%) TCP/IP
4 11 (5.82%) Wireless
5 8 (4.23%) VPN
6 6 (3.17%) IMAP
6 6 (3.17%) Network Security
7 5 (2.65%) LAN
7 5 (2.65%) WAN
8 2 (1.06%) 5G
9 1 (0.53%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.99%) DB2
2 5 (2.65%) Power BI
3 2 (1.06%) Big Data
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
General
1 97 (51.32%) Finance
2 76 (40.21%) Social Skills
3 24 (12.70%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (12.17%) Public Sector
5 17 (8.99%) Law
6 13 (6.88%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (5.82%) Games
8 7 (3.70%) Banking
8 7 (3.70%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (3.17%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.12%) Electronics
11 4 (2.12%) Investment Banking
11 4 (2.12%) Legal
11 4 (2.12%) Marketing
12 3 (1.59%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.59%) Retail Banking
13 2 (1.06%) Advertising
14 1 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 67 (35.45%) IT Manager
2 43 (22.75%) Audit Manager
2 43 (22.75%) Senior
3 40 (21.16%) IT Audit Manager
4 36 (19.05%) Auditor
5 35 (18.52%) IT Auditor
6 20 (10.58%) Senior Auditor
6 20 (10.58%) Senior IT Auditor
7 15 (7.94%) Analyst
7 15 (7.94%) Consultant
7 15 (7.94%) IT Consultant
7 15 (7.94%) IT Risk Manager
7 15 (7.94%) Risk Manager
8 10 (5.29%) Assistant IT Manager
8 10 (5.29%) IT Assistant
8 10 (5.29%) Senior Manager
9 9 (4.76%) Senior Audit Manager
10 8 (4.23%) Senior IT Audit Manager
10 8 (4.23%) Senior IT Manager
11 7 (3.70%) IT Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.06%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.05%) Management Information System
2 13 (6.88%) Security Posture
3 11 (5.82%) Onboarding
3 11 (5.82%) Video Conferencing
4 8 (4.23%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.65%) Reinsurance
6 4 (2.12%) PMI
7 3 (1.59%) Derivative
7 3 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.06%) Housing Association
8 2 (1.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.53%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.53%) Blockchain
9 1 (0.53%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.53%) Mobile Computing
9 1 (0.53%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.53%) Tandem
9 1 (0.53%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 37 (19.58%) Windows
2 36 (19.05%) Windows Server
3 18 (9.52%) Unix
4 17 (8.99%) Linux
5 11 (5.82%) Mac OS
6 5 (2.65%) VMS
7 3 (1.59%) Windows 10
8 2 (1.06%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.53%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
2 70 (37.04%) Risk Management
3 67 (35.45%) Internal Audit
4 55 (29.10%) Information Security
5 41 (21.69%) Analytics
6 39 (20.63%) Data Analytics
7 33 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (17.46%) Project Management
8 31 (16.40%) Business Continuity
9 22 (11.64%) ERP
10 21 (11.11%) Computer Science
11 20 (10.58%) Agile
11 20 (10.58%) ITIL
12 18 (9.52%) Data Privacy
12 18 (9.52%) Remediation Plan
12 18 (9.52%) Validation
13 17 (8.99%) Asset Management
13 17 (8.99%) Disaster Recovery
13 17 (8.99%) Risk Assessment
13 17 (8.99%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 20 (10.58%) SQL
2 11 (5.82%) Bash
3 2 (1.06%) Python
Qualifications
1 69 (36.51%) CISA
2 53 (28.04%) Degree
3 44 (23.28%) CISSP
4 32 (16.93%) CISM
5 14 (7.41%) PCI QSA
6 8 (4.23%) ACCA
6 8 (4.23%) CRISC
6 8 (4.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 6 (3.17%) QiCA
8 5 (2.65%) ISACA
8 5 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (2.12%) CCAB
9 4 (2.12%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.59%) CIMA
10 3 (1.59%) FFIEC
11 2 (1.06%) CASP
11 2 (1.06%) CompTIA CySA+
11 2 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.06%) ICAEW
11 2 (1.06%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (28.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (20.11%) ITGC
3 31 (16.40%) NIST
4 25 (13.23%) PCI DSS
5 21 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 19 (10.05%) COBIT
6 19 (10.05%) GRC
7 18 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials
8 17 (8.99%) PMO
9 14 (7.41%) GDPR
10 13 (6.88%) SOC 2
11 5 (2.65%) Solvency II
12 4 (2.12%) COSO
12 4 (2.12%) GLBA
12 4 (2.12%) QA
13 3 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (1.06%) FISMA
14 2 (1.06%) HIPAA
14 2 (1.06%) SOC 1
System Software
1 18 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (5.82%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.06%) CASB
Vendors
1 45 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 28 (14.81%) SAP
3 19 (10.05%) Oracle
4 17 (8.99%) Sage
5 16 (8.47%) VMware
6 12 (6.35%) Apple
7 11 (5.82%) Google
8 2 (1.06%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.53%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.53%) Peregrine