IT Auditor
UK

The median IT Auditor salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 875 975 1147
Rank change year-on-year +100 +172 -261
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Auditor 33 23 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% 0.022% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.024% 0.039%
Number of salaries quoted 22 21 38
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,500 -
25th Percentile £48,188 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,625 £57,500 £61,625
90th Percentile £77,500 £61,250 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,250 £50,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +0.50% -13.79% +5.45%

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 91,989 97,583 147,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.61% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66,379 61,119 85,881
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

IT Auditor
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Auditor in the UK

IT Auditor
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Auditor in the UK

IT Auditor
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Auditor over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Auditor in the UK

IT 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 IT Auditor within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 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 +151 33 £60,000 +17.07% 7
UK excluding London +25 18 £50,250 +0.50% 5
London +163 15 £72,500 +31.82% 2
Work from Home +94 11 £62,500 +25.00% 4
Midlands +14 8 £62,500 +25.00% 3
North of England - 7 £48,000 -
West Midlands +28 4 £62,500 +25.00% 3
Yorkshire - 4 £48,750 -
East Midlands - 4 - -
South West - 3 £60,000 - 1
North East - 2 £48,000 -
North West - 1 £45,000 -

IT Auditor Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, IT 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 IT Auditor in the job title.

1 33 (100.00%) IT Audit
2 22 (66.67%) Finance
3 21 (63.64%) Internal Audit
4 20 (60.61%) CISA
5 10 (30.30%) Management Information System
5 10 (30.30%) Risk Management
5 10 (30.30%) Degree
6 8 (24.24%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (24.24%) Information Security
7 7 (21.21%) COBIT
7 7 (21.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (18.18%) CISM
8 6 (18.18%) QiCA
8 6 (18.18%) CISSP
8 6 (18.18%) Analytics
8 6 (18.18%) Social Skills
9 5 (15.15%) ITGC
9 5 (15.15%) ACCA
10 4 (12.12%) SAP
10 4 (12.12%) ITIL
10 4 (12.12%) CCAB
10 4 (12.12%) Change Management
10 4 (12.12%) Business Continuity
10 4 (12.12%) Logistics
10 4 (12.12%) Solvency II
10 4 (12.12%) Change Control
10 4 (12.12%) Problem Management
10 4 (12.12%) NIST
10 4 (12.12%) Data Analytics

IT 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 2 (6.06%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.03%) SAP HANA
General
1 22 (66.67%) Finance
2 6 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Manufacturing
3 3 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Banking
5 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.03%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.03%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 10 (30.30%) Management Information System
2 4 (12.12%) Reinsurance
3 3 (9.09%) Derivative
4 2 (6.06%) Housing Association
4 2 (6.06%) Security Posture
5 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.03%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (100.00%) IT Audit
2 21 (63.64%) Internal Audit
3 10 (30.30%) Risk Management
4 8 (24.24%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (24.24%) Information Security
5 6 (18.18%) Analytics
5 6 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (12.12%) Business Continuity
6 4 (12.12%) Change Control
6 4 (12.12%) Change Management
6 4 (12.12%) Data Analytics
6 4 (12.12%) Issue Tracking
6 4 (12.12%) ITIL
6 4 (12.12%) Logistics
6 4 (12.12%) Problem Management
7 3 (9.09%) Computer Science
7 3 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (6.06%) PRINCE
8 2 (6.06%) Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (6.06%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (60.61%) CISA
2 10 (30.30%) Degree
3 6 (18.18%) CISM
3 6 (18.18%) CISSP
3 6 (18.18%) QiCA
4 5 (15.15%) ACCA
5 4 (12.12%) CCAB
6 3 (9.09%) CRISC
7 2 (6.06%) CIMA
7 2 (6.06%) Master's Degree
8 1 (3.03%) AAT
8 1 (3.03%) CIPD
8 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (3.03%) FFIEC
8 1 (3.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) COBIT
1 7 (21.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (15.15%) ITGC
3 4 (12.12%) NIST
3 4 (12.12%) Solvency II
4 3 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (6.06%) ISAE 3402
5 2 (6.06%) SOX 404
6 1 (3.03%) AIFMD
6 1 (3.03%) COSO
6 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (3.03%) GDPR
6 1 (3.03%) GRC
6 1 (3.03%) PCI DSS
6 1 (3.03%) PSD2
6 1 (3.03%) SOC 1
6 1 (3.03%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (12.12%) SAP
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle
2 2 (6.06%) Peregrine