IT Audit Contract Job Trends in Central London

IT Auditing
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring IT Audit skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 - 135
Rank change year-on-year - - +38
Contract jobs citing IT Audit 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.15% - 0.084%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% - 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - £506
25th Percentile - - £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £538
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.76%
75th Percentile - - £566
90th Percentile - - £579
London median daily rate £600 £508 £538
% change year-on-year +18.23% -5.58% -2.27%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

IT Audit falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,266 1,881 2,168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 86.42% 93.58% 91.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,536 1,219 1,514
10th Percentile £356 £350 £356
25th Percentile £450 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £552 £560
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -1.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile £675 £676 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -5.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 32 23
10th Percentile £17.60 £22.08 £19.98
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £21.25
Median hourly rate £24.47 £32.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.72% +20.37% -22.86%
75th Percentile £54.00 £50.75 £36.50
90th Percentile £64.13 £63.75 £48.57
London median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +13.85% +8.33% -25.93%

IT Audit
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IT Audit relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

IT Audit job vacancy trend in Central London

IT Audit
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing IT Audit.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing IT Audit

IT Audit
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing IT Audit.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing IT Audit

IT Audit
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Audit within the Central London region over the 6 months to 5 July 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London - 4 £500 - 2
IT Audit
London

IT Audit
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) SOX Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) IT Risk Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Attestation
1 4 (100.00%) Change Management
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CISA
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
1 4 (100.00%) CRISC
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) COBIT
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (100.00%) ITGC
1 4 (100.00%) NIST
1 4 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley