Internal Audit Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Internal Auditing
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Internal Audit skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 107 120
Rank change year-on-year -7 +13 +66
Contract jobs citing Internal Audit 7 18 31
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.41% 0.85% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.93% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 20
10th Percentile £259 £373 -
25th Percentile £309 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £650 £575
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +13.04% -1.71%
75th Percentile £460 £731 £747
90th Percentile £501 £748 £825
Central London median daily rate £400 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -38.46% +13.04% -1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32.00 - -
Median hourly rate £34.00 - -
75th Percentile £36.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £34.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Internal 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,633 1,944 2,647
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.50% 91.83% 90.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,096 1,210 1,833
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £423 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £763 £792 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £595
% change year-on-year -4.35% -3.36% +3.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 20 16
10th Percentile £16.96 £15.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.09 £21.63 £16.31
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -22.54% +13.60% -26.90%
75th Percentile £39.88 £97.38 £48.19
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% -34.52%

Internal Audit
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Internal Audit job vacancy trend in the City of London

Internal Audit
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Internal Audit.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Internal Audit

Internal Audit
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Internal Audit in the City of London over the 6 months to 5 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Internal Audit in the City of London

Internal Audit
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Internal Audit.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Internal Audit

Internal Audit
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (14.29%) Power Automate
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
1 1 (14.29%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
1 1 (14.29%) Power Query
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Financial Institution
4 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Legal
4 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Retail
4 1 (14.29%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Credit Risk Modeller
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Head of Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Security Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Service Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Service Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Credit Risk
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (57.14%) Risk Management
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (28.57%) Analytics
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Register
4 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (14.29%) Credit Risk Modelling
4 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (14.29%) Energy Management
4 1 (14.29%) Information Security Management
4 1 (14.29%) Line Management
4 1 (14.29%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (14.29%) Security Management
4 1 (14.29%) Service Design
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (14.29%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) IFRS
1 1 (14.29%) IFRS 9
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 14001
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) NEBOSH
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft