Auditor Contracts in England

Auditor
UK > England

The median Auditor daily rate in England is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 467 533 635
Rank change year-on-year +66 +102 +126
Contract jobs requiring an Auditor 18 9 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.074% 0.024% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.026% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 13
10th Percentile £483 £356 £343
25th Percentile £500 £362 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% -5.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £703 £509 £550
90th Percentile £752 £579 £570
UK median daily rate £525 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +20.00% -2.78% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £33.40 - -
UK median hourly rate £33.40 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Auditor
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Auditor in England

Auditor
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Auditor in England.

Daily rate trend for Auditor in England

Auditor
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Auditor in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Auditor in England

Auditor
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Auditor in England.

Hourly rate trend for Auditor in England

Auditor
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Auditor within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
South East +51 10 £612 +52.88% 15
London +39 3 £494 -5.95% 18
Midlands - 2 £600 - 2
West Midlands - 2 £600 - 1
East of England - 2 - - 4
North of England +19 1 - - 1
North West +17 1 - - 1
Auditor
UK

Auditor Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Auditor contract 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 contract job ads across the England region featuring Auditor in the job title.

1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (38.89%) NIST
2 7 (38.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (38.89%) Agile
3 6 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 6 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (33.33%) NCSC
3 6 (33.33%) Containerisation
3 6 (33.33%) IT Audit
4 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
4 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
4 5 (27.78%) Information Security
4 5 (27.78%) CISA
5 4 (22.22%) Project Management
5 4 (22.22%) Degree
5 4 (22.22%) Remediation Plan
5 4 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (22.22%) Internal Audit
5 4 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (22.22%) Master's Degree
6 3 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (16.67%) Roadmaps
6 3 (16.67%) Cloud Security
6 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (16.67%) Risk Management
6 3 (16.67%) GRC
7 2 (11.11%) CISM

Auditor Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (11.11%) Legal
3 2 (11.11%) Retail
4 1 (5.56%) Aviation
4 1 (5.56%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 2 (11.11%) Operational Technology
1 2 (11.11%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Agile
1 7 (38.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 6 (33.33%) IT Audit
2 6 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 5 (27.78%) Information Security
4 4 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (22.22%) Internal Audit
4 4 (22.22%) Project Management
4 4 (22.22%) Remediation Plan
4 4 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (16.67%) Cloud Security
5 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 3 (16.67%) Roadmaps
6 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
6 2 (11.11%) Logistics
6 2 (11.11%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) CISA
1 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
1 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 4 (22.22%) Degree
2 4 (22.22%) Master's Degree
3 2 (11.11%) CISM
3 2 (11.11%) CISMP
3 2 (11.11%) CISSP
3 2 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (38.89%) NIST
2 6 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (33.33%) NCSC
3 3 (16.67%) GRC
4 2 (11.11%) GDPR
4 2 (11.11%) NIST 800
4 2 (11.11%) PCI DSS
5 1 (5.56%) COBIT
5 1 (5.56%) COSO
5 1 (5.56%) QA
5 1 (5.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley