Internal Audit Contract Job Trends in England

Internal Auditing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Internal Audit skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 468 449 454
Rank change year-on-year -19 +5 +109
Contract jobs citing Internal Audit 82 64 103
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.26% 0.22% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.25% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 41 69
10th Percentile £313 £400 £408
25th Percentile £395 £425 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £642
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -17.45% +7.00%
75th Percentile £575 £713 £738
90th Percentile £691 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £642
% change year-on-year -2.38% -18.22% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £22.50 £27.50
Median hourly rate £33.50 £23.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.65% -23.33% +50.00%
75th Percentile £35.38 £23.50 £32.50
90th Percentile £56.58 - -
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £56.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year -40.44% +87.50% +50.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,668 25,905 33,491
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.00% 88.32% 88.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,615 15,999 22,793
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £531
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.13% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,810 882 1,400
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.54 £14.74
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +18.63%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.26 £74.99 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.79% -22.35% +21.43%

Internal Audit
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Internal Audit job vacancy trend in England

Internal Audit
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Internal Audit.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Internal Audit

Internal Audit
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Internal Audit in England over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Internal Audit in England

Internal Audit
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Internal Audit.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Internal Audit

Internal Audit
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Internal Audit in England over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Internal Audit in England

Internal Audit
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 Internal Audit within the England region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
London -12 37 £550 +1.85% 28
North of England -25 18 £454 +0.78% 15
Yorkshire -30 15 £434 -24.61% 7
South West +3 12 £750 - 3
Midlands -30 9 £378 +25.83% 12
East Midlands -15 5 £338 +12.50% 9
South East +1 4 £370 -48.97% 26
West Midlands - 4 £540 - 3
North West -23 2 £533 +18.33% 7
North East - 1 - - 1
Internal Audit
UK

Internal Audit
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (1.22%) Confluence
1 1 (1.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (9.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.44%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.22%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 7 (8.54%) Azure
2 6 (7.32%) Entra ID
2 6 (7.32%) SaaS
3 3 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.44%) AWS
4 2 (2.44%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.22%) Azure AKS
5 1 (1.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (1.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.22%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (1.22%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (1.22%) GitHub
5 1 (1.22%) IaaS
5 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.22%) PaaS
5 1 (1.22%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.22%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.22%) Serverless
5 1 (1.22%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.44%) Firewall
1 2 (2.44%) VPN
2 1 (1.22%) Internet
2 1 (1.22%) IPsec
2 1 (1.22%) LAN
2 1 (1.22%) Network Security
2 1 (1.22%) SSL
2 1 (1.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.44%) Power BI
2 1 (1.22%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.22%) Power Query
2 1 (1.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.22%) JIRA
General
1 37 (45.12%) Social Skills
2 29 (35.37%) Finance
3 12 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (13.41%) Banking
4 11 (13.41%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (10.98%) Public Sector
6 8 (9.76%) Legal
7 5 (6.10%) Financial Institution
8 4 (4.88%) Retail
9 3 (3.66%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.44%) Automotive
10 2 (2.44%) Front Office
10 2 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.44%) Publishing
11 1 (1.22%) Bulgarian Language
11 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.22%) Law
11 1 (1.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (12.20%) Analyst
1 10 (12.20%) Information Security Advisor
1 10 (12.20%) Security Advisor
2 8 (9.76%) Audit Manager
2 8 (9.76%) Consultant
2 8 (9.76%) Risk Manager
3 7 (8.54%) Lead
4 5 (6.10%) Compliance Manager
4 5 (6.10%) Senior
5 4 (4.88%) Audit Consultant
5 4 (4.88%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 4 (4.88%) Data Manager
5 4 (4.88%) Internal Audit Manager
5 4 (4.88%) IT Audit Consultant
5 4 (4.88%) IT Consultant
5 4 (4.88%) Security Analyst
6 3 (3.66%) Business Analyst
7 2 (2.44%) Architect
7 2 (2.44%) IT Manager
7 2 (2.44%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.44%) ARM Templates
1 2 (2.44%) SAP Basis
2 1 (1.22%) LDAP
2 1 (1.22%) OAuth
2 1 (1.22%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.22%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.29%) Management Information System
2 11 (13.41%) Security Posture
3 5 (6.10%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.66%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.66%) Taxonomies
5 2 (2.44%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.22%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.22%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.22%) Derivative
6 1 (1.22%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.22%) IoT
6 1 (1.22%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (39.02%) Risk Management
2 20 (24.39%) Information Security
3 14 (17.07%) Computer Science
3 14 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (13.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (12.20%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (12.20%) Facilities Management
5 10 (12.20%) Information Security Governance
6 9 (10.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (9.76%) Data Protection
7 8 (9.76%) Identity Access Management
8 7 (8.54%) Data Governance
8 7 (8.54%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (7.32%) Agile
9 6 (7.32%) IT Audit
9 6 (7.32%) Mentoring
9 6 (7.32%) Regulatory Compliance
9 6 (7.32%) Vulnerability Management
10 5 (6.10%) Case Management
10 5 (6.10%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.66%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.44%) Bicep
2 2 (2.44%) Python
2 2 (2.44%) SQL
3 1 (1.22%) Bash
3 1 (1.22%) C#
3 1 (1.22%) C++
Qualifications
1 19 (23.17%) Degree
2 14 (17.07%) Security Cleared
3 12 (14.63%) SC Cleared
4 11 (13.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (13.41%) Master's Degree
5 10 (12.20%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (12.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 6 (7.32%) CISA
6 6 (7.32%) CISSP
7 5 (6.10%) ACCA
7 5 (6.10%) CISM
8 1 (1.22%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.22%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.22%) CRISC
8 1 (1.22%) GIAC
8 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.22%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.22%) PMP
8 1 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (31.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (14.63%) GRC
3 10 (12.20%) Def Stans
3 10 (12.20%) GDPR
4 7 (8.54%) NIST
4 7 (8.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (6.10%) Data Quality
5 5 (6.10%) QA
6 3 (3.66%) ISO 9001
6 3 (3.66%) ITGC
7 2 (2.44%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (1.22%) COBIT
8 1 (1.22%) FINRA
8 1 (1.22%) GAAP
8 1 (1.22%) HIPAA
8 1 (1.22%) IFRS
8 1 (1.22%) ISO 14001
8 1 (1.22%) ISO 9002
8 1 (1.22%) NEBOSH
8 1 (1.22%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.66%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.44%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.44%) Terraform
3 1 (1.22%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 12 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.54%) SAP
3 3 (3.66%) Okta
3 3 (3.66%) Salesforce
3 3 (3.66%) Workday
4 2 (2.44%) Oracle
4 2 (2.44%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.22%) Capita