Internal Audit Contracts in England

Internal Auditing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Internal Audit skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Internal Audit over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 445 476 490
Rank change year-on-year +31 +14 +125
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Internal Audit 66 57 134
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.24% 0.17% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.20% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 34 99
10th Percentile £360 £238 £410
25th Percentile £413 £481 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £722 £750
90th Percentile £666 £746 £815
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £32.14 - -
25th Percentile £32.35 £22.50 -
Median hourly rate £33.70 £23.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +46.52% - -
75th Percentile £35.35 £23.50 -
90th Percentile £35.74 - -
UK median hourly rate £33.70 £23.00 -
% change year-on-year +46.52% - -

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 25,065 28,471 39,049
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.81% 85.74% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,944 18,288 27,235
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £404 £422 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £753 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,485 1,509 1,388
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.04 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.55 £18.13 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% - +54.55%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.90% -4.71% +54.55%

Internal Audit
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Internal Audit as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Internal Audit 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 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract 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 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +39 44 £550 -15.38% 81
North of England -22 9 £569 +16.62% 32
North West -13 6 £533 +9.23% 21
South East +18 5 £425 -41.38% 58
Midlands -11 4 £463 - 19
South West +23 3 £750 +275.00% 15
Yorkshire -6 3 £600 +4.35% 7
West Midlands -5 2 £663 - 11
East Midlands - 2 £325 - 8
Internal Audit
UK

Internal Audit
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (6.06%) SAS
2 3 (4.55%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.52%) Confluence
3 1 (1.52%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.03%) Windchill
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.55%) AWS
1 3 (4.55%) Azure
1 3 (4.55%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.03%) Amazon S3
2 2 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (3.03%) SaaS
3 1 (1.52%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.52%) GCP
3 1 (1.52%) GitHub
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (1.52%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.52%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.03%) FCoE
1 2 (3.03%) Fibre Channel
1 2 (3.03%) Firewall
1 2 (3.03%) iSCSI
1 2 (3.03%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.55%) Power BI
2 2 (3.03%) Tableau
3 1 (1.52%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.52%) Power Query
3 1 (1.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 34 (51.52%) Finance
2 19 (28.79%) Social Skills
3 14 (21.21%) Banking
4 8 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.58%) Legal
6 4 (6.06%) Financial Institution
6 4 (6.06%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.55%) Corporate Banking
7 3 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (4.55%) Retail
8 2 (3.03%) Aerospace
8 2 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.03%) Investment Banking
8 2 (3.03%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (3.03%) Retail Banking
8 2 (3.03%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.52%) Automotive
9 1 (1.52%) Law
Job Titles
1 12 (18.18%) Analyst
2 7 (10.61%) Audit Manager
2 7 (10.61%) Consultant
3 6 (9.09%) Audit Analyst
3 6 (9.09%) Data Analyst
3 6 (9.09%) Senior
4 5 (7.58%) Lead
5 4 (6.06%) Coordinator
5 4 (6.06%) Internal Audit Manager
5 4 (6.06%) Project Manager
5 4 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (4.55%) Auditor
6 3 (4.55%) Business Analyst
6 3 (4.55%) Resource Manager
6 3 (4.55%) Security Consultant
6 3 (4.55%) Senior Data Analyst
7 2 (3.03%) Configuration Engineer
7 2 (3.03%) Data Engineer
7 2 (3.03%) Head of Testing
7 2 (3.03%) Risk Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.52%) ARM Templates
1 1 (1.52%) OAuth
1 1 (1.52%) OpenID
1 1 (1.52%) SailPoint
1 1 (1.52%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.06%) Credit Risk
1 4 (6.06%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (6.06%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (3.03%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.52%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.52%) Derivative
3 1 (1.52%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.52%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.52%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.03%) CentOS
1 2 (3.03%) Linux
1 2 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (40.91%) Risk Management
2 13 (19.70%) Analytics
2 13 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (12.12%) Data Analytics
4 8 (12.12%) Mentoring
4 8 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (10.61%) Data Protection
6 6 (9.09%) Agile
6 6 (9.09%) Data Privacy
6 6 (9.09%) Information Security
7 5 (7.58%) Change Management
7 5 (7.58%) Data Analysis
7 5 (7.58%) Project Management
7 5 (7.58%) Validation
8 4 (6.06%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (6.06%) Data Security
8 4 (6.06%) Migration
8 4 (6.06%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.64%) Python
2 4 (6.06%) SQL
3 1 (1.52%) Bash
3 1 (1.52%) Bicep
3 1 (1.52%) C#
3 1 (1.52%) C++
3 1 (1.52%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.52%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (10.61%) Degree
2 5 (7.58%) SC Cleared
2 5 (7.58%) Security Cleared
3 4 (6.06%) ACCA
3 4 (6.06%) CISSP
4 3 (4.55%) CISA
4 3 (4.55%) Master's Degree
5 2 (3.03%) CISM
5 2 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.52%) CRISC
6 1 (1.52%) HNC
6 1 (1.52%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.52%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (15.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (10.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (7.58%) NIST
4 4 (6.06%) GDPR
5 3 (4.55%) IFRS
5 3 (4.55%) IFRS 9
5 3 (4.55%) ISO 9001
5 3 (4.55%) QA
6 2 (3.03%) COBIT
6 2 (3.03%) GRC
6 2 (3.03%) PMO
7 1 (1.52%) Accessibility
7 1 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (1.52%) COSO
7 1 (1.52%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (1.52%) ITGC
7 1 (1.52%) NCSC
7 1 (1.52%) NEBOSH
Systems Management
1 2 (3.03%) Ansible
2 1 (1.52%) RSA Archer
2 1 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (7.58%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.03%) Dell
2 2 (3.03%) F5
2 2 (3.03%) Hitachi
2 2 (3.03%) Red Hat
2 2 (3.03%) SAP
2 2 (3.03%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.52%) Alteryx
3 1 (1.52%) CyberArk
3 1 (1.52%) Informatica
3 1 (1.52%) Oracle
3 1 (1.52%) Talend