IT Audit Contracts in England

IT Auditing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring IT Audit skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IT Audit over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 454 527 604
Rank change year-on-year +73 +77 +125
Contract jobs citing IT Audit 31 15 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.040% 0.097%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.047% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 13 33
10th Percentile £200 £453 £415
25th Percentile £316 £500 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £517 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.91% -6.00% -6.78%
75th Percentile £578 £556 £600
90th Percentile £614 £575 £675
UK median daily rate £481 £517 £550
% change year-on-year -6.91% -6.00% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £42.64
25th Percentile - - £47.20
Median hourly rate - - £54.80
75th Percentile - - £62.40
90th Percentile - - £66.96
UK median hourly rate - - £54.80
% change year-on-year - - +143.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

IT Audit
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Audit in England

IT Audit
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IT Audit in England

IT Audit
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Audit in England

IT Audit
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Audit in England

IT 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 IT Audit 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
London +46 18 £500 -6.98% 45
South East +49 4 £180 -66.51% 43
West Midlands - 2 £600 - 22
East of England - 2 - - 26
Midlands - 2 £600 - 37
North of England +16 1 £425 -15.04% 35
Yorkshire +6 1 £425 -17.79% 16
IT Audit
UK

IT 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 2 (6.45%) Confluence
1 2 (6.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.13%) Azure
2 1 (3.23%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 6 (19.35%) LAN
1 6 (19.35%) WAN
2 1 (3.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) Oracle Database
1 2 (6.45%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.23%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) JIRA
General
1 10 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.13%) Banking
2 5 (16.13%) Finance
3 3 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (9.68%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Electronics
4 2 (6.45%) Manufacturing
4 2 (6.45%) Marketing
4 2 (6.45%) Retail
4 2 (6.45%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.23%) International Banking
5 1 (3.23%) Local Government
5 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (19.35%) Auditor
1 6 (19.35%) Field Engineer
1 6 (19.35%) Field Service Engineer
1 6 (19.35%) IT Auditor
2 5 (16.13%) IT Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Compliance Manager
3 3 (9.68%) IT Risk Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Quality Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Risk Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Audit Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Data Compliance Manager
4 2 (6.45%) IT Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) IT Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) IT Security Auditor
4 2 (6.45%) Project Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) SAP Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Security Auditor
4 2 (6.45%) Senior Auditor
4 2 (6.45%) Senior IT Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.90%) SailPoint
2 1 (3.23%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) CCTV
2 2 (6.45%) NHS
2 2 (6.45%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.23%) AS400
3 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.23%) iSeries
3 1 (3.23%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Linux
1 2 (6.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.81%) Risk Management
1 8 (25.81%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (19.35%) Migration
2 6 (19.35%) Project Management
3 5 (16.13%) Information Security
3 5 (16.13%) Test Automation
4 4 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (12.90%) Internal Audit
5 3 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (9.68%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (9.68%) ITIL
5 3 (9.68%) Privileged Access Management
5 3 (9.68%) Quality Management
6 2 (6.45%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (6.45%) CRM
6 2 (6.45%) Data Security
6 2 (6.45%) Programme Management
6 2 (6.45%) Software Testing
6 2 (6.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (6.45%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.68%) SQL
2 1 (3.23%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (22.58%) CISA
2 4 (12.90%) CRISC
3 1 (3.23%) CISM
3 1 (3.23%) FFIEC
3 1 (3.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (19.35%) NIST
1 6 (19.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (12.90%) GRC
2 4 (12.90%) ITGC
3 3 (9.68%) GDPR
4 2 (6.45%) COBIT
4 2 (6.45%) NIST 800
4 2 (6.45%) SOX 404
5 1 (3.23%) COSO
5 1 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) SAP
2 4 (12.90%) CyberArk
2 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.90%) Oracle
3 2 (6.45%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.23%) IBM
4 1 (3.23%) Meraki
4 1 (3.23%) Qualys
4 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.23%) Sophos