IT Auditor Contract Job Trends in England

IT Auditor
UK > England

The median IT Auditor daily rate in England is £565, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 517 515 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Auditor 2 8 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.007% 0.025% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.027% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 0
10th Percentile £519 £361 -
25th Percentile £524 £378 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.95% - -
75th Percentile £624 £538 -
90th Percentile £640 £613 -
UK median daily rate £565 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +25.56% +5.88% -22.73%

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 25,642 29,384 38,493
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.07% 93.02% 93.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,472 17,925 26,842
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £403 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,469 1,199 1,415
10th Percentile £13.83 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -6.28% +58.75%
75th Percentile £50.00 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.89 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +66.48%

IT Auditor
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Auditor' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

IT Auditor job vacancy trend in England

IT Auditor
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Auditor job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Auditor job vacancies in England

IT Auditor
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Auditor job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Auditor job vacancies in England

IT 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 IT Auditor within the England region over the 6 months to 20 October 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 +14 1 £530 +6.00% 1
North West - 1 £600 - 3
North of England - 1 £600 - 3
IT Auditor
UK

IT Auditor Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 20 October 2025, IT Auditor contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring IT Auditor in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) IT Audit
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) COBIT
2 1 (50.00%) CRISC
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) FFIEC
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) GRC
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (50.00%) Security Auditing
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy

IT Auditor Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) IT Audit
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Auditing
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISA
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CRISC
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) COBIT
2 1 (50.00%) GRC
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley