Internal Audit Contracts in the North of England

Internal Auditing
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 24 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 153 184
Rank change year-on-year -25 +31 +76
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Internal Audit 9 13 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.22% 0.31% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.37% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 11
10th Percentile £531 £200 £368
25th Percentile £535 £231 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year +16.62% -11.36% +30.25%
75th Percentile £625 £498 -
90th Percentile - £511 £750
England median daily rate £550 £550 £613
% change year-on-year - -10.20% +7.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £33.40 - -
England median hourly rate £33.70 £23.00 -
% change year-on-year +46.52% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,586 3,526 4,522
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 89.05% 83.69% 88.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,296 2,096 3,032
10th Percentile £268 £313 £288
25th Percentile £375 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.20% - -
75th Percentile £562 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £684
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 228 203
10th Percentile £12.88 £11.07 £15.73
25th Percentile £17.47 £13.87 £17.75
Median hourly rate £22.63 £27.75 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.45% +0.91% +41.03%
75th Percentile £44.26 £50.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £72.40 £69.83 £57.28
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +56.36%

Internal Audit
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Internal Audit in the North of England

Internal Audit
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Internal Audit
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Internal Audit
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 24 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
North West -10 6 £533 +9.23% 22
Yorkshire -8 3 £600 +4.35% 7
Internal Audit
England

Internal Audit
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Q-Pulse
General
1 7 (77.78%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Banking
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Aviation
4 1 (11.11%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
4 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Legal
4 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (11.11%) Retail
4 1 (11.11%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Auditor
2 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Business Change Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Business Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Change Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Data Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Head of Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Internal Auditor
2 1 (11.11%) Lead
2 1 (11.11%) Risk Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Security Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Risk Management
2 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Agile
4 2 (22.22%) Business Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) Change Management
4 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (22.22%) Project Management
4 2 (22.22%) Regulatory Change
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (11.11%) Digital Strategy
5 1 (11.11%) Incident Response
5 1 (11.11%) QMS
5 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 1 (11.11%) Wealth Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (11.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (11.11%) GDPR
2 1 (11.11%) ISO 9001
2 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft