IT Audit Contract Job Trends in the North West

IT Auditing
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring IT Audit skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 116 148
Rank change year-on-year -15 +32 +38
Contract jobs citing IT Audit 1 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.044% 0.084% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.050% 0.10% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £463 £504
25th Percentile £550 £464 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £480 £508
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -5.51% +12.89%
75th Percentile £650 £499 £512
90th Percentile - £501 £513
England median daily rate £517 £500 £517
% change year-on-year +3.40% -3.29% -6.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,015 1,975 2,543
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 89.08% 83.40% 88.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,336 1,070 1,742
10th Percentile £251 £294 £270
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £595
90th Percentile £678 £656 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 110 172
10th Percentile £14.13 £18.95 £15.78
25th Percentile £17.30 £26.81 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.64% +15.21% +40.00%
75th Percentile £44.26 £62.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £65.13 £71.71 £64.88
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -39.40% -6.74% +27.14%

IT Audit
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

IT Audit job vacancy trend in the North West

IT Audit
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing IT Audit.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing IT Audit

IT Audit
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing IT Audit.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing IT Audit

IT Audit
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West 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
Merseyside - 1 £600 - 1
IT Audit
England

IT Audit
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Auditor
1 1 (100.00%) IT Auditor
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST