Internal Audit Contract Job Trends in the South West

Internal Auditing
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Internal Audit skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 124 152
Rank change year-on-year +16 +28 +11
Contract jobs citing Internal Audit 12 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.60% 0.16% 0.032%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.19% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £200 £463
Median % change year-on-year +275.00% -56.76% -28.85%
75th Percentile - - £469
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £525 £530 £628
% change year-on-year -0.94% -15.54% +4.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 0
Median hourly rate £33.50 £23.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +45.65% - -
England median hourly rate £33.50 £23.00 -
% change year-on-year +45.65% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,795 2,114 2,768
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.34% 83.96% 87.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,021 1,209 1,886
10th Percentile £220 £303 £313
25th Percentile £375 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £716 £730 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 202 277
10th Percentile £15.25 £22.50 £21.64
25th Percentile £18.87 £46.69 £48.14
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% -0.41%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.40 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +36.36%

Internal Audit
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Internal Audit job vacancy trend in the South West

Internal Audit
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Internal Audit.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Internal Audit

Internal Audit
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Internal Audit.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Internal Audit

Internal Audit
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 15 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
Bristol - 11 - - 4
Wiltshire - 1 £750 - 1
Internal Audit
England

Internal Audit
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 10 (83.33%) Organisational Skills
1 10 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Automotive
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) Information Security Advisor
1 10 (83.33%) Security Advisor
2 1 (8.33%) Auditor
2 1 (8.33%) Consultant
2 1 (8.33%) Lead
2 1 (8.33%) Security Auditor
2 1 (8.33%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 10 (83.33%) Management Information System
1 10 (83.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Computer Science
1 11 (91.67%) Information Security
2 10 (83.33%) Facilities Management
2 10 (83.33%) Information Security Governance
2 10 (83.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (8.33%) Benchmarking
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (8.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (8.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 10 (83.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 10 (83.33%) Degree
1 10 (83.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
1 10 (83.33%) Master's Degree
1 10 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 10 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) CISM
2 1 (8.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (91.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (83.33%) Def Stans
2 10 (83.33%) GRC
3 1 (8.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (8.33%) ISO 9001