Audit Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Auditing Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Auditing Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £380, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 343 395
Rank change year-on-year -47 +52 +84
Contract jobs requiring an Audit Manager 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% 0.007% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.008% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +36.84%
75th Percentile - - £675
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 £475 £600
% change year-on-year +15.79% -20.83% +26.32%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 16,411 12,634 18,203
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 92.22% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,069 7,482 11,719
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £375 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £477 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.42% -4.60% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,655 688 1,382
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.26 £17.78
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.62 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.85% -31.97% +64.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.08 £76.24
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -18.46% -23.53% +26.87%

Audit Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Audit Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Audit Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Audit Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Audit Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Audit Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Audit Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Audit Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Audit Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Audit Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Audit Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
Yorkshire - 1 - -
South East - 1 £380 - 1
North of England - 1 - - 4
Audit Manager
UK

Audit Manager Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Audit Manager 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 UK excluding London region featuring Audit Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) GRC
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management

Audit Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISA
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GRC