Internal Audit Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Internal Auditing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Internal Audit skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 347 332 371
Rank change year-on-year -15 +39 +55
Contract jobs citing Internal Audit 52 24 37
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.28% 0.16% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.19% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 15 27
10th Percentile £307 £311 £335
25th Percentile £340 £419 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £550 £569
Median % change year-on-year -26.36% -3.34% +19.79%
75th Percentile £538 £631 £675
90th Percentile £568 £673 £720
UK median daily rate £475 £521 £625
% change year-on-year -8.74% -16.72% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 2 1
10th Percentile - £28.73 -
25th Percentile - £38.06 £27.50
Median hourly rate £33.50 £56.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.44% +87.50% +50.00%
75th Percentile £49.63 £76.56 £32.50
90th Percentile £57.25 £87.18 -
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £56.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year -40.44% +87.50% +50.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,652 12,774 16,981
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.55% 87.39% 87.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,590 7,494 10,922
10th Percentile £221 £243 £250
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £691
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,719 732 1,219
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.58 £30.45 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% -32.33% +40.63%
75th Percentile £51.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.22 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.14% +25.71%

Internal Audit
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Internal Audit job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Internal Audit
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Internal Audit.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Internal Audit

Internal Audit
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Internal Audit in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Internal Audit in the UK excluding London

Internal Audit
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Internal Audit.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Internal Audit

Internal Audit
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Internal Audit in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Internal Audit in the UK excluding London

Internal Audit
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 Internal Audit within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
North of England -33 21 £420 -6.67% 14
Yorkshire -27 20 £420 -26.96% 7
South West +9 12 £750 - 3
Midlands -26 9 £378 +25.83% 16
East Midlands -11 5 £338 +12.50% 10
South East -20 4 £370 -43.08% 14
West Midlands - 4 £540 - 6
Northern Ireland -6 3 £538 -2.27%
Wales - 3 - - 5
Scotland +5 1 £375 -28.57% 3
North East - 1 - - 1
Internal Audit
UK

Internal Audit
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.77%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (11.54%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (13.46%) Azure
1 7 (13.46%) Entra ID
2 6 (11.54%) SaaS
3 2 (3.85%) AWS
3 2 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (3.85%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.92%) AWS IoT
4 1 (1.92%) Google Ads
4 1 (1.92%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.92%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.85%) Firewall
1 2 (3.85%) LAN
1 2 (3.85%) Network Security
1 2 (3.85%) WAN
2 1 (1.92%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.92%) Internet
2 1 (1.92%) IPsec
2 1 (1.92%) Modbus
2 1 (1.92%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.92%) SSL
2 1 (1.92%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.92%) VLAN
2 1 (1.92%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.92%) Power BI
General
1 22 (42.31%) Social Skills
2 12 (23.08%) Finance
2 12 (23.08%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (15.38%) Legal
4 6 (11.54%) Banking
4 6 (11.54%) Public Sector
5 5 (9.62%) Publishing
6 4 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (7.69%) Financial Institution
7 3 (5.77%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.85%) Front Office
9 1 (1.92%) Automotive
9 1 (1.92%) Bulgarian Language
9 1 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.92%) Law
9 1 (1.92%) Military
9 1 (1.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (19.23%) Information Security Advisor
1 10 (19.23%) Security Advisor
2 9 (17.31%) Risk Manager
3 6 (11.54%) Consultant
4 5 (9.62%) Analyst
5 4 (7.69%) Audit Consultant
5 4 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 4 (7.69%) Data Manager
5 4 (7.69%) IT Audit Consultant
5 4 (7.69%) IT Consultant
6 3 (5.77%) Administrator
6 3 (5.77%) Architect
6 3 (5.77%) Lead
6 3 (5.77%) Network Engineer
6 3 (5.77%) SAP Administrator
6 3 (5.77%) Senior
7 2 (3.85%) Audit Manager
7 2 (3.85%) Compliance Manager
7 2 (3.85%) Security Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.62%) SAP Basis
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.92%) LDAP
3 1 (1.92%) OAuth
3 1 (1.92%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (26.92%) Management Information System
2 10 (19.23%) Security Posture
3 6 (11.54%) Onboarding
3 6 (11.54%) Taxonomies
4 2 (3.85%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.92%) 3D Printing
5 1 (1.92%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.92%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.92%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.92%) IoT
5 1 (1.92%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.92%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (38.46%) Risk Management
2 17 (32.69%) Information Security
3 16 (30.77%) Computer Science
4 10 (19.23%) Data Governance
4 10 (19.23%) Facilities Management
4 10 (19.23%) Information Security Governance
5 9 (17.31%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (13.46%) Data Protection
7 6 (11.54%) BPMN
7 6 (11.54%) Data Management
7 6 (11.54%) Identity Access Management
7 6 (11.54%) Incident Response
7 6 (11.54%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (9.62%) Data Pipeline
8 5 (9.62%) Roadmaps
9 4 (7.69%) IT Audit
9 4 (7.69%) Project Governance
10 3 (5.77%) ISMS
10 3 (5.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.77%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.85%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (32.69%) Degree
2 14 (26.92%) Security Cleared
3 12 (23.08%) SC Cleared
4 10 (19.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (19.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (19.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 10 (19.23%) Master's Degree
5 3 (5.77%) CISA
5 3 (5.77%) CISM
6 2 (3.85%) CISSP
7 1 (1.92%) ACCA
7 1 (1.92%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.92%) CCNA
7 1 (1.92%) CCNP
7 1 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.92%) GIAC
7 1 (1.92%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.92%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (21.15%) GRC
3 10 (19.23%) Def Stans
4 9 (17.31%) GDPR
5 4 (7.69%) Data Quality
5 4 (7.69%) NIST
6 3 (5.77%) MiFID
7 2 (3.85%) FINRA
7 2 (3.85%) ISO 9001
8 1 (1.92%) Accessibility
8 1 (1.92%) HIPAA
8 1 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (11.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (15.38%) Microsoft
1 8 (15.38%) SAP
2 6 (11.54%) Okta
3 2 (3.85%) Workday
4 1 (1.92%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.92%) Cisco
4 1 (1.92%) ServiceNow