Software Audit Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Software Auditing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Software Audit skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 486 383 361
Rank change year-on-year -103 -22 -
Contract jobs citing Software Audit 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% 0.006% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.013% 0.007% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £421 - -
25th Percentile £434 £563 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -19.57% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £484 £588 £538
90th Percentile £494 - -
UK median daily rate £463 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -19.57% +9.52% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile £62.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Software 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 23,124 14,185 14,408
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.20% 89.15% 83.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,816 8,537 8,147
10th Percentile £300 £225 £243
25th Percentile £408 £369 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £671 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,932 1,553 1,009
10th Percentile £13.48 £14.02 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.62 £17.08 £18.40
Median hourly rate £37.50 £22.27 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +68.43% -44.79% -8.14%
75th Percentile £65.88 £39.43 £66.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £65.25 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%

Software Audit
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Software Audit job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Software Audit
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Software Audit
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Software 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 Software Audit within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
East of England - 2 £425 -
South East -62 1 £500 -13.04% 1
Software Audit
UK

Software 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Asset Management Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Management Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Product Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Software Asset Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Software Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Asset Management
1 2 (66.67%) Software Asset Management
1 2 (66.67%) Software Licensing
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Compliance Audit
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Design Sprint
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) IT Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
2 1 (33.33%) Vendor Relationship Management
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe
1 1 (33.33%) IBM
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) Snow