Audit Analyst Contract Job Trends

Audit Analyst
UK

The median Audit Analyst daily rate in the UK is £405, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 637 516 596
Rank change year-on-year -121 +80 +89
Contract jobs requiring an Audit Analyst 6 8 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.012% 0.027% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.030% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 2
10th Percentile - - £515
25th Percentile £403 £413 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year -29.57% +6.98% +14.36%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £556
90th Percentile - £655 £560
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 - £550

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 45,859 27,036 40,213
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 92.35% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,926 17,399 25,887
10th Percentile £325 £287 £280
25th Percentile £413 £402 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,063 1,119 2,897
10th Percentile £15.15 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.84 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.61 £28.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.73% -25.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £58.47 £61.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -5.88%

Audit Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Audit Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Audit Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Audit Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Audit Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Audit Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Audit Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Audit Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Audit Analyst
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Audit Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 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
England -129 6 £405 -29.57% 3
London -79 4 £405 -29.57% 2
Work from Home -52 2 £500 +17.65% 1
UK excluding London - 2 £500 - 1
South East - 2 £500 - 1

Audit Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 June 2026, Audit Analyst 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 featuring Audit Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Internal Audit
2 3 (50.00%) Alteryx
2 3 (50.00%) Analytics
2 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
2 3 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 3 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (50.00%) Databricks
2 3 (50.00%) Power BI
2 3 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (50.00%) Python
2 3 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 3 (50.00%) Relational Database
2 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (33.33%) ETL
3 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (33.33%) ITSM
4 1 (16.67%) BCP
4 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Compliance Audit
4 1 (16.67%) Data Centre Operations
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) GRC
4 1 (16.67%) ISMS
4 1 (16.67%) IT Audit
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) NIST

Audit Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (50.00%) Power BI
1 3 (50.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (16.67%) Tableau
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Banking
2 3 (50.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Internal Audit
2 3 (50.00%) Analytics
2 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
2 3 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 3 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 3 (50.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (33.33%) ETL
3 2 (33.33%) ITSM
4 1 (16.67%) BCP
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Compliance Audit
4 1 (16.67%) Data Centre Operations
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) ISMS
4 1 (16.67%) IT Audit
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Python
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) GRC
2 1 (16.67%) NIST
2 1 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Alteryx
1 3 (50.00%) Databricks
2 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow