Audit Manager Contract Job Trends

Auditing Manager
UK

The median Auditing Manager daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 553 571 645
Rank change year-on-year +18 +74 +187
Contract jobs requiring an Audit Manager 8 2 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.005% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.006% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 7
10th Percentile - - £313
25th Percentile £525 £863 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £875 £450
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% +94.44% -30.77%
75th Percentile £581 £888 £506
90th Percentile £600 - £578
UK excluding London median daily rate - £875 £500
% change year-on-year - +75.00% -41.18%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
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 29,809 35,645 47,706
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.14% 93.02% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,783 22,371 32,786
10th Percentile £281 £300 £303
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,547 1,785 1,475
10th Percentile £13.63 £14.50 £14.57
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -44.11% +12.50% +81.82%

Audit Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Audit Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Audit Manager in the UK

Audit Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Audit Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Audit Manager
Top 3 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 Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 6 September 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
England +3 8 £550 -37.14% 5
London - 8 £550 - 5
Work from Home +13 2 £600 -31.43% 6

Audit Manager Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 September 2025, Audit Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Audit Manager in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Finance
2 6 (75.00%) Internal Audit
3 4 (50.00%) ACCA
3 4 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (25.00%) IT Governance
4 2 (25.00%) IT Audit
5 1 (12.50%) ITGC
5 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (12.50%) CISSP
5 1 (12.50%) Validation
5 1 (12.50%) Degree
5 1 (12.50%) CISA
5 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution

Audit Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 8 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Internal Audit
2 2 (25.00%) IT Audit
2 2 (25.00%) IT Governance
3 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) ACCA
2 1 (12.50%) CISA
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (12.50%) ITGC