Auditor Contract Job Trends

Auditor
UK

The median Auditor daily rate in the UK is £478, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 570 548 597
Rank change year-on-year -22 +49 +178
Contract jobs requiring an Auditor 11 16 15
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.030% 0.046% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.050% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 12
10th Percentile £360 £363 £399
25th Percentile £390 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.50% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £650 £575 £675
90th Percentile £665 £600 £698
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -15.00% -9.09% +25.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £44.04 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £44.04 -

All Contract 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 33,137 32,079 41,606
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.94% 92.76% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,987 19,722 27,981
10th Percentile £290 £300 £292
25th Percentile £404 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £723 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,959 1,044 1,467
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.48 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.98 £21.05 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% -21.35% +48.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.46 £73.28 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.00%

Auditor
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Auditor job vacancy trend in the UK

Auditor
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Auditor job vacancies in the UK

Auditor
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Auditor over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Auditor in the UK

Auditor
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Auditor job vacancies in the UK

Auditor
Top 8 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Auditor within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
England -39 11 £478 -4.50% 19
London -3 5 £530 +6.00% 14
UK excluding London -48 5 £425 -15.00% 10
Work from Home +17 3 £600 - 41
South East - 3 £413 - 2
South West -8 1 - -
North West - 1 £600 - 3
North of England - 1 £600 - 3

Auditor Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Auditor 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 Auditor in the job title.

1 5 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (36.36%) IT Audit
3 3 (27.27%) CISM
3 3 (27.27%) CISSP
3 3 (27.27%) ECSS
3 3 (27.27%) Google
3 3 (27.27%) ISO 9001
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (27.27%) NIST
3 3 (27.27%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Windows
4 2 (18.18%) Accessibility
4 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
4 2 (18.18%) COBIT
4 2 (18.18%) Firewall
4 2 (18.18%) Inclusive Design
4 2 (18.18%) Internal Audit
4 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
4 2 (18.18%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
4 2 (18.18%) SaaS
4 2 (18.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) User Experience
4 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (18.18%) WCAG
5 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (9.09%) CISA

Auditor 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:

Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) Network Security
General
1 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Automotive
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Military
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
2 1 (9.09%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (36.36%) IT Audit
2 3 (27.27%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
3 2 (18.18%) Inclusive Design
3 2 (18.18%) Internal Audit
3 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
3 2 (18.18%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
3 2 (18.18%) User Experience
3 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (9.09%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Patch Management
4 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Security Auditing
4 1 (9.09%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) CISM
1 3 (27.27%) CISSP
2 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (9.09%) CISA
3 1 (9.09%) CRISC
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (27.27%) ECSS
2 3 (27.27%) ISO 9001
2 3 (27.27%) NIST
3 2 (18.18%) Accessibility
3 2 (18.18%) COBIT
3 2 (18.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (18.18%) WCAG
4 1 (9.09%) GRC
4 1 (9.09%) ITGC
4 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
4 1 (9.09%) SOX 404
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Google
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) SAP