Auditor Contracts

Auditor
UK

The median Auditor daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 May 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 502 582 681
Rank change year-on-year +80 +99 +138
Contract jobs requiring an Auditor 21 8 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.071% 0.019% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.020% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 16
10th Percentile £416 £354 £350
25th Percentile £500 £377 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -2.78% -18.18%
75th Percentile £698 £491 £550
90th Percentile £748 £515 £606
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +50.00% -11.11% +1.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £33.40 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.40 - -

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 27,188 39,941 54,901
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 92.76% 94.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,734 26,001 38,348
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,055 2,673 1,536
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £28.60 £36.65 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.96% -18.56% +88.21%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.30 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.90 £76.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £40.00 £42.43
% change year-on-year -31.25% -5.73% +115.78%

Auditor
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Auditor in the UK

Auditor
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Auditor.

Daily rate trend for Auditor in the UK

Auditor
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Auditor over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Auditor in the UK

Auditor
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Auditor.

Hourly rate trend for Auditor in the UK

Auditor
Top 10 Contract 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 10 May 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 +80 18 £563 +32.35% 65
UK excluding London +68 15 £600 +50.00% 55
South East +50 10 £612 +52.88% 30
Work from Home +45 10 £600 +37.14% 36
London +48 3 £494 -5.95% 24
Midlands - 2 £600 - 3
West Midlands - 2 £600 - 2
East of England - 2 - - 9
North of England +18 1 - - 4
North West +14 1 - - 3

Auditor Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, Auditor 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 Auditor in the job title.

1 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 7 (33.33%) NIST
2 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (33.33%) Agile
2 7 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
3 6 (28.57%) Security Testing
3 6 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 6 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (28.57%) NCSC
3 6 (28.57%) Containerisation
3 6 (28.57%) IT Audit
4 5 (23.81%) Information Security
4 5 (23.81%) CISA
5 4 (19.05%) Project Management
5 4 (19.05%) Degree
5 4 (19.05%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (19.05%) Internal Audit
5 4 (19.05%) Remediation Plan
5 4 (19.05%) Master's Degree
6 3 (14.29%) GRC
6 3 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (14.29%) Risk Management
6 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
6 3 (14.29%) Cloud Security
7 2 (9.52%) Threat and Vulnerability Management

Auditor 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Radio Access Network
General
1 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (9.52%) Legal
3 2 (9.52%) Retail
4 1 (4.76%) Aviation
4 1 (4.76%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
1 2 (9.52%) Operational Technology
1 2 (9.52%) Security Posture
2 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Agile
1 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (28.57%) Containerisation
2 6 (28.57%) IT Audit
2 6 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
2 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (28.57%) Security Testing
3 5 (23.81%) Information Security
4 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (19.05%) Internal Audit
4 4 (19.05%) Project Management
4 4 (19.05%) Remediation Plan
4 4 (19.05%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (14.29%) Cloud Security
5 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
6 2 (9.52%) Computer Science
6 2 (9.52%) Incident Response
6 2 (9.52%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 6 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 5 (23.81%) CISA
3 4 (19.05%) Degree
3 4 (19.05%) Master's Degree
4 2 (9.52%) CISM
4 2 (9.52%) CISMP
4 2 (9.52%) CISSP
4 2 (9.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (33.33%) NIST
2 6 (28.57%) NCSC
3 3 (14.29%) GRC
4 2 (9.52%) GDPR
4 2 (9.52%) NIST 800
4 2 (9.52%) PCI DSS
5 1 (4.76%) COBIT
5 1 (4.76%) COSO
5 1 (4.76%) QA
5 1 (4.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Ericsson
2 1 (4.76%) Huawei
2 1 (4.76%) Nokia