Internal Audit Contracts

Internal Auditing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Internal Audit skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Internal Audit over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 457 526 526
Rank change year-on-year +69 0 +46
Contract jobs citing Internal Audit 63 56 192
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.13% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.15% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 33 130
10th Percentile £338 £346 £321
25th Percentile £416 £481 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -11.29%
75th Percentile £650 £608 £650
90th Percentile £668 £775 £720
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £525 £488
% change year-on-year +2.38% +7.69% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £38.54 - £21.75
25th Percentile £46.24 - £24.37
Median hourly rate £61.45 £11.79 £29.49
Median % change year-on-year +421.20% -60.02% +30.79%
75th Percentile £79.04 - £35.37
90th Percentile £88.17 - £38.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £61.45 £11.79 £29.49
% change year-on-year +421.20% -60.02% +61.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Internal 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Internal Audit
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Internal Audit as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Internal Audit in the UK

Internal Audit
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Internal Audit in the UK

Internal Audit
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Internal Audit over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Internal Audit in the UK

Internal Audit
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Internal Audit in the UK

Internal Audit
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Internal Audit over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Internal Audit in the UK

Internal Audit
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Internal Audit within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +66 52 £521 +4.10% 220
London +58 31 £500 -42.86% 105
UK excluding London +56 28 £538 +2.38% 152
Work from Home +30 17 £413 -28.26% 96
South East +46 8 £650 +13.04% 49
North of England +14 8 £450 -8.21% 17
North West +10 6 £450 -8.21% 8
Scotland +12 5 £488 -19.29% 11
Northern Ireland - 3 £500 - 8
South West +45 2 £450 +125.00% 34
Midlands +16 2 £300 -60.00% 29
Yorkshire - 2 £600 - 8
West Midlands +7 1 - - 16
East Midlands - 1 £300 - 12

Internal Audit
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (11.11%) SAS
2 3 (4.76%) Confluence
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 6 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.76%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.17%) Amazon S3
1 2 (3.17%) AWS
1 2 (3.17%) OpenShift
2 1 (1.59%) Azure
2 1 (1.59%) Mimecast
2 1 (1.59%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.76%) LAN
1 3 (4.76%) WAN
2 2 (3.17%) FCoE
2 2 (3.17%) Fibre Channel
2 2 (3.17%) Firewall
2 2 (3.17%) iSCSI
2 2 (3.17%) SAN
3 1 (1.59%) Intranet
3 1 (1.59%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.59%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.59%) Power BI
2 1 (1.59%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.76%) JIRA
2 2 (3.17%) Bitbucket
2 2 (3.17%) Git
General
1 36 (57.14%) Finance
2 23 (36.51%) Social Skills
3 22 (34.92%) Banking
4 9 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (12.70%) Financial Institution
6 7 (11.11%) Legal
7 6 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (9.52%) Investment Banking
8 4 (6.35%) Corporate Banking
8 4 (6.35%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (6.35%) Manufacturing
8 4 (6.35%) Retail
8 4 (6.35%) Retail Banking
9 2 (3.17%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.59%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.59%) Aviation
10 1 (1.59%) Front Office
10 1 (1.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (17.46%) Analyst
2 4 (6.35%) Auditor
2 4 (6.35%) Consultant
2 4 (6.35%) Coordinator
2 4 (6.35%) Lead
2 4 (6.35%) Project Manager
2 4 (6.35%) Risk Manager
3 3 (4.76%) Compliance Specialist
3 3 (4.76%) Electronic Trading Specialist
3 3 (4.76%) MiFID Specialist
3 3 (4.76%) Network Analyst
3 3 (4.76%) Risk Analyst
3 3 (4.76%) Service Analyst
4 2 (3.17%) Audit Analyst
4 2 (3.17%) Compliance Officer
4 2 (3.17%) Credit Risk Manager
4 2 (3.17%) Lead Project Manager
4 2 (3.17%) Project Leader
4 2 (3.17%) Risk Consultant
4 2 (3.17%) Risk Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.17%) Loki
1 2 (3.17%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.52%) Credit Risk
2 4 (6.35%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.17%) Data Structures
4 2 (3.17%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.59%) Life Science
5 1 (1.59%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.35%) Linux
2 2 (3.17%) CentOS
2 2 (3.17%) Unix
2 2 (3.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (38.10%) Risk Management
2 14 (22.22%) Analytics
2 14 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (17.46%) Project Management
3 11 (17.46%) Validation
4 10 (15.87%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (14.29%) Agile
6 8 (12.70%) Data Analytics
7 6 (9.52%) Credit Risk Management
7 6 (9.52%) Data Privacy
7 6 (9.52%) Data Protection
7 6 (9.52%) Information Security
7 6 (9.52%) Portfolio Management
7 6 (9.52%) Stress Testing
8 5 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (7.94%) Data Analysis
8 5 (7.94%) Decision-Making
8 5 (7.94%) Wealth Management
9 4 (6.35%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.94%) Python
2 2 (3.17%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.59%) R
3 1 (1.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (9.52%) Degree
2 5 (7.94%) CISA
3 4 (6.35%) ACCA
4 3 (4.76%) CIMA
4 3 (4.76%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.76%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.17%) CRISC
6 1 (1.59%) CISM
6 1 (1.59%) CISSP
6 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.59%) HNC
6 1 (1.59%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.59%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.70%) IFRS
1 8 (12.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (9.52%) IFRS 9
2 6 (9.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (6.35%) MiFID
3 4 (6.35%) NIST
3 4 (6.35%) QA
4 3 (4.76%) GDPR
4 3 (4.76%) ISO 9001
4 3 (4.76%) PMO
5 2 (3.17%) COBIT
5 2 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (3.17%) GRC
6 1 (1.59%) COSHH
6 1 (1.59%) COSO
6 1 (1.59%) ISO 13485
6 1 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (1.59%) NEBOSH
6 1 (1.59%) SOC 2
6 1 (1.59%) SOX 404
System Software
1 2 (3.17%) Apache ZooKeeper
1 2 (3.17%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 4 (6.35%) Ansible
2 2 (3.17%) Grafana
2 2 (3.17%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.17%) Prometheus
2 2 (3.17%) Terraform
3 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (6.35%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.17%) Dell
2 2 (3.17%) F5
2 2 (3.17%) Hitachi
2 2 (3.17%) Red Hat
2 2 (3.17%) ServiceNow
2 2 (3.17%) Splunk
2 2 (3.17%) Veritas
2 2 (3.17%) VMware
3 1 (1.59%) Alteryx
3 1 (1.59%) Hyperion
3 1 (1.59%) Informatica
3 1 (1.59%) Meraki
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle
3 1 (1.59%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (1.59%) Qualys
3 1 (1.59%) Sophos
3 1 (1.59%) Talend