IT Auditor Contracts

IT Auditor
UK

The median IT Auditor daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 514 580 710
Rank change year-on-year +66 +130 +132
Contract jobs requiring an IT Auditor 6 2 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.005% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.005% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 5
10th Percentile £520 £369 £353
25th Percentile £550 £383 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £405 £475
Median % change year-on-year +48.15% -14.74% -13.64%
75th Percentile - £428 £550
90th Percentile - £441 £565
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £405 £475
% change year-on-year +48.15% -14.74% -

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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

IT Auditor
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Auditor in the UK

IT Auditor
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IT Auditor in the UK

IT Auditor
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Auditor in the UK

IT Auditor
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Auditor 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 +61 6 £600 +48.15% 5
Work from Home +45 5 £600 +66.67% 5
UK excluding London +65 4 £600 +48.15% 2
East of England - 2 - -
London - 2 £500 - 3
Midlands - 2 £600 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £600 - 1

IT Auditor Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT 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 IT Auditor in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) IT Audit
2 5 (83.33%) NIST
2 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (50.00%) CISA
4 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
5 2 (33.33%) Data Privacy
5 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
5 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
5 2 (33.33%) Internal Audit
5 2 (33.33%) GRC
5 2 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
5 2 (33.33%) NIST 800
5 2 (33.33%) Project Management
5 2 (33.33%) Retail
6 1 (16.67%) Logistics
6 1 (16.67%) COSO
6 1 (16.67%) COBIT
6 1 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (16.67%) ITIL
6 1 (16.67%) ERP
6 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
6 1 (16.67%) Finance
6 1 (16.67%) Information Security
6 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills

IT 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:

General
1 3 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) IT Audit
2 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (33.33%) Data Privacy
4 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (33.33%) Internal Audit
4 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 2 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
4 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
5 1 (16.67%) Analytics
5 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
5 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics
5 1 (16.67%) ERP
5 1 (16.67%) Information Security
5 1 (16.67%) ITIL
5 1 (16.67%) Logistics
5 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 1 (16.67%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) NIST
2 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (33.33%) GRC
3 2 (33.33%) NIST 800
4 1 (16.67%) COBIT
4 1 (16.67%) COSO
4 1 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley