Software Audit Contract Job Trends

Software Auditing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Software Audit skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 683 555 552
Rank change year-on-year -128 -3 +78
Contract jobs citing Software Audit 5 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.009% 0.003% 0.008%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.011% 0.003% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £421 - £433
25th Percentile £434 £563 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -19.57% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £484 £588 £538
90th Percentile £494 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -19.57% +9.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile £62.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Software 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 46,826 30,024 32,246
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 84.73% 90.50% 86.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,144 18,679 19,408
10th Percentile £325 £294 £308
25th Percentile £425 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £737 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,407 1,886 1,245
10th Percentile £13.64 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £42.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.72 £65.07 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £22.27 £40.33
% change year-on-year +68.43% -44.79% -8.14%

Software Audit
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software Audit relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Software Audit job vacancy trend in the UK

Software Audit
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Software Audit.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Software Audit

Software Audit
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Software Audit.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Software Audit

Software Audit
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Audit within the UK over the 6 months to 14 October 2026. 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 -118 5 £463 -19.57% 3
UK excluding London -103 3 £463 -19.57% 2
East of England - 2 £425 -
London - 2 - - 1
South East -62 1 £500 -13.04% 1
Work from Home - 1 - - 4

Software Audit
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:

General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Legal
3 2 (40.00%) Marketing
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Product Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Audit Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Management Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Software Asset Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Software Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (20.00%) CMDB
2 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Design Sprint
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) IT Asset Management
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Software Asset Management
2 2 (40.00%) Software Licensing
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (20.00%) Compliance Audit
3 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (20.00%) Objectives and Key Results
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Value Proposition
3 1 (20.00%) Vendor Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe
1 1 (20.00%) IBM
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (20.00%) Snow