Auditor Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Auditor
UK > Work from Home

The median Auditor daily rate for remote or hybrid work 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 294 341 466
Rank change year-on-year +47 +125 +151
Contract jobs requiring an Auditor 10 4 11
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.10% 0.026% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.028% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 7
10th Percentile - £367 £279
25th Percentile £513 £377 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +37.14% -2.78% -18.18%
75th Percentile - £491 £513
90th Percentile £659 £496 £560
UK median daily rate £525 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +20.00% -2.78% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £33.40 - -
UK median hourly rate £33.40 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Auditor
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Auditor in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Auditor trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Auditor
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Auditor.

Auditor daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Auditor
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Auditor over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Auditor daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Auditor Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Auditor in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 7 (70.00%) NIST
2 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (50.00%) IT Audit
4 4 (40.00%) Remediation Plan
4 4 (40.00%) Project Management
4 4 (40.00%) CISA
5 3 (30.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (30.00%) Information Security
5 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
6 2 (20.00%) Security Posture
6 2 (20.00%) Operational Technology
6 2 (20.00%) NCSC
6 2 (20.00%) GRC
6 2 (20.00%) GDPR
6 2 (20.00%) Master's Degree
6 2 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (20.00%) NIST 800
6 2 (20.00%) Containerisation
6 2 (20.00%) Incident Response
6 2 (20.00%) Agile
6 2 (20.00%) Retail
6 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (20.00%) Logistics
6 2 (20.00%) CISM
6 2 (20.00%) Management Information System

Auditor Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (10.00%) Aviation
4 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (20.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (20.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (50.00%) IT Audit
3 4 (40.00%) Project Management
3 4 (40.00%) Remediation Plan
4 3 (30.00%) Information Security
4 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (30.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (20.00%) Agile
5 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
5 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 2 (20.00%) Containerisation
5 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (20.00%) Incident Response
5 2 (20.00%) Internal Audit
5 2 (20.00%) Security Architecture
5 2 (20.00%) Security Operations
5 2 (20.00%) Security Testing
5 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) CISA
2 2 (20.00%) CISM
2 2 (20.00%) CISSP
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 2 (20.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (70.00%) NIST
2 6 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (20.00%) GDPR
3 2 (20.00%) GRC
3 2 (20.00%) NCSC
3 2 (20.00%) NIST 800
3 2 (20.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (10.00%) COBIT
4 1 (10.00%) COSO