Internal Auditor Job Trends in England

Internal Auditor
UK > England

The median Internal Auditor salary in England is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 572 678 687
Rank change year-on-year +106 +9 +281
Permanent jobs requiring an Internal Auditor 25 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.048% 0.002% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.002% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 25 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £70,000 £41,250 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £42,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +105.88% -43.33% +42.86%
75th Percentile £107,500 £43,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £122,500 - -
UK median annual salary £87,500 £42,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +105.88% -43.33% +50.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 47,437 44,591 47,245
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.80% 92.72% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 29,917 23,336 37,002
10th Percentile £28,697 £33,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -5.75%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Internal Auditor
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Internal Auditor' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Internal Auditor job vacancy trend in England

Internal Auditor
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Internal Auditor job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Internal Auditor job vacancies in England

Internal Auditor
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Internal Auditor in England over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Internal Auditor in England

Internal Auditor
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Internal Auditor within the England region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London - 25 £87,500 - 1
Internal Auditor
UK

Internal Auditor Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, Internal Auditor job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Internal Auditor in the job title.

1 25 (100.00%) Analytics
1 25 (100.00%) CISA
1 25 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 25 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 25 (100.00%) Internal Audit
2 21 (84.00%) CISSP
2 21 (84.00%) Incident Response
3 14 (56.00%) Agile
3 14 (56.00%) CGEIT
3 14 (56.00%) CHAP
3 14 (56.00%) CISM
3 14 (56.00%) COBIT
3 14 (56.00%) Data Protection
3 14 (56.00%) FFIEC
3 14 (56.00%) GDPR
3 14 (56.00%) Information Security
3 14 (56.00%) NIST
3 14 (56.00%) PRINCE2
3 14 (56.00%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (56.00%) Project Management
3 14 (56.00%) Risk Assessment
3 14 (56.00%) Risk Management
3 14 (56.00%) SANS
3 14 (56.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 14 (56.00%) Test Strategy
3 14 (56.00%) Threat Management
3 14 (56.00%) Validation
3 14 (56.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 11 (44.00%) Data Governance
5 7 (28.00%) ACCA

Internal Auditor Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (28.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 14 (56.00%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (28.00%) Power BI
1 7 (28.00%) Tableau
General
1 21 (84.00%) Social Skills
2 18 (72.00%) Banking
3 14 (56.00%) Finance
3 14 (56.00%) Financial Institution
4 7 (28.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 14 (56.00%) Management Information System
2 7 (28.00%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 7 (28.00%) Linux
1 7 (28.00%) Unix
1 7 (28.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Analytics
1 25 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 25 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 25 (100.00%) Internal Audit
2 21 (84.00%) Incident Response
3 14 (56.00%) Agile
3 14 (56.00%) Data Protection
3 14 (56.00%) Information Security
3 14 (56.00%) PRINCE2
3 14 (56.00%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (56.00%) Project Management
3 14 (56.00%) Risk Assessment
3 14 (56.00%) Risk Management
3 14 (56.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 14 (56.00%) Test Strategy
3 14 (56.00%) Threat Management
3 14 (56.00%) Validation
3 14 (56.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 11 (44.00%) Data Governance
5 7 (28.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 7 (28.00%) Python
1 7 (28.00%) R
1 7 (28.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (100.00%) CISA
2 21 (84.00%) CISSP
3 14 (56.00%) CGEIT
3 14 (56.00%) CISM
3 14 (56.00%) FFIEC
3 14 (56.00%) SANS
4 7 (28.00%) ACCA
4 7 (28.00%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (56.00%) COBIT
1 14 (56.00%) GDPR
1 14 (56.00%) NIST
2 7 (28.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (28.00%) Oracle