IT Auditor Job Trends in England

IT Auditor
UK > England

The median IT Auditor salary in England is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 January 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 573 621 658
Rank change year-on-year +48 +37 +286
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Auditor 41 57 12
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.078% 0.12% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.13% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 37 4 10
10th Percentile £61,000 £47,325 £47,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £47,438 £50,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £51,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.59% -26.79% +27.27%
75th Percentile - £54,375 -
90th Percentile £75,000 £55,500 -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £51,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year +36.59% -26.79% +33.33%

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 47,793 45,221 45,352
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.80% 92.75% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 30,115 23,851 35,458
10th Percentile £28,697 £33,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +0.80% -3.21%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

IT Auditor
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

IT Auditor job vacancy trend in England

IT Auditor
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for IT Auditor job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for IT Auditor job vacancies in England

IT Auditor
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Auditor in England over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Auditor in England

IT 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 IT Auditor within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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 +86 34 £70,000 +40.00% 4
North West -23 3 £55,000 -
North of England -33 3 £55,000 -
South West - 3 £75,000 -
West Midlands +21 1 - -
Midlands +14 1 - - 2
IT Auditor
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 January 2026, IT 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 IT Auditor in the job title.

1 41 (100.00%) IT Audit
2 33 (80.49%) Internal Audit
3 22 (53.66%) CISA
4 11 (26.83%) Analytics
4 11 (26.83%) Data Analytics
4 11 (26.83%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (24.39%) CISSP
5 10 (24.39%) Risk Assessment
6 9 (21.95%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (21.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (19.51%) Data Analysis
7 8 (19.51%) Penetration Testing
7 8 (19.51%) Unix
7 8 (19.51%) Windows
8 7 (17.07%) ACCA
8 7 (17.07%) Application Security
8 7 (17.07%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (17.07%) CIMA
8 7 (17.07%) Data Visualisation
8 7 (17.07%) DevOps
8 7 (17.07%) Incident Response
8 7 (17.07%) IT Governance
8 7 (17.07%) ITIL
8 7 (17.07%) Linux
8 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
8 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Excel
8 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Office
8 7 (17.07%) Oracle
8 7 (17.07%) Power BI

IT 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 (17.07%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.07%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) Firewall
1 1 (2.44%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (17.07%) Power BI
1 7 (17.07%) Tableau
2 1 (2.44%) DB2
General
1 17 (41.46%) Finance
2 12 (29.27%) Banking
3 10 (24.39%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (21.95%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.44%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.44%) Blockchain
1 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
1 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
1 1 (2.44%) Public Cloud
1 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (19.51%) Unix
1 8 (19.51%) Windows
2 7 (17.07%) Linux
3 1 (2.44%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (100.00%) IT Audit
2 33 (80.49%) Internal Audit
3 11 (26.83%) Analytics
3 11 (26.83%) Data Analytics
3 11 (26.83%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (24.39%) Risk Assessment
5 9 (21.95%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (19.51%) Data Analysis
6 8 (19.51%) Penetration Testing
7 7 (17.07%) Application Security
7 7 (17.07%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (17.07%) Data Visualisation
7 7 (17.07%) DevOps
7 7 (17.07%) IT Governance
7 7 (17.07%) ITIL
7 7 (17.07%) Regulatory Change
7 7 (17.07%) SDLC
7 7 (17.07%) Visualisation
7 7 (17.07%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.07%) Python
1 7 (17.07%) R
1 7 (17.07%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (53.66%) CISA
2 10 (24.39%) CISSP
3 7 (17.07%) ACCA
3 7 (17.07%) CIMA
4 2 (4.88%) CISM
4 2 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.88%) Degree
5 1 (2.44%) CGEIT
5 1 (2.44%) CRISC
5 1 (2.44%) FFIEC
5 1 (2.44%) GIAC
5 1 (2.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (2.44%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (21.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.88%) GDPR
3 1 (2.44%) COBIT
3 1 (2.44%) ITGC
3 1 (2.44%) NIST
3 1 (2.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.44%) SOC 1
3 1 (2.44%) SOC 2
3 1 (2.44%) SOX 404
Vendors
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
1 7 (17.07%) Oracle
2 1 (2.44%) Citrix