IT Audit Job Trends in London

IT Auditing
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring IT Audit skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 350 408
Rank change year-on-year +28 +58 +188
Permanent jobs citing IT Audit 73 75 28
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.53% 0.47% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.50% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 53 14 25
10th Percentile £56,250 £47,325 £59,750
25th Percentile £65,000 £53,750 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -16.88% +6.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £102,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% +11.59%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

IT Audit falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,117 14,907 16,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 88.36% 94.37% 92.91%
Number of salaries quoted 7,725 8,332 13,201
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £41,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

IT Audit
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IT Audit relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

IT Audit job vacancy trend in London

IT Audit
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing IT Audit.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing IT Audit

IT Audit
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Audit in London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Audit in London

IT Audit
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Audit within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London +49 6 £70,000 +20.17% 9
IT Audit
England

IT Audit
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (9.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (9.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (5.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 20 (27.40%) Power Platform
2 7 (9.59%) Azure
3 4 (5.48%) AWS
3 4 (5.48%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.74%) GCP
4 2 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.37%) Collibra
5 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.37%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.74%) Firewall
2 1 (1.37%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (27.40%) Power BI
1 20 (27.40%) Tableau
2 4 (5.48%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.37%) DB2
3 1 (1.37%) Metadata
General
1 39 (53.42%) Finance
2 23 (31.51%) Social Skills
3 17 (23.29%) Banking
4 15 (20.55%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (12.33%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (5.48%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (5.48%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.11%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.74%) International Banking
9 1 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.37%) Legal
9 1 (1.37%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 36 (49.32%) Auditor
1 36 (49.32%) IT Auditor
2 31 (42.47%) Senior
3 23 (31.51%) Senior Auditor
3 23 (31.51%) Senior IT Auditor
4 18 (24.66%) Audit Manager
4 18 (24.66%) IT Audit Manager
4 18 (24.66%) IT Manager
5 9 (12.33%) Analyst
6 8 (10.96%) Senior Audit Manager
6 8 (10.96%) Senior IT Audit Manager
6 8 (10.96%) Senior IT Manager
6 8 (10.96%) Senior Manager
7 7 (9.59%) Data Analyst
7 7 (9.59%) Data Analytics Analyst
7 7 (9.59%) Internal Audit Manager
7 7 (9.59%) Internal Auditor
7 7 (9.59%) Report Analyst
8 4 (5.48%) Lead
9 3 (4.11%) Security Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.37%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.48%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (4.11%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.11%) Public Cloud
3 2 (2.74%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.37%) Blockchain
4 1 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.37%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.37%) IoT
4 1 (1.37%) Mobile Payment
4 1 (1.37%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (16.44%) Unix
2 8 (10.96%) Windows
3 7 (9.59%) Linux
4 1 (1.37%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (45.21%) Internal Audit
2 32 (43.84%) Cybersecurity
3 31 (42.47%) Analytics
4 26 (35.62%) Risk Management
5 22 (30.14%) Data Analytics
6 20 (27.40%) Business Intelligence
7 19 (26.03%) Data Visualisation
7 19 (26.03%) Visualisation
8 17 (23.29%) Risk Assessment
9 16 (21.92%) ITIL
10 14 (19.18%) Data Management
11 12 (16.44%) AI
11 12 (16.44%) IT Governance
11 12 (16.44%) Risk Analytics
11 12 (16.44%) Stakeholder Management
12 9 (12.33%) DevOps
12 9 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (12.33%) SDLC
13 8 (10.96%) Coaching
13 8 (10.96%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.44%) SQL
2 7 (9.59%) Python
2 7 (9.59%) R
Qualifications
1 44 (60.27%) CISA
2 25 (34.25%) CISSP
3 19 (26.03%) CISM
4 15 (20.55%) CRISC
5 14 (19.18%) Degree
6 7 (9.59%) ACCA
6 7 (9.59%) CIMA
7 6 (8.22%) CGEIT
7 6 (8.22%) ISACA
8 2 (2.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (2.74%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.74%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.74%) FFIEC
8 2 (2.74%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (2.74%) OSCP
9 1 (1.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (1.37%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (38.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (27.40%) GRC
3 19 (26.03%) NIST
4 15 (20.55%) COBIT
5 13 (17.81%) ITGC
6 9 (12.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (8.22%) Data Quality
8 2 (2.74%) GDPR
8 2 (2.74%) PCI DSS
9 1 (1.37%) QA
9 1 (1.37%) SOC 1
9 1 (1.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (8.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (6.85%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 14 (19.18%) Microsoft
2 11 (15.07%) Oracle
3 7 (9.59%) Progress
4 5 (6.85%) ServiceNow
5 4 (5.48%) SAP
5 4 (5.48%) Workday
6 2 (2.74%) Google
7 1 (1.37%) Alteryx
7 1 (1.37%) Citrix
7 1 (1.37%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.37%) Databricks
7 1 (1.37%) Informatica
7 1 (1.37%) Splunk