Internal Audit Job Trends in the North of England

Internal Auditing
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Internal Audit skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 186 248
Rank change year-on-year -52 +62 +113
Permanent jobs citing Internal Audit 26 92 43
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.24% 1.01% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 1.11% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 10 7 22
10th Percentile £49,575 £32,950 £31,375
25th Percentile £53,125 £41,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -2.70% -3.65%
75th Percentile £69,063 £53,875 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,125 £64,150 -
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - +8.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Internal 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,671 8,283 7,485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 79.86% 90.85% 88.34%
Number of salaries quoted 4,668 3,697 5,882
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,010
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,100 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Internal Audit
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Internal Audit job vacancy trend in the North of England

Internal Audit
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Internal Audit.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Internal Audit

Internal Audit
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Internal Audit in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Internal Audit in the North of England

Internal Audit
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Internal Audit within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 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
Yorkshire -1 20 £67,500 +58.82% 9
North West -50 6 £55,000 +22.22% 11
Internal Audit
England

Internal Audit
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) Azure
1 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.85%) Power BI
1 1 (3.85%) QlikView
1 1 (3.85%) Tableau
General
1 12 (46.15%) Influencing Skills
1 12 (46.15%) Manufacturing
2 4 (15.38%) Finance
3 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Banking
4 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Automotive
5 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (46.15%) QA Manager
1 12 (46.15%) Quality Manager
2 4 (15.38%) Risk Manager
2 4 (15.38%) Systems Manager
2 4 (15.38%) Technical Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Auditor
3 2 (7.69%) Data Manager
3 2 (7.69%) IT Auditor
3 2 (7.69%) IT Manager
3 2 (7.69%) IT Risk Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Analyst
4 1 (3.85%) Business Intelligence Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Compliance Specialist
4 1 (3.85%) Programme Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Report Analyst
4 1 (3.85%) Salesforce Programme Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Transformation Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.85%) Driving Licence
1 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
1 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
1 13 (50.00%) Quality Management
2 12 (46.15%) QMS
3 5 (19.23%) Analytics
4 4 (15.38%) IT Audit
5 3 (11.54%) ITIL
5 3 (11.54%) Project Management
6 2 (7.69%) Customer Experience
6 2 (7.69%) DAMA DMBOK
6 2 (7.69%) Dashboard Development
6 2 (7.69%) Data Governance
6 2 (7.69%) Data Management
6 2 (7.69%) Decision-Making
6 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (7.69%) Risk Management
6 2 (7.69%) Service Delivery
7 1 (3.85%) Budgeting
7 1 (3.85%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (3.85%) Customer Service
7 1 (3.85%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.69%) CISA
1 2 (7.69%) CRISC
1 2 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (46.15%) QA
2 3 (11.54%) Data Quality
3 2 (7.69%) COBIT
3 2 (7.69%) ITGC
4 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (7.69%) Salesforce
2 1 (3.85%) Freshdesk
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft