Audit Analyst
UK

The median Audit Analyst salary in the UK is £47,557 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 877 961 1193
Rank change year-on-year +84 +232 -324
Permanent jobs requiring an Audit Analyst 12 17 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.016% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.018% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 12 16 12
10th Percentile £38,577 £39,750 £45,253
25th Percentile £46,306 £42,000 £46,448
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,557 £44,000 £51,024
Median % change year-on-year +8.08% -13.77% -2.81%
75th Percentile £57,188 £53,750 £58,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £58,854 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,557 £41,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year +14.60% -29.66% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 92,477 96,786 147,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 66,588 60,676 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,075
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Audit Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Audit Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Audit Analyst in the UK

Audit Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Audit Analyst.

Salary trend for Audit Analyst in the UK

Audit Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Audit Analyst over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Audit Analyst in the UK

Audit Analyst
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Audit Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
Work from Home +82 9 £47,557 +2.72%
UK excluding London +6 8 £47,557 +14.60%
England +103 6 £58,750 +33.52% 1
Scotland - 6 £47,557 -
London +124 4 £47,156 +7.17% 1
North of England +40 2 £62,500 +35.00%
Yorkshire - 2 £62,500 -

Audit Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Audit Analyst 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 permanent job ads featuring Audit Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (75.00%) Finance
2 7 (58.33%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (58.33%) SQL
2 7 (58.33%) Python
2 7 (58.33%) Google
2 7 (58.33%) Visualisation
2 7 (58.33%) Natural Language Processing
2 7 (58.33%) Machine Learning
2 7 (58.33%) Data Analytics
2 7 (58.33%) Analytics
2 7 (58.33%) Data Science
2 7 (58.33%) GCP
2 7 (58.33%) Power BI
2 7 (58.33%) Power Platform
3 5 (41.67%) Agile
3 5 (41.67%) Banking
4 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (33.33%) Internal Audit
5 3 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (25.00%) Information Security
5 3 (25.00%) Information Security Management
5 3 (25.00%) Security Management
5 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (25.00%) ISMS
6 2 (16.67%) Statistics
6 2 (16.67%) Degree
6 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel

Audit Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) GCP
1 7 (58.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (58.33%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (58.33%) Power BI
General
1 9 (75.00%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Banking
3 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Analytics
1 7 (58.33%) Data Analytics
1 7 (58.33%) Data Science
1 7 (58.33%) Machine Learning
1 7 (58.33%) Natural Language Processing
1 7 (58.33%) Visualisation
2 5 (41.67%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Internal Audit
4 3 (25.00%) Information Security
4 3 (25.00%) Information Security Management
4 3 (25.00%) ISMS
4 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (25.00%) Security Management
5 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) DevOps
5 2 (16.67%) ITIL
5 2 (16.67%) Service Management
5 2 (16.67%) Statistics
5 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) Python
1 7 (58.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) CISA
1 2 (16.67%) CRISC
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
1 2 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (8.33%) CISM
2 1 (8.33%) CISSP
2 1 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (8.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (8.33%) GDPR
2 1 (8.33%) GRC
2 1 (8.33%) IASME
2 1 (8.33%) NIST
2 1 (8.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Google