Audit Manager Job Trends

Auditing Manager
UK

The median Auditing Manager salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 March 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 602 392 669
Rank change year-on-year -210 +277 +313
Permanent jobs requiring an Audit Manager 90 309 163
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.71% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.78% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 31 6 35
10th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £53,250
25th Percentile £69,875 £60,313 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £64,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -0.77% -18.75%
75th Percentile £83,750 £100,125 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £110,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,000 £103,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -25.60% +72.50% -4.87%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 68,062 39,531 79,680
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.83% 90.64% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 43,433 22,967 61,167
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,869 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -4.76%

Audit Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Audit Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Audit Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Audit Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Audit Manager job vacancies in the UK

Audit Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Audit Manager over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Audit Manager in the UK

Audit Manager
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Audit Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 14 March 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
England -184 89 £75,000 +16.28% 4
London -56 60 £75,000 +16.28% 3
Work from Home +62 58 £70,000 +16.67% 1
UK excluding London -159 30 £77,000 -25.60% 2
North of England -40 22 - -
North West -12 15 - -
Yorkshire - 7 - -
Midlands -77 5 £76,500 -
West Midlands -29 3 £76,500 -
East Midlands -55 2 - -
South East -44 1 £85,000 +41.67% 2
Scotland -61 1 £77,000 -25.60%
East of England - 1 - -

Audit Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 March 2026, Audit Manager 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 featuring Audit Manager in the job title.

1 51 (56.67%) ACCA
2 42 (46.67%) Benchmarking
3 39 (43.33%) IFRS
4 36 (40.00%) Coaching
5 32 (35.56%) IT Audit
6 31 (34.44%) Analytics
6 31 (34.44%) Quality Management
7 26 (28.89%) Risk Management
8 25 (27.78%) Data Analytics
9 24 (26.67%) GAAP
10 23 (25.56%) Internal Audit
11 20 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 17 (18.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 15 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
14 14 (15.56%) ERP
15 13 (14.44%) Project Management
16 12 (13.33%) AI
16 12 (13.33%) CISA
16 12 (13.33%) Content Development
17 11 (12.22%) Microsoft
18 9 (10.00%) CISSP
18 9 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
18 9 (10.00%) ITGC
18 9 (10.00%) Oracle
19 8 (8.89%) Azure
19 8 (8.89%) Change Management
19 8 (8.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
19 8 (8.89%) Remediation Plan
19 8 (8.89%) SQL
20 7 (7.78%) CISM

Audit Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (4.44%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (4.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 8 (8.89%) Azure
2 5 (5.56%) AWS
3 4 (4.44%) Entra ID
3 4 (4.44%) GCP
3 4 (4.44%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.22%) SaaS
5 1 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.11%) Collibra
5 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.11%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.44%) Oracle Reports
1 4 (4.44%) Power BI
1 4 (4.44%) Tableau
General
1 40 (44.44%) Finance
2 32 (35.56%) Social Skills
3 23 (25.56%) Public Sector
4 19 (21.11%) Banking
4 19 (21.11%) Local Government
5 17 (18.89%) Billing
6 15 (16.67%) Law
7 8 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (4.44%) Financial Institution
11 3 (3.33%) Automotive
11 3 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (2.22%) International Banking
12 2 (2.22%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 19 (21.11%) NHS
2 5 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.22%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.22%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.78%) Unix
2 3 (3.33%) Linux
2 3 (3.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (46.67%) Benchmarking
2 36 (40.00%) Coaching
3 32 (35.56%) IT Audit
4 31 (34.44%) Analytics
4 31 (34.44%) Quality Management
5 26 (28.89%) Risk Management
6 25 (27.78%) Data Analytics
7 23 (25.56%) Internal Audit
8 20 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 15 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (15.56%) ERP
11 13 (14.44%) Project Management
12 12 (13.33%) AI
12 12 (13.33%) Content Development
13 9 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
14 8 (8.89%) Change Management
14 8 (8.89%) Remediation Plan
15 6 (6.67%) Process Improvement
15 6 (6.67%) Test Automation
16 5 (5.56%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.89%) SQL
2 3 (3.33%) Python
2 3 (3.33%) R
Qualifications
1 51 (56.67%) ACCA
2 12 (13.33%) CISA
3 9 (10.00%) CISSP
4 7 (7.78%) CISM
5 4 (4.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (4.44%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (4.44%) OSCP
6 3 (3.33%) CIMA
7 2 (2.22%) AWS Certification
7 2 (2.22%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.11%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (43.33%) IFRS
2 24 (26.67%) GAAP
3 17 (18.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 9 (10.00%) ITGC
5 8 (8.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (5.56%) COBIT
6 5 (5.56%) NIST
7 4 (4.44%) SOC 1
7 4 (4.44%) SOC 2
8 2 (2.22%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (2.22%) PCI DSS
9 1 (1.11%) GRC
9 1 (1.11%) QA
System Software
1 4 (4.44%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (12.22%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.00%) Oracle
3 6 (6.67%) SAP
4 4 (4.44%) Workday
5 2 (2.22%) Google
5 2 (2.22%) Sage
5 2 (2.22%) Xero
6 1 (1.11%) Alteryx
6 1 (1.11%) Databricks
6 1 (1.11%) Informatica