Auditor Job Trends

Auditor
UK

The median Auditor salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 January 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 532 604 716
Rank change year-on-year +72 +112 +221
Permanent jobs requiring an Auditor 123 98 24
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.18% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.20% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 118 10 19
10th Percentile £35,000 - £35,700
25th Percentile £51,750 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £52,313 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £54,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +25.88% -5.56% -10.00%

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 55,347 49,429 56,262
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 92.66% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 34,239 25,628 43,493
10th Percentile £28,675 £33,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -5.25%

Auditor
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Auditor job vacancy trend in the UK

Auditor
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Auditor job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Auditor job vacancies in the UK

Auditor
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Auditor over the 6 months to 17 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Auditor in the UK

Auditor
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Auditor within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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
England +100 117 £60,000 +33.33% 7
London +102 76 £67,500 +36.36% 4
Work from Home +125 73 £65,000 +52.94% 5
UK excluding London +18 47 £53,500 +25.88% 5
Midlands +33 16 £60,000 +41.18% 2
North of England -25 14 £35,000 -17.65%
West Midlands +41 12 £60,000 +41.18%
North West -23 9 £40,000 -
South East - 8 £53,500 - 2
Wales - 6 £53,500 -
East Midlands - 4 £35,000 - 2
Yorkshire -11 3 £35,000 -17.65%
South West - 3 £75,000 -
North East - 2 £35,000 -

Auditor Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 January 2026, 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 featuring Auditor in the job title.

1 62 (50.41%) Internal Audit
2 38 (30.89%) CISA
3 36 (29.27%) IT Audit
4 31 (25.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 30 (24.39%) Analytics
5 30 (24.39%) Data Analytics
6 27 (21.95%) Cybersecurity
7 25 (20.33%) CISSP
8 24 (19.51%) Risk Assessment
9 21 (17.07%) Incident Response
10 17 (13.82%) Risk Management
11 16 (13.01%) CISM
11 16 (13.01%) GDPR
11 16 (13.01%) NIST
11 16 (13.01%) Validation
12 15 (12.20%) CGEIT
12 15 (12.20%) COBIT
12 15 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (12.20%) FFIEC
12 15 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (12.20%) SANS
12 15 (12.20%) Test Strategy
13 14 (11.38%) Agile
13 14 (11.38%) CHAP
13 14 (11.38%) Data Protection
13 14 (11.38%) Information Security
13 14 (11.38%) PRINCE2
13 14 (11.38%) Project Management
13 14 (11.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 14 (11.38%) Threat Management

Auditor 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 1 (0.81%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (5.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (5.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (6.50%) Power Platform
2 1 (0.81%) AWS
2 1 (0.81%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.38%) CHAP
2 1 (0.81%) Firewall
2 1 (0.81%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.50%) Power BI
1 8 (6.50%) Tableau
2 1 (0.81%) DB2
2 1 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.81%) SAS EBI
2 1 (0.81%) SQL Server
General
1 32 (26.02%) Finance
2 31 (25.20%) Banking
3 28 (22.76%) Social Skills
4 15 (12.20%) Financial Institution
5 13 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.44%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.81%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (0.81%) Games
8 1 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.81%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.81%) Law
8 1 (0.81%) Legal
8 1 (0.81%) Marketing
8 1 (0.81%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.81%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.20%) Driving Licence
1 15 (12.20%) Management Information System
2 8 (6.50%) Blockchain
3 3 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.81%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.81%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.81%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.50%) Unix
1 8 (6.50%) Windows
2 7 (5.69%) Linux
3 1 (0.81%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (50.41%) Internal Audit
2 36 (29.27%) IT Audit
3 30 (24.39%) Analytics
3 30 (24.39%) Data Analytics
4 27 (21.95%) Cybersecurity
5 24 (19.51%) Risk Assessment
6 21 (17.07%) Incident Response
7 17 (13.82%) Risk Management
8 16 (13.01%) Validation
9 15 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (12.20%) Test Strategy
10 14 (11.38%) Agile
10 14 (11.38%) Data Protection
10 14 (11.38%) Information Security
10 14 (11.38%) PRINCE2
10 14 (11.38%) Project Management
10 14 (11.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 14 (11.38%) Threat Management
10 14 (11.38%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.50%) Python
1 8 (6.50%) R
2 7 (5.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (30.89%) CISA
2 25 (20.33%) CISSP
3 16 (13.01%) CISM
4 15 (12.20%) CGEIT
4 15 (12.20%) FFIEC
4 15 (12.20%) SANS
5 7 (5.69%) ACCA
5 7 (5.69%) CIMA
6 6 (4.88%) Degree
7 3 (2.44%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.44%) NVQ Level 3
7 3 (2.44%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.44%) Security Cleared
8 2 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.81%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.81%) CRISC
9 1 (0.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (25.20%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (13.01%) GDPR
2 16 (13.01%) NIST
3 15 (12.20%) COBIT
4 12 (9.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.44%) GRC
5 3 (2.44%) ISO 14001
5 3 (2.44%) ISO 9001
5 3 (2.44%) NEBOSH
6 1 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.81%) ITGC
6 1 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.81%) SOC 1
6 1 (0.81%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.81%) SOX 404
Vendors
1 8 (6.50%) Oracle
2 7 (5.69%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.81%) Alteryx
3 1 (0.81%) Citrix
3 1 (0.81%) Google
3 1 (0.81%) Informatica
3 1 (0.81%) Talend